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Identification of Host-adaptation Genes in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli during Infection in Different Hosts. Infect Immun. 2019 Sep 9

Haobo Zhang, Xuhua Chen, Lisa K. Nolan, Wei Zhang, Ganwu Li

 

Infect Immun. 2019 Sep 9. pii: IAI.00666-19. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00666-19. [Epub ahead of print]

 

Abstract

Extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) is an important human and animal pathogen. Despite the apparent similarities in their known virulence attributes, some ExPEC strains can cross the host-species barrier and present zoonotic potential, whereas other strains exhibit host specificity, suggesting unknown mechanisms that remain to be identified. We applied a transposon-directed insertion-site sequencing (TraDIS) strategy to investigate the ExPEC XM strain, which is capable of crossing the host-species barrier, and to screen for virulence-essential genes in both mammalian (mouse) and avian (duck) models of E. coli-related septicemia. We identified 151 genes essential for systemic infection in both mammalian and avian models, 97 required only in the mammalian model, and 280 required only in the avian model. Ten genes/gene clusters were selected for further validation and their contributions to ExPEC virulence in both mammalian and avian or mammalian- or avian-only models were confirmed by animal tests. This represents the first comprehensive genome-wide analysis of virulence-essential genes required for systemic infections in two different host species and provides further a comprehensive understanding of ExPEC-related virulence, host specificity, and adaptation.

Copyright © 2019 American Society for Microbiology.

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