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Shigella flexneri HN153_1dv
(Ancestor NCBI TaxID 623,
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, ICD11: SA56
, ICD11: XN7HG
]; infection due to Shigella flexneri [ICD11: XN7Y2
]
icdc.cn>The O-antigens of all Shigella flexneri serotypes, except serotype 6, share a linear tetrasaccharide repeat composed of one N-acetylglucosamine and three l-rhamnose residues, and differences between the serotypes are due to modification of various monosaccharide residues with glucosyl and/or O-acetyl and/or phosphoethanolamine (PEtN) groups. Plasmid-borne opt (formerly lpt-O) gene encoding a PEtN transferase which modifies the O-antigens of S. flexneri serotype X, 4a and Y strains and converts the hosts into MASF IV-1 (E1037) positive 'variant' (v) Xv, 4av and Yv serotypes, respectively. In this study, we showed that the opt-carrying plasmid pSFxv_2 can transform strains of all S. flexneri serotypes (1-6) to confer them with the MASF IV-1 epitope recognized by monoclonal antibody MASF IV-1 and typing antiserum IV. The transformants possessed modified O-antigens with a PEtN group(s) at position 3 of one or two rhamnose residues. In some serotypes, the PEtN modification competed or/and interfered with glucosylation and O-acetylation at the same or its neighboring sugar residue. We also showed that the plasmid pSFxv_2 is mobilizable to other S. flexneri strains by conjugation. Although pSFxv_2-harboring S. flexneri strains found in clinical infections are restricted to serotypes Xv, 4av, Yv and, possibly, 6v, our results demonstrate a high potential of dissemination of this plasmid in S. flexneri and emergence of new S. flexneri serotypes.
O-antigen, Shigella flexneri, serotype conversion, phosphoethanolamine modification, pSFxv_2 plasmid
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