ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tinh , Nguyen Viet Dung, Van Thi Thuy and Nguyen Thao Suong
Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(Spl. Edn. 1):353-360
© The Author(s). 2014
Received: 12/04/2014 | Accepted: 09/05/2014 | Published: 31/05/2014
Abstract

Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication process in bacterial kingdom, in which the expression of genetic information is controlled via the production and detection of “signal molecules” in a population density-dependent manner. Quorum sensing system has been discovered and shown to control virulence factors in several Gram-negative bacterial pathogens in aquaculture, including Vibrio harveyi, a harmful bacterium in shrimp. It has been shown that the ability to inactivate AHL signal molecules may be useful in controlling the AHL-mediated virulence in many Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. AHL-lactonase, one of the three AHL-disrupting enzyme classes, attracts significant interest of researchers due to its high substrate specificity toward AHL signals. In this study, a recombinant and purified AHL-lactonase (AiiAN26.2 protein) was verified for its ability to inhibit bioluminescence of V. harveyi cultures. AiiAN26.2 protein at a concentration of 15 µg ml-1 could significantly attenuate the luminescence intensity of V. harveyi cultures over a 6-hour period. The findings of the study are important for future research as it was proven that recombinant AHL-lactonase can be used to control infectious diseases in aquaculture which are related to the AHL-mediated quorum sensing system.

Keywords

AHL-lactonase, AHL-mediated quorum sensing, bioluminescence, Vibrio harveyi

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