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Zhang K, Limwongyut J, Moreland AS, Wei SCJ, Jim Jia Min T, Sun Y, Shin SJ, Kim SY, Jhun BW, Pethe K, Bazan GC. An anti-mycobacterial conjugated oligoelectrolyte effective against Mycobacterium abscessus. Sci Transl Med 2024; 16:eadi7558. [PMID: 38381846 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adi7558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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Infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria have increased more than 50% in the past two decades and more than doubled in the elderly population. Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab), one of the most prevalent of these rapidly growing species, is intrinsically resistant to numerous antibiotics. Current standard-of-care treatments are not satisfactory, with high failure rate and notable adverse effects. We report here a potent anti-Mab compound from the flexible molecular framework afforded by conjugated oligoelectrolytes (COEs). A screen of structurally diverse, noncytotoxic COEs identified a lead compound, COE-PNH2, which was bactericidal against replicating, nonreplicating persisters and intracellular Mab.COE-PNH2 had low propensity for resistance development, with a frequency of resistance below 1.25 × 10-9 and showed no detectable resistance upon serial passaging. Mechanism of action studies were in line with COE-PNH2 affecting the physical and functional integrity of the bacterial envelope and disrupting the mycomembrane and associated essential bioenergetic pathways. Moreover, COE-PNH2 was well-tolerated and efficacious in a mouse model of Mab lung infection. This study highlights desirable in vitro and in vivo potency and safety index of this COE structure, which represents a promising anti-mycobacterial to tackle an unmet medical need.
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- Kaixi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore, Singapore
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 59 Nanyang Drive, 636921 Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, South Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 06351, South Korea
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 59 Nanyang Drive, 636921 Singapore, Singapore
- Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), 60 Nanyang Drive, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), 16 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, 308442 Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 4 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore, Singapore
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
- Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), 60 Nanyang Drive, 639798 Singapore, Singapore
- Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM), National University of Singapore, 117544 Singapore, Singapore
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Nguyen TQ, Heo BE, Jeon S, Ash A, Lee H, Moon C, Jang J. Exploring antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Mycobacterium abscessus for enhanced therapeutic approaches. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1331508. [PMID: 38380095 PMCID: PMC10877060 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1331508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus, a leading cause of severe lung infections in immunocompromised individuals, poses significant challenges for current therapeutic strategies due to resistance mechanisms. Therefore, understanding the intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance of M. abscessus is crucial for effective treatment. This review highlights the mechanisms employed by M. abscessus to sustain antibiotic resistance, encompassing not only conventional drugs but also newly discovered drug candidates. This comprehensive analysis aims to identify novel entities capable of overcoming the notorious resistance exhibited by M. abscessus, providing insights for the development of more effective therapeutic interventions.
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- Thanh Quang Nguyen
- Division of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Semyung University, Jecheon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Life Science, Department of Bio & Medical Big Data (BK21 Four Program), Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Simcox BS, Tomlinson BR, Shaw LN, Rohde KH. Mycobacterium abscessus DosRS two-component system controls a species-specific regulon required for adaptation to hypoxia. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2023; 13:1144210. [PMID: 36968107 PMCID: PMC10034137 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1144210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab), an emerging opportunistic pathogen, predominantly infects individuals with underlying pulmonary diseases such as cystic fibrosis (CF). Current treatment outcomes for Mab infections are poor due to Mab's inherent antibiotic resistance and unique host interactions that promote phenotypic tolerance and hinder drug access. The hypoxic, mucus-laden airways in the CF lung and antimicrobial phagosome within macrophages represent hostile niches Mab must overcome via alterations in gene expression for survival. Regulatory mechanisms important for the adaptation and long-term persistence of Mab within the host are poorly understood, warranting further genetic and transcriptomics study of this emerging pathogen. DosRS Mab , a two-component signaling system (TCS), is one proposed mechanism utilized to subvert host defenses and counteract environmental stress such as hypoxia. The homologous TCS of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), DosRS Mtb , is known to induce a ~50 gene regulon in response to hypoxia, carbon monoxide (CO) and nitric oxide (NO) in vitro and in vivo. Previously, a small DosR Mab regulon was predicted using bioinformatics based on DosR Mtb motifs however, the role and regulon of DosRS Mab in Mab pathogenesis have yet to be characterized in depth. To address this knowledge gap, our lab generated a Mab dosRS knockout strain (MabΔdosRS) to investigate differential gene expression, and phenotype in an in vitro hypoxia model of dormancy. qRT-PCR and lux reporter assays demonstrate Mab_dosR and 6 predicted downstream genes are induced in hypoxia. In addition, RNAseq revealed induction of a much larger hypoxia response comprised of >1000 genes, including 127 differentially expressed genes in a dosRS mutant strain. Deletion of DosRS Mab led to attenuated growth under low oxygen conditions, a shift in morphotype from smooth to rough, and down-regulation of 216 genes. This study provides the first look at the global transcriptomic response of Mab to low oxygen conditions encountered in the airways of CF patients and within macrophage phagosomes. Our data also demonstrate the importance of DosRS Mab for adaptation of Mab to hypoxia, highlighting a distinct regulon (compared to Mtb) that is significantly larger than previously described, including both genes conserved across mycobacteria as well as Mab-specific genes.
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- Breven S. Simcox
- Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Division of Immunology and Pathogenesis, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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The issue beyond resistance: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation is induced by subinhibitory concentrations of cloxacillin, cefazolin, and clindamycin. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277287. [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus epidermis is one of the most frequent causes of device-associated infections due to biofilm formation. Current reports noted that subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics induce biofilm production in some bacteria. Accordingly, we evaluated the effect of exposure of different subinhibitory concentrations of cloxacillin, cefazolin, clindamycin, and vancomycin on the biofilm formation of methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis (MRSE). Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and minimum inhibitory/bactericidal concentration of antimicrobial agents were determined. MRSE isolates were selected, and their biofilm formation ability was evaluated. The effect of subinhibitory concentrations of cloxacillin, cefazolin, clindamycin, and vancomycin, antibiotics selected among common choices in the clinic, on MRSE biofilm formation was determined by the microtitre method. Besides, the effect of subinhibitory concentrations of cloxacillin, cefazolin, clindamycin, and vancomycin on the expression of the biofilm-associated genes icaA and atlE was evaluated by Reverse-transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of MRSE strains showed a high level of resistance as follows: 80%, 53.3%, 33.3%, 33.3%, and 26.6%, for erythromycin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, clindamycin, and gentamicin, respectively. Besides, 73.3% of S. epidermidis strains were Multidrug-resistant (MDR). Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values were in the range of 0.5 to512 μg/mL and 1 to1024 μg/mL for cloxacillin, 0.125 to256 μg/mL and 1 to512 μg/mL for cefazolin, 0.125 to64 μg/mL and 4 to>1024 μg/mL for clindamycin, and 2 to32 μg/mL and 4 to32 μg/mL for vancomycin, respectively. The findings showed that subinhibitory concentrations of cloxacillin, cefazolin, and clindamycin induce biofilm production in MRSE strains. In particular, the OD values of strains were in the range of 0.09–0.95, 0.05–0.86, and 0.06–1 toward cloxacillin, cefazolin, and clindamycin, respectively. On the other hand, exposure to subinhibitory vancomycin concentrations did not increase the biofilm formation in MRSE strains. The findings also demonstrated that sub-MIC of antibiotics up-regulated biofilm-associated genes. In particular, atlE and icaA were up-regulated 0.062 to 1.16 and 0.078 to 1.48 folds, respectively, for cloxacillin, 0.11 to 0.8, and 0.1 to 1.3 folds for cefazolin, 0.18 to 0.98, and 0.19 to 1.4 folds, respectively, for clindamycin. In contrast, the results showed that sub-MIC of vancomycin did not increase the biofilm-associated genes. These findings overall show that exposure to sub-MIC of traditional antibiotics can cause biofilm induction in MRSE, thereby increasing the survival and persistence on various surfaces that worsen the condition of comorbid infections.
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Kam JY, Hortle E, Krogman E, Warner SE, Wright K, Luo K, Cheng T, Manuneedhi Cholan P, Kikuchi K, Triccas JA, Britton WJ, Johansen MD, Kremer L, Oehlers SH. Rough and smooth variants of Mycobacterium abscessus are differentially controlled by host immunity during chronic infection of adult zebrafish. Nat Commun 2022; 13:952. [PMID: 35177649 PMCID: PMC8854618 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28638-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Prevalence of Mycobacterium abscessus infections is increasing in patients with respiratory comorbidities. After initial colonisation, M. abscessus smooth colony (S) variants can undergo an irreversible genetic switch into highly inflammatory, rough colony (R) variants, often associated with a decline in pulmonary function. Here, we use an adult zebrafish model of chronic infection with R and S variants to study M. abscessus pathogenesis in the context of fully functioning host immunity. We show that infection with an R variant causes an inflammatory immune response that drives necrotic granuloma formation through host TNF signalling, mediated by the tnfa, tnfr1 and tnfr2 gene products. T cell-dependent immunity is stronger against the R variant early in infection, and regulatory T cells associate with R variant granulomas and limit bacterial growth. In comparison, an S variant proliferates to high burdens but appears to be controlled by TNF-dependent innate immunity early during infection, resulting in delayed granuloma formation. Thus, our work demonstrates the applicability of adult zebrafish to model persistent M. abscessus infection, and illustrates differences in the immunopathogenesis induced by R and S variants during granulomatous infection. The pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus can switch from a smooth colony form (S) into a highly inflammatory, rough colony form (R) during infection. Here, Kam et al. use an adult zebrafish model of M. abscessus chronic infection to illustrate differences in the immunopathogenesis induced by R and S variants.
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- Julia Y Kam
- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Marie Bashir Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Marie Bashir Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia.,St. Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
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- The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Marie Bashir Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.,Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,INSERM, IRIM, Montpellier, France
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- Tuberculosis Research Program at the Centenary Institute, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. .,The University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health & Marie Bashir Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia. .,A*STAR Infectious Diseases Labs, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.
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Gutiérrez AV, Baron SA, Sardi FS, Saad J, Coltey B, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Drancourt M. Beyond phenotype: The genomic heterogeneity of co-infecting Mycobacterium abscessus smooth and rough colony variants in cystic fibrosis patients. J Cyst Fibros 2021; 20:421-423. [PMID: 33610476 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2021.02.002] [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: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Two unrelated cystic fibrosis patients were co-infected with Mycobacterium abscessus smooth and rough phenotypes. Smooth M. abscessus is proposed as the infecting form, and the subsequent loss of glycopeptidolipids in the host leads to a rough phenotype. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) diagnosed two different M. abscessus strains in patient N°1 but only one strain in patient N°2. In patient N°1, rough isolate had novel mutations potentially involved in smooth-to-rough morphology changes. In patient N°2, four genes were present in only the smooth isolate. In addition, we obtained different susceptibility profiles in the four clinical isolates. We revealed a new paradigm describing a cystic fibrosis patient infected with two different clones, including a rough isolate, and identifying a rough M. abscessus clone that did not lose glycopeptidolipids. We propose WGS for the identification of heterogenic isolates and genetic determinants of antimicrobial resistance, which we believe will positively influence treatment prognosis.
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- Ana Victoria Gutiérrez
- Aix Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Lung Transplant Team, University Hospital of Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, Marseille, France; Department of Respiratory Diseases, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Lung Transplant Team, University Hospital of Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ., IRD, MEPHI, Marseille, France; IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
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Yoshida S, Tsuyuguchi K, Kobayashi T, Inoue Y, Suzuki K. Comparison of drug-susceptibility patterns and gene sequences associated with clarithromycin and azithromycin resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates and evaluation of the accumulation of intrinsic macrolide resistance. J Med Microbiol 2021; 70. [PMID: 33570485 DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Introduction. Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABC) is an infectious agent associated with macrolide resistance and treatment failure.Hypothesis/Gap Statement. Despite drug-susceptibility testing for MABC isolates including clarithromycin (CAM), long-term treatment with azithromycin (AZM) for MABC disease is recommended.Aim. We compared phenotypic and genotypic resistance to AZM and CAM in clinical isolates and evaluated the accumulation of intrinsic macrolide resistance (AIM) and morphological changes by macrolides exposure.Methodology. Forty-nine isolates were characterized regarding erm(41) sequevars. Sequencing data were compared to the nucleotide sequence of rrl and whiB7. The AIM MIC was performed in three reference strains and 15 isolates were randomized [each set of five isolates with M. abscessus subsp. abscessus (MAA) T28, MAA C28 and subsp. massiliense (MAM)].Results. The 49 isolates were distributed as 24 MAA T28, 5 MAA C28 and 20 MAM. The MIC50 values to CAM at day 3 in MAA T28, C28 and MAM were 1, 0.12 and 0.12 µg ml-1, while those at day 14 were 32, 0.5 and 0.12 µg ml-1, respectively. The AZM-MIC50 values at day 3 of the above isolates were 4, 0.25 and 0.5 µg ml-1, while those at day 14 were >64, 0.5 and 0.5 µg ml-1, respectively. Neither mutations in rrl of MAA T28 with acquired resistance nor deletions in whiB7 of MAA T28 without inducible resistance were observed . For AIM MIC, MAA T28 showed that the time-to-detection of AZM resistance was significantly faster over that of CAM (P<0.05). Morphological changes were not determined in all isolates.Conclusion. Our findings did not support the suggestion for the preferential use of AZM for, at least, MAA T28 disease due to the high-level MIC value and the increased AIM. The long duration of AZM-based treatment eventually may favour the emergence of isolates with a high-level of intrinsic resistance.
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- Shiomi Yoshida
- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan
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- Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai-shi, Osaka, Japan
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Hemati S, Kouhsari E, Sadeghifard N, Maleki A, Omidi N, Mahdavi Z, Pakzad I. Sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations of biocides induced biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. New Microbes New Infect 2020; 38:100794. [PMID: 33240514 PMCID: PMC7674602 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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It is clear that biofilm formation causes many serious health-care problems. Interestingly, sub minimum inhibitory concentrations (sub-MICs) of some biocides can induce biofilm formation in bacteria. We investigated whether sub-MICs of Savlon, chlorhexidine and deconex®, as biocidal products, can induce biofilm formation in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To determine MICs and biofilm formation, we performed microtitre plate assays. All three biocides induced biofilm formation at sub-MICs; Savlon was the most successful antiseptic agent to induce biofilm formation among P. aeruginosa isolates. Deconex had the best inhibition effect on planktonic cultures of P. aeruginosa isolates. We concluded that sub-MICs of Savlon and deconex could significantly induce biofilm formation.
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- S Hemati
- Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Laboratory Sciences Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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- Clinical Microbiology Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran.,Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran
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Viljoen A, Viela F, Kremer L, Dufrêne YF. Fast chemical force microscopy demonstrates that glycopeptidolipids define nanodomains of varying hydrophobicity on mycobacteria. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2020; 5:944-953. [PMID: 32314749 DOI: 10.1039/c9nh00736a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogen causing severe lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. A remarkable trait of this mycobacterial species is its ability to form morphologically smooth (S) and rough (R) colonies. The S-to-R transition is caused by the loss of glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) in the outer layer of the cell envelope and correlates with an increase in cording and virulence. Despite the physiological and medical importance of this morphological transition, whether it involves changes in cell surface properties remains unknown. Herein, we combine recently developed quantitative imaging (QI) atomic force microscopy (AFM) with hydrophobic tips to quantitatively map the surface structure and hydrophobicity of M. abscessus at high spatiotemporal resolution, and to assess how these properties are modulated by the S-to-R transition and by treatment with an inhibitor of the mycolic acid transporter MmpL3. We discover that loss of GPLs leads to major modifications in surface hydrophobicity, without any apparent change in cell surface ultrastructure. While R bacilli are homogeneously hydrophobic, S bacilli feature unusual variations of nanoscale hydrophobic properties. These previously undescribed cell surface nanodomains are likely to play critical roles in bacterial adhesion, aggregation, phenotypic heterogeneity and transmission, and in turn in virulence and pathogenicity. Our study also suggests that MmpL3 inhibitors show promise in nanomedicine as chemotherapeutic agents to interfere with the highly hydrophobic nature of the mycobacterial cell wall. The advantages of QI-AFM with hydrophobic tips are the ability to map chemical and structural properties simultaneously and at high resolution, applicable to a wide range of biosystems.
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- Albertus Viljoen
- Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, UCLouvain, Croix du Sud, 4-5, bte L7.07.07, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Kwak N, Dalcolmo MP, Daley CL, Eather G, Hasegawa N, Koh WJ, Thomson R, van Ingen J, Yim JJ. Nontuberculosis mycobacteria infections: would there be pharmacodynamics without pharmacokinetics? Eur Respir J 2019; 54:54/5/1901806. [PMID: 31780457 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01806-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Nakwon Kwak
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Centro de Referência Professor Hélio Fraga, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Division of Mycobacterial and Respiratory Infections, Dept of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Metro South Clinical Tuberculosis Service and Dept of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Keio University School of Medicine, Center for Infectious Disease and Infection Control, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Gallipoli Medical Research Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Dept of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Ruangkiattikul N, Rys D, Abdissa K, Rohde M, Semmler T, Tegtmeyer PK, Kalinke U, Schwarz C, Lewin A, Goethe R. Type I interferon induced by TLR2-TLR4-MyD88-TRIF-IRF3 controls Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus persistence in murine macrophages via nitric oxide. Int J Med Microbiol 2019; 309:307-318. [PMID: 31178418 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium abscessus (MAB) is an emerging, rapidly growing non-tuberculous Mycobacterium causing therapy-resistant pulmonary disease especially in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Smooth and rough colony type MAB can be isolated from infected patients whereby rough colony type MAB are more often associated with severe disease. Disease severity is also associated with an alternated type I interferon (IFN-I) response of the MAB-infected patients. However the relevance of this response for the outcome of MAB infection is still unknown. In this study, we analyzed the IFNβ expression of murine macrophages infected with a MAB rough colony strain (MAB-R) isolated from a patient with progressive CF and compared it to macrophages infected with the MAB smooth colony type reference strain (MAB-S). We found that MAB-R infected macrophages expressed significantly more IFNβ mRNA and protein than MAB-S infected macrophages. Higher IFNβ induction by MAB-R was associated with higher TNF expression and intracellular killing while low IFNβ induction was associated with lower TNF expression and persistence of MAB-S. IFNβ induction was independent of the intracellular cGAS-STING recognition pathway. MAB appeared to be recognized extracellularly and induced IFNβ expression via TLR2-TLR4-MyD88-TRIF-IRF3 dependent pathways. By using macrophages lacking the IFN-I receptor we demonstrate that MAB induced IFN-I response essentially contributed to restricting MAB-R and MAB-S infections by activating macrophage Nos2 expression and nitric oxide production. Thus IFN-I seem to influence the intrinsic ability of macrophages to control MAB infections. As MAB persists over long time periods in susceptible patients, our findings suggest that virulence of MAB strains is promoted by an insufficient IFN-I response of the host.
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- Institute for Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- Central Facility for Microscopy, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- NG1 Microbial Genomics, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, A Joint Venture Between The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and The Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Infection Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, A Joint Venture Between The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, and The Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Pneumonology and Immunology, Division of Cystic Fibrosis, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- FG16 Mycotic and Parasitic Agents and Mycobacteria, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.
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Briffotaux J, Liu S, Gicquel B. Genome-Wide Transcriptional Responses of Mycobacterium to Antibiotics. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:249. [PMID: 30842759 PMCID: PMC6391361 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Antibiotics can stimulate or depress gene expression in bacteria. The analysis of transcriptional responses of Mycobacterium to antimycobacterial compounds has improved our understanding of the mode of action of various drug classes and the efficacy and effect of such compounds on the global metabolism of Mycobacterium. This approach can provide new insights for known antibiotics, for example those currently used for tuberculosis treatment, as well as help to identify the mode of action and predict the targets of new compounds identified by whole-cell screening assays. In addition, changes in gene expression profiles after antimycobacterial treatment can provide information about the adaptive ability of bacteria to escape the effects of antibiotics and allow monitoring of the physiology of the bacteria during treatment. Genome-wide expression profiling also makes it possible to pinpoint genes differentially expressed between drug sensitive Mycobacterium and multidrug-resistant clinical isolates. Finally, genes involved in adaptive responses and drug tolerance could become new targets for improving the efficacy of existing antibiotics.
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- Julien Briffotaux
- Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China.,Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Shenzhen Nanshan Center for Chronic Disease Control, Shenzhen, China.,Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, CAS Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Mycobacterial Genetics Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Gutiérrez AV, Viljoen A, Ghigo E, Herrmann JL, Kremer L. Glycopeptidolipids, a Double-Edged Sword of the Mycobacterium abscessus Complex. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1145. [PMID: 29922253 PMCID: PMC5996870 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is a rapidly-growing species causing a diverse panel of clinical manifestations, ranging from cutaneous infections to severe respiratory disease. Its unique cell wall, contributing largely to drug resistance and to pathogenicity, comprises a vast panoply of complex lipids, among which the glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) have been the focus of intense research. These lipids fulfill various important functions, from sliding motility or biofilm formation to interaction with host cells and intramacrophage trafficking. Being highly immunogenic, the induction of a strong humoral response is likely to select for rough low-GPL producers. These, in contrast to the smooth high-GPL producers, display aggregative properties, which strongly impacts upon intracellular survival. A propensity to grow as extracellular cords allows these low-GPL producing bacilli to escape the innate immune defenses. Transitioning from high-GPL to low-GPL producers implicates mutations within genes involved in biosynthesis or transport of GPL. This leads to induction of an intense pro-inflammatory response and robust and lethal infections in animal models, explaining the presence of rough isolates in patients with decreased pulmonary functions. Herein, we will discuss how, thanks to the generation of defined GPL mutants and the development of appropriate cellular and animal models to study pathogenesis, GPL contribute to M. abscessus biology and physiopathology.
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- Ana Victoria Gutiérrez
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier, UMR 9004, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,CNRS, IRD 198, INSERM U1095, APHM, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, UMR 7278, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier, UMR 9004, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, Campus Joseph Aiguier, Marseille, France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier, UMR 9004, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,INSERM, IRIM, Montpellier, France
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Marini E, Di Giulio M, Magi G, Di Lodovico S, Cimarelli ME, Brenciani A, Nostro A, Cellini L, Facinelli B. Curcumin, an antibiotic resistance breaker against a multiresistant clinical isolate ofMycobacterium abscessus. Phytother Res 2017; 32:488-495. [DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Emanuela Marini
- Unit of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara; Chieti Italy
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- Unit of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara; Chieti Italy
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- Unit of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences; University of Messina; Messina Italy
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- Department of Pharmacy; “G. d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara; Chieti Italy
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- Unit of Microbiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health; Polytechnic University of Marche; Ancona Italy
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Habib Z, Xu W, Jamal M, Rehman K, Dai J, Fu ZF, Chen X, Cao G. Adaptive gene profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during sub-lethal kanamycin exposure. Microb Pathog 2017; 112:243-253. [PMID: 28966063 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2017.09.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Resistance to anti-tuberculosis drugs is a formidable obstacle to effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment and prevention globally. New forms of multidrug, extensive drug and total drug resistance Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causing a serious threat to human as well as animal's population. Mtb shows diverse adaptability under stress conditions especially antibiotic treatment, however underlying physiological mechanism remained elusive. In present study, we investigated Mtb's response and adaptation with reference to gene expression during sub-lethal kanamycin exposure. Mtb were cultured under sub-lethal drug and control conditions, where half were sub-cultured every 3-days to observe serial adaptation under same conditions and the remaining were subjected to RNA-seq. We identified 98 up-regulated and 198 down-regulated responsive genes compared to control through differential analysis, of which Ra1750 and Ra3160 were the most responsive genes. In adaptive analysis, we found Ra1750, Ra3160, Ra3161, Ra3893 and Ra2492 up-regulation at early stage and gradually showed low expression levels at the later stages of drug exposure. The adaptive expression of Ra1750, Ra3160 and Ra3161 were further confirmed by real time qPCR. These results suggested that these genes contributed in Mtb's physiological adaptation during sub-lethal kanamycin exposure. Our findings may aid to edify these potential targets for drug development against drug resistance tuberculosis.
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- Zeshan Habib
- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Agriculture Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China; Bio-Medcial Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, PR China.
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Subinhibitory Concentrations of Ciprofloxacin Enhance Antimicrobial Resistance and Pathogenicity of Enterococcus faecium. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.02763-16. [PMID: 28193670 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02763-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enterococcus faecium has emerged as a major opportunistic pathogen for 2 decades with the spread of hospital-adapted multidrug-resistant clones. As members of the intestinal microbiota, they are subjected to numerous bacterial stresses, including antibiotics at subinhibitory concentrations (SICs). Since fluoroquinolones are extensively prescribed, SICs are very likely to occur in vivo, with potential effects on bacterial metabolism with subsequent modulation of opportunistic traits. The aim of this study was to evaluate globally the impact of SICs of ciprofloxacin on antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity of E. faecium Transcriptomic analysis was performed by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) (HiSeq 2500; Illumina) using the vanB-positive reference strain E. faecium Aus0004 in the absence or presence of ciprofloxacin SIC (0.38 mg/liter, i.e., 1/8 of the MIC). Several genetic and phenotypic tests were used for validation. In the presence of ciprofloxacin SIC, 196 genes were significantly induced, whereas 286 genes were significantly repressed, meaning that 16.8% of the E. faecium genome was altered. Among upregulated genes, EFAU004_02294 (fold change, 14.3) encoded a protein (Qnr of E. faecium [EfmQnr]) homologue of Qnr proteins involved in quinolone resistance in Gram-negative bacilli. Its implication in intrinsic and adaptive fluoroquinolone (FQ) resistance in E. faecium was experimentally ascertained. Moreover, EFAU004_02292, coding for the collagen adhesin Acm, was also induced by the SIC of ciprofloxacin (fold change, 8.2), and higher adhesion capabilities were demonstrated phenotypically. Both EfmQnr and Acm determinants may play an important role in the transition from a commensal to a pathogenic state of E. faecium that resides in the gut of patients receiving fluoroquinolone therapy.
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Functional characterization of the Mycobacterium abscessus genome coupled with condition specific transcriptomics reveals conserved molecular strategies for host adaptation and persistence. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:553. [PMID: 27495169 PMCID: PMC4974804 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2868-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus (MAB) is a highly drug resistant mycobacterium and the most common respiratory pathogen among the rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria. MAB is also one of the most deadly of the emerging cystic fibrosis (CF) pathogens requiring prolonged treatment with multiple antibiotics. In addition to its “mycobacterial” virulence genes, the genome of MAB harbours a large accessory genome, presumably acquired via lateral gene transfer including homologs shared with the CF pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia. While multiple genome sequences are available there is little functional genomics data available for this important pathogen. Results We report here the first multi-omics approach to characterize the primary transcriptome, coding potential and potential regulatory regions of the MAB genome utilizing differential RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq), RNA-seq, Ribosome profiling and LC-MS proteomics. In addition we attempt to address the genomes contribution to the molecular systems that underlie MAB’s adaptation and persistence in the human host through an examination of MABs transcriptional response to a number of clinically relevant conditions. These include hypoxia, exposure to sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics and growth in an artificial sputum designed to mimic the conditions within the cystic fibrosis lung. Conclusions Our integrated map provides the first comprehensive view of the primary transcriptome of MAB and evidence for the translation of over one hundred new short open reading frames (sORFs). Our map will act as a resource for ongoing functional genomics characterization of MAB and our transcriptome data from clinically relevant stresses informs our understanding of MAB’s adaptation to life in the CF lung. MAB’s adaptation to growth in artificial CF sputum highlights shared metabolic strategies with other CF pathogens including P. aeruginosa and mirrors the transcriptional responses that lead to persistence in mycobacteria. These strategies include an increased reliance on amino acid metabolism, and fatty acid catabolism and highlights the relevance of the glyoxylate shunt to growth in the CF lung. Our data suggests that, similar to what is seen in chronically persisting P. aeruginosa, progression towards a biofilm mode of growth would play a more prominent role in a longer-term MAB infection. Finally, MAB’s transcriptional response to antibiotics highlights the role of antibiotic modifications enzymes, active transport and the evolutionarily conserved WhiB7 driven antibiotic resistance regulon. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2868-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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