Research

Faculty
Name: XIE Haixia
Academic Title: Professor
Education: Ph.D.
Phone: 86-27-68780006
E-mail: xieh@ihb.ac.cn

Resume:

Education  

Ph.D., Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hydrobiology, 2005.   

B.A., HuaZhong Agricultural University, Aquaculture, 1999.    

Research Experience:  

2019-     Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences  

2011-2018 Associate Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences  

2017-2018 Visiting scholar, Imperial College, London.  

2008-2010 Assistant Professor, Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences  

2005-2008 PostDoc, Department of Biology, National University of Singapore 

Research interests  

Type III secretion system, biofilm, regulation, type I fimbriae, host-pathogen interaction, live attenuated vaccines   

Research Grants as Principal Investigator  

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China-Hainan Joint Fund (grant No.U23A20254, ¥3,300,000, 01/2024-12/2027): Invasion, immune evasion and immuno-prevention of Streptococcus agalactiae in tilapia. 

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No.32073018, ¥690,000, 01/2021-12/2024): Molecular mechanism of Edwardsiella piscicida EseJ for its negative regulation of type I fmbria and inhibition of apoptosis. 

3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No.31572659, ¥763,200, 01/2016-12/2019): Type III translocon contributes to biofilm formation and virulence of Edwardsiella piscidida. 

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 31172442, ¥560,000, 1/2012-12/2015): Pathogenic mechanism of the native pEI1 and pEI2 from Edwardsiella ictaluri. 

5. National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No. 30972278, ¥300,000, 1/2010-12/2012): Pathogenic mechanism of Type III and type VI secretion system in Edwardsiella ictaluri. 

Selected Publications:

1. ZhiXiong Zeng, LuYi Liu, ShuiBing Xiao, JinFang Lu, YingLi Liu, Jing Li, YuanZe Zhou, LiJing Liao, DuanYou Li, Ying Zhou, Pin Nie, HaiXia Xie*. Secreted in a Type III Secretion System-Dependent Manner, EsaH and EscE Are the Cochaperones of the T3SS Needle Protein EsaG of Edwardsiella piscicida. mBio, 2022, 21:e0125022.  

2. XiaoJian Liao, TianTian He, LuYi Liu, XiuLong Jiang, ShanShan Sun, YuHang Deng, LiQiang Zhang, HaiXia Xie*Pin Nie*. Unraveling and characterization of novel T3SS effectors in Edwardsiella piscicida. mSphere, 2023, 8:e0034623. 

3. DuanYou Li, YingLi Liu, XiaoJian Liao, TianTian He, ShanShan Sun, Pin Nie, HaiXia Xie*. Identification and Characterization of EvpQ, a Novel T6SS Effector Encoded on a Mobile Genetic Element in Edwardsiella piscicida. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 12:643498.  

4. TianTian He, Ying Zhou, YingLi Liu, DuanYou Li, Pin Nie, AiHua Li*, HaiXia Xie*Edwardsiella piscicida type III protein EseJ suppresses apoptosis through down regulating type I fimbriae, which stimulate the cleavage of caspase-8. Cellular Microbiology, 2020, 22:e13193.  

5. Qian Zhang, TianTian He, DuanYou Li , Pin Nie*, HaiXia Xie*. The Edwardsiella piscicida type III effector EseJ suppresses expression of type 1 fimbriae, leading to decreased bacterial adherence to host cells. Infection & Immunity, 2019, 87: e00187-19.   

6. YingLi Liu, TianTian He, LuYi Liu, Jia Yi, Pin Nie, HongBing Yu, HaiXia Xie*. The Edwardsiella piscicida type III translocon protein EseC inhibits biofilm formation by sequestering EseE. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2019, 85:e02133-18.   

7. LuYi Liu, Pin Nie*, HongBing Yu , HaiXia Xie*. Regulation of type III secretion of translocon and effector proteins by the EsaB/EsaL/EsaM complex in Edwardsiella tarda. Infection & Immunity, 2017, 85:e00322-17.  

8. Jia Yi , ShuiBing Xiao, ZhiXiong Zeng, JinFang Lu, LuYi Liu, Zubair Ahmed Laghari, Pin Nie, HongBing Yu, HaiXia Xie*. EseE of Edwardsiella tarda augments the secretion of translocon protein EseC and the expression of escC-eseE operon.  Infection & Immunity, 2016, 84:2336-2344.  

9. JinFang Lu, WeiNa Wang, GaiLing Wang, HeZhang, YingZhou, ZhiPeng Gao, Pin Nie*, HaiXia Xie*Edwardsiella tarda EscE (Orf13 protein) is a type III secretion system secreted protein that is required for the injection of effectors, secretion of translocators, and pathogenesis in fish. Infection & Immunity, 2016, 84:2-10.  

10. ZhiPeng Gao, Pin Nie, JinFang Lu, LuYi Liu, TiaoYi Xiao, Wei Liu, JiaShou Liu*, HaiXia Xie*. Type III secretion system translocon component EseB forms filaments and mediates autoaggregation and biofilm formation in Edwardsiella tarda. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2015, 81:6078-6087.  

11. HaiXia Xie, JinFang Lu, Ying Zhou, Jia Yi, Xiu-Jun Yu*, KaYing Leung, Pin Nie*. Identification and functional characterization of the novel Edwardsiella tarda effector EseJ. Infection & Immunity, 2015, 83:1650-1660.  

12. HaiXia Xie, JinFang Lu, Nathalie Rolhion, David W. Holden, Pin Nie*, Ying Zhou, Xiu-Jun Yu*Edwardsiella tarda-induced cytotoxicity depends on its type III secretion system and flagellin. Infection & Immunity, 2014, 82:3436-3445.   

13. HaiXia Xie, HongBing Yu, Jun Zheng, Leonard J. Foster, Yu-Keung Mok, Brett B. Finlay, Pin Nie, KaYin Leung*. EseG, an effector of the type III secretion system of Edwardsiella tarda triggers microtubule destabilization. Infection & Immunity 2010, 78:5011-5021