生物技术通报 ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (12): 264-274.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2024-0346

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碳青霉烯耐药高黏液肺炎克雷伯菌K2-ST375中前噬菌体的诱导及环化结构分析

刘和兰1,2(), 陈泽慧1, 李明哲1, 周永雯1, 黎瑞1, 王勇祥1()   

  1. 1.遵义医科大学附属医院医学检验科,遵义 563006
    2.凉山彝族自治州第一人民医院,西昌 615500
  • 收稿日期:2024-04-11 出版日期:2024-12-26 发布日期:2025-01-15
  • 通讯作者: 王勇祥,男,博士,讲师,研究方向:病原微生物耐药与防控;E-mail: 865681289@qq.com
  • 作者简介:刘和兰,女,硕士,检验技师,研究方向:病原细菌耐药机制;E-mail: 1141259063@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    贵州省科学技术厅科技计划项目(2023(585))

Induction and Circular Structure Analysis of Prophage in Carbapenem-resistant Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumonia K2-ST375

LIU He-lan1,2(), CHEN Ze-hui1, LI Ming-zhe1, ZHOU Yong-wen1, LI Rui1, WANG Yong-xiang1()   

  1. 1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563006
    2. The First People's Hospital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Xichang 615500
  • Received:2024-04-11 Published:2024-12-26 Online:2025-01-15

摘要:

【目的】分析和研究临床碳青霉烯耐药高黏液肺炎克雷伯菌(Carbapenem-resistant hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae, CR-HMKP)K2-ST375中前噬菌体的分布、可诱导前噬菌体的遗传结构及其编码基因特征,为深入研究CR-HMKP中前噬菌体的生物学功能奠定重要基础。【方法】 利用Prophage Hunter预测CR-HMKP K2-ST375中前噬菌体的分布,使用丝裂霉素C对前噬菌体进行诱导并通过环化引物进行验证。综合运用RAST等生物信息学软件对可诱导前噬菌体Prophage-4进行基因注释并对其编码的内溶素理化性质、结构特征及遗传信息进行分析。【结果】Prophage Hunter预测结果表明,CR-HMKP K2-ST375染色体上携带Prophage-1-Prophage-4共4个前噬菌体。经丝裂霉素C诱导,Prophage-4可从宿主染色体上剪切下来形成环化结构。序列分析结果表明,Prophage-4与宿主染色体存在40 bp同源重复序列。基因注释结果表明,Prophage-4的编码基因主要参与噬菌体结构和组装、DNA复制和调控、溶源周期以及裂解等生物学功能。Prophage-4编码的内溶素与肠杆菌科噬菌体P21的内溶素蛋白具有相同的保守结构域;在遗传进化上,二者具有较近的亲缘关系。系统发育树分析结果显示,Prophage-4与克雷伯菌烈性噬菌体BUCT541位于同一进化分支,表明Prophage-4具有潜在的裂解能力。【结论】 临床CR-HMKP K2-ST375中携带的Prophage-4经丝裂霉素C诱导,在40 bp同源重复序列介导下从宿主菌染色体上剪切下来形成环化结构;其编码的内溶素与噬菌体P21编码的内溶素蛋白密切相关。

关键词: 碳青霉烯耐药高黏液肺炎克雷伯菌, 前噬菌体, 诱导, 环化结构

Abstract:

【Objective】 To analyze and study the distribution of prophages, genetic structure of inducible prophages, and the characteristics of their encoded genes in clinical carbapenem-resistant hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae(CR-HMKP)K2-ST375 strain, this may lay an important foundation for further research on the biological functions of prophage in CR-HMKP.【Method】The distribution of prophages in CR-HMKP K2-ST375 strain was predicted using Prophage Hunter. Mitomycin C was used to induce the prophages and their circular structure was verified through circularization primers. Comprehensive bioinformatics software such as RAST were utilized to annotate the genes of the inducible prophage, Prophage-4, and to analyze the physicochemical properties, structural characteristics, and genetic information of the endolysin encoded by Prophage-4.【Results】The predicted results of Prophage Hunter indicate that the chromosome of CR-HMKP K2-ST375 strain carries a total of four active prophages, named Prophage-1 - Prophage-4. Upon induction with mitomycin C, Prophage-4 can be excised from the host chromosome to form a circular structure. Sequence analysis shows that there is a 40 bp homologous repeats sequence between Prophage-4 and the host chromosome. Gene annotation results suggest that the genes encoded by Prophage-4 are mainly involved in phage structure and assembly, DNA metabolism, lysogenic cycle, and host lysis. The endolysin encoded by Prophage-4 shares the same conserved structural domains with the endolysin R21-like protein of the Enterobacteriaceae bacteriophage P21. Genetically, they are closely related in terms of evolutionary lineage. Phylogenetic tree analysis results show that Prophage-4 and the lytic Klebsiella phage BUCT541 are located on the same evolutionary branch, indicating that Prophage-4 possesses potential lytic capabilities. 【Conclusion】The Prophage-4 carried in clinical CR-HMKP K2-ST375 strain can be induced by mitomycin C and excised from the host's chromosome to form a circular structure mediated by 40 bp homologous repeat sequences. The endolysin is closely related to the endolysin protein encoded by phage P21.

Key words: carbapenem-resistant hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae, prophage, induction, circular structure