China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (12): 4564-4572.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.12.006

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Construction and Main Biological Characteristics Determination of RIA_0940 Gene Deleted Strain of Riemerella anatipestifer

LI Linlin, DONG Jiawen, ZHANG Junqin, HUANG Yunzhen, SUN Minhua   

  1. Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Avian Influenza and Other Major Poultry Diseases, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Key Laboratory of Livestock Disease Prevention and Treatment of Guangdong Province, Institute of Animal Health, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
  • Received:2022-06-10 Online:2022-12-05 Published:2022-12-01

Abstract: 【Objective】 In this study, Riemerella anatipestifer RIA_0940 gene deletion strain was constructed, and its main biological characteristics were studied to explore potential functions of RIA_0940 gene.【Method】 Taking the isolated Riemerella anatipestifer RA-GD strain as the parent strain, the left and right homologous sequences and erythromycin resistance gene fragments were amplified, and the left homologous arm-ermR resistance gene box--right homologous arm fusion fragment was constructed.The RIA_0940 gene of RA-GD was deleted by natural transformation, and the gene deleted strains RA-GDΔRIA_ 0940 were screened and identified by PCR.Growth curves, LD50 to ducklings, blood and tissues bacterial load and the ability of cell adhesion and invasion were tested and analyzed of wild-type strain RA-GD and deletion mutant RA-GDΔRIA_0940, respectively.【Result】 The results showed that the RA-GD RIA_0940 gene deletion strain was successfully constructed.The results of biological characteristics showed that the growth ability of strain RA-GDΔRIA_0940 in vitro was significantly or extremely significantly inhibited compared with its wild-type(P<0.05;P<0.01), the LD50 of RA-GDΔRIA_0940 was 114 times that of wild-type strain.Compared with wild-type strain, the blood and tissues bacterial load of RA-GDΔRIA_0940 infected ducks were significantly or extremely significantly decreased (P<0.05;P<0.01);The adherence and invasion capacities of RA-GDΔRIA_0940 to Vero cells were extremely significantly decreased(P<0.01).【Conclusion】 In summary, RA-GDΔRIA_0940 deletion mutant was constructed successfully.The growth trend of the deletion strain was slow under the condition of in vitro culture.The pathogenicity to ducklings, the amount of bacteria in infected duck blood fluid and tissues, and the ability of adhesion and invasion to Vero cells were significantly or extremely significantly lower than those of the wild-type strain.The results laid a foundation for the further study of the molecular pathogenesis of Riemerella anatipestifer and the development of genetic engineering vaccine.

Key words: Riemerella anatipestifer; RIA_0940 gene; gene deletion; biological characteristics; virulence factor

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