›› 2019, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 45-53.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2019.01.006

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Construction and Characterization of inlA/inlB/inlC Genes Deleted Mutant Strain of Food-borne Listeria monocytogenes

REN Jingjing, YANG Mingwei, CHEN Yunfei, YIN Hua, WANG Xinyu, LI Beibei, JIANG Jianjun, WANG Pengyan   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
  • Received:2018-07-09 Online:2019-01-20 Published:2019-01-19

Abstract:

In order to evaluate the effect of inlA/inlB/inlC genes on biological characteristics of Lm,the inlC gene deletion mutant was constructed by fusion PCR method,and then pKSV7-△inlC shuttle vector was constructed,which was transformed into competent cells Lm681-△inlAB.Homologous recombination was conducted using temperature (42℃)and chloramphenicol (10 μg/mL) resistance to achieve the inlC gene deletion strain,and then the homologous recombination was screened for identification and some biological characteristics were studied.PCR and sequencing results confirmed that Lm681-△inlABC was successfully obtained.The results showed that the growth characteristics of the deletion mutants were the same as the wild-type strain Lm681 and there was no significant difference.The hemolysis activity of the mutant strains were consistent with wild-type strain Lm681.In the mouse infection experiment,the mortality rate of wild-type strain Lm681,Lm681-△inlAB and Lm681-△inlABC were 80%(8/10),60%(6/10) and 40%(4/10),respectively.Results of mice virulence determination showed that the median lethal dose of wild-type strain,Lm681-△inlAB and Lm681-△inlABC were 4.36×104,1.35×106 and 2.95×107 CFU,respectively.Furthermore,the colonization ability of the inlA/inlB/inlC genes deleted strain was extremely significantly lower than wild-type strain in liver,spleen and brain (P < 0.01).Collectively,these results indicated that inlA/inlB/inlC genes might play an important role in pathogenicity of Lm infection and provided scientific basis for the study on the mechanism in host cell invasion by Lm.

Key words: Listeria monocytogenes; internalin gene; gene mutant; biological characteristics

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