Pintor-Cora, Alberto and Tapia Martínez, Olga and Elexpuru Zabaleta, Maria and Ruiz de Alegría, Carlos and Rodríguez-Calleja, Jose M. and Santos, Jesús A. and Ramos Vivas, Jose UNSPECIFIED, olga.tapia@uneatlantico.es, maria.elexpuru@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, jose.ramos@uneatlantico.es (2023) Cytotoxicity and Antimicrobial Resistance of Aeromonas Strains Isolated from Fresh Produce and Irrigation Water. Antibiotics, 12 (3). p. 511. ISSN 2079-6382
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Abstract
The genus Aeromonas has received constant attention in different areas, from aquaculture and veterinary medicine to food safety, where more and more frequent isolates are occurring with increased resistance to antibiotics. The present paper studied the interaction of Aeromonas strains isolated from fresh produce and water with different eukaryotic cell types with the aim of better understanding the cytotoxic capacity of these strains. To study host-cell pathogen interactions in Aeromonas, we used HT-29, Vero, J774A.1, and primary mouse embryonic fibroblasts. These interactions were analyzed by confocal microscopy to determine the cytotoxicity of the strains. We also used Galleria mellonella larvae to test their pathogenicity in this experimental model. Our results demonstrated that two strains showed high cytotoxicity in epithelial cells, fibroblasts, and macrophages. Furthermore, these strains showed high virulence using the G. mellonella model. All strains used in this paper generally showed low levels of resistance to the different families of the antibiotics being tested. These results indicated that some strains of Aeromonas present in vegetables and water pose a potential health hazard, displaying very high in vitro and in vivo virulence. This pathogenic potential, and some recent concerning findings on antimicrobial resistance in Aeromonas, encourage further efforts in examining the precise significance of Aeromonas strains isolated from foods for human consumption.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aeromonas; virulence; cytotoxicity; antimicrobial resistance; host–pathogen interactions |
| Subjects: | Subjects > Biomedicine Subjects > Nutrition |
| Divisions: | Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production Ibero-american International University > Research > Scientific Production |
| Depositing User: | Sr Bibliotecario |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2023 13:17 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2024 12:22 |
| URI: | http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/6352 |
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