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Adamiak JW, Ajmal L, Zgurskaya HI. Non-interchangeable functions of efflux transporters of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in survival under infection-associated stress. J Bacteriol 2024; 206:e0005424. [PMID: 38874367 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00054-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/15/2024] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a challenging opportunistic pathogen due to its intrinsic and acquired mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. A large repertoire of efflux transporters actively expels antibiotics, toxins, and metabolites from cells and enables growth of P. aeruginosa in diverse environments. In this study, we analyzed the roles of representative efflux pumps from the Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND), Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS), and Small Multidrug Resistance (SMR) families of proteins in the susceptibility of P. aeruginosa to antibiotics and bacterial growth under stresses imposed by human hosts during bacterial infections: an elevated temperature, osmotic stress, low iron, bile salts, and acidic pH. We selected five RND pumps MexAB-OprM, MexEF-OprN, MexCD-OprJ, MuxABC-OpmB, and TriABC-OpmH that differ in their substrate specificities and expression profiles, two MFS efflux pumps PA3136-3137 and PA5158-5160 renamed here into MfsAB and MfsCD-OpmG, respectively, and an SMR efflux transporter PA1540-1541 (MdtJI). We found that the most promiscuous RND pumps such as MexEF-OprN and MexAB-OprM are integrated into diverse survival mechanisms and enable P. aeruginosa growth under various stresses. MuxABC-OpmB and TriABC-OpmH pumps with narrower substrate spectra are beneficial only in the presence of the iron chelator 2,2'-dipyridyl and bile salts, respectively. MFS pumps do not contribute to antibiotic efflux but play orthogonal roles in acidic pH, low iron, and in the presence of bile salts. In contrast, MdtJI protects against polycationic antibiotics but does not contribute to survival under stress. Thus, efflux pumps play specific, non-interchangeable functions in P. aeruginosa cell physiology and bacterial survival under stresses. IMPORTANCE The role of multidrug efflux pumps in the intrinsic and clinical levels of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other gram-negative bacteria is well-established. Their functions in bacterial physiology, however, remain unclear. The P. aeruginosa genome comprises an arsenal of efflux pumps from different protein families, the substrate specificities of which are typically assessed by measuring their impact on susceptibility to antibiotics. In this study, we analyzed how deletions and overproductions of efflux pumps affect P. aeruginosa growth under human-infection-induced stresses. Our results show that the physiological functions of multidrug efflux pumps are non-redundant and essential for the survival of this important human pathogen under stress.
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- Justyna W Adamiak
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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Novelli M, Bolla JM. RND Efflux Pump Induction: A Crucial Network Unveiling Adaptive Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms of Gram-Negative Bacteria. Antibiotics (Basel) 2024; 13:501. [PMID: 38927168 PMCID: PMC11200565 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics13060501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Revised: 05/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/27/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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The rise of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria presents a grave challenge to global public health, with antimicrobial resistance ranking as the third leading cause of mortality worldwide. Understanding the mechanisms underlying antibiotic resistance is crucial for developing effective treatments. Efflux pumps, particularly those of the resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND) superfamily, play a significant role in expelling molecules from bacterial cells, contributing to the emergence of multi-drug resistance. These are transmembrane transporters naturally produced by Gram-negative bacteria. This review provides comprehensive insights into the modulation of RND efflux pump expression in bacterial pathogens by numerous and common molecules (bile, biocides, pharmaceuticals, additives, plant extracts, etc.). The interplay between these molecules and efflux pump regulators underscores the complexity of antibiotic resistance mechanisms. The clinical implications of efflux pump induction by non-antibiotic compounds highlight the challenges posed to public health and the urgent need for further investigation. By addressing antibiotic resistance from multiple angles, we can mitigate its impact and preserve the efficacy of antimicrobial therapies.
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- Marine Novelli
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, SSA, MCT, 13385 Marseille, France;
- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Biochimie des Protéines Membranaires, F-75005 Paris, France
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Ivanov ME, Fursova NK, Potapov VD. Pseudomonas aeruginosa efflux pump superfamily (review of literature). Klin Lab Diagn 2022; 67:53-58. [PMID: 35077071 DOI: 10.51620/0869-2084-2022-67-1-53-58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The significant increase in the number of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms observed in recent years is a public health problem worldwide. One of the molecular mechanisms for the formation of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria is the presence of efflux pumps. The review presents an analysis of experimental studies related to the study of efflux pumps in clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one of the representatives of hospital pathogens of the ESKAPE group. This review is intended for specialists developing new types of drugs against antibiotic-resistant strains, as well as researchers studying the mechanisms of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, heavy metals, biocides and other antimicrobial factors.
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- Federal Budget Institution of Science «State Research Center for Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology»
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- Federal Budget Institution of Science «State Research Center for Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology»
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Long range PCR reveals the genetic cargo of IncP-1 plasmids in the complex microbial community of an on-farm biopurification system treating pesticide contaminated wastewater. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 88:e0164821. [PMID: 34878814 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01648-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Promiscuous plasmids like IncP-1 plasmids play an important role in the bacterial adaptation to pollution by acquiring and distributing xenobiotic catabolic genes. However, most information comes from isolates and the role of plasmids in governing community-wide bacterial adaptation to xenobiotics and other adaptive forces is not fully understood. Current information on the contribution of IncP-1 plasmids in community adaptation is limited because methods are lacking that directly isolate and identify the plasmid borne adaptive functions in whole-community DNA. In this study, we optimized long range PCR to directly access and identify the cargo carried by IncP-1 plasmids in environmental DNA. The DNA between the IncP-1 backbone genes trbP and traC, a main insertion site of adaptive trait determinants, is amplified and its content analysed by high-throughput sequencing. The method was applied to DNA of an on-farm biopurification system (BPS), treating pesticide contaminated wastewater, to examine whether horizontal gene exchange of catabolic functions by IncP-1 plasmids is a main driver of community adaptation in BPS. The cargo recovered from BPS community DNA, encoded catabolic but also resistance traits and various other (un)known functions. Unexpectedly, catabolic traits composed only a minor fraction of the cargo, indicating that the IncP-1 region between trbP and traC is not a major contributor to catabolic adaptation of the BPS microbiome. Instead, it contains a functionally diverse set of genes which either may assist biodegradation functions, be remnants of random gene recruitment, or confer other crucial functions for proliferation in the BPS environment. IMPORTANCE This study presents a long range PCR for direct and cultivation-independent access to the identity of the cargo of a major insertion hot spot of adaptive genes in IncP-1 plasmids and hence a new mobilome tool for understanding the role of IncP-1 plasmids in complex communities. The method was applied to DNA of an on-farm biopurification system (BPS) treating pesticide-contaminated wastewater, aiming at new insights on whether horizontal exchange of catabolic functions by IncP-1 plasmids is a main driver of community adaptation in BPS. Unexpectedly, catabolic functions represented a small fraction of the cargo genes while multiple other gene functions were recovered. These results show that the cargo of the target insertion hot spot in IncP-1 plasmids in a community, not necessarily relates to the main selective trait imposed on that community. Instead these functions might contribute to adaptation to unknown selective forces or represent remnants of random gene recruitment.
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Oxidative Stress Response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10091187. [PMID: 34578219 PMCID: PMC8466533 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10091187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Revised: 09/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative environmental and human opportunistic pathogen highly adapted to many different environmental conditions. It can cause a wide range of serious infections, including wounds, lungs, the urinary tract, and systemic infections. The high versatility and pathogenicity of this bacterium is attributed to its genomic complexity, the expression of several virulence factors, and its intrinsic resistance to various antimicrobials. However, to thrive and establish infection, P. aeruginosa must overcome several barriers. One of these barriers is the presence of oxidizing agents (e.g., hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, and hypochlorous acid) produced by the host immune system or that are commonly used as disinfectants in a variety of different environments including hospitals. These agents damage several cellular molecules and can cause cell death. Therefore, bacteria adapt to these harsh conditions by altering gene expression and eliciting several stress responses to survive under oxidative stress. Here, we used PubMed to evaluate the current knowledge on the oxidative stress responses adopted by P. aeruginosa. We will describe the genes that are often differently expressed under oxidative stress conditions, the pathways and proteins employed to sense and respond to oxidative stress, and how these changes in gene expression influence pathogenicity and the virulence of P. aeruginosa. Understanding these responses and changes in gene expression is critical to controlling bacterial pathogenicity and developing new therapeutic agents.
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Loss of RND-type multidrug efflux pumps triggers iron starvation and lipid A modifications in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 65:e0059221. [PMID: 34252310 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00592-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Transporters belonging to the Resistance-Nodulation-Division (RND) superfamily of proteins are invariably present in the genomes of Gram-negative bacteria and are largely responsible for the intrinsic antibiotic resistance of these organisms. The number of genes encoding RND transporters per genome vary from one to sixteen and correlates with environmental versatilities of bacterial species. Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 strain, a ubiquitous nosocomial pathogen, possesses twelve RND pumps, which are implicated in development of clinical multidrug resistance and known to contribute to virulence, quorum sensing and many other physiological functions. In this study, we analyzed how P. aeruginosa physiology adapts to the lack of RND-mediated efflux activities. A combination of transcriptomics, metabolomics, genetic and analytical approaches showed that the P. aeruginosa PΔ6 strain lacking six best characterized RND pumps activates a specific adaptation response that involves significant changes in abundance and activities of several transport systems, quorum sensing, iron acquisition and lipid A modifications. Our results demonstrate that these cells accumulate large quantities of pseudomonas quorum signal (PQS), which triggers iron starvation and activation of siderophore biosynthesis and acquisition pathways. The accumulation of iron in turn activates lipid A modification and membrane protection pathways. A transcriptionally regulated RND pump MuxABC-OpmB contributes to these transformations by controlling concentrations of coumarins. Our results suggest that these changes reduce the permeability barrier of the outer membrane and are needed to protect the cell envelope of efflux-deficient P. aeruginosa.
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Giacometti F, Shirzad-Aski H, Ferreira S. Antimicrobials and Food-Related Stresses as Selective Factors for Antibiotic Resistance along the Farm to Fork Continuum. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:671. [PMID: 34199740 PMCID: PMC8230312 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10060671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Revised: 05/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem and there has been growing concern associated with its widespread along the animal-human-environment interface. The farm-to-fork continuum was highlighted as a possible reservoir of AMR, and a hotspot for the emergence and spread of AMR. However, the extent of the role of non-antibiotic antimicrobials and other food-related stresses as selective factors is still in need of clarification. This review addresses the use of non-antibiotic stressors, such as antimicrobials, food-processing treatments, or even novel approaches to ensure food safety, as potential drivers for resistance to clinically relevant antibiotics. The co-selection and cross-adaptation events are covered, which may induce a decreased susceptibility of foodborne bacteria to antibiotics. Although the available studies address the complexity involved in these phenomena, further studies are needed to help better understand the real risk of using food-chain-related stressors, and possibly to allow the establishment of early warnings of potential resistance mechanisms.
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- Federica Giacometti
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Ozzano Emilia, 40064 Bologna, Italy;
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- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan 49178-67439, Iran;
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- CICS-UBI-Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal
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Liu J, Wu P, Guo Q, Lai X, Ruan B, Wang H, Rehman S, Chen M. Kaolinite weakens the co-stress of ampicillin and tetracycline on Escherichia coli through multiple pathways. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:25228-25240. [PMID: 33453031 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12356-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Ampicillin and tetracycline are common antibiotics and can threaten humans by inducing antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Microorganisms are usually exposed to a mixed antibiotic system in the environment. However, there are few researches on the specific regulatory mechanisms of clay on microorganisms under the stress of complex antibiotics. In this study, tandem mass tag-based coupled with two-dimensional liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) was employed to recognize and quantify changes in protein expression of Escherichia coli (E. coli) after culture for 15 days, with or without kaolinite in the co-stress of ampicillin and tetracycline. The results indicated that kaolinite could activate metabolic pathways of E. coli such as the energy metabolism, the biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites, and the metabolism of cofactors and vitamins. Particularly, the fatty acid degradation pathway has also been promoted, indicating that in the same unfavorable environment, kaolinite might influence the composition of E. coli cell membranes. This might be due to the change in membrane composition that was a kind of adaptive strategy of bacterial evolution. Moreover, kaolinite could promote multidrug efflux system to export the bacterial intracellular toxic substances, making E. coli survive better in an adverse environment. Consequently, this study not only disclosed the regulation of kaolinite on E. coli in a complex antibiotic environment but also provided new insights into the environmental process of antibiotic resistance.
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- Juan Liu
- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
- The Key Lab of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
- Guangdong Provincial Engineering and Technology Research Center for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Disposal, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
- Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Environmental Nanomaterials, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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Crone S, Vives-Flórez M, Kvich L, Saunders AM, Malone M, Nicolaisen MH, Martínez-García E, Rojas-Acosta C, Catalina Gomez-Puerto M, Calum H, Whiteley M, Kolter R, Bjarnsholt T. The environmental occurrence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. APMIS 2019; 128:220-231. [PMID: 31709616 DOI: 10.1111/apm.13010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is generally described as ubiquitous in natural settings, such as soil and water. However, because anecdotal observations and published reports have questioned whether or not this description is true, we undertook a rigorous study using three methods to investigate the occurrence of P. aeruginosa: We investigated environmental samples, analyzed 16S rRNA data, and undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data. The environmental sample screening identified P. aeruginosa as significantly associated with hydrocarbon and pesticide-contaminated environments and feces, as compared to uncontaminated environments in which its prevalence was relatively low. The 16S rRNA data analysis showed that P. aeruginosa sequences were present in all habitats but were most abundant in samples from human and animals. Similarly, the meta-analysis revealed that samples obtained from environments with intense human contact had a higher prevalence of P. aeruginosa compared to those with less human contact. Thus, we found a clear tendency of P. aeruginosa to be present in places closely linked with human activity. Although P. aeruginosa may be ubiquitous in nature, it is usually scarce in pristine environments. Thus, we suggest that P. aeruginosa should be described as a bacterium largely found in locations associated with human activity.
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- Stephanie Crone
- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Laboratory, Food and Environmental Science, Business Academy Aarhus, Viby J, Denmark
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- Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia.,South West Sydney Limb Preservation and Wound Research, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Sydney, Australia
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- Section for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Systems Biology Program, National Center of Biotechnology CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory-Children's Cystic Fibrosis Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Zhang H, Chang F, Shi P, Ye L, Zhou Q, Pan Y, Li A. Antibiotic Resistome Alteration by Different Disinfection Strategies in a Full-Scale Drinking Water Treatment Plant Deciphered by Metagenomic Assembly. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:2141-2150. [PMID: 30673217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Disinfection regimes are considered the most solid strategy to reduce microbial risks in drinking water, but their roles in shaping the antibiotic resistome are poorly understood. This study revealed the alteration of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) profiles, their co-occurrence with mobile genetic elements (MGEs), and potential hosts during drinking water disinfection based on metagenomic assembly. We found the ozone/chlorine (O3/Cl2) coupled disinfection significantly increased the relative abundance of ARGs and MGE-carrying antibiotic resistance contigs (ARCs) through the enrichment of ARGs within the resistance-nodulation-cell division and ATP-binding cassette antibiotic efflux families that are primarily carried by Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Mycobacterium, and Methylocystis, whereas the antimicrobial resin/chlorine coupled disinfection posed unremarkable changes to the ARG and MGE abundances. Moreover, the co-occurrence patterns of antibiotic efflux and beta-lactam ARGs and MGEs were widely identified, and ARCs carrying the recR and mexH genes were detected in all the samples, with the highest abundance of 2.25 × 10-2 copies per cell after O3/Cl2 disinfection. Sequence-independent binning analysis successfully retrieved two draft ARG-carrying genomes of Acidovorax sp. MR-S7 and Hydrogenophaga sp. IBVHS2, further revealing the host-ARG relationship during O3/Cl2 disinfection. Overall, this study provides novel insights into the antibiotic resistome alteration during drinking water disinfection.
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- Huaicheng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment , Nanjing University , 163 Xianlin Avenue , Nanjing 210023 , China
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Braz VS, Moretto JAS, Fernandes AFT, Stehling EG. Change in the antimicrobial resistance profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from soil after exposure to herbicides. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2019; 54:290-293. [PMID: 30633634 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2018.1561056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The extensive use of pesticides represents a risk to human health and to the environment. This study aimed to investigate if the exposure to atrazine and diuron, two herbicides widely used in Brazil, could induce changes in the susceptibility profile to aztreonam, colistin and polymyxin B antimicrobials in isolates of P. aeruginosa obtained from soil samples by using the determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test. Three isolates had an increase of MIC to aztreonam after exposure to both herbicides and one isolate did not show any MIC change. The MexAB-OprM efflux pump has already been upregulated in these isolates and the herbicides atrazine and diuron did not increase MexAB-OprM overexpression. Therefore, the decrease in aztreonam susceptibility was not directly related to this pump, suggesting that probably other mechanisms should be involved.
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- Vânia Santos Braz
- a Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas , Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Ribeirão Preto , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas , Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Ribeirão Preto , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas , Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Ribeirão Preto , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas , Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - Ribeirão Preto , Ribeirão Preto , Brazil
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Two Regulators, PA3898 and PA2100, Modulate the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistance MexAB-OprM and EmrAB Efflux Pumps and Biofilm Formation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:AAC.01459-18. [PMID: 30297364 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01459-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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It is generally believed that the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix itself acts as a molecular sieve or sink that contributes to significant levels of drug resistance, but it is becoming more apparent that multidrug efflux pumps induced during biofilm growth significantly enhance resistance levels. We present here a novel transcriptional regulator, PA3898, which controls biofilm formation and multidrug efflux pumps in P. aeruginosa A mutant of this regulator significantly reduced the ability of P. aeruginosa to produce biofilm in vitro and affected its in vivo fitness and pathogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster and BALB/c mouse lung infection models. Transcriptome analysis revealed that PA3898 modulates essential virulence genes/pathways, including multidrug efflux pumps and phenazine biosynthesis. Chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) identified its DNA binding sequences and confirmed that PA3898 directly interacts with promoter regions of four genes/operons, two of which are mexAB-oprM and phz2 Coimmunoprecipitation revealed a regulatory partner of PA3898 as PA2100, and both are required for binding to DNA in electrophoretic mobility shift assays. PA3898 and PA2100 were given the names MdrR1 and MdrR2, respectively, as novel repressors of the mexAB-oprM multidrug efflux operon and activators for another multidrug efflux pump, EmrAB. The interaction between MdrR1 and MdrR2 at the promoter regions of their regulons was further characterized via localized surface plasmon resonance and DNA footprinting. These regulators directly repress the mexAB-oprM operon, independent of its well-established MexR regulator. Mutants of mdrR1 and mdrR2 caused increased resistance to multiple antibiotics in P. aeruginosa, validating the significance of these newly discovered regulators.
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Housseini B Issa K, Phan G, Broutin I. Functional Mechanism of the Efflux Pumps Transcription Regulators From Pseudomonas aeruginosa Based on 3D Structures. Front Mol Biosci 2018; 5:57. [PMID: 29971236 PMCID: PMC6018408 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Bacterial antibiotic resistance is a worldwide health problem that deserves important research attention in order to develop new therapeutic strategies. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified Pseudomonas aeruginosa as one of the priority bacteria for which new antibiotics are urgently needed. In this opportunistic pathogen, antibiotics efflux is one of the most prevalent mechanisms where the drug is efficiently expulsed through the cell-wall. This resistance mechanism is highly correlated to the expression level of efflux pumps of the resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND) family, which is finely tuned by gene regulators. Thus, it is worthwhile considering the efflux pump regulators of P. aeruginosa as promising therapeutical targets alternative. Several families of regulators have been identified, including activators and repressors that control the genetic expression of the pumps in response to an extracellular signal, such as the presence of the antibiotic or other environmental modifications. In this review, based on different crystallographic structures solved from archetypal bacteria, we will first focus on the molecular mechanism of the regulator families involved in the RND efflux pump expression in P. aeruginosa, which are TetR, LysR, MarR, AraC, and the two-components system (TCS). Finally, the regulators of known structure from P. aeruginosa will be presented.
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- Karim Housseini B Issa
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques (UMR 8015), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques (UMR 8015), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques (UMR 8015), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Spengler G, Kincses A, Gajdács M, Amaral L. New Roads Leading to Old Destinations: Efflux Pumps as Targets to Reverse Multidrug Resistance in Bacteria. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22030468. [PMID: 28294992 PMCID: PMC6155429 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22030468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Multidrug resistance (MDR) has appeared in response to selective pressures resulting from the incorrect use of antibiotics and other antimicrobials. This inappropriate application and mismanagement of antibiotics have led to serious problems in the therapy of infectious diseases. Bacteria can develop resistance by various mechanisms and one of the most important factors resulting in MDR is efflux pump-mediated resistance. Because of the importance of the efflux-related multidrug resistance the development of new therapeutic approaches aiming to inhibit bacterial efflux pumps is a promising way to combat bacteria having over-expressed MDR efflux systems. The definition of an efflux pump inhibitor (EPI) includes the ability to render the bacterium increasingly more sensitive to a given antibiotic or even reverse the multidrug resistant phenotype. In the recent years numerous EPIs have been developed, although so far their clinical application has not yet been achieved due to their in vivo toxicity and side effects. In this review, we aim to give a short overview of efflux mediated resistance in bacteria, EPI compounds of plant and synthetic origin, and the possible methods to investigate and screen EPI compounds in bacterial systems.
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- Gabriella Spengler
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
- Travel Medicine, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal.
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Inhibitors of multidrug efflux pumps of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from natural sources: An in silico high-throughput virtual screening and in vitro validation. Med Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00044-016-1761-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Sun M, Ye M, Wu J, Feng Y, Shen F, Tian D, Liu K, Hu F, Li H, Jiang X, Yang L, Kengara FO. Impact of bioaccessible pyrene on the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes during Sphingobium sp.- and sophorolipid-enhanced bioremediation in soil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2015; 300:121-128. [PMID: 26164069 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.06.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Soils are exposed to various types of chemical contaminants due to anthropogenic activities; however, research on persistent organic pollutants and the existence of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) is limited. To our knowledge, the present work for the first time focused on the bioremediation of soil co-contaminated with pyrene and tetracycline/sulfonamide-resistance genes. After 90 days of incubation, the pyrene concentration and the abundance of the four ARGs (tetW, tetM, sulI, and sulII) significantly decreased in different treatment conditions (p<0.05). The greatest pyrene removal (47.8%) and greatest decrease in ARG abundance (from 10(-7) to 10(-8) ARG copies per 16S rRNA copy) were observed in microcosms with a combination of bacterial and sophorolipid treatment. Throughout the incubation, pyrene bioaccessibility constantly declined in the microcosm inoculated with bacteria. However, an increased pyrene bioaccessibility and ARG abundance at day 40 were observed in soil treated with sophorolipid alone. Tenax extraction methods and linear correlation analysis indicated a strong positive relationship between the rapidly desorbing fraction (Fr) of pyrene and ARG abundance. Therefore, we conclude that bioaccessible pyrene rather than total pyrene plays a major role in the maintenance and fluctuation of ARG abundance in the soil.
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- Mingming Sun
- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China; Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, PR China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China.
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- Soil Ecology Lab, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, PR China
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- Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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Muller JF, Ghosh S, Ikuma K, Stevens AM, Love NG. Chlorinated phenol-induced physiological antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2015; 362:fnv172. [PMID: 26403431 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnv172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous environmental bacterium and an opportunistic pathogen with the ability to rapidly develop multidrug resistance under selective pressure. Previous work demonstrated that upon exposure to the environmental contaminant pentachlorophenol (PCP), P. aeruginosa PAO1 increases expression of multiple multidrug efflux pumps, including the MexAB-OprM pump. The current study describes increases in the antibiotic resistance of PAO1 upon exposure to PCP and other chlorinated organics, including triclosan. Only exposure to chlorinated phenols induced the mexAB-oprM-mediated antibiotic-resistant phenotype. Thus, chlorinated phenols have the potential to contribute to transient phenotypic increases of antibiotic resistance that are relevant when both compounds are present in the environment.
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- Jocelyn Fraga Muller
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Tan Q, Chen G, Zeng G, Chen A, Guan S, Li Z, Zuo Y, Huang Z, Guo Z. Physiological fluxes and antioxidative enzymes activities of immobilized Phanerochaete chrysosporium loaded with TiO2 nanoparticles after exposure to toxic pollutants in solution. CHEMOSPHERE 2015; 128:21-27. [PMID: 25638529 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Immobilized Phanerochaete chrysosporium loaded with TiO2 nanoparticles (PTNs) are novel high-value bioremediation materials for adsorbing cadmium and for degrading 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP). The real-time changes in H(+) and O2 fluxes were measured using the noninvasive microtest technique (NMT). The H(+) influx increased after the addition of 2,4-DCP, and shifted to efflux following the addition of Cd(2+). The O2 flux decreased after the addition of both 2,4-DCP and Cd(2+). A larger Cd(2+) flux was immediately observed after exposure to 0.5mM Cd(2+) (-351.25 pmol cm(-2) s(-1)) than to 0.1 mM Cd(2+) (-107.47 pmol cm(-2) s(-1)). The removal of Cd(2+) by the PTNs increased more after treatment with the 0.5 mM exposure solution (27.6 mg g(-1)) than with the 0.1 mM exposure solution (3.49 mg g(-1)). The enzyme activities were analyzed to review the antioxidative defense system of PTNs in a solution containing various concentrations of Cd(2+). The activities of the coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) oxidase as well as the enzyme catalase (CAT) plateaued at 6.5 U g(-1) FW and 9.7 U g(-1) FW, respectively, after exposure to 0.25 mM Cd(2+). The activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) increased gradually in solutions containing 0.1-0.6 mM Cd(2+), and eventually reached a maximum (68.86 U g(-1) FW). These results illustrate how the antioxidative defense system and the physiological fluxes of PTNs respond to the stress caused by toxic pollutants.
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- Qiong Tan
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, PR China; Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha 410082, PR China
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Li XZ, Plésiat P, Nikaido H. The challenge of efflux-mediated antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 28:337-418. [PMID: 25788514 PMCID: PMC4402952 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00117-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 899] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The global emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria is a growing threat to antibiotic therapy. The chromosomally encoded drug efflux mechanisms that are ubiquitous in these bacteria greatly contribute to antibiotic resistance and present a major challenge for antibiotic development. Multidrug pumps, particularly those represented by the clinically relevant AcrAB-TolC and Mex pumps of the resistance-nodulation-division (RND) superfamily, not only mediate intrinsic and acquired multidrug resistance (MDR) but also are involved in other functions, including the bacterial stress response and pathogenicity. Additionally, efflux pumps interact synergistically with other resistance mechanisms (e.g., with the outer membrane permeability barrier) to increase resistance levels. Since the discovery of RND pumps in the early 1990s, remarkable scientific and technological advances have allowed for an in-depth understanding of the structural and biochemical basis, substrate profiles, molecular regulation, and inhibition of MDR pumps. However, the development of clinically useful efflux pump inhibitors and/or new antibiotics that can bypass pump effects continues to be a challenge. Plasmid-borne efflux pump genes (including those for RND pumps) have increasingly been identified. This article highlights the recent progress obtained for organisms of clinical significance, together with methodological considerations for the characterization of MDR pumps.
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- Xian-Zhi Li
- Human Safety Division, Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Poole K. Stress responses as determinants of antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: multidrug efflux and more. Can J Microbiol 2015; 60:783-91. [PMID: 25388098 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2014-0666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a notoriously antimicrobial-resistant organism that is increasingly refractory to antimicrobial chemotherapy. While the usual array of acquired resistance mechanisms contribute to resistance development in this organism a multitude of endogenous genes also play a role. These include a variety of multidrug efflux loci that contribute to both intrinsic and acquired antimicrobial resistance. Despite their roles in resistance, however, it is clear that these efflux systems function in more than just antimicrobial efflux. Indeed, recent data indicate that they are recruited in response to environmental stress and, therefore, function as components of the organism's stress responses. In fact, a number of endogenous resistance-promoting genes are linked to environmental stress, functioning as part of known stress responses or recruited in response to a variety of environmental stress stimuli. Stress responses are, thus, important determinants of antimicrobial resistance in P. aeruginosa. As such, they represent possible therapeutic targets in countering antimicrobial resistance in this organism.
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- Keith Poole
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Botterell Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
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Witney AA, Gould KA, Pope CF, Bolt F, Stoker NG, Cubbon MD, Bradley CR, Fraise A, Breathnach AS, Butcher PD, Planche TD, Hinds J. Genome sequencing and characterization of an extensively drug-resistant sequence type 111 serotype O12 hospital outbreak strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clin Microbiol Infect 2014; 20:O609-18. [PMID: 24422878 DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of extensively drug-resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from two outbreaks in UK hospitals were characterized by whole genome sequencing (WGS). Although these isolates were resistant to antibiotics other than colistin, we confirmed that they are still sensitive to disinfectants. The sequencing confirmed that isolates in the larger outbreak were serotype O12, and also revealed that they belonged to sequence type ST111, which is a major epidemic strain of P. aeruginosa throughout Europe. As this is the first reported sequence of an ST111 strain, the genome was examined in depth, focusing particularly on antibiotic resistance and potential virulence genes, and on the reported regions of genome plasticity. High degrees of sequence similarity were discovered between outbreak isolates collected from recently infected patients, isolates from sinks, an isolate from the sewer, and a historical isolate, suggesting that the ST111 strain has been endemic in the hospital for many years. The ability to translate easily from outbreak investigation to detailed genome biology by use of the same data demonstrates the flexibility of WGS application in a clinical setting.
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- A A Witney
- Division of Clinical Sciences, St George's University of London, London, UK
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Coronado E, Roggo C, Johnson DR, van der Meer JR. Genome-Wide Analysis of Salicylate and Dibenzofuran Metabolism in Sphingomonas Wittichii RW1. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:300. [PMID: 22936930 PMCID: PMC3425912 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sphingomonas wittichii RW1 is a bacterium isolated for its ability to degrade the xenobiotic compounds dibenzodioxin and dibenzofuran (DBF). A number of genes involved in DBF degradation have been previously characterized, such as the dxn cluster, dbfB, and the electron transfer components fdx1, fdx3, and redA2. Here we use a combination of whole genome transcriptome analysis and transposon library screening to characterize RW1 catabolic and other genes implicated in the reaction to or degradation of DBF. To detect differentially expressed genes upon exposure to DBF, we applied three different growth exposure experiments, using either short DBF exposures to actively growing cells or growing them with DBF as sole carbon and energy source. Genome-wide gene expression was examined using a custom-made microarray. In addition, proportional abundance determination of transposon insertions in RW1 libraries grown on salicylate or DBF by ultra-high throughput sequencing was used to infer genes whose interruption caused a fitness loss for growth on DBF. Expression patterns showed that batch and chemostat growth conditions, and short or long exposure of cells to DBF produced very different responses. Numerous other uncharacterized catabolic gene clusters putatively involved in aromatic compound metabolism increased expression in response to DBF. In addition, only very few transposon insertions completely abolished growth on DBF. Some of those (e.g., in dxnA1) were expected, whereas others (in a gene cluster for phenylacetate degradation) were not. Both transcriptomic data and transposon screening suggest operation of multiple redundant and parallel aromatic pathways, depending on DBF exposure. In addition, increased expression of other non-catabolic genes suggests that during initial exposure, S. wittichii RW1 perceives DBF as a stressor, whereas after longer exposure, the compound is recognized as a carbon source and metabolized using several pathways in parallel.
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- Edith Coronado
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zeng GM, Chen AW, Chen GQ, Hu XJ, Guan S, Shang C, Lu LH, Zou ZJ. Responses of Phanerochaete chrysosporium to toxic pollutants: physiological flux, oxidative stress, and detoxification. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:7818-7825. [PMID: 22703191 DOI: 10.1021/es301006j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been widely used for the treatment of waste streams containing heavy metals and toxic organic pollutants. The development of fungal-based treatment technologies requires detailed knowledge of the relationship between bulk water quality and the physiological responses of fungi. A noninvasive microtest technique was used to quantify real-time changes in proton, oxygen, and cadmium ion fluxes following the exposure of P. chrysosporium to environmental toxic (2,4-dichlorophenol and cadmium). Significant changes in H(+) and O(2) flux occurred after exposure to 10 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenol and 0.1 mM cadmium. Cd(2+) flux decreased with time. Reactive oxygen species formation and antioxidant levels increased after cadmium treatment. Superoxide dismutase activity correlated well with malondialdehyde levels (r(2) = 0.964) at low cadmium concentrations. However, this correlation diminished and malondialdehyde levels significantly increased at the highest cadmium concentration tested. Real-time microscale signatures of H(+), O(2), and Cd(2+) fluxes coupled with oxidative stress analysis can improve our understanding of the physiological responses of P. chrysosporium to toxic pollutants and provide useful information for the development of fungal-based technologies to improve the treatment of wastes cocontaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants.
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- Guang-Ming Zeng
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P.R. China.
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Poole K. Bacterial stress responses as determinants of antimicrobial resistance. J Antimicrob Chemother 2012; 67:2069-89. [PMID: 22618862 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bacteria encounter a myriad of stresses in their natural environments, including, for pathogens, their hosts. These stresses elicit a variety of specific and highly regulated adaptive responses that not only protect bacteria from the offending stress, but also manifest changes in the cell that impact innate antimicrobial susceptibility. Thus exposure to nutrient starvation/limitation (nutrient stress), reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (oxidative/nitrosative stress), membrane damage (envelope stress), elevated temperature (heat stress) and ribosome disruption (ribosomal stress) all impact bacterial susceptibility to a variety of antimicrobials through their initiation of stress responses that positively impact recruitment of resistance determinants or promote physiological changes that compromise antimicrobial activity. As de facto determinants of antimicrobial, even multidrug, resistance, stress responses may be worthy of consideration as therapeutic targets.
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- Keith Poole
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6.
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Starr LM, Fruci M, Poole K. Pentachlorophenol induction of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa mexAB-oprM efflux operon: involvement of repressors NalC and MexR and the antirepressor ArmR. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32684. [PMID: 22393435 PMCID: PMC3290565 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Accepted: 01/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Pentachlorophenol (PCP) induced expression of the NalC repressor-regulated PA3720-armR operon and the MexR repressor-controlled mexAB-oprM multidrug efflux operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PCP's induction of PA3720-armR resulted from its direct modulation of NalC, the repressor's binding to PA3720-armR promoter-containing DNA as seen in electromobility shift assays (EMSAs) being obviated in the presence of this agent. The NalC binding site was localized to an inverted repeat (IR) sequence upstream of PA3720-armR and overlapping a promoter region whose transcription start site was mapped. While modulation of MexR by the ArmR anti-repressor explains the upregulation of mexAB-oprM in nalC mutants hyperexpressing PA3720-armR, the induction of mexAB-oprM expression by PCP is not wholly explainable by PCP induction of PA3720-armR and subsequent ArmR modulation of MexR, inasmuch as armR deletion mutants still showed PCP-inducible mexAB-oprM expression. PCP failed, however, to induce mexAB-oprM in a mexR deletion strain, indicating that MexR was required for this, although PCP did not modulate MexR binding to mexAB-oprM promoter-containing DNA in vitro. One possibility is that MexR responds to PCP-generated in vivo effector molecules in controlling mexAB-oprM expression in response to PCP. PCP is an unlikely effector and substrate for NalC and MexAB-OprM - its impact on NalC binding to the PA3720-armR promoter DNA occurred only at high µM levels - suggesting that it mimics an intended phenolic effector/substrate(s). In this regard, plants are an abundant source of phenolic antimicrobial compounds and, so, MexAB-OprM may function to protect P. aeruginosa from plant antimicrobials that it encounters in nature.
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- Lisa M. Starr
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Machado I, Lopes SP, Sousa AM, Pereira MO. Adaptive response of single and binary Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli biofilms to benzalkonium chloride. J Basic Microbiol 2011; 52:43-52. [DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fernández M, Duque E, Pizarro-Tobías P, Van Dillewijn P, Wittich RM, Ramos JL. Microbial responses to xenobiotic compounds. Identification of genes that allow Pseudomonas putida KT2440 to cope with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene. Microb Biotechnol 2011; 2:287-94. [PMID: 21261922 PMCID: PMC3815848 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 grows in M9 minimal medium with glucose in the presence of 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) at a similar rate than in the absence of TNT, although global transcriptional analysis using DNA microarrays revealed that TNT exerts some stress. Response to TNT stress is regulated at the transcriptional level, as significant changes in the level of expression of 65 genes were observed. Of these genes, 39 appeared upregulated, and 26 were downregulated. The identity of upregulated genes suggests that P. putida uses two kinds of strategies to overcome TNT toxicity: (i) induction of genes encoding nitroreductases and detoxification‐related enzymes (pnrA, xenD, acpD) and (ii) induction of multidrug efflux pump genes (mexEF/oprN) to reduce intracellular TNT concentrations. Mutants of 13 up‐ and 7 downregulated genes were analysed with regards to TNT toxicity revealing the role of the MexE/MexF/OprN pump and a putative isoquinoline 1‐oxidoreductase in tolerance to TNT. The ORF PP1232 whose transcriptional level did not change in response to TNT affected growth in the presence of nitroaromatic compounds and it was found in a screening of 4000 randomly generated mutants.
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- Matilde Fernández
- Bio-Iliberis Research and Development, Edificio BIC, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, E-18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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Ghosh S, Cremers CM, Jakob U, Love NG. Chlorinated phenols control the expression of the multidrug resistance efflux pump MexAB-OprM in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by interacting with NalC. Mol Microbiol 2011; 79:1547-56. [PMID: 21231970 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07544.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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NalC is a TetR type regulator that represses the multidrug efflux pump MexAB-OprM in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here we explain the mechanism of NalC-mediated regulation of MexAB-OprM. We show that NalC non-covalently binds chlorinated phenols and chemicals containing chlorophenol side-chains such as triclosan. NalC-chlorinated phenol binding results in its dissociation from promoter DNA and upregulation of NalC's downstream targets, including the MexR antirepressor ArmR. ArmR upregulation and MexR-ArmR complex formation have previously been shown to upregulate MexAB-OprM. In vivo mexB and armR expression analyses were used to corroborate in vitro NalC-chlorinated phenol binding. We also show that the interaction between chlorinated phenols and NalC is reversible, such that removal of these chemicals restored NalC promoter DNA binding. Thus, the NalC-chlorinated phenol interaction is likely a pertinent physiological mechanism that P. aeruginosa uses to control expression of the MexAB-OprM efflux pump.
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- Sudeshna Ghosh
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 2350 Hayward Street, 2340 GG Brown, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, USA
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Folsom JP, Richards L, Pitts B, Roe F, Ehrlich GD, Parker A, Mazurie A, Stewart PS. Physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in biofilms as revealed by transcriptome analysis. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:294. [PMID: 21083928 PMCID: PMC2998477 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Transcriptome analysis was applied to characterize the physiological activities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown for three days in drip-flow biofilm reactors. Conventional applications of transcriptional profiling often compare two paired data sets that differ in a single experimentally controlled variable. In contrast this study obtained the transcriptome of a single biofilm state, ranked transcript signals to make the priorities of the population manifest, and compared ranki ngs for a priori identified physiological marker genes between the biofilm and published data sets. Results Biofilms tolerated exposure to antibiotics, harbored steep oxygen concentration gradients, and exhibited stratified and heterogeneous spatial patterns of protein synthetic activity. Transcriptional profiling was performed and the signal intensity of each transcript was ranked to gain insight into the physiological state of the biofilm population. Similar rankings were obtained from data sets published in the GEO database http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo. By comparing the rank of genes selected as markers for particular physiological activities between the biofilm and comparator data sets, it was possible to infer qualitative features of the physiological state of the biofilm bacteria. These biofilms appeared, from their transcriptome, to be glucose nourished, iron replete, oxygen limited, and growing slowly or exhibiting stationary phase character. Genes associated with elaboration of type IV pili were strongly expressed in the biofilm. The biofilm population did not indicate oxidative stress, homoserine lactone mediated quorum sensing, or activation of efflux pumps. Using correlations with transcript ranks, the average specific growth rate of biofilm cells was estimated to be 0.08 h-1. Conclusions Collectively these data underscore the oxygen-limited, slow-growing nature of the biofilm population and are consistent with antimicrobial tolerance due to low metabolic activity.
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- James P Folsom
- Center for Biofilm Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, PO Box 173980, Montana State University-Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana 59717-3980, USA
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Ray S, Peters CA. Adaptations in microbiological populations exposed to dinitrophenol and other chemical stressors. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2010; 29:2161-2168. [PMID: 20872677 DOI: 10.1002/etc.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Microbiological populations in natural and engineered systems may experience multiple exposures to chemical stressors, which may affect system functions. The impact of such exposures on the metabolism of a population of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was studied using respirometry. Two serial exposures to low concentrations of 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), pentachlorophenol (PCP), or N-ethyl maleimide (NEM) did not affect metabolism beyond that expected for a single exposure. However, at higher concentrations, three exposures to DNP led to a combination of metabolic stress and resilience in the population. At a low DNP concentration of 400 mg/L, multiple exposures led to increased stress but indicated no development of resilience. At a high DNP concentration of 1,200 mg/L, no biological activity was observed, indicating that the population did not survive the exposure. At intermediate concentrations of 800 and 900 mg/L DNP, stress was observed, but it was found to decrease after multiple exposures. This, combined with the observation that the size of the population decreased, indicated that resilience in the population had developed because of elimination of the weaker organisms in the population. In contrast, the lack of resilience at the lower DNP concentration was attributed to the survival of the strong as well as weak members, lowering the resilience of the population as a whole. The development of resilience within a window of stressor concentrations is an important finding with implications for predicting the performance of biotreatment processes and biosensor technologies and for interpreting ecotoxicity risk assessments.
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- Sujata Ray
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039, India
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McLamore ES, Zhang W, Porterfield DM, Banks MK. Membrane-aerated biofilm proton and oxygen flux during chemical toxin exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2010; 44:7050-7057. [PMID: 20735036 DOI: 10.1021/es1012356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Bioreactors containing sessile bacteria (biofilms) grown on hollow fiber membranes have been used for treatment of many wastestreams. Real time operational control of bioreactor performance requires detailed knowledge of the relationship between bulk liquid water quality and physiological transport at the biofilm-liquid interface. Although large data sets exist describing membrane-aerated bioreactor effluent quality, very little real time data is available characterizing boundary layer transport under physiological conditions. A noninvasive, microsensor technique was used to quantify real time (≈1.5 s) changes in oxygen and proton flux for mature Nitrosomonas europaea and Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in membrane-aerated bioreactors following exposure to environmental toxins. Stress response was characterized during exposure to toxins with known mode of action (chlorocarbonyl cyanide phenyl-hydrazone and potassium cyanide), and four environmental toxins (rotenone, 2,4-dinitrophenol, cadmium chloride, and pentachlorophenol). Exposure to sublethal concentrations of all environmental toxins caused significant increases in O(2) and/or H(+) flux (depending on the mode of action). These real time microscale signatures (i.e., fingerprints) of O(2) and H(+) flux can be coupled with bulk liquid analysis to improve our understanding of physiology in counter-diffusion biofilms found within membrane aerated bioreactors; leading to enhanced monitoring/modeling strategies for bioreactor control.
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- E S McLamore
- Physiological Sensing Facility, Purdue University, 1203 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2057, USA.
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One of the hallmarks of bacterial survival is their ability to adapt rapidly to changing environmental conditions. Niche adaptation is a response to the signals received that are relayed, often to regulators that modulate gene expression. In the post-genomic era, DNA microarrays are used to study the dynamics of gene expression on a global scale. Numerous studies have used Pseudomonas aeruginosa--a Gram-negative environmental and opportunistic human pathogenic bacterium--as the model organism in whole-genome transcriptome analysis. This paper reviews the transcriptome studies that have led to immense advances in our understanding of the biology of this intractable human pathogen. Comparative analysis of 23 P. aeruginosa transcriptome studies has led to the identification of a unique set of genes that are signal specific and a core set that is differentially regulated. The 303 genes in the core set are involved in bacterial homeostasis, making them attractive therapeutic targets.
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- Deepak Balasubramanian
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Science, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Overexpression of outer membrane protein OprT and increase of membrane permeability in phoU mutant of toluene-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas putida GM730. J Microbiol 2009; 47:557-62. [PMID: 19851728 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-009-0105-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Eight toluene-sensitive mutants were previously isolated from the toluene-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas putida GM730. One of these mutants was TOS6, in which Tn5 had been inserted into phoU. Susceptibility to multiple antibiotics, as well as toluene sensitivity, was increased in the phoU mutant of P. putida GM730. We compared the outer membrane proteins from the phoU mutant and wild-type via two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. A 45 kDa protein was dramatically overexpressed as the result of phoU inactivation, and this protein was identified by peptide mass fingerprinting and microsequencing as a conserved hypothetical protein consisting of 414 amino acids. The protein, designated as OprT, harbors a signal sequence and extended beta-sheets, both of which are features common to the bacterial porins. The rate of ethidium bromide accumulation in TOS6 was higher than in GM730, which indicates that the TOS6 membranes may be more permeable to ethidium bromide than are the membranes of GM730. We propose that the toluene sensitivity and increased antibiotic susceptibility observed in the phoU mutant may be attributable to increased membrane permeability.
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Stankiewicz N, Gold A, Yüksel Y, Berensmeier S, Schwartz T. In vivo labeling and specific magnetic bead separation of RNA for biofilm characterization and stress-induced gene expression analysis in bacteria. J Microbiol Methods 2009; 79:344-52. [PMID: 19837116 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2009.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Revised: 10/07/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The method of in vivo labeling and separation of bacterial RNA was developed as an approach to elucidating the stress response of natural bacterial populations. This technique is based on the incorporation of digoxigenin-11-uridine-5'-triphosphate (DIG-11-UTP) in the RNA of active bacteria. The digoxigenin fulfills a dual role as a label of de novo synthesized RNA and a target for magnetic bead separation from a total RNA extract. Depending on the growth conditions and the population's composition, the assembly rate of DIG-11-UTP ranged from 1.2% to 12.5% of the total RNA in gram-positive and gram-negative reference bacteria as well as in natural biofilms from drinking water, surface water, and lake sediment. Separation of DIG-RNA from total RNA extracts was performed with a biotinylated anti-digoxigenin antibody and streptavidin-functionalized magnetic particles. The average separation yield from total RNA extracts was about 95% of labeled RNA. The unspecific bindings of non-labeled nucleic acids were smaller than 0.2%, as was evaluated by spiking experiments with an unmarked DNA amplicon. Applicability of the method developed was demonstrated by rRNA-directed PCR-DGGE population analysis of natural biofilms and expression profiling of two stress-induced genes (vanA and rpoS) in reference bacteria.
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- Nikolai Stankiewicz
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - KIT (former: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Microbiology of Natural and Technical Interfaces Department, P.O. Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Montgomery MT, Boyd TJ, Osburn CL, Smith DC. PAH mineralization and bacterial organotolerance in surface sediments of the Charleston Harbor estuary. Biodegradation 2009; 21:257-66. [PMID: 19760111 PMCID: PMC2829130 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9298-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 09/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in estuarine waters can adversely affect biota but watershed sources can be difficult to identify because these compounds are transient. Natural bacterial assemblages may respond to chronic, episodic exposure to SVOCs through selection of more organotolerant bacterial communities. We measured bacterial production, organotolerance and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) mineralization in Charleston Harbor and compared surface sediment from stations near a known, permitted SVOC outfall (pulp mill effluent) to that from more pristine stations. Naphthalene additions inhibited an average of 77% of bacterial metabolism in sediments from the more pristine site (Wando River). Production in sediments nearest the outfall was only inhibited an average of 9% and in some cases, was actually stimulated. In general, the stations with the highest rates of bacterial production also were among those with the highest rates of PAH mineralization. This suggests that the capacity to mineralize PAH carbon is a common feature amongst the bacterial assemblage in these estuarine sediments and could account for an average of 5.6% of bacterial carbon demand (in terms of production) in the summer, 3.3% in the spring (April) and only 1.2% in winter (December).
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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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Martinez JL, Sánchez MB, Martínez-Solano L, Hernandez A, Garmendia L, Fajardo A, Alvarez-Ortega C. Functional role of bacterial multidrug efflux pumps in microbial natural ecosystems. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2009; 33:430-49. [PMID: 19207745 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00157.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 311] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Multidrug efflux pumps have emerged as relevant elements in the intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance of bacterial pathogens. In contrast with other antibiotic resistance genes that have been obtained by virulent bacteria through horizontal gene transfer, genes coding for multidrug efflux pumps are present in the chromosomes of all living organisms. In addition, these genes are highly conserved (all members of the same species contain the same efflux pumps) and their expression is tightly regulated. Together, these characteristics suggest that the main function of these systems is not resisting the antibiotics used in therapy and that they should have other roles relevant to the behavior of bacteria in their natural ecosystems. Among the potential roles, it has been demonstrated that efflux pumps are important for processes of detoxification of intracellular metabolites, bacterial virulence in both animal and plant hosts, cell homeostasis and intercellular signal trafficking.
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- Jose Luis Martinez
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain.
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The crystal structure of MexR from Pseudomonas aeruginosa in complex with its antirepressor ArmR. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:14832-7. [PMID: 18812515 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0805489105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The intrinsic antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is compounded in mutant strains that overexpress multidrug efflux pumps such as the prominent drug-proton antiporter, MexAB-OprM. The primary regulator of the mexAB-oprM operon is the MarR family repressor, MexR. An additional repressor, NalC, also regulates mexAB-oprM by controlling expression of ArmR, an antirepressor peptide that is hypothesized to prevent the binding of MexR to its cognate DNA operator via an allosteric protein-peptide interaction. To better understand how ArmR modulates MexR, we determined the MexR-binding region of ArmR as its C-terminal 25 residues and solved the crystal structure of MexR in a 2:1 complex with this ArmR fragment at 1.8 A resolution. This structure reveals that the C-terminal residues of ArmR form a kinked alpha-helix, which occupies a pseudosymmetrical and largely hydrophobic binding cavity located at the centre of the MexR dimer. Although the ArmR-binding cavity partially overlaps with the small molecule effector-binding sites of other MarR family members, it possesses a larger and more complex binding surface to accommodate the greater size and specific physicochemical properties of a peptide effector. Comparison with the structure of apo-MexR reveals that ArmR stabilizes a dramatic conformational change that is incompatible with DNA-binding. Thus, this work defines the structural mechanism by which ArmR allosterically derepresses MexR-controlled gene expression in P. aeruginosa and reveals important insights into the regulation of multidrug resistance.
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