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Published on: May 30, 2017
Global metabolic regulation in Vibrio parahaemolyticus under polymyxin B stimulation
Xin Tan1, Jun Qiao2, Hedan Li2
1State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China; School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.
Abstract:
Vibrio parahaemolyticus is responsible for infection diseases of people who consume the contaminated seafood, but its metabolic regulation profile in response to colistin, the last treatment option for multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, remains unclear. In this study, the metabolic regulation profile of V. parahaemolyticus ATCC33846 under polymyxin B stimulation has been investigated. V. parahaemolyticus exposed to polymyxin B resulted in 4597 differentially transcribed genes, including 673 significantly up-regulated genes and 569 significantly down-regulated genes. In V. parahaemolyticus under polymyxin B stimulation, the cellular antioxidant systems to prevent bacteria from oxidant stress was activated, the synthesis of some nonessential macromolecules was reduced, and the assembly and modification of lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan to resist the attack from other antibiotics were promoted. These findings provide new insights into polymyxin B-related stress response in V. parahaemolyticus which should be useful for developing novel drugs for infection.
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