FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Dual RNAseq highlights the kinetics of skin microbiome and fish host responsiveness to bacterial infection BT AF Le Luyer, Jeremy Schull, Quentin Auffret, Pauline LOPEZ, Pierre Crusot, Margaux Belliard, Corinne Basset, Caline Carradec, Q. Poulain, J. Planes, S. SAULNIER, Denis AS 1:1;2:1,2;3:1;4:1,3;5:1,4;6:1;7:1;8:5;9:5;10:6;11:1; FF 1:PDG-RBE-RMPF;2:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM;3:PDG-RBE-RMPF;4:PDG-RBE-RMPF;5:PDG-RBE-RMPF;6:PDG-RBE-RMPF;7:PDG-RBE-RMPF;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-RBE-RMPF; C1 Ifremer, IRD, Institut Louis-Malardé, Univ Polynésie Française, EIO, F-98719 Taravao, Tahiti, Polynésie Française MARBEC, Univ. Montpellier, Ifremer, IRD, CNRS, F-34200, Sète, France Virologie et Immunologie Moléculaires, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France Univ Polynésie française, Ifremer, IRD, Institut Louis-Malardé, EIO, F-98702 Fa, ’a, Tahiti, Polynésie Française Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Univ Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France PSL Research University: EPHE-UPVD-CNRS, USR 3278 CRIOBE, Moorea, Polynésie Française C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE INRAE, FRANCE UNIV POLYNESIE FRANCAISE, FRANCE CEA, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE SI TAHITI SETE SE PDG-RBE-RMPF PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LHM UM MARBEC EIO IN WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-p187 copubli-univ-france TC 4 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00697/80883/84612.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00697/80883/84613.zip LA English DT Article DE ;Microbiome;Gene expression;16S rRNA;Nanopore;Tenacibaculum maritimum;Co-infection AB Background Tenacibaculum maritimum is a fish pathogen known for causing serious damage to a broad range of wild and farmed marine fish populations worldwide. The recently sequenced genome of T. maritimum strain NCIMB 2154T provided unprecedented information on the possible molecular mechanisms involved in the virulence of this species. However, little is known about the dynamic of infection in vivo, and information is lacking on both the intrinsic host response (gene expression) and its associated microbiota. Here, we applied complementary omic approaches, including dual RNAseq and 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding sequencing using Nanopore and short-read Illumina technologies to unravel the host–pathogen interplay in an experimental infection system using the tropical fish Platax orbicularis as model. Results We showed that the infection of the host is characterised by an enhancement of functions associated with antibiotic and glucans catabolism functions but a reduction of sulfate assimilation process in T. maritimum. The fish host concurrently displays a large panel of immune effectors, notably involving innate response and triggering acute inflammatory response. In addition, our results suggest that fish activate an adaptive immune response visible through the stimulation of T-helper cells, Th17, with congruent reduction of Th2 and T-regulatory cells. Fish were, however, largely sensitive to infection, and less than 25% survived after 96 hpi. These surviving fish showed no evidence of stress (cortisol levels) or significant difference in microbiome diversity compared with controls at the same sampling time. The presence of T. maritimum in resistant fish skin and the total absence of any skin lesions suggest that these fish did not escape contact with the pathogen, but rather that some mechanisms prevented pathogens entry. In resistant individuals, we detected up-regulation of specific immune-related genes differentiating resistant individuals from controls at 96 hpi, which suggests a possible genomic basis of resistance, although no genetic variation in coding regions was found. Conclusion Here we focus in detail on the interplay between common fish pathogens and host immune response during experimental infection. We further highlight key actors of defence response, pathogenicity and possible genomic bases of fish resistance to T. maritimum. PY 2021 PD MAY SO Animal Microbiome SN 2524-4671 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 3 IS 1 UT 000704675400001 DI 10.1186/s42523-021-00097-1 ID 80883 ER EF