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Pathogeny assessment of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum strains with genes responsible for expression of assets flagella

Grant number: 11/14763-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Master
Start date until: March 01, 2012
End date until: December 31, 2013
Field of knowledge:Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Animal Pathology
Principal Investigator:Angelo Berchieri Junior
Grantee:Priscila Diniz Lopes
Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Salmonella spp. are Gram-negative microorganisms. Currently, there are over 2500 serovars of Salmonella. Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum (SG) and biovar Pullorum (SP) are two non-flagellated biovars causative of two different avian systemic diseases, fowl typhoid and pullorum disease, respectively. It is believed that the absence of flagella induces low production of pro-inflammatory interleukins, reducing inflammatory responses in intestinal epithelium and favoring systemic infection. Flagellin, the main flagellar protein, has the capacity of stimulating the TLR-5 and consequently to trigger the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines which induce a rapid inflammation on the intestinal mucosa, reducing the severity of systemic infection. In a previous study carried out by this research group (FAPESP: 2007/59233-3), a SG mutant strain capable of expressing flagella (SG Fla+) was produced. SG Fla+ is less pathogenic and can also induce inflammation in the intestinal mucosa of birds. However, it was noticed that SG Fla+, although capable of expressing flagella, trends to stop its production after two or more consecutive passages in vitro, becoming phenotypically aflagellated (SG Fla-). This study aims to assess the importance of the flagella in the pathogenesis of SG, phenotypes SG Fla+ and SG Fla- comparing to the SG wild type strain.

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LOPES, P. D.; FREITAS NETO, O. C.; BATISTA, D. F. A.; DENADAI, J.; ALARCON, M. F. F.; ALMEIDA, A. M.; VASCONCELOS, R. O.; SETTA, A.; BARROW, P. A.; BERCHIERI JUNIOR, A.. Experimental infection of chickens by a flagellated motile strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum biovar Gallinarum. VETERINARY JOURNAL, v. 214, p. 40-46, . (11/23483-1, 11/14763-0)

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