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Journal of Fish Diseases 2006, 29, 355–364<br />

PDíaz-Rosales et al. Superoxi<strong>de</strong> dismutase and cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e in P. damse<strong>la</strong>e ssp. piscicida<br />

superoxi<strong>de</strong> dismutases (SODs) and cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>es. Production<br />

of SOD and cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e <strong>en</strong>zymes, which<br />

<strong>de</strong>compose superoxi<strong>de</strong> and peroxi<strong>de</strong> radicals,<br />

respectively, have be<strong>en</strong> reported to contribute to<br />

the virul<strong>en</strong>ce of a great number of pathog<strong>en</strong>s<br />

(Franzon, Aron<strong>de</strong>l & Sansonetti 1990; Lynch &<br />

Kuramitsu 2000; Lefebre & Valvano 2001; Uzzau,<br />

Bossi & Figueroa-Bossi 2002).<br />

Superoxi<strong>de</strong> dismutases are a family of metallo<strong>en</strong>zymes<br />

including four types <strong>de</strong>p<strong>en</strong>ding on the<br />

metal cofactor, copper-zinc (Cu/Zn-SOD), manganese<br />

(Mn-SOD), iron (Fe-SOD) and nickel<br />

(Ni-SOD) (Lynch & Kuramitsu 2000). Three<br />

types of cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e have be<strong>en</strong> <strong>de</strong>scribed: monofunctional<br />

cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>es, bifunctional cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>es or cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e/<br />

peroxidase and pseudocata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>es or non-haeme<br />

cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>es, with manganese as a metal cofactor<br />

(Loew<strong>en</strong> 1997).<br />

Microorganisms produce differ<strong>en</strong>t SOD and<br />

cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e isozymes inducible un<strong>de</strong>r certain culture<br />

conditions such as high oxyg<strong>en</strong> t<strong>en</strong>sion, low levels<br />

of iron or stationary growth phase (Crockford,<br />

Davis & Williams 1995; Schnell & Steinman 1995;<br />

Barnes, Horne & Ellis 1996; Po<strong>la</strong>ck, Dacheux,<br />

Delic-Attree, Toussaint & Vignais 1996; St John &<br />

Steinman 1996; Lynch & Kuramitsu 2000; Vattanaviboon<br />

& Mongkolsuk 2001). However, information<br />

on the SOD and cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e activities of<br />

P. damse<strong>la</strong>e ssp. piscicida is scarce.<br />

The aim of this work was to <strong>de</strong>termine whether<br />

P. damse<strong>la</strong>e ssp. piscicida can express differ<strong>en</strong>t SOD<br />

and cata<strong><strong>la</strong>s</strong>e activities wh<strong>en</strong> cultured un<strong>de</strong>r differ<strong>en</strong>t<br />

conditions, and whether these <strong>en</strong>zymatic activities<br />

may protect the bacterium in vitro from oxyg<strong>en</strong><br />

radicals g<strong>en</strong>erated during the macrophage respiratory<br />

burst.<br />

Materials and methods<br />

Bacteria<br />

Strains of P. damse<strong>la</strong>e ssp. piscicida used in this<br />

study are listed in Table 1. Strains B180, D 26/98 ,<br />

Pp8H, R45, R46, B51 and Lg h41/01 were iso<strong>la</strong>ted in<br />

our <strong>la</strong>boratory (Departm<strong>en</strong>t of Microbiology, Faculty<br />

of Sci<strong>en</strong>ces, University of Má<strong>la</strong>ga, Spain).<br />

Strains MT 1415, MT 1375, MT 1376 and MT<br />

1379 were kindly provi<strong>de</strong>d by Dr A.C. Barnes<br />

(Marine Laboratory, Aber<strong>de</strong><strong>en</strong>, UK); strain DI-21S<br />

by Dr A.E. Toranzo (Departm<strong>en</strong>t of Microbiology<br />

and Parasitology, Faculty of Chemistry, University<br />

of Santiago <strong>de</strong> Composte<strong>la</strong>, Spain) and EPOY-<br />

8803-II by Dr K. Muroga (Faculty of Applied<br />

Biological Sci<strong>en</strong>ces, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima,<br />

Japan). Strains 17911 and 29690 were<br />

obtained from the American Type Culture Collection<br />

(ATCC).<br />

Virul<strong>en</strong>ce assays were carried out with two<br />

selected strains: Lg h41/01 and EPOY-8803-II. Assays<br />

to <strong>de</strong>termine the lethal dose 50% (LD 50 ) for sole,<br />

Solea s<strong>en</strong>egal<strong>en</strong>sis (Kaup), were carried out following<br />

the methodology <strong>de</strong>scribed by Santos (1991).<br />

Groups of five fish (10–15 g body weight) maintained<br />

in tanks at 24 °C, were intraperitoneally<br />

inocu<strong>la</strong>ted with 0.1 mL of serial bacterial dilutions<br />

containing 10 3 –10 8 cfu. The same number of fish<br />

was inocu<strong>la</strong>ted with phosphate-buffered saline<br />

(PBS) and used as a control. Inocu<strong>la</strong>ted fish were<br />

observed daily for 14 days, and all mortalities were<br />

recor<strong>de</strong>d. Mortalities were consi<strong>de</strong>red to be due to<br />

the inocu<strong>la</strong>tion wh<strong>en</strong> the bacterial strain was<br />

iso<strong>la</strong>ted in pure culture from internal organs of<br />

<strong>de</strong>ad fish. Lethal dose 50% (LD 50 ) repres<strong>en</strong>ts the<br />

Strain Host Source<br />

17911 Roccus americanus ATCC<br />

29690 Serio<strong>la</strong> quinqueradiata ATCC<br />

B51 Dic<strong>en</strong>trarchus <strong>la</strong>brax UMA, Spain<br />

B180 Sparus aurata UMA, Spain<br />

D 26/98 S. aurata UMA, Spain<br />

Pp8H S. aurata UMA, Spain<br />

R45 S. aurata UMA, Spain<br />

R46 S. aurata UMA, Spain<br />

DI-21S S. aurata USC, Spain<br />

EPOY-8803-II Epinephelus akaara Japan<br />

Lg h41/01 Solea s<strong>en</strong>egal<strong>en</strong>sis UMA, Spain<br />

MT1415 D. <strong>la</strong>brax Marine Laboratory, Aber<strong>de</strong><strong>en</strong>, UK<br />

MT1375 D. <strong>la</strong>brax Marine Laboratory, Aber<strong>de</strong><strong>en</strong>, UK<br />

MT1376 S. aurata Marine Laboratory, Aber<strong>de</strong><strong>en</strong>, UK<br />

MT1379 S. aurata Marine Laboratory, Aber<strong>de</strong><strong>en</strong>, UK<br />

Table 1 Photobacterium damse<strong>la</strong>e subsp.<br />

piscicida strains used in this study<br />

ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; UMA, University of Má<strong>la</strong>ga; USC, University of<br />

Santiago <strong>de</strong> Composte<strong>la</strong>.<br />

Ó 2006<br />

B<strong>la</strong>ckwell Publishing Ltd<br />

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