This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (30370079) and The Chinese Medical Board (CMB) of New York (CMB NO.82-412).
New strategies are needed for prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infections, a widespread disease caused by P. aeruginosa with strong drug resistance. The immunoprotective capacity of the receptor of autoinducers protein LasR/RhlR was examined in the BALB/c mice. At first, specialized expression plasmids were developed to facilitate expression of LasR/RhlR proteins in Escherichia coli (E.coli). Then, biofilms were grown from clinical isolated P. aeruginosa PA0305 to investigate the relative contributions of cell signaling for biofilm formation. Morphological characters of biofilm were quantified using Image-Pro Plus software. Fluorescence analysis demonstrated that cell signal molecule LasR/RhlR significantly (P < 0.05) influenced development of P. aeruginosa biofilm. Active immunization of mice with LasR/RhlR was found to provide significant protection against homologous challenge with P. aeruginosa in mice lungs. In 10 days after lungs inoculation, the bacterial clearance rate of the immunized mice was clearly higher than that of non-immunized groups on the basis of microbiological and histological assays. The protective effects of immunization with LasR and RhlR together were the same as the result of LasR or RhlR immunized mice alone. These data indicate that the manner of LasR, RhlR or both is an important determinant of immunoprotection in mice lungs infection.
XIE Yi, ZENG Wei, JIA Wen-Xiang, YANG Fa-Long, YANG Wei-Qing, CHENG Xi, KANG Mei, WNAG Lan-Lan, ZHANG Zai-Rong. Functional Effects of LasR/RhlR on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Development and Lung Infections in Mice[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2006,33(1):31-38
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