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dc.contributor.authorRato, Márcia G
dc.contributor.authorNerlich, Andreas
dc.contributor.authorBergmann, René
dc.contributor.authorBexiga, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorNunes, Sandro F
dc.contributor.authorVilela, Cristina L
dc.contributor.authorSantos-Sanches, Ilda
dc.contributor.authorChhatwal, Gursharan S
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-13T09:47:17Z
dc.date.available2012-02-13T09:47:17Z
dc.date.issued2011-07
dc.identifier.citationVirulence gene pool detected in bovine group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae isolates by use of a group A S. pyogenes virulence microarray. 2011, 49 (7):2470-9 J. Clin. Microbiol.en
dc.identifier.issn1098-660X
dc.identifier.pmid21525223
dc.identifier.doi10.1128/JCM.00008-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10033/210569
dc.description.abstractA custom-designed microarray containing 220 virulence genes of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus [GAS]) was used to test group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae (GCS) field strains causing bovine mastitis and group C or group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (GCS/GGS) isolates from human infections, with the latter being used for comparative purposes, for the presence of virulence genes. All bovine and all human isolates carried a fraction of the 220 genes (23% and 39%, respectively). The virulence genes encoding streptolysin S, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, the plasminogen-binding M-like protein PAM, and the collagen-like protein SclB were detected in the majority of both bovine and human isolates (94 to 100%). Virulence factors, usually carried by human beta-hemolytic streptococcal pathogens, such as streptokinase, laminin-binding protein, and the C5a peptidase precursor, were detected in all human isolates but not in bovine isolates. Additionally, GAS bacteriophage-associated virulence genes encoding superantigens, DNase, and/or streptodornase were detected in bovine isolates (72%) but not in the human isolates. Determinants located in non-bacteriophage-related mobile elements, such as the gene encoding R28, were detected in all bovine and human isolates. Several virulence genes, including genes of bacteriophage origin, were shown to be expressed by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR). Phylogenetic analysis of superantigen gene sequences revealed a high level (>98%) of identity among genes of bovine GCS, of the horse pathogen Streptococcus equi subsp. equi, and of the human pathogen GAS. Our findings indicate that alpha-hemolytic bovine GCS, an important mastitis pathogen and considered to be a nonhuman pathogen, carries important virulence factors responsible for virulence and pathogenesis in humans.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen
dc.subject.meshBacterial Proteinsen
dc.subject.meshCattleen
dc.subject.meshDNA, Bacterialen
dc.subject.meshGene Expression Profilingen
dc.subject.meshGene Poolen
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshInterspersed Repetitive Sequencesen
dc.subject.meshMicroarray Analysisen
dc.subject.meshMolecular Sequence Dataen
dc.subject.meshReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reactionen
dc.subject.meshSequence Analysis, DNAen
dc.subject.meshStreptococcal Infectionsen
dc.subject.meshStreptococcusen
dc.subject.meshStreptococcus Phagesen
dc.subject.meshStreptococcus pyogenesen
dc.subject.meshVirulence Factorsen
dc.titleVirulence gene pool detected in bovine group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae isolates by use of a group A S. pyogenes virulence microarray.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentCentro de Recursos Microbiológicos, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.en
dc.identifier.journalJournal of clinical microbiologyen
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-13T17:00:15Z
html.description.abstractA custom-designed microarray containing 220 virulence genes of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A Streptococcus [GAS]) was used to test group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae (GCS) field strains causing bovine mastitis and group C or group G Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis (GCS/GGS) isolates from human infections, with the latter being used for comparative purposes, for the presence of virulence genes. All bovine and all human isolates carried a fraction of the 220 genes (23% and 39%, respectively). The virulence genes encoding streptolysin S, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, the plasminogen-binding M-like protein PAM, and the collagen-like protein SclB were detected in the majority of both bovine and human isolates (94 to 100%). Virulence factors, usually carried by human beta-hemolytic streptococcal pathogens, such as streptokinase, laminin-binding protein, and the C5a peptidase precursor, were detected in all human isolates but not in bovine isolates. Additionally, GAS bacteriophage-associated virulence genes encoding superantigens, DNase, and/or streptodornase were detected in bovine isolates (72%) but not in the human isolates. Determinants located in non-bacteriophage-related mobile elements, such as the gene encoding R28, were detected in all bovine and human isolates. Several virulence genes, including genes of bacteriophage origin, were shown to be expressed by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR). Phylogenetic analysis of superantigen gene sequences revealed a high level (>98%) of identity among genes of bovine GCS, of the horse pathogen Streptococcus equi subsp. equi, and of the human pathogen GAS. Our findings indicate that alpha-hemolytic bovine GCS, an important mastitis pathogen and considered to be a nonhuman pathogen, carries important virulence factors responsible for virulence and pathogenesis in humans.


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