Inactivation of clpB in the Pathogen Leptospira interrogans Reduces Virulence and Resistance to Stress Conditions
- 1 September 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 79 (9), 3711-3717
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.05168-11
Abstract
Leptospira interrogans is the causative agent of leptospirosis, which is an emerging zoonotic disease. Resistance to stress conditions is largely uncharacterized for this bacterium. We therefore decided to analyze a clpB mutant that we obtained by random transposon mutagenesis. The mutant did not produce any of the two isoforms of ClpB. The clpB mutant exhibited growth defects at 30° and 37°C and in poor nutrient medium and showed increased susceptibility to oxidative stress, whereas the genetically complemented strain was restored in ClpB expression and in vitro wild-type growth. We also showed that the clpB mutant was attenuated in virulence in an animal model of acute leptospirosis. Our findings demonstrate that ClpB is involved in the general stress response. The chaperone is also necessary, either directly or indirectly, for the virulence of the pathogen L. interrogans .This publication has 43 references indexed in Scilit:
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