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Huo W, Busch LM, Hernandez-Bird J, Hamami E, Marshall CW, Geisinger E, Cooper VS, van Opijnen T, Rosch JW, Isberg RR. Immunosuppression broadens evolutionary pathways to drug resistance and treatment failure during Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in mice. Nat Microbiol 2022; 7:796-809. [PMID: 35618774 PMCID: PMC9159950 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01126-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly refractory to antibiotic treatment in healthcare settings. As is true of most human pathogens, the genetic path to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the role that the immune system plays in modulating AMR during disease are poorly understood. Here we reproduced several routes to fluoroquinolone resistance, performing evolution experiments using sequential lung infections in mice that are replete with or depleted of neutrophils, providing two key insights into the evolution of drug resistance. First, neutropenic hosts acted as reservoirs for the accumulation of drug resistance during drug treatment. Selection for variants with altered drug sensitivity profiles arose readily in the absence of neutrophils, while immunocompetent animals restricted the appearance of these variants. Secondly, antibiotic treatment failure in the immunocompromised host was shown to occur without clinically defined resistance, an unexpected result that provides a model for how antibiotic failure occurs clinically in the absence of AMR. The genetic mechanism underlying both these results is initiated by mutations activating the drug egress pump regulator AdeL, which drives persistence in the presence of antibiotic. Therefore, antibiotic persistence mutations present a two-pronged risk during disease, causing drug treatment failure in the immunocompromised host while simultaneously increasing the emergence of high-level AMR.
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- Wenwen Huo
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Evolutionary Biology and Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
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Ma X, Prathapam R, Wartchow C, Chie-Leon B, Ho CM, De Vicente J, Han W, Li M, Lu Y, Ramurthy S, Shia S, Steffek M, Uehara T. Structural and Biological Basis of Small Molecule Inhibition of Escherichia coli LpxD Acyltransferase Essential for Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis. ACS Infect Dis 2020; 6:1480-1489. [PMID: 31402665 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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LpxD, acyl-ACP-dependent N-acyltransferase, is the third enzyme of lipid A biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria. A recent probe-based screen identified several compounds, including 6359-0284 (compound 1), that inhibit the enzymatic activity of Escherichia coli (E. coli) LpxD. Here, we use these inhibitors to chemically validate LpxD as an attractive antibacterial target. We first found that compound 1 was oxidized in solution to the more stable aromatized tetrahydro-pyrazolo-quinolinone compound 1o. From the Escherichia coli strain deficient in efflux, we isolated a mutant that was less susceptible to compound 1o and had an lpxD missense mutation (Gly268Cys), supporting the cellular on-target activity. Using surface plasma resonance, we showed direct binding to E. coli LpxD for compound 1o and other reported LpxD inhibitors in vitro. Furthermore, we determined eight cocrystal structures of E. coli LpxD/inhibitor complexes. These costructures pinpointed the 4'-phosphopantetheine binding site as the common ligand binding hotspot, where hydrogen bonds to Gly269 and/or Gly287 were important for inhibitor binding. In addition, the LpxD/compound 1o costructure rationalized the reduced activity of compound 1o in the LpxDGly268Cys mutant. Moreover, we obtained the LpxD structure in complex with a previously reported LpxA/LpxD dual targeting peptide inhibitor, RJPXD33, providing structural rationale for the unique dual targeting properties of this peptide. Given that the active site residues of LpxD are conserved in multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae, this work paves the way for future LpxD drug discovery efforts combating these Gram-negative pathogens.
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Shigatoxin encoding Bacteriophage ϕ24 B modulates bacterial metabolism to raise antimicrobial tolerance. Sci Rep 2017; 7:40424. [PMID: 28106081 PMCID: PMC5247750 DOI: 10.1038/srep40424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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How temperate bacteriophages play a role in microbial infection and disease progression is not fully understood. They do this in part by carrying genes that promote positive evolutionary selection for the lysogen. Using Biolog phenotype microarrays and comparative metabolite profiling we demonstrate the impact of the well-characterised Shiga toxin-prophage ϕ24B on its Escherichia coli host MC1061. As a lysogen, the prophage alters the bacterial physiology by increasing the rates of respiration and cell proliferation. This is the first reported study detailing phage-mediated control of the E. coli biotin and fatty acid synthesis that is rate limiting to cell growth. Through ϕ24B conversion the lysogen also gains increased antimicrobial tolerance to chloroxylenol and 8-hydroxyquinoline. Distinct metabolite profiles discriminate between MC1061 and the ϕ24B lysogen in standard culture, and when treated with 2 antimicrobials. This is also the first reported use of metabolite profiling to characterise the physiological impact of lysogeny under antimicrobial pressure. We propose that temperate phages do not need to carry antimicrobial resistance genes to play a significant role in tolerance to antimicrobials.
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The firA gene of Escherichia coli encodes UDP-3-O-(R-3-hydroxymyristoyl)-glucosamine N-acyltransferase. The third step of endotoxin biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36593-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Dicker IB, Seetharam S. What is known about the structure and function of the Escherichia coli protein FirA? Mol Microbiol 1992; 6:817-23. [PMID: 1602961 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The firA gene is essential for growth of Escherichia coli growth and lies in the 4-minute region of the genome. firA encodes the FirA protein which contains 341 amino acids and has an apparent molecular mass of 36 kDa. Genetic evidence suggests that FirA plays a role in transcription since certain firA alleles confer temperature sensitivity for growth and RNA synthesis as well as reversing the rifampin resistance of rifampin-resistant rpoB mutants ('fir' effect). FirA co-immunoprecipitates with RNA polymerase holoenzyme, implying a physical association with the transcriptional machinery, possibly with the beta subunit of RNA polymerase. FirA contains a previously undescribed isoleucine/valine-rich six-amino-acid repeat occurring 14 times within the N-terminal and 12 more times within the C-terminal half of the protein. This repeat can be formulated as [HXXXhZ]n with 'H' representing a large non-polar residue (usually isoleucine), 'h' representing a smaller non-polar residue, 'Z' representing either charged/polar or aromatic residues, XXX representing residues typical of beta turns, and 'n' being equal to the repeat number. We refer to this repeat as an isoleucine patch. Proteins encoded by three E. coli acyltransferases also contain this motif which is roughly positioned in each case, within the amino- and carboxyl termini, as in FirA. When the sequences of these proteins are aligned, a region of poor similarity separates the isoleucine patches. The significance of these repeats remains unknown although we speculate that they play an important structural role in the organization and function of FirA (and other proteins containing isoleucine patches), possibly by acting as homo- or hetero-dimerization interfaces.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- I B Dicker
- DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0328
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Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the firA gene and the firA200(Ts) allele from Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:334-44. [PMID: 1987124 PMCID: PMC207192 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.1.334-344.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli gene firA, previously reported to code for a small, histonelike DNA-binding protein, has been cloned and found to reside immediately downstream from skp, a gene previously identified as the firA locus. firA encodes a 36-kDa protein. The mutant firA200(Ts) allele was also cloned and shown to contain three mutations, each mutation giving rise to a single amino acid change. Partially purified wild-type FirA (from a firA+ strain) and mutant FirA [from a firA200(Ts) strain] proteins have amino-terminal sequences predicted from their common DNA sequences. Both proteins lack an N-terminal methionine. Modest overexpression of wild-type or mutant FirA restored wild-type growth to firA200(Ts) strains at 43 degrees C, whereas high-level expression of wild-type FirA was required for more complete suppression of the rifampin sensitivity of firA200(Ts) rpoB double mutants. High-level expression of mutant FirA did not suppress this rifampin sensitivity.
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Aasland R, Coleman J, Holck AL, Smith CL, Raetz CR, Kleppe K. Identity of the 17-kilodalton protein, a DNA-binding protein from Escherichia coli, and the firA gene product. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:5916-8. [PMID: 3056922 PMCID: PMC211702 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.12.5916-5918.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The 17-kilodalton protein, a DNA-binding protein encoded by the skp gene of Escherichia coli, was found to be identical to histonelike protein I, the product of the firA gene. This conclusion was reached after chromosomal localization, using the recently constructed high- and low-resolution E. coli restriction maps, and by direct comparison of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of histonelike protein I and the 17-kilodalton protein.
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- R Aasland
- Laboratory of Biotechnology, University of Bergen, Norway
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Coleman J, Raetz CR. First committed step of lipid A biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: sequence of the lpxA gene. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:1268-74. [PMID: 3277952 PMCID: PMC210902 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.3.1268-1274.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The min 4 region of the Escherichia coli genome contains genes (lpxA and lpxB) that encode proteins involved in lipid A biosynthesis. We have determined the sequence of 1,350 base pairs of DNA upstream of the lpxB gene. This fragment of DNA contains the complete coding sequence for the 28.0-kilodalton lpxA gene product and an upstream open reading frame capable of encoding a 17-kilodalton protein (ORF17). In addition there appears to be an additional open reading frame (ORF?) immediately upstream of ORF17. The initiation codon for lpxA is a GUG codon, and the start codon for ORF17 is apparently a UUG codon. The start and stop codons overlap between ORF? and ORF17, ORF17 and lpxA, and lpxA and lpxB. This overlap is suggestive of translational coupling and argues that the genes are cotranscribed. Crowell et al. (D.N. Crowell, W.S. Reznikoff, and C.R.H. Raetz, J. Bacteriol. 169:5727-5734, 1987) and Tomasiewicz and McHenry (H.G. Tomasiewicz and C.S. McHenry, J. Bacteriol. 169:5735-5744, 1987) have demonstrated that there are three similarly overlapping coding regions downstream of lpxB including dnaE, suggesting the existence of a complex operon of at least seven genes: 5'-ORF?-ORF17-lpxA-lpxB-ORF23-dnaE-ORF37-3 '.
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- J Coleman
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Molecular cloning and sequencing of the gene for CDP-diglyceride synthetase of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)38988-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bendiak DS, Friesen JD. Organization of genes in the four minute region of the Escherichia coli chromosome: evidence that rpsB and tsf are co-transcribed. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1981; 181:356-62. [PMID: 7017348 DOI: 10.1007/bf00425611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Restriction endonuclease-generated DNA fragments of lambda polC-9 (Friesen et al. 1976) have been cloned on plasmid vehicles. Expression of genes carried by these plasmids was determined either by genetic complementation of the appropriate mutants, or in ultraviolet-irradiated cells. On the basis of these experiments we have inferred the following gene order in the four minute region of the Escherichia coli chromosome: tonA-dapD4-dapD2-rpsB-tsf-22 kilodalton protein - fir 27,000-firA-dnaE. We suggest that rpsB and tsf are in one transcriptional unit, with rpsB being promoter-proximal. We also suggest the possible position of the promoter for dnaE.
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Lathe R, Buc H, Lecocq JP, Bautz EK. Prokaryotic histone-like protein interacting with RNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980; 77:3548-52. [PMID: 6447875 PMCID: PMC349654 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.6.3548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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firA mutation of Escherichia coli can render RNA synthesis thermosensitive and confer abnormal sensitivity to rifampicin, an antibiotic that specifically inhibits the activity of RNA polymerase. We previously described the cloning of a chromosomal HindIII fragment containing the firA gene, and we now present strong evidence that the product of this gene is a 17,000-dalton polypeptide which, by various criteria, closely resembles the eukaryotic histones. This protein forms the largest of a unique set of three abundant histone-like proteins (HLP) found in E. coli and is hence referred to as HLPI. We discuss possible routes by which these proteins might affect transcription.
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Pettersson I. Studies on the RNA and protein binding sites of the E. coli ribosomal protein L10. Nucleic Acids Res 1979; 6:2637-46. [PMID: 379826 PMCID: PMC327877 DOI: 10.1093/nar/6.7.2637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We have used modification of specific amino acid residues in the E. coli ribosomal protein L10 as a tool to study its interactions with another ribosomal protein, L7/L12, as well as with ribosomal core particles and with 23S RNA. The ribosome and RNA binding capability of L10 was found to be inhibited by modification of one more of its arginine residues. This treatment does not affect the ability of L10 to bind four molecules of L7/L12 in a L7/L12-L10 complex. Our results support the view that L10's role in promoting the L7/L12-ribosome association is due primarily to its ability to bind to both 23S RNA and L7/L12 simultaneously.
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Guterman SK, Howitt CL. Rifampicin supersensitivity of rho strains of E. coli, and suppression by sur mutation. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1979; 169:27-34. [PMID: 374996 DOI: 10.1007/bf00267541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Escherichia coli strains with mutations rho-115, rho-ts15, rho-101 (psu-1) or rho-102 (psu-2) are more sensitive ("supersensitive") to rifampicin than isogenic parent strains, as measured by growth rate in broth and colony forming efficiency on solid media with 5, 10, or 20 microgram of rifampicin per ml. There is no change in sensitivity of rho mutants to the antibiotics penicillin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, or the detergent desoxycholate. The rho-101 or rho-102 mutations confer rifampicin supersensitivity at 32 degrees C but not 42 degrees C. Mutants of a rho-115 strain that have lost polarity suppression can be isolated by selection for rifampicin resistance. This phenotype, Sur, is not due to reversion of the original rho gene mutation but to a second mutation perhaps in the gene for rho protein or the gene for the beta subunit of RNA polymerase. One class of Sur mutation, occurring in rho-115 cells isolated as resistant to 20 microgram of rifampicin per ml, is co-transducible with the marker ilv, and the gene order is rbs-ilv-sur-38. A model suggested by this map position is that the mutations rho-115 and sur-38 define the domain of rho protein which interacts with the beta subunit of RNA polymerase.
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Lathe R, Lecocq JP. Overproduction of a viral protein during infection of a lyc mutant of Escherichia coli with phage λmm434. Virology 1977; 83:204-6. [DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(77)90223-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/02/1977] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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