Functional Characterization of tetR in Tetracycline Resistance of Aeromonas hydrophila
Nannan Shen1,2, Ting Qin2, Bingwen Xi1,2
1Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, Wuxi 214081, China.
Abstract:
This study aimed to investigate the molecular basis of high-level tetracycline resistance to tetracycline antibiotics in Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from fish farming. Comparative genomic analysis of the tetracycline-sensitive strain NJ-35 and the tetracycline-resistant strain AH823 revealed that the tetracycline repressor gene tetR in AH823 had undergone base mutations, resulting in premature translational termination. The tetR gene in NJ-35 was inhibited using a plasmid-based antisense RNA strategy, and the knockdown efficiency was confirmed by RT-qPCR. The resulting tetR antisense RNA-expressing strain, AHtetR-as, exhibited significantly increased resistance to tetracycline antibiotics (minocycline, tetracycline, and doxycycline), but did not affect biofilm formation or hemolysis. Moreover, tetR knockdown in NJ-35 was associated with increased efflux activity and reduced intracellular doxycycline accumulation. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that genes encoding the 30S ribosomal subunit proteins showed a differential expression pattern, with rpsO upregulated and rpsD and rpsP downregulated. These findings suggest that tetR contributes to tetracycline resistance in A. hydrophila and is associated with broad transcriptional changes related to cellular transport and ribosomal function.
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