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- * Research on B. pseudomallei strains with and without the tssJ-3 gene revealed that the lack of this gene significantly inhibited bacterial growth, biofilm formation, motility, and ability to invade host cells.
- * The study found that tssJ-3 plays a crucial regulatory role in gene expression related to biofilm and flagellum development, suggesting that targeting this gene could lead to new treatments for infections caused by B. pseudomallei. *
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TssJ-3 is an outer-membrane lipoprotein and is one of the key components of the type VI secretion system in Burkholderia pseudomallei. TssJ translocates effector proteins to target cells to induce innate immune response in the host. However, the tssJ gene has not been identified in B. pseudomallei and its function in this bacterium has not yet been characterized. tssJ-3 knockout and tssJ-3-complemented B. pseudomallei strains were constructed to determine the effects of tssJ-3 on bacterial growth, biofilm formation, flagellum synthesis, motility, host cell infection, and gene expression in B. pseudomallei. We found that the ΔtssJ-3 mutant strain of B. pseudomallei showed significantly suppressed biofilm formation, flagellum synthesis, bacterial growth, motility, and bacterial invasion into host cells (A549 cells). Furthermore, the ΔtssJ-3 mutation downregulated multiple key genes, including biofilm and flagellum-related genes in B. pseudomallei and induced interleukin-8 gene expression in host cells. These results suggest that tssJ-3, an important gene controlling TssJ-3 protein expression, has regulatory effects on biofilm formation and flagellum synthesis in B. pseudomallei. In addition, B. pseudomallei-derived tssJ-3 contributes to cell infiltration and intracellular replication. This study provides a molecular basis of tssJ-3 for developing therapeutic strategies against B. pseudomallei infections.
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