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Gao W, Li C, Wang F, Yang Y, Zhang L, Wang Z, Chen X, Tan M, Cao G, Zong G. An efflux pump in genomic island GI-M202a mediates the transfer of polymyxin B resistance in Pandoraea pnomenusa M202. Int Microbiol 2024; 27:277-290. [PMID: 37316617 PMCID: PMC10266961 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-023-00384-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Polymyxin B is considered a last-line therapeutic option against multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria, especially in COVID-19 coinfections or other serious infections. However, the risk of antimicrobial resistance and its spread to the environment should be brought to the forefront. METHODS Pandoraea pnomenusa M202 was isolated under selection with 8 mg/L polymyxin B from hospital sewage and then was sequenced by the PacBio RS II and Illumina HiSeq 4000 platforms. Mating experiments were performed to evaluate the transfer of the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter in genomic islands (GIs) to Escherichia coli 25DN. The recombinant E. coli strain Mrc-3 harboring MFS transporter encoding gene FKQ53_RS21695 was also constructed. The influence of efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) on MICs was determined. The mechanism of polymyxin B excretion mediated by FKQ53_RS21695 was investigated by Discovery Studio 2.0 based on homology modeling. RESULTS The MIC of polymyxin B for the multidrug-resistant bacterial strain P. pnomenusa M202, isolated from hospital sewage, was 96 mg/L. GI-M202a, harboring an MFS transporter-encoding gene and conjugative transfer protein-encoding genes of the type IV secretion system, was identified in P. pnomenusa M202. The mating experiment between M202 and E. coli 25DN reflected the transferability of polymyxin B resistance via GI-M202a. EPI and heterogeneous expression assays also suggested that the MFS transporter gene FKQ53_RS21695 in GI-M202a was responsible for polymyxin B resistance. Molecular docking revealed that the polymyxin B fatty acyl group inserts into the hydrophobic region of the transmembrane core with Pi-alkyl and unfavorable bump interactions, and then polymyxin B rotates around Tyr43 to externally display the peptide group during the efflux process, accompanied by an inward-to-outward conformational change in the MFS transporter. Additionally, verapamil and CCCP exhibited significant inhibition via competition for binding sites. CONCLUSIONS These findings demonstrated that GI-M202a along with the MFS transporter FKQ53_RS21695 in P. pnomenusa M202 could mediate the transmission of polymyxin B resistance.
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- Wenhui Gao
- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Drugs (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Ji'nan, 250117, Shandong, China
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- Shandong Quancheng Test & Technology Limited Company, Ji'nan, 250101, China
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- Jinan Municipal Minzu Hospital, Ji'nan, 250012, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Drugs (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Ji'nan, 250117, Shandong, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Drugs (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Ji'nan, 250117, Shandong, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China.
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Drugs (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Ji'nan, 250117, Shandong, China.
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Biomedical Sciences College & Shandong Medicinal Biotechnology Centre, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, 250117, China.
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology Drugs (Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences), Ji'nan, 250117, Shandong, China.
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Zhai G, Zhang Z, Dong C. Mutagenesis and functional analysis of SotB: A multidrug transporter of the major facilitator superfamily from Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1024639. [PMID: 36386622 PMCID: PMC9650428 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1024639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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Dysfunction of the major facilitator superfamily multidrug (MFS Mdr) transporters can lead to a variety of serious diseases in human. In bacteria, such membrane proteins are often associated with bacterial resistance. However, as one of the MFS Mdr transporters, the physiological function of SotB from Escherichia coli is poorly understood to date. To better understand the function and mechanism of SotB, a systematic study on this MFS Mdr transporter was carried out. In this study, SotB was found to directly efflux L-arabinose in E. coli by overexpressing sotB gene combined with cell based radiotracer uptake assay. Besides, the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) studies, the L-arabinose inhibition assays, together with precise molecular docking analysis, reveal the following: (i) the functional importance of E29 (protonation), H115/N343 (substrate recognition), and W119/S339 (substrate efflux) in the SotB mediated export of L-arabinose, and (ii) for the first time find that D-xylose, an isomer of L-arabinose, likely hinders the binding of L-arabinose with SotB as a competitive inhibitor. Finally, by analyzing the structure of SotB2 (shares 62.8% sequence similarity with SotB) predicted by AlphaFold 2, the different molecular mechanism of substrate recognition between SotB and SotB2 is explained. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic study of MFS Mdr transporter SotB. The structural information, together with the biochemical inspections in this study, provide a valuable framework for further deciphering the functional mechanisms of the physiologically important L-arabinose transporter SotB and its family.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Bendary MM, Abd El-Hamid MI, El-Tarabili RM, Hefny AA, Algendy RM, Elzohairy NA, Ghoneim MM, Al-Sanea MM, Nahari MH, Moustafa WH. Clostridium perfringens Associated with Foodborne Infections of Animal Origins: Insights into Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, Toxin Genes Profiles, and Toxinotypes. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:551. [PMID: 35453750 PMCID: PMC9028928 DOI: 10.3390/biology11040551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Several food-poisoning outbreaks have been attributed to Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) worldwide. Despite that, this crisis was discussed in a few studies, and additional studies are urgently needed in this field. Therefore, we sought to highlight the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, toxin profiles, and toxinotypes of C. perfringens isolates. In this study, 50 C. perfringens isolates obtained from 450 different animal origin samples (beef, chicken meat, and raw milk) were identified by phenotypic and genotypic methods. The antimicrobial susceptibility results were surprising, as most of the isolates (74%) showed multidrug-resistant (MDR) patterns. The phenotypic resistance to tetracycline, lincomycin, enrofloxacin, cefoxitin/ampicillin, and erythromycin was confirmed by the PCR detections of tet, lnu, qnr, bla, and erm(B) genes, respectively. In contrast to the toxinotypes C and E, toxinotype A prevailed (54%) among our isolates. Additionally, we found that the genes for C. perfringens enterotoxin (cpe) and C. perfringens beta2 toxin (cpb2) were distributed among the tested isolates with high prevalence rates (70 and 64%, respectively). Our findings confirmed that the C. perfringens foodborne crisis has been worsened by the evolution of MDR strains, which became the prominent phenotypes. Furthermore, we were not able to obtain a fixed association between the toxinotypes and antimicrobial resistance patterns.
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- Mahmoud M. Bendary
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port Said University, Port Said 42511, Egypt; or
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt; or
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- Department of Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt; or
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- Veterinary Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt;
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- Milk Hygiene Food Control Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt;
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Ad Diriyah 13713, Saudi Arabia;
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Najran University, Najran 66216, Saudi Arabia;
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- Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Cairo 19448, Egypt;
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Casaburi G, Duar RM, Vance DP, Mitchell R, Contreras L, Frese SA, Smilowitz JT, Underwood MA. Early-life gut microbiome modulation reduces the abundance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2019; 8:131. [PMID: 31423298 PMCID: PMC6693174 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0583-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Antibiotic-resistant (AR) bacteria are a global threat. AR bacteria can be acquired in early life and have long-term sequelae. Limiting the spread of antibiotic resistance without triggering the development of additional resistance mechanisms is of immense clinical value. Here, we show how the infant gut microbiome can be modified, resulting in a significant reduction of AR genes (ARGs) and the potentially pathogenic bacteria that harbor them. Methods The gut microbiome was characterized using shotgun metagenomics of fecal samples from two groups of healthy, term breastfed infants. One group was fed B. infantis EVC001 in addition to receiving lactation support (n = 29, EVC001-fed), while the other received lactation support alone (n = 31, controls). Coliforms were isolated from fecal samples and genome sequenced, as well as tested for minimal inhibitory concentrations against clinically relevant antibiotics. Results Infants fed B. infantis EVC001 exhibited a change to the gut microbiome, resulting in a 90% lower level of ARGs compared to controls. ARGs that differed significantly between groups were predicted to confer resistance to beta lactams, fluoroquinolones, or multiple drug classes, the majority of which belonged to Escherichia, Clostridium, and Staphylococcus. Minimal inhibitory concentration assays confirmed the resistance phenotypes among isolates with these genes. Notably, we found extended-spectrum beta lactamases among healthy, vaginally delivered breastfed infants who had never been exposed to antibiotics. Conclusions Colonization of the gut of breastfed infants by a single strain of B. longum subsp. infantis had a profound impact on the fecal metagenome, including a reduction in ARGs. This highlights the importance of developing novel approaches to limit the spread of these genes among clinically relevant bacteria. Future studies are needed to determine whether colonization with B. infantis EVC001 decreases the incidence of AR infections in breastfed infants. Trial registration This clinical trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02457338.
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- Evolve Biosystems, Inc, Davis, CA 95618 USA
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Foods for Health Institute, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
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- Foods for Health Institute, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 USA
- Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA
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Vishwakarma P, Banerjee A, Pasrija R, Prasad R, Lynn AM. Phylogenetic and conservation analyses of MFS transporters. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:462. [PMID: 30370203 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1476-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Major facilitator superfamily is one of the largest superfamily of secondary transporters present across the kingdom of life. Considering the physiological and clinical importance of MFS proteins, we attempted to explore the phylogenetic and structural aspects of the superfamily. To achieve the objectives, we performed global sequence-based analyses of MFS proteins encompassing multiple taxa. Notably, phylogenetic analysis of MFS proteins resulted in the clustering of MFS proteins based on their function, rather than lineage of the respective organisms. Additionally, we employed information theoretic measures, Relative entropy (RE) and Cumulative relative entropy (CRE) to decipher fold-specific and function-specific residues, respectively, in the MFS proteins. The residues with high RE score when mapped on to the 3D-structure of MFS transporter LacY, were found to be distributed throughout the tertiary structure of the protein. On the other hand, CRE calculation was employed to contrast two subfamilies Drug H+ antiporter 1 and 3 (DHA1 and DHA3). The particular analysis unveiled certain differentially conserved residues in DHA1 as compared to DHA3 highlighting family-specific importance of them. Remarkably, a number of high scoring CRE residues have already established functional roles, for instance, the arginine residue present in TMH4. Altogether, the current study apart from providing an insight into the functional clustering of MFS proteins also identifies residues with established or plausible roles in the transport mechanism. Thus, the study lays a platform for future structure-function studies of these proteins.
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- Poonam Vishwakarma
- 1School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
- 2Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana India
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- 1School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- 2Department of Biochemistry, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana India
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- 3Amity Institute of Integrative Sciences and Health, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Haryana, Gurgaon, India
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- 1School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Adams V, Han X, Lyras D, Rood JI. Antibiotic resistance plasmids and mobile genetic elements of Clostridium perfringens. Plasmid 2018; 99:32-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 07/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Abdel-Motaal H, Meng L, Zhang Z, Abdelazez AH, Shao L, Xu T, Meng F, Abozaed S, Zhang R, Jiang J. An Uncharacterized Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter From Planococcus maritimus Exhibits Dual Functions as a Na +(Li +, K +)/H + Antiporter and a Multidrug Efflux Pump. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1601. [PMID: 30061877 PMCID: PMC6055358 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Within major facilitator superfamily (MFS), up to 27 unknown major facilitator families and many members of 60 well-characterized families have been functionally unknown as yet, due to their sharing no or significantly low sequence identity with characterized MFS members. Here we present the first report on the characterization of one functionally unknown MFS transporter designated MdrP with the accession version No. ANU18183.1 from the slight halophile Planococcus maritimus DS 17275T. During the screening of Na+/H+ antiporter genes, we found at first that MdrP exhibits Na+(Li+, K+)/H+ antiport activity, and propose that it should represent a novel class of Na+(Li+, K+)/H+ antiporters. However, we speculate that MdrP may possess an additional protein function. The existence of the signature Motif A of drug/H+antiporter (DHA) family members and phylogenetic analysis suggest that MdrP may also function as a drug efflux pump, which was established by minimum inhibitory concentration tests and drug efflux activity assays. Taken together, this novel MFS transporter exhibits dual functions as a Na+(Li+, K+)/H+ antiporter and a multidrug efflux pump, which will be very helpful to not only positively contribute to the function prediction of uncharacterized MFS members especially DHA1 family ones, but also broaden the knowledge of Na+/H+ antiporters.
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- Heba Abdel-Motaal
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.,Department of Microbiology, Agriculture Research Center, Soils, Water, Environment and Microbiology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Agriculture Research Center, Soils, Water, Environment and Microbiology Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology of Heilongjiang Province, and Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China
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Ma YH, Ye GS. Determination of multidrug resistance mechanisms in Clostridium perfringens type A isolates using RNA sequencing and 2D-electrophoresis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 51:e7044. [PMID: 29898034 PMCID: PMC6002133 DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20187044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, we screened differentially expressed genes in a
multidrug-resistant isolate strain of Clostridium perfringens
by RNA sequencing. We also separated and identified differentially expressed
proteins (DEPs) in the isolate strain by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE)
and mass spectrometry (MS). The RNA sequencing results showed that, compared
with the control strain, 1128 genes were differentially expressed in the isolate
strain, and these included 227 up-regulated genes and 901 down-regulated genes.
Bioinformatics analysis identified the following genes and gene categories that
are potentially involved in multidrug resistance (MDR) in the isolate strain:
drug transport, drug response, hydrolase activity, transmembrane transporter,
transferase activity, amidase transmembrane transporter, efflux transmembrane
transporter, bacterial chemotaxis, ABC transporter, and others. The results of
the 2-DE showed that 70 proteins were differentially expressed in the isolate
strain, 45 of which were up-regulated and 25 down-regulated. Twenty-seven DEPs
were identified by MS and these included the following protein categories:
ribosome, antimicrobial peptide resistance, and ABC transporter, all of which
may be involved in MDR in the isolate strain of C. perfringens. The results
provide reference data for further investigations on the drug resistant
molecular mechanisms of C. perfringens.
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- Yu-Hua Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China.,College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, China.,College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Qinghai University, Xining, China
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Kiu R, Caim S, Alexander S, Pachori P, Hall LJ. Probing Genomic Aspects of the Multi-Host Pathogen Clostridium perfringens Reveals Significant Pangenome Diversity, and a Diverse Array of Virulence Factors. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2485. [PMID: 29312194 PMCID: PMC5733095 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Clostridium perfringens is an important cause of animal and human infections, however information about the genetic makeup of this pathogenic bacterium is currently limited. In this study, we sought to understand and characterise the genomic variation, pangenomic diversity, and key virulence traits of 56 C. perfringens strains which included 51 public, and 5 newly sequenced and annotated genomes using Whole Genome Sequencing. Our investigation revealed that C. perfringens has an "open" pangenome comprising 11667 genes and 12.6% of core genes, identified as the most divergent single-species Gram-positive bacterial pangenome currently reported. Our computational analyses also defined C. perfringens phylogeny (16S rRNA gene) in relation to some 25 Clostridium species, with C. baratii and C. sardiniense determined to be the closest relatives. Profiling virulence-associated factors confirmed presence of well-characterised C. perfringens-associated exotoxins genes including α-toxin (plc), enterotoxin (cpe), and Perfringolysin O (pfo or pfoA), although interestingly there did not appear to be a close correlation with encoded toxin type and disease phenotype. Furthermore, genomic analysis indicated significant horizontal gene transfer events as defined by presence of prophage genomes, and notably absence of CRISPR defence systems in >70% (40/56) of the strains. In relation to antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, tetracycline resistance genes (tet) and anti-defensins genes (mprF) were consistently detected in silico (tet: 75%; mprF: 100%). However, pre-antibiotic era strain genomes did not encode for tet, thus implying antimicrobial selective pressures in C. perfringens evolutionary history over the past 80 years. This study provides new genomic understanding of this genetically divergent multi-host bacterium, and further expands our knowledge on this medically and veterinary important pathogen.
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- Raymond Kiu
- Gut Health and Food Safety, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Gut Health and Food Safety, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Earlham Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Gut Health and Food Safety, Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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Kroeger JK, Hassan K, Vörös A, Simm R, Saidijam M, Bettaney KE, Bechthold A, Paulsen IT, Henderson PJF, Kolstø AB. Bacillus cereus efflux protein BC3310 - a multidrug transporter of the unknown major facilitator family, UMF-2. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1063. [PMID: 26528249 PMCID: PMC4601019 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Phylogenetic classification divides the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) into 82 families, including 25 families that are comprised of transporters with no characterized functions. This study describes functional data for BC3310 from Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579, a member of the “unknown major facilitator family-2” (UMF-2). BC3310 was shown to be a multidrug efflux pump conferring resistance to ethidium bromide, SDS and silver nitrate when heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli DH5α ΔacrAB. A conserved aspartate residue (D105) in putative transmembrane helix 4 was identified, which was essential for the energy dependent ethidium bromide efflux by BC3310. Transport proteins of the MFS comprise specific sequence motifs. Sequence analysis of UMF-2 proteins revealed that they carry a variant of the MFS motif A, which may be used as a marker to distinguish easily between this family and other MFS proteins. Genes orthologous to bc3310 are highly conserved within the B. cereus group of organisms and thus belong to the core genome, suggesting an important conserved functional role in the normal physiology of these bacteria.
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- Jasmin K Kroeger
- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway ; Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW, Australia
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- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, UK
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, UK
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- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie und Biotechnologie, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW, Australia
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds, UK
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- Laboratory for Microbial Dynamics, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo Oslo, Norway
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Zhang XC, Zhao Y, Heng J, Jiang D. Energy coupling mechanisms of MFS transporters. Protein Sci 2015; 24:1560-79. [PMID: 26234418 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Revised: 07/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is a large class of secondary active transporters widely expressed across all life kingdoms. Although a common 12-transmembrane helix-bundle architecture is found in most MFS crystal structures available, a common mechanism of energy coupling remains to be elucidated. Here, we discuss several models for energy-coupling in the transport process of the transporters, largely based on currently available structures and the results of their biochemical analyses. Special attention is paid to the interaction between protonation and the negative-inside membrane potential. Also, functional roles of the conserved sequence motifs are discussed in the context of the 3D structures. We anticipate that in the near future, a unified picture of the functions of MFS transporters will emerge from the insights gained from studies of the common architectures and conserved motifs.
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- Xuejun C Zhang
- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, National Center of Protein Science-Beijing, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, National Center of Protein Science-Beijing, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, National Center of Protein Science-Beijing, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- National Laboratory of Macromolecules, National Center of Protein Science-Beijing, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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Scientific Opinion on the safety and efficacy of Toyocerin® (Bacillus toyonensis) as a feed additive for chickens for fattening, weaned piglets, pigs for fattening, sows for reproduction, cattle for fattening and calves for rearing and for rabbits for fat. EFSA J 2014. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Structure of the YajR transporter suggests a transport mechanism based on the conserved motif A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:14664-9. [PMID: 23950222 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308127110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is the largest family of secondary active transporters and is present in all life kingdoms. Detailed structural basis of the substrate transport and energy-coupling mechanisms of these proteins remain to be elucidated. YajR is a putative proton-driven MFS transporter found in many Gram-negative bacteria. Here we report the crystal structure of Escherichia coli YajR at 3.15 Å resolution in an outward-facing conformation. In addition to having the 12 canonical transmembrane helices, the YajR structure includes a unique 65-residue C-terminal domain which is independently stable. The structure is unique in illustrating the functional role of "sequence motif A." This highly conserved element is seen to stabilize the outward conformation of YajR and suggests a general mechanism for the conformational change between the inward and outward states of the MFS transporters.
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Necrotic enteritis-derived Clostridium perfringens strain with three closely related independently conjugative toxin and antibiotic resistance plasmids. mBio 2011; 2:mBio.00190-11. [PMID: 21954306 PMCID: PMC3181468 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00190-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The pathogenesis of avian necrotic enteritis involves NetB, a pore-forming toxin produced by virulent avian isolates of Clostridium perfringens type A. To determine the location and mobility of the netB structural gene, we examined a derivative of the tetracycline-resistant necrotic enteritis strain EHE-NE18, in which netB was insertionally inactivated by the chloramphenicol and thiamphenicol resistance gene catP. Both tetracycline and thiamphenicol resistance could be transferred either together or separately to a recipient strain in plate matings. The separate transconjugants could act as donors in subsequent matings, which demonstrated that the tetracycline resistance determinant and the netB gene were present on different conjugative elements. Large plasmids were isolated from the transconjugants and analyzed by high-throughput sequencing. Analysis of the resultant data indicated that there were actually three large conjugative plasmids present in the original strain, each with its own toxin or antibiotic resistance locus. Each plasmid contained a highly conserved 40-kb region that included plasmid replication and transfer regions that were closely related to the 47-kb conjugative tetracycline resistance plasmid pCW3 from C. perfringens. The plasmids were as follows: (i) a conjugative 49-kb tetracycline resistance plasmid that was very similar to pCW3, (ii) a conjugative 82-kb plasmid that contained the netB gene and other potential virulence genes, and (iii) a 70-kb plasmid that carried the cpb2 gene, which encodes a different pore-forming toxin, beta2 toxin. The anaerobic bacterium Clostridium perfringens can cause an avian gastrointestinal disease known as necrotic enteritis. Disease pathogenesis is not well understood, although the plasmid-encoded pore-forming toxin NetB, is an important virulence factor. In this work, we have shown that the plasmid that carries the netB gene is conjugative and has a 40-kb region that is very similar to replication and transfer regions found within each of the sequenced conjugative plasmids from C. perfringens. We also showed that this strain contained two additional large plasmids that were also conjugative and carried a similar 40-kb region. One of these plasmids encoded beta2 toxin, and the other encoded tetracycline resistance. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a bacterial strain that carries three closely related but different independently conjugative plasmids. These results have significant implications for our understanding of the transmission of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes in pathogenic bacteria.
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Park M, Rooney AP, Hecht DW, Li J, McClane BA, Nayak R, Paine DD, Rafii F. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of tetracycline and minocycline resistance in Clostridium perfringens. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:803-10. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0605-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Revised: 07/02/2010] [Accepted: 07/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Drug efflux pumps play a key role in drug resistance and also serve other functions in bacteria. There has been a growing list of multidrug and drug-specific efflux pumps characterized from bacteria of human, animal, plant and environmental origins. These pumps are mostly encoded on the chromosome, although they can also be plasmid-encoded. A previous article in this journal provided a comprehensive review regarding efflux-mediated drug resistance in bacteria. In the past 5 years, significant progress has been achieved in further understanding of drug resistance-related efflux transporters and this review focuses on the latest studies in this field since 2003. This has been demonstrated in multiple aspects that include but are not limited to: further molecular and biochemical characterization of the known drug efflux pumps and identification of novel drug efflux pumps; structural elucidation of the transport mechanisms of drug transporters; regulatory mechanisms of drug efflux pumps; determining the role of the drug efflux pumps in other functions such as stress responses, virulence and cell communication; and development of efflux pump inhibitors. Overall, the multifaceted implications of drug efflux transporters warrant novel strategies to combat multidrug resistance in bacteria.
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- Xian-Zhi Li
- Human Safety Division, Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA
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Detection and characterization of an ABC transporter in Clostridium hathewayi. Arch Microbiol 2008; 190:417-26. [PMID: 18504552 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-008-0385-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2008] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 05/05/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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An ABC transporter gene from Clostridium hathewayi is characterized. It has duplicated ATPase domains in addition to a transmembrane protein. Its deduced amino acid sequence has conserved functional domains with ATPase components of the multidrug efflux pump genes of several bacteria. Cloning this transporter gene into C. perfringens and E. coli resulted in decreased sensitivities of these bacteria to fluoroquinolones. It also decreased the accumulation and increased the efflux of ethidium bromide from cells containing the cloned gene. Carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) inhibited both accumulation and efflux of ethidium bromide from these cells. The ATPase mRNA was overexpressed in the fluoroquinolone-resistant strain when exposed to ciprofloxacin. This is the first report of an ABC transporter in C. hathewayi.
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Sharma S, Dimasi D, Bröer S, Kumar R, Della NG. Heme carrier protein 1 (HCP1) expression and functional analysis in the retina and retinal pigment epithelium. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:1251-9. [PMID: 17335806 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Revised: 01/23/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The retina and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) are present in the posterior segment of the eye, and the retina is dependent upon the underlying RPE for normal function. The retina is the most oxygenated tissue in the body but is isolated from the blood circulation by blood-retinal barriers. Metabolism of cellular oxygen involves heme but little is known about heme transport in the retina and RPE. Here we report the identification from bovine RPE of a heme transporter bHcp1 (bovine heme carrier protein 1) that is homologous to mouse intestinal HCP1 expressed in duodenal enterocytes. Similar to the mouse protein, bHcp1 exhibited heme uptake ability in Xenopus oocytes and localized to the cell membrane in cultured mammalian epithelium. Whereas bHcp1 expression was detected only in bovine RPE, expression of its human homologue was identified in both retina and RPE. Furthermore, the data revealed low-level wider expression of human HCP1 transcript in multiple tissues suggesting that it is responsible for heme transport in the body, not the intestine alone. Expression of HCP1 in the RPE and retina indicates the mechanism of heme transport in these ocular tissues.
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- Shiwani Sharma
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia.
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De Rossi E, Aínsa JA, Riccardi G. Role of mycobacterial efflux transporters in drug resistance: an unresolved question. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2006; 30:36-52. [PMID: 16438679 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2005.00002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Two mechanisms are thought to be involved in the natural drug resistance of mycobacteria: the mycobacterial cell wall permeability barrier and active multidrug efflux pumps. Genes encoding drug efflux transporters have been isolated from several mycobacterial species. These proteins transport tetracycline, fluoroquinolones, aminoglycosides and other compounds. Recent reports have suggested that efflux pumps may also be involved in transporting isoniazid, one of the main drugs used to treat tuberculosis. This review highlights recent advances in our understanding of efflux-mediated drug resistance in mycobacteria, including the distribution of efflux systems in these organisms, their substrate profiles and their contribution to drug resistance. The balance between the drug transport into the cell and drug efflux is not yet clearly understood, and further studies are required in mycobacteria.
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- Edda De Rossi
- Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Li Y, Dannelly HK. Inactivation of the putative tetracycline resistance gene HP1165 in Helicobacter pylori led to loss of inducible tetracycline resistance. Arch Microbiol 2006; 185:255-62. [PMID: 16482431 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0093-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2005] [Revised: 01/17/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tetracycline has been used with other antibiotics in treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection. However, tetracycline resistance has developed in H. pylori clinical isolates, rendering treatment failure. Mutations in 16S rRNA genes have been reported to mediate tetracycline resistance in some isolates. The diversity of tetracycline resistance cases suggests multiple genes are involved. HP1165, a putative tetracycline resistance gene in H. pylori 26695, displays 49.8% identity to the tetracycline efflux gene tetA (P) from Clostridium perfringens. To determine the function of the HP1165 gene in H. pylori, the tetracycline resistance phenotype was investigated, transcription of HP1165 was examined by RT-PCR, and a DeltaHP1165 mutant was generated by insertion of the pBCalpha3 plasmid. The results showed that strains harboring HP1165 were induced to intermediate level resistance in the laboratory (minimum inhibitory concentration=4-6 microg/ml). No mutation was found at or near the tetracycline binding sites of the 16S rRNA gene. The gene was transcribed both in the induced tetracycline resistant and wild type strains, indicating translational or posttranslational control of gene function. Mutation of HP1165 gene resulted in increased tetracycline susceptibility and loss of inducible tetracycline resistance, suggesting that the HP1165 gene is involved in the inducible tetracycline resistance in H. pylori.
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- Yuhuan Li
- Department of Life Sciences, Indiana State University, 6th and Chestnut Streets, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA
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