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The ability of bacterial pathogens to take up iron from the host during infection is necessary for their multiplication within the host. However, host high-affinity iron binding proteins limit levels of free iron in fluids and tissues. To overcome this deficiency of iron during infection, bacterial pathogens have developed iron uptake systems that are upregulated in the absence of iron, typically tightly controlled by the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein. The iron uptake system ofEdwardsiella ictaluri , a host-restricted pathogen of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus ) and the main pathogen of this fish in aquaculture, is unknown. Here we describe theE. ictaluri Fur protein, the iron uptake machinery controlled by Fur, and the effects offur gene deletion on virulence and immunogenicity in the fish host. Analysis of theE. ictaluri Fur protein shows that it lacks the N-terminal region found in the majority of pathogen-encoded Fur proteins. However, it is fully functional in regulated genes encoding iron uptake proteins.E. ictaluri grown under iron-limited conditions upregulates an outer membrane protein (HemR) that shows heme-hemoglobin transport activity and is tightly regulated by Fur.In vivo studies showed that anE. ictaluri Δfur mutant is attenuated and immune protective in zebrafish (Danio rerio ) and catfish (Ictalurus punctatus ), triggering systemic immunity. We conclude that anE. ictaluri Δfur mutant could be an effective component of an immersion-oral vaccine for the catfish industry.

Fur-Regulated Iron Uptake System of Edwardsiella ictaluri and Its Influence on Pathogenesis and Immunogenicity in the Catfish Host