Genotyping of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretion System Using Magnetic Enrichment Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction and Chemiluminescence.
The pathologic characteristics and toxicity mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are different in strains with different Type III secretion system (T3SS) genes. The T3SS gene based genotyping of P. aeruginosa strains is important to understand its virulence and predict the clinical outcomes. In this study, a rapid and automatable method for T3SS genotyping was developed using magnetic enrichment multiplex PCR and chemiluminescence. Three P. aeruginosa standard strains were analyzed using this method. The results showed that the chemiluminescent intensity of exoT, exoY, and exoS of these strains were 10 times greater than that of the control, and that their Q values were greater than 2.1. These results were consistent with the regular PCR and electrophoresis results, indicating that the method was reliable. Out of the 22 clinical isolates tested using this method, 100%, 72.7%, 95.5%, and 4.5% of the isolates contained exoT, exoY, exoS, and exoU genes, respectively. The isolates harbored either exoS or exoU gene, but not both. All genotyping results of the isolates were consistent with the information obtained using regular PCR and electrophoresis.
Yongjun
Y
Tang
Bo
B
Li
Jianguo
J
Dai
Jianfang
J
Dai
Xinhui
X
Wang
Jing
J
Si
Zeeshan
Z
Ali
Taotao
T
Li
Nongyue
N
He
D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000379:methods*; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics*; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000069296:Type III Secretion Systems / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D058185:Magnetite Nanoparticles; D000069296:Type III Secretion Systems