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Jiang W, Lin T, Pan J, Rivera CE, Tincher C, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Gao X, Wang Y, Tsui HCT, Winkler ME, Lynch M, Long H. Spontaneous mutations and mutational responses to penicillin treatment in the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae D39. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2024; 6:198-211. [PMID: 38827133 PMCID: PMC11136922 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-024-00220-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
Bacteria with functional DNA repair systems are expected to have low mutation rates due to strong natural selection for genomic stability. However, our study of the wild-type Streptococcus pneumoniae D39, a pathogen responsible for many common diseases, revealed a high spontaneous mutation rate of 0.02 per genome per cell division in mutation-accumulation (MA) lines. This rate is orders of magnitude higher than that of other non-mutator bacteria and is characterized by a high mutation bias in the A/T direction. The high mutation rate may have resulted from a reduction in the overall efficiency of selection, conferred by the tiny effective population size in nature. In line with this, S. pneumoniae D39 also exhibited the lowest DNA mismatch-repair (MMR) efficiency among bacteria. Treatment with the antibiotic penicillin did not elevate the mutation rate, as penicillin did not induce DNA damage and S. pneumoniae lacks a stress response pathway. Our findings suggested that the MA results are applicable to within-host scenarios and provide insights into pathogen evolution. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-024-00220-6.
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- Wanyue Jiang
- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237 China
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- School of Mathematics Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266000 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Microbial Technology Institute, School of Life Science, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237 China
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281 USA
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237 China
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Lin T, Pan J, Gregory C, Wang Y, Tincher C, Rivera C, Lynch M, Long H, Zhang Y. Contribution of the SOS response and the DNA repair systems to norfloxacin induced mutations in E. coli. MARINE LIFE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 5:538-550. [PMID: 38045542 PMCID: PMC10689325 DOI: 10.1007/s42995-023-00185-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria severely threaten human health. Besides spontaneous mutations generated by endogenous factors, the resistance might also originate from mutations induced by certain antibiotics, such as the fluoroquinolones. Such antibiotics increase the genome-wide mutation rate by introducing replication errors from the SOS response pathway or decreasing the efficiency of the DNA repair systems. However, the relative contributions of these molecular mechanisms remain unclear, hindering understanding of the generation of resistant pathogens. Here, using newly-accumulated mutations of wild-type and SOS-uninducible Escherichia coli strains, as well as those of the strains deficient for the mismatch repair (MMR) and the oxidative damage repair pathways, we find that the SOS response is the major mutagenesis contributor in mutation elevation, responsible for ~ 30-50% of the total base-pair substitution (BPS) mutation-rate elevation upon treatment with sublethal levels of norfloxacin (0 ~ 50 ng/mL). We further estimate the significance of the effects on other mutational features of these mechanisms (i.e., transversions, structural variations, and mutation spectrum) in E. coli using linear models. The SOS response plays a positive role in all three mutational features (mutation rates of BPSs, transversions, structural variations) and affects the mutational spectrum. The repair systems significantly reduce the BPS mutation rate and the transversion rate, regardless of whether antibiotics are present, while significantly increasing the structural variation rate in E. coli. Our results quantitatively disentangle the contributions of the SOS response and DNA repair systems in antibiotic-induced mutagenesis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42995-023-00185-y.
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- Tongtong Lin
- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237 China
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 47405 USA
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 47405 USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 47405 USA
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85281 USA
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Laoshan Laboratory, Qingdao, 266237 China
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- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003 China
- School of Mathematics Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266000 China
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Mao C, Li Q, Komijani M, Huang J, Li T. Metagenomic analysis reveals the dissemination mechanisms and risks of resistance genes in plateau lakes. iScience 2023; 26:107508. [PMID: 37664620 PMCID: PMC10470376 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are emerging as environmental pollutants that can persist and disseminate in aquatic environments. Lakes, as important sources of freshwater, also serve as potential natural reservoirs of ARGs. In this study, we analyzed the distribution and potential risks of resistance genes in five typical freshwater lakes on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Our findings revealed that multidrug and MLS ARGs dominated in the studied lakes. Notably, while Lugu Lake exhibited higher abundance of ARGs, mobile genetic elements (MGEs), and metal resistance genes (MRGs), a greater resistome risk was observed in the eutrophic Xingyun Lake. The dissemination processes of ARGs and MRGs are primarily driven by microbial communities and the horizontal gene transfer via MGEs. Limnohabitans, Flavobacterium, and Acinetobacter were identified as key players in the dissemination of ARGs. Our study highlights the persistence of ARGs and provides valuable baseline data and risk assessment of ARGs in plateau freshwater lakes.
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- Chengzhi Mao
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Arak University, Arak, Iran
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- Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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