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Infection and Immunity, August 2005, p. 4614-4619, Vol. 73, No. 8
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.8.4614-4619.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Deletion of the Anaerobic Regulator HlyX Causes Reduced Colonization and Persistence of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in the Porcine Respiratory Tract

Nina Baltes,* Mohamed N'diaye, Ilse D. Jacobsen, Alexander Maas, Falk F. R. Buettner, and Gerald-F. Gerlach

Institute for Microbiology, Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, 30173 Hannover, Germany

Received 18 January 2005/ Returned for modification 1 March 2005/ Accepted 12 April 2005

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, the etiological agent of porcine pleuropneumonia, is able to persist on respiratory epithelia, in tonsils, and in the anaerobic environment of encapsulated lung sequesters. We have demonstrated previously that putative HlyX-regulated genes, coding for dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) reductase and aspartate ammonia lyase, are upregulated during infection and that deletions in these genes result in attenuation of the organism. The study presented here investigates the role of HlyX, the fumarate nitrate reductase regulator (FNR) homologue of A. pleuropneumoniae. By constructing an isogenic A. pleuropneumoniae hlyX mutant, the HlyX protein is shown to be responsible for upregulated expression of both DMSO reductase and aspartate ammonia lyase (AspA) under anaerobic conditions. In a challenge experiment the A. pleuropneumoniae hlyX mutant is shown to be highly attenuated, unable to persist in healthy lung epithelium and tonsils, and impaired in survival inside sequestered lung tissue. Further, using an A. pleuropneumoniae strain carrying the luxAB genes as transcriptional fusion to aspA on the chromosome, the airway antioxidant glutathione was identified as one factor potentially responsible for inducing HlyX-dependent gene expression of A. pleuropneumoniae in epithelial lining fluid.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut fuer Mikrobiologie, Zentrum fuer Infektionsmedizin, Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany. Phone: 49-511-856-7595. Fax: 49-511-856-7697. E-mail: nbaltes{at}gmx.de.

Editor: F. C. Fang

Infection and Immunity, August 2005, p. 4614-4619, Vol. 73, No. 8
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.8.4614-4619.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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