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Micaletto M, Fleurier S, Dion S, Denamur E, Matic I. The protein carboxymethyltransferase-dependent aspartate salvage pathway plays a crucial role in the intricate metabolic network of Escherichia coli. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadj0767. [PMID: 38335294 PMCID: PMC10857468 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj0767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Protein carboxymethyltransferase (Pcm) is a highly evolutionarily conserved enzyme that initiates the conversion of abnormal isoaspartate to aspartate residues. While it is commonly believed that Pcm facilitates the repair of damaged proteins, a number of observations suggest that it may have another role in cell functioning. We investigated whether Pcm provides a means for Escherichia coli to recycle aspartate, which is essential for protein synthesis and other cellular processes. We showed that Pcm is required for the energy production, the maintenance of cellular redox potential and of S-adenosylmethionine synthesis, which are critical for the proper functioning of many metabolic pathways. Pcm contributes to the full growth capacity both under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Last, we showed that Pcm enhances the robustness of bacteria when exposed to sublethal antibiotic treatments and improves their fitness in the mammalian urinary tract. We propose that Pcm plays a crucial role in E. coli metabolism by ensuring a steady supply of aspartate.
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- Maureen Micaletto
- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, 75014 Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, 75014 Paris, France
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- IAME, Université de Paris, INSERM U1137, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, 75018 Paris, France
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- IAME, Université de Paris, INSERM U1137, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, 75018 Paris, France
- AP-HP, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Bichat, 75018 Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, Université Paris Cité, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR 8104, 75014 Paris, France
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Guillén S, Nadal L, Halaihel N, Mañas P, Cebrián G. Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of a Salmonella Typhimurium strain resistant to pulsed electric fields. Food Microbiol 2023; 113:104285. [PMID: 37098417 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104285] [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: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) technology is regarded as one of the most interesting alternatives to current food preservation methods, due to its capability to inactivate vegetative microorganisms while leaving the product's organoleptic and nutritional properties mostly unchanged. However, many aspects regarding the mechanisms of bacterial inactivation by PEF are still not fully understood. The aim of this study was to obtain further insight into the mechanisms responsible for the increased resistance to PEF of a Salmonella Typhimurium SL1344 variant (SL1344-RS, Sagarzazu et al., 2013), and to quantify the impact that the acquisition of PEF resistance has on other aspects of S. enterica physiology, such as growth fitness, biofilm formation ability, virulence and antibiotic resistance. WGS, RNAseq and qRT-PCR assays indicated that the increased PEF resistance of the SL1344-RS variant is due to a higher RpoS activity caused by a mutation in the hnr gene. This increased RpoS activity also results in higher resistance to multiple stresses (acidic, osmotic, oxidative, ethanol and UV-C, but not to heat and HHP), decreased growth rate in M9-Gluconate (but not in TSB-YE or LB-DPY), increased ability to adhere to Caco-2 cells (but no significant change in invasiveness) and enhanced antibiotic resistance (to six out of eight agents). This study significantly contributes to the understanding of the mechanisms of the development of stress resistance in Salmonellae and underscores the crucial role played by RpoS in this process. Further studies are needed to determine whether this PEF-resistant variant would represent a higher, equal or lower associated hazard than the parental strain.
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- S Guillén
- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón- IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón- IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento I+D+i, Alquizvetek S.L, Zaragoza, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón- IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón- IA2, Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA, 50013, Zaragoza, Spain.
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Guillén S, Marcén M, Fau E, Mañas P, Cebrián G. Relationship between growth ability, virulence, and resistance to food-processing related stresses in non-typhoidal Salmonellae. Int J Food Microbiol 2022; 361:109462. [PMID: 34749188 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability of Salmonella to resist and adapt to harsh conditions is one of the major features that have made this microorganism such a relevant health hazard. However, the impact of these resistance responses on other aspects of Salmonella physiology, such as virulence and growth ability, is still not fully understood. The objective of this study was to determine the maximum growth rates (in three different media), virulence (adhesion and invasion of Caco-2 cells), and other phenotypic characteristics (biofilm-forming ability and antimicrobial resistance) of 23 Salmonella strains belonging to different serovars, and to compare them with their previously determined stress resistance parameters. Significant differences (p < 0.05) in growth rates, virulence, and biofilm-forming ability were found among the 23 strains studied. Nevertheless, whereas less than 3-fold change between the lowest and the highest growth rate was observed, the percentage of cells capable of invading Caco-2 cells varied more than 100-fold, that to form biofilms more than 30-fold, and the antibiotic MICs varied up to 512-fold, among the different strains. Results indicate that those strains with the highest cell adhesion ability were not always the most invasive ones and suggest that, in general terms, a higher stress resistance did not imply a reduced growth ability (rate). Similarly, no association between stress resistance and biofilm formation ability (except for acid stress) or antibiotic resistance (with minor exceptions) was found. Our data also suggest that, in Salmonella, acid stress resistance would be associated with virulence, since a positive correlation of that trait with adhesion and a negative correlation with invasion was found. This study contributes to a better understanding of the physiology of Salmonella and the relationship between bacterial stress resistance, growth ability, and virulence. It also provides new data regarding intra-specific variability of a series of phenotypic characteristics of Salmonella that are relevant from the food safety perspective.
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- Silvia Guillén
- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Producción Animal y Ciencia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón - IA2 - (Universidad de Zaragoza-CITA), Zaragoza, Spain.
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Le Menestrel A, Guerin F, Chau F, Massias L, Benchetrit L, Cattoir V, Fantin B, de Lastours V. Activity of the combination of colistin and fosfomycin against NDM-1-producing Escherichia coli with variable levels of susceptibility to colistin and fosfomycin in a murine model of peritonitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 77:155-163. [PMID: 34718597 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Alternative treatments are needed against NDM-1-producing Escherichia coli. Colistin (COL) and fosfomycin (FOS) often remain active in vitro but selection of resistant mutants is frequent if used separately. We determined whether the combination of colistin and fosfomycin may be useful to treat infections with NDM-1-producing E. coli with varying levels of resistance. METHODS Isogenic derivatives of E. coli CFT073 with blaNDM-1 and variable levels of resistance to colistin and fosfomycin (CFT073-NDM1, CFT073-NDM1-COL and CFT073-NDM1-FOS, respectively) were used. The combination (colistin + fosfomycin) was tested in vitro and in a fatal peritonitis murine model. Mortality and bacterial loads were determined and resistant mutants detected. RESULTS Colistin MICs were 0.5, 16 and 0.5 mg/L and fosfomycin MICs were 1, 1 and 32 mg/L against CFT073-NDM1, CFT073-NDM1-COL and CFT073-NDM1-FOS, respectively. In time-kill curves, combining colistin with fosfomycin was synergistic and bactericidal against CFT073-NDM1 and CFT073-NDM1-FOS, with concentrations of 4× MIC (for both drugs), but not against CFT073-NDM1-COL (concentrations of colistin = 0.5× MIC), due to regrowth with fosfomycin-resistant mutants. Mice died less and bacterial counts were lower in spleen with the combination compared with monotherapy against all strains; the combination prevented selection of resistant mutants except for CFT073-NDM1-COL where fosfomycin-resistant mutants were found in all mice. CONCLUSIONS Combining colistin and fosfomycin was beneficial in vitro and in vivo against NDM-1-producing E. coli, even with strains less susceptible to colistin and fosfomycin. However, the combination failed to prevent the emergence of fosfomycin-resistant mutants against colistin-resistant strains. Combining colistin and fosfomycin constitutes an alternative for treatment of NDM-1 E. coli, except against colistin-resistant strains.
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- Alice Le Menestrel
- IAME Research Group, UMR-1137, Université de Paris and INSERM, Paris, France
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- CHU de Rennes, Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène Hospitalière & CNR de la Résistance aux Antibiotiques (Laboratoire Associé 'Entérocoques'), Rennes, France
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- IAME Research Group, UMR-1137, Université de Paris and INSERM, Paris, France
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- IAME Research Group, UMR-1137, Université de Paris and INSERM, Paris, France.,Service de Pharmacologie, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- IAME Research Group, UMR-1137, Université de Paris and INSERM, Paris, France
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- CHU de Rennes, Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène Hospitalière & CNR de la Résistance aux Antibiotiques (Laboratoire Associé 'Entérocoques'), Rennes, France.,Université de Rennes 1, Unité Inserm U1230, Rennes, France
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- IAME Research Group, UMR-1137, Université de Paris and INSERM, Paris, France.,Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France
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- IAME Research Group, UMR-1137, Université de Paris and INSERM, Paris, France.,Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France
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Hazan R, Schoemann M, Klutstein M. Endurance of extremely prolonged nutrient prevention across kingdoms of life. iScience 2021; 24:102745. [PMID: 34258566 PMCID: PMC8258982 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Numerous observations demonstrate that microorganisms can survive very long periods of nutrient deprivation and starvation. Moreover, it is evident that prolonged periods of starvation are a feature of many habitats, and many cells in all kingdoms of life are found in prolonged starvation conditions. Bacteria exhibit a range of responses to long-term starvation. These include genetic adaptations such as the long-term stationary phase and the growth advantage in stationary phase phenotypes characterized by mutations in stress-signaling genes and elevated mutation rates. Here, we suggest using the term "endurance of prolonged nutrient prevention" (EPNP phase), to describe this phase, which was also recently described in eukaryotes. Here, we review this literature and describe the current knowledge about the adaptations to very long-term starvation conditions in bacteria and eukaryotes, its conceptual and structural conservation across all kingdoms of life, and point out possible directions that merit further research.
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- Ronen Hazan
- Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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- Institute of Biomedical and Oral Research, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O.B. 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 9112001, Israel
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Cheminet G, de Lastours V, Poirel L, Chau F, Peoc'h K, Massias L, Fantin B, Nordmann P. Dimercaptosuccinic acid in combination with carbapenems against isogenic strains of Escherichia coli producing or not producing a metallo-β-lactamase in vitro and in murine peritonitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 2021; 75:3593-3600. [PMID: 32790873 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales represent a major therapeutic challenge. MBLs, requiring zinc at their catalytic site, could be inhibited by meso-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA), a heavy metal chelator already widely used for treating lead intoxication. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the activity of carbapenems alone or combined with DMSA against MBL-producing Escherichia coli in a severe murine peritonitis model. METHODS Isogenic strains of wild-type E. coli CFT073 producing the MBLs NDM-1, VIM-2 and IMP-1, and the control serine carbapenemases OXA-48 and KPC-3 were constructed. MIC determinations and time-kill assays were performed for imipenem, meropenem and ertapenem alone or in combination with DMSA. Infected mice were treated intraperitoneally for 24 h with imipenem, DMSA or their combination. Bacterial counts in peritoneal fluid and spleen were assessed at 24 h. RESULTS DMSA in combination with each carbapenem caused a significant decrease in the MICs for all MBL-producing strains, in a concentration-dependent manner, but did not provide benefit against non-MBL strains. In mice infected with the NDM-1-producing strain, the combination of imipenem and DMSA significantly reduced bacterial counts in peritoneal fluid (P = 0.0006) and spleen (P < 0.0001), as compared with imipenem alone, with no benefit against the KPC-3-producing and CFT073 strains. DMSA concentrations in plasma of mice were comparable to those obtained in humans with a standard oral dose. CONCLUSIONS DMSA restores the activity of carbapenems against MBL-producing strains, and its combination with carbapenems appears to be a promising strategy for the treatment of NDM-producing E. coli infections.
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- G Cheminet
- Université de Paris, IAME, UMR 1137 INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, UMR 1137 INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France.,Médecine interne, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP Nord, Université de Paris, F-92110 Clichy, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137 Laboratoire Européen Associé INSERM, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.,Microbiologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Département de Médecine, Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine, Centre de Référence des Résistances Emergentes aux Antibiotiques (NARA), Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Université de Paris, IAME, UMR 1137 INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, CRI, UMR 1149 INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France.,Laboratoire de biochimie, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP Nord, F-92110 Clichy, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, UMR 1137 INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France.,Laboratoire de pharmacologie et toxicologie, AP-HP Nord, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, IAME, UMR 1137 INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France.,Médecine interne, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP Nord, Université de Paris, F-92110 Clichy, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137 Laboratoire Européen Associé INSERM, Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.,Microbiologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Département de Médecine, Faculté des Sciences et de Médecine, Centre de Référence des Résistances Emergentes aux Antibiotiques (NARA), Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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Escherichia coli Genomic Diversity within Extraintestinal Acute Infections Argues for Adaptive Evolution at Play. mSphere 2021; 6:6/1/e01176-20. [PMID: 33408235 PMCID: PMC7845604 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.01176-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Little is known about the dynamics of adaptation in acute bacterial infections. By sequencing multiple isolates from monoclonal extraintestinal Escherichia coli infections in several patients, we were able to uncover traces of selection taking place at short time scales compared to chronic infection. Adaptive processes in chronic bacterial infections are well described, but much less is known about the processes at play during acute infections. Here, by sequencing seven randomly selected isolates per patient, we analyzed Escherichia coli populations from three acute extraintestinal infections in adults (meningitis, pyelonephritis, and peritonitis), in which a high-mutation-rate isolate or mutator isolate was found. The isolates of single patients displayed between a few dozen and more than 200 independent mutations, with up to half being specific to the mutator isolate. Multiple signs of positive selection were evidenced: a high ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous mutations (Ka/Ks ratio) and strong mutational convergence within and between patients, some of them at loci well known for their adaptive potential, such as rpoS, rbsR, fimH, and fliC. For all patients, the mutator isolate was likely due to a large deletion of a methyl-directed mismatch repair gene, and in two instances, the deletion extended to genes involved in some genetic convergence, suggesting potential coselection. Intrinsic extraintestinal virulence assessed in a mouse model of sepsis showed variable patterns of virulence ranging from non-mouse killer to mouse killer for the isolates from single patients. However, genomic signature and gene inactivation experiments did not establish a link between a single gene and the capacity to kill mice, highlighting the complex and multifactorial nature of the virulence. Altogether, these data indicate that E. coli isolates are adapting under strong selective pressure when colonizing an extraintestinal site. IMPORTANCE Little is known about the dynamics of adaptation in acute bacterial infections. By sequencing multiple isolates from monoclonal extraintestinal Escherichia coli infections in several patients, we were able to uncover traces of selection taking place at short time scales compared to chronic infection. High genomic diversity was observed in the patient isolates, with an excess of nonsynonymous mutations, and the comparison within and between different infections showed patterns of convergence at the gene level, both constituting strong signs of adaptation. The genes targeted were coding mostly for proteins involved in global regulation, metabolism, and adhesion/motility. Moreover, virulence assessed in a mouse model of sepsis was variable among the isolates of single patients, but this difference was left unexplained at the molecular level. This work gives us clues about the E. coli lifestyle transition between commensalism and pathogenicity.
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Semi-mechanistic PK/PD modelling of combined polymyxin B and minocycline against a polymyxin-resistant strain of Acinetobacter baumannii. Clin Microbiol Infect 2020; 26:1254.e9-1254.e15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Alexandre K, Soares A, Chau F, Fantin B, Caron F, Etienne M. Temocillin breakpoints in pyelonephritis: evaluation in a murine model due to ESBL-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates. J Antimicrob Chemother 2020; 74:1323-1326. [PMID: 30689887 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dky569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Due to a spectrum restricted to Enterobacteriaceae and stability against ESBL and AmpC enzymes, temocillin is of major interest for the treatment of pyelonephritis. But there are still uncertainties about the optimal regimen and clinical breakpoints. OBJECTIVES To study in a murine model of pyelonephritis the activity of temocillin against Escherichia coli isolates with different MICs in order to evaluate clinical breakpoints. METHODS Four clinical uropathogenic E. coli isolates with temocillin MICs of 8 mg/L (Ec8), 16 mg/L (Ec16), 32 mg/L (Ec32) and 64 mg/L (Ec64) were evaluated. Antibiotic 24 h T>MIC achieved in humans was reproduced in mice with either intravenous temocillin (2 g q12h or 2 g q8h) or intravenous imipenem (1 g q8h). Efficacy was assessed by bacterial count in kidneys. RESULTS Compared with controls, temocillin at 2 g q12h was highly efficient against Ec8 (-3.32 log10 cfu/g and negative cultures in 93% of mice; P < 0.001); imipenem gave similar results. Temocillin at 2 g q12h also induced high reduction of bacterial count against Ec16 (-2.92 log10 cfu/g; P < 0.001), albeit cultures were negative in only 48% of mice. In contrast, no significant effect was observed in mice infected by Ec32 (-0.01 log10 cfu/g; P = 0.981) or Ec64 (-0.55 log10 cfu/g; P = 0.523). Even temocillin at 2 g q8h failed to control Ec32 infection (-1.55 log10 cfu/g; P = 0.197). CONCLUSIONS This model suggests a clinical breakpoint up to 16 mg/L for non-severe pyelonephritis treated with temocillin at 2 g q12h, a value consistent with the few previous available data.
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- Kévin Alexandre
- EA 2656 (GRAM 2.0), IRIB, Normandie Univ, Unirouen, Rouen, France.,Infectious Diseases Department, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- EA 2656 (GRAM 2.0), IRIB, Normandie Univ, Unirouen, Rouen, France.,Microbiology Department, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- EA 2656 (GRAM 2.0), IRIB, Normandie Univ, Unirouen, Rouen, France.,Infectious Diseases Department, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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- EA 2656 (GRAM 2.0), IRIB, Normandie Univ, Unirouen, Rouen, France.,Infectious Diseases Department, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
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Clarke L, Pelin A, Phan M, Wong A. The effect of environmental heterogeneity on the fitness of antibiotic resistance mutations in Escherichia coli. Evol Ecol 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10682-019-10027-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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La Combe B, Clermont O, Messika J, Eveillard M, Kouatchet A, Lasocki S, Corvec S, Lakhal K, Billard-Pomares T, Fernandes R, Armand-Lefevre L, Bourdon S, Reignier J, Fihman V, de Prost N, Bador J, Goret J, Wallet F, Denamur E, Ricard JD. Pneumonia-Specific Escherichia coli with Distinct Phylogenetic and Virulence Profiles, France, 2012-2014. Emerg Infect Dis 2019; 25:710-718. [PMID: 30882313 PMCID: PMC6433033 DOI: 10.3201/eid2504.180944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In a prospective, nationwide study in France of Escherichia coli responsible for pneumonia in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, we determined E. coli antimicrobial susceptibility, phylotype, O-type, and virulence factor gene content. We compared 260 isolates with those of 2 published collections containing commensal and bacteremia isolates. The preponderant phylogenetic group was B2 (59.6%), and the predominant sequence type complex (STc) was STc73. STc127 and STc141 were overrepresented and STc95 underrepresented in pneumonia isolates compared with bacteremia isolates. Pneumonia isolates carried higher proportions of virulence genes sfa/foc, papGIII, hlyC, cnf1, and iroN compared with bacteremia isolates. Virulence factor gene content and antimicrobial drug resistance were higher in pneumonia than in commensal isolates. Genomic and phylogenetic characteristics of E. coli pneumonia isolates from critically ill patients indicate that they belong to the extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli pathovar but have distinguishable lung-specific traits.
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Genuini M, Bidet P, Benoist JF, Schlemmer D, Lemaitre C, Birgy A, Bonacorsi S. ShiF acts as an auxiliary factor of aerobactin secretion in meningitis Escherichia coli strain S88. BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:298. [PMID: 31847813 PMCID: PMC6918656 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1677-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC) strain S88 carries a ColV plasmid named pS88 which is involved in meningeal virulence. Transcriptional analysis of pS88 in human serum revealed a strong upregulation of an ORF of unknown function: shiF, which is adjacent to the operon encoding the siderophore aerobactin. The aim of this work is to investigate the role of shiF in aerobactin production in strain S88. RESULTS Study of the prevalence of shiF and aerobactin operon in a collection of 100 extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli strains (ExPEC) and 50 whole genome-sequenced E. coli strains revealed the colocalization of these two genes for 98% of the aerobactin positive strains. We used Datsenko and Wanner's method to delete shiF in two S88 mutants. A cross-feeding assay showed that these mutants were able to excrete aerobactin meaning that shiF is dispensable for aerobactin excretion. Our growth assays revealed that the shiF-deleted mutants grew significantly slower than the wild-type strain S88 in iron-depleted medium with a decrease of maximum growth rates of 23 and 28% (p < 0.05). Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, we identified and quantified siderophores in the supernatants of S88 and its shiF deleted mutants after growth in iron-depleted medium and found that these mutants secreted significantly less aerobactin than S88 (- 52% and - 49%, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS ShiF is physically and functionally linked to aerobactin. It provides an advantage to E. coli S88 under iron-limiting conditions by increasing aerobactin secretion and may thus act as an auxiliary virulence factor.
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- Mathieu Genuini
- University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IAME, F-75018, Paris, France.,Service de microbiologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IAME, F-75018, Paris, France.,Service de microbiologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- Service de Biochimie-Hormonologie, AP-HP Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France.,University Paris-Sud, Chatenay-Malabry, France
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- Service de Biochimie-Hormonologie, AP-HP Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IAME, F-75018, Paris, France.,Service de microbiologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IAME, F-75018, Paris, France.,Service de microbiologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, IAME, F-75018, Paris, France. .,Service de microbiologie, Hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48 Bd Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France.
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Fantin B, Poujade J, Grégoire N, Chau F, Roujansky A, Kieffer N, Berleur M, Couet W, Nordmann P. The inoculum effect of Escherichia coli expressing mcr-1 or not on colistin activity in a murine model of peritonitis. Clin Microbiol Infect 2019; 25:1563.e5-1563.e8. [PMID: 31494253 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Colistin often remains the last resort antibiotic active against carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae. However, while in vitro inoculum effect has been reported, therapeutic relevance of this phenomenon remains questioned. METHODS Ten E. coli strains were used that included the wild-type CFT073 and its transconjugant CFT073-MCR-1 and eight susceptible clinical isolates. Mice with peritonitis were treated for 24 h with colistin sulfate. Bacterial loads were determined in peritoneal fluid (PF) and spleen and colistin-resistant mutants were detected. RESULTS MICs of colistin against the eight susceptible clinical strains and CFT073 ranged from 0.125 to 0.5 mg/L with an inoculum of 105 CFU/mL and from 2 to 4 mg/L with a 107 CFU/mL inoculum; 5/9 strains with an MIC of 4 mg/L were considered resistant according to EUCAST breakpoint (resistance, > 2 mg/L). When the bacterial load of wild-type CFT073 inoculated in mice increased from 107 to 108 CFU: i) mean log10 CFU reduction generated by colistin in PF and spleen decreased from 5.8/mL and 3.1/g, respectively, (p < 0.01) to 0.9/mL and 0.8/g, respectively (NS); ii) mice survival rate decreased from 15/15 (100%) to 6/15 (40%) (p = 0.017); and iii) proportion of mice with selection of colistin-resistant mutants increased from 4/15 to 15/15 (p < 0.01). These results were comparable to those obtained when peritonitis was produced with a 107 CFU bacterial load of E. coli CFT073 expressing mcr-1, for which the mean log10 CFU reductions were 3.5/mL and 0.6/g in PF and spleen, respectively (NS), and survival rate was 8/15 (53%) (p < 0.01 versus survival of mice infected with wild-type CFT073). CONCLUSIONS Phenotypic colistin resistance in wild-type E. coli due to an increase in inoculum size had a therapeutic impact in mice with peritonitis that was comparable to that observed when the mcr-1 gene was expressed.
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- B Fantin
- IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Nord Val de Seine, Service de médecine interne, F-92210, Clichy, France.
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- IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
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- University of Poitiers, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, INSERM UMR1070, France
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- IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France
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- IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, INSERM European Unit (LEA, IAME), University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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- IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
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- University of Poitiers, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, INSERM UMR1070, France
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- IAME, INSERM UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France; Emerging Antibiotic Resistance Unit, Medical and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Medicine, INSERM European Unit (LEA, IAME), University of Fribourg, Switzerland; University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Billard-Pomares T, Clermont O, Castellanos M, Magdoud F, Royer G, Condamine B, Fouteau S, Barbe V, Roche D, Cruveiller S, Médigue C, Pognard D, Glodt J, Dion S, Rigal O, Picard B, Denamur E, Branger C. The Arginine Deiminase Operon Is Responsible for a Fitness Trade-Off in Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Strains of Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2019; 63:e00635-19. [PMID: 31138573 PMCID: PMC6658758 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00635-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
We previously identified an operon involved in an arginine deiminase (ADI) pathway (arc operon) on a CTX-M-producing plasmid from an O102-ST405 strain of Escherichia coli As the ADI pathway was shown to be involved in the virulence of various Gram-positive bacteria, we tested whether the ADI pathway could be involved in the epidemiological success of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing E. coli strains. We studied two collections of human E. coli isolated in France (n = 493) and England (n = 1,509) and show that the prevalence of the arc operon (i) is higher in ESBL-producing strains (12.1%) than in nonproducers (2.5%), (ii) is higher in CTX-M-producing strains (16%) than in other ESBL producers (3.5%), and (iii) increased over time in ESBL-producing strains from 0% before 2000 to 43.3% in 2011 to 2012. The arc operon, found in strains from various phylogenetic backgrounds, is carried by IncF plasmids (85%) or chromosomes (15%) in regions framed by numerous insertion sequences, indicating multiple arrivals. Competition experiments showed that the arc operon enhances fitness of the strain in vitro in lysogeny broth with arginine. In vivo competition experiments showed that the arc operon is advantageous for the strain in a mouse model of urinary tract infection (UTI), whereas it is a burden in a mouse model of intestinal colonization. In summary, we have identified a trait linked to CTX-M-producing strains that is responsible for a trade-off between two main E. coli lifestyles, UTI and gut commensalism. This trait alone cannot explain the wide spread of ESBLs in E. coli but merits epidemiological surveillance.
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- Typhaine Billard-Pomares
- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- APHP, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Microbiologie clinique, Bobigny, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- APHP, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Microbiologie clinique, Bobigny, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- UMR 8030, CNRS, Institut de Génomique-Genoscope, Laboratoire d'Analyses Bioinformatiques pour la Génomique et le Métabolisme, Université Évry-Val-d'Essonne, CEA, Évry, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut de biologie François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut de biologie François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- UMR 8030, CNRS, Institut de Génomique-Genoscope, Laboratoire d'Analyses Bioinformatiques pour la Génomique et le Métabolisme, Université Évry-Val-d'Essonne, CEA, Évry, France
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- UMR 8030, CNRS, Institut de Génomique-Genoscope, Laboratoire d'Analyses Bioinformatiques pour la Génomique et le Métabolisme, Université Évry-Val-d'Essonne, CEA, Évry, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut de biologie François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- APHP, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Service de Microbiologie, Colombes, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- APHP, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Service de Microbiologie, Colombes, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service de Biochimie-Hormonologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- APHP, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Microbiologie clinique, Bobigny, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- APHP, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 13, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Desroches M, Clermont O, Lafeuillade B, Rodriguez C, Darty M, Royer G, Bouvet O, Ounnoughene N, Noizat-Pirenne F, Denamur E, Decousser JW. Genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Escherichia coli involved in transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections: implications for preventive strategies. Transfusion 2019; 58:1940-1950. [PMID: 30198609 DOI: 10.1111/trf.14812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections (TTBIs) are the main residual infectious complications of transfusions. Escherichia coli and platelet (PLT) concentrates may be epidemiologically associated, leading to severe, if not lethal, TTBIs. We investigated the genotypic and phenotypic reasons for this clinically deleterious combination. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We investigated a French national E. coli strain collection related to six independent episodes of TTBIs. Their phenotypic characterizations included antibiotic susceptibility testing, growth testing under different culture conditions, serum survival assays, and virulence in a sepsis mouse model. Their genotypic characterizations included polymerase chain reaction phylotyping, whole genome sequencing, and a subsequent in silico analysis. RESULTS We highlighted a selection process of highly extraintestinal virulent strains, mainly belonging to the B2 phylogroup, adapted to the hostile environment (high citrate concentration and a bactericidal serum effect) of apheresis-collected platelet concentrates (PCs). Compared to controls, the E. coli TTBI strains grew faster in the PCs due to a superior ability to capture iron. The in vitro growth performances were highly compatible with blood-derived product real-life conditions, including storage conditions and delays. The consistent serum resistance of TTBI strains promotes their survival in both the donor's and the receiver's blood and in the PCs. CONCLUSION This study pointed out that E. coli strains responsible for TTBI exhibit very specific traits. They belong to the extraintestinal pathogenic phylogroups and have a high intrinsic virulence. They can be resistant to complement, capture iron, and grow in the apheresis-collected PCs. These findings therefore support the reinforcement of the postdonation information.
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- Marine Desroches
- INSERM UMR1137, IAME, Paris Diderot University, Faculty of Medicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.,Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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- INSERM UMR1137, IAME, Paris Diderot University, Faculty of Medicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France
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- Rhône-Alpes French Blood Establishment-Grenoble Site, La Tronche, France
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- Next Generation Sequencing Platform, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- Next Generation Sequencing Platform, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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- INSERM UMR1137, IAME, Paris Diderot University, Faculty of Medicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.,Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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- INSERM UMR1137, IAME, Paris Diderot University, Faculty of Medicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR1137, IAME, Paris Diderot University, Faculty of Medicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University Hospital Bichat, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR1137, IAME, Paris Diderot University, Faculty of Medicine Xavier Bichat, Paris, France.,Department of Bacteriology and Infection Control, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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Reid CJ, Wyrsch ER, Roy Chowdhury P, Zingali T, Liu M, Darling AE, Chapman TA, Djordjevic SP. Porcine commensal Escherichia coli: a reservoir for class 1 integrons associated with IS26. Microb Genom 2019; 3. [PMID: 29306352 PMCID: PMC5761274 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Porcine faecal waste is a serious environmental pollutant. Carriage of antimicrobial-resistance genes (ARGs) and virulence-associated genes (VAGs), and the zoonotic potential of commensal Escherichia coli from swine are largely unknown. Furthermore, little is known about the role of commensal E. coli as contributors to the mobilization of ARGs between food animals and the environment. Here, we report whole-genome sequence analysis of 103 class 1 integron-positive E. coli from the faeces of healthy pigs from two commercial production facilities in New South Wales, Australia. Most strains belonged to phylogroups A and B1, and carried VAGs linked with extraintestinal infection in humans. The 103 strains belonged to 37 multilocus sequence types and clonal complex 10 featured prominently. Seventeen ARGs were detected and 97 % (100/103) of strains carried three or more ARGs. Heavy-metal-resistance genes merA, cusA and terA were also common. IS26 was observed in 98 % (101/103) of strains and was often physically associated with structurally diverse class 1 integrons that carried unique genetic features, which may be tracked. This study provides, to our knowledge, the first detailed genomic analysis and point of reference for commensal E. coli of porcine origin in Australia, facilitating tracking of specific lineages and the mobile resistance genes they carry.
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- Cameron J Reid
- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- 2NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth MacArthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW 2568, Australia
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- 1The i3 institute, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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Biological cost of fosfomycin resistance in Escherichia coli in a murine model of urinary tract infection. Int J Med Microbiol 2017; 307:452-459. [PMID: 28986014 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Prevalence of fosfomycin resistance in E. coli clinical isolates from UTIs remains very low. Our hypothesis was that fosfomycin resistance may be associated with a biological cost. Three groups of strains of E. coli belonging to the B2 phylogenetic group were used: clinical wild-type (WT) isolates, clinical multidrug-resistant isolates and in vitro fosfomycin-resistant derivatives from the uropathogen clinical strain E. coli CFT073. In each group fosfomycin-susceptible and -resistant isolates were compared. In vitro, we found a significantly decreased growth rate for fosfomycin-resistant strains as compared with susceptible strains in the WT group. In a murine model of ascending UTI, there was a significant reduction in infection rates with fosfomycin-resistant isolates as compared with susceptible ones, in all 3 study groups, ranging from 28 to 39% (P<0.03). All fosfomycin-susceptible clinical strains were virulent in vivo (13/13), while fosfomycin-resistant clinical strains were either virulent (2/7) or non-virulent (5/7) (P<0.002). This difference was not explained by the number of virulence factors or pathogenicity-associated islands. In conclusion, fosfomycin resistance appears to carry some biological cost in E. coli, which may explain in part the apparent paradox of the low prevalence of fosfomycin resistance despite a high rate of spontaneous mutants.
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Day-to-Day Dynamics of Commensal Escherichia coli in Zimbabwean Cows Evidence Temporal Fluctuations within a Host-Specific Population Structure. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.00659-17. [PMID: 28411228 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00659-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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To get insights into the temporal pattern of commensal Escherichia coli populations, we sampled the feces of four healthy cows from the same herd in the Hwange District of Zimbabwe daily over 25 days. The cows had not received antibiotic treatment during the previous 3 months. We performed viable E. coli counts and characterized the 326 isolates originating from the 98 stool samples at a clonal level, screened them for stx and eae genes, and tested them for their antibiotic susceptibilities. We observed that E. coli counts and dominant clones were different among cows, and very few clones were shared. No clone was shared by three or four cows. Clone richness and evenness were not different between cows. Within each host, the variability in the E. coli count was evidenced between days, and no clone was found to be dominant during the entire sampling period, suggesting the existence of clonal interference. Dominant clones tended to persist longer than subdominant ones and were mainly from phylogenetic groups A and B1. Five E. coli clones were found to contain both the stx1 and stx2 genes, representing 6.3% of the studied isolates. All cows harbored at least one Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strain. Resistance to tetracycline, penicillins, trimethoprim, and sulfonamides was rare and observed in three clones that were shed at low levels in two cows. This study highlights the fact that the commensal E. coli population, including the STEC population, is host specific, is highly dynamic over a short time frame, and rarely carries antibiotic resistance determinants in the absence of antibiotic treatment.IMPORTANCE The literature about the dynamics of commensal Escherichia coli populations is very scarce. Over 25 days, we followed the total E. coli counts daily and characterized the sampled clones in the feces of four cows from the same herd living in the Hwange District of Zimbabwe. This study deals with the day-to-day dynamics of both quantitative and qualitative aspects of E. coli commensal populations, with a focus on both Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains. We show that the structure of these commensal populations was highly specific to the host, even though the cows ate and roamed together, and was highly dynamic between days. Such data are of importance to understand the ecological forces that drive the dynamics of the emergence of E. coli clones of particular interest within the gastrointestinal tract and their transmission between hosts.
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Lescat M, Launay A, Ghalayini M, Magnan M, Glodt J, Pintard C, Dion S, Denamur E, Tenaillon O. Using long-term experimental evolution to uncover the patterns and determinants of molecular evolution of an Escherichia coli natural isolate in the streptomycin-treated mouse gut. Mol Ecol 2016; 26:1802-1817. [PMID: 27661780 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Although microbial ecology of the gut is now a major focus of interest, little is known about the molecular determinants of microbial adaptation in the gut. Experimental evolution coupled with whole-genome sequencing can provide insights of the adaptive process. In vitro experiments have revealed some conserved patterns: intermediate convergence, and epistatic interactions between beneficial mutations and mutations in global regulators. To test the relevance of these patterns and to identify the selective pressures acting in vivo, we have performed a long-term adaptation of an E. coli natural isolate, the streptomycin-resistant strain 536, in the digestive tract of streptomycin-treated mice. After a year of evolution, a clone from 15 replicates was sequenced. Consistently with in vitro observations, the identified mutations revealed a strong pattern of convergence at the mutation, gene, operon and functional levels. Yet, the rate of molecular evolution was lower than in in vitro, and no mutations in global regulators were recovered. More specific targets were observed: the dgo operon, involved in the galactonate pathway that improved growth on D-galactonate, and rluD and gidB, implicated in the maturation of the ribosomes, which mutations improved growth only in the presence of streptomycin. As in vitro, the nonrandom associations of mutations within the same pathways suggested a role of epistasis in shaping the adaptive landscape. Overall, we show that 'evolve and sequence' approach coupled with an analysis of convergence, when applied to a natural isolate, can be used to study adaptation in vivo and uncover the specific selective pressures of that environment.
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- Mathilde Lescat
- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Nord, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Nord, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Nord Val de Seine, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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The General Stress Response Is Conserved in Long-Term Soil-Persistent Strains of Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:4628-4640. [PMID: 27235429 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01175-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Although Escherichia coli is generally considered to be predominantly a commensal of the gastrointestinal tract, a number of recent studies suggest that it is also capable of long-term survival and growth in environments outside the host. As the extraintestinal physical and chemical conditions are often different from those within the host, it is possible that distinct genetic adaptations may be required to enable this transition. Several studies have shown a trade-off between growth and stress resistance in nutrient-poor environments, with lesions in the rpoS locus, which encodes the stress sigma factor RpoS (σ(S)). In this study, we investigated a unique collection of long-term soil-persistent E. coli isolates to determine whether the RpoS-controlled general stress response is altered during adaptation to a nutrient-poor extraintestinal environment. The sequence of the rpoS locus was found to be highly conserved in these isolates, and no nonsense or frameshift mutations were detected. Known RpoS-dependent phenotypes, including glycogen synthesis and γ-aminobutyrate production, were found to be conserved in all strains. All strains expressed the full-length RpoS protein, which was fully functional using the RpoS-dependent promoter reporter fusion PgadX::gfp RpoS was shown to be essential for long-term soil survival of E. coli, since mutants lacking rpoS lost viability rapidly in soil survival assays. Thus, despite some phenotypic heterogeneity, the soil-persistent strains all retained a fully functional RpoS-regulated general stress response, which we interpret to indicate that the stresses encountered in soil provide a strong selective pressure for maintaining stress resistance, despite limited nutrient availability. IMPORTANCE Escherichia coli has been, and continues to be, used as an important indicator species reflecting potential fecal contamination events in the environment. However, recent studies have questioned the validity of this, since E. coli has been found to be capable of long-term colonization of soils. This study investigated whether long-term soil-persistent E. coli strains have evolved altered stress resistance characteristics. In particular, the study investigated whether the main regulator of genes involved in stress protection, the sigma factor RpoS, has been altered in the soil-persistent strains. The results show that RpoS stress protection is fully conserved in soil-persistent strains of E. coli They also show that loss of the rpoS gene dramatically reduces the ability of this organism to survive in a soil environment. Overall, the results indicate that soil represents a stressful environment for E. coli, and their survival in it requires that they deploy a full stress protection response.
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Metastable coexistence of multiple genotypes in a constant environment with a single resource through fixed settings of a multiplication-survival trade-off. Res Microbiol 2016; 167:240-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Revised: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 12/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Alexandre K, Chau F, Guérin F, Massias L, Lefort A, Cattoir V, Fantin B. Activity of temocillin in a lethal murine model of infection of intra-abdominal origin due to KPC-producing Escherichia coli. J Antimicrob Chemother 2016; 71:1899-904. [PMID: 27029848 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Temocillin is a 6-α-methoxy derivative of ticarcillin that shows in vitro activity against Enterobacteriaceae producing Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC). Our objective was to assess in vivo temocillin activity against KPC-producing Escherichia coli. METHODS Isogenic derivatives of the WT E. coli CFT073 producing KPC-2, KPC-3 or OXA-48 were constructed. An experimental murine model of intra-abdominal infection with sepsis was used. Mice were treated subcutaneously with temocillin 200 mg/kg every 2 h for 24 h, reproducing the duration of time that the free serum concentration of temocillin exceeded the MIC in humans with a regimen of 2 g every 12 h or 2 g every 8 h. Blood, peritoneal fluid (PF) and spleen were collected; 24 h survival and sterility rates were assessed. RESULTS Temocillin MICs were 8, 16, 32, and 256 mg/L for the susceptible strain and KPC-2-, KPC-3-, and OXA-48-producing strains, respectively. In mice treated with temocillin, significant bacterial reduction was obtained in PF, blood, and spleen for the susceptible strain and KPC-2- and KPC-3-producing strains (P < 0.001) but not for the OXA-48-producing strain. Sterility rates in PF were 53%, 10%, 0% and 0% (P < 0.001) and sterility rates in blood were 77%, 40%, 3% and 0% (P < 0.001), while survival rates were 97%, 97%, 57%, 0% (P < 0.001) for mice infected with the susceptible strain and KPC-2-, KPC-3- and OXA-48-producing strains, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In a lethal-infection model with bacteraemia from intra-abdominal origin, temocillin retained significant activity in PF, blood and spleen and prevented death in mice by effectively working against KPC-producing E. coli with temocillin MICs ≤16 mg/L.
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- K Alexandre
- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, EA 4655 (Équipe "Antibio-résistance"), F-14032 Caen, France CHU de Caen, Service de Microbiologie, F-14033 Caen, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Nord Val de Seine, Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, F-75018 Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018 Paris, France AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Nord Val de Seine, Service de Médecine Interne, F-92210 Clichy, France
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- Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, EA 4655 (Équipe "Antibio-résistance"), F-14032 Caen, France CHU de Caen, Service de Microbiologie, F-14033 Caen, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France Université Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018 Paris, France AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Paris Nord Val de Seine, Service de Médecine Interne, F-92210 Clichy, France
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Kell D, Potgieter M, Pretorius E. Individuality, phenotypic differentiation, dormancy and 'persistence' in culturable bacterial systems: commonalities shared by environmental, laboratory, and clinical microbiology. F1000Res 2015; 4:179. [PMID: 26629334 PMCID: PMC4642849 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.6709.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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For bacteria, replication mainly involves growth by binary fission. However, in a very great many natural environments there are examples of phenotypically dormant, non-growing cells that do not replicate immediately and that are phenotypically 'nonculturable' on media that normally admit their growth. They thereby evade detection by conventional culture-based methods. Such dormant cells may also be observed in laboratory cultures and in clinical microbiology. They are usually more tolerant to stresses such as antibiotics, and in clinical microbiology they are typically referred to as 'persisters'. Bacterial cultures necessarily share a great deal of relatedness, and inclusive fitness theory implies that there are conceptual evolutionary advantages in trading a variation in growth rate against its mean, equivalent to hedging one's bets. There is much evidence that bacteria exploit this strategy widely. We here bring together data that show the commonality of these phenomena across environmental, laboratory and clinical microbiology. Considerable evidence, using methods similar to those common in environmental microbiology, now suggests that many supposedly non-communicable, chronic and inflammatory diseases are exacerbated (if not indeed largely caused) by the presence of dormant or persistent bacteria (the ability of whose components to cause inflammation is well known). This dormancy (and resuscitation therefrom) often reflects the extent of the availability of free iron. Together, these phenomena can provide a ready explanation for the continuing inflammation common to such chronic diseases and its correlation with iron dysregulation. This implies that measures designed to assess and to inhibit or remove such organisms (or their access to iron) might be of much therapeutic benefit.
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- Douglas Kell
- School of Chemistry and The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Arcadia, 0007, South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Arcadia, 0007, South Africa
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Kell D, Potgieter M, Pretorius E. Individuality, phenotypic differentiation, dormancy and 'persistence' in culturable bacterial systems: commonalities shared by environmental, laboratory, and clinical microbiology. F1000Res 2015; 4:179. [PMID: 26629334 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.6709.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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For bacteria, replication mainly involves growth by binary fission. However, in a very great many natural environments there are examples of phenotypically dormant, non-growing cells that do not replicate immediately and that are phenotypically 'nonculturable' on media that normally admit their growth. They thereby evade detection by conventional culture-based methods. Such dormant cells may also be observed in laboratory cultures and in clinical microbiology. They are usually more tolerant to stresses such as antibiotics, and in clinical microbiology they are typically referred to as 'persisters'. Bacterial cultures necessarily share a great deal of relatedness, and inclusive fitness theory implies that there are conceptual evolutionary advantages in trading a variation in growth rate against its mean, equivalent to hedging one's bets. There is much evidence that bacteria exploit this strategy widely. We here bring together data that show the commonality of these phenomena across environmental, laboratory and clinical microbiology. Considerable evidence, using methods similar to those common in environmental microbiology, now suggests that many supposedly non-communicable, chronic and inflammatory diseases are exacerbated (if not indeed largely caused) by the presence of dormant or persistent bacteria (the ability of whose components to cause inflammation is well known). This dormancy (and resuscitation therefrom) often reflects the extent of the availability of free iron. Together, these phenomena can provide a ready explanation for the continuing inflammation common to such chronic diseases and its correlation with iron dysregulation. This implies that measures designed to assess and to inhibit or remove such organisms (or their access to iron) might be of much therapeutic benefit.
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- Douglas Kell
- School of Chemistry and The Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, Manchester, Lancashire, M1 7DN, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Arcadia, 0007, South Africa
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Arcadia, 0007, South Africa
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Smati M, Clermont O, Bleibtreu A, Fourreau F, David A, Daubié AS, Hignard C, Loison O, Picard B, Denamur E. Quantitative analysis of commensal Escherichia coli populations reveals host-specific enterotypes at the intra-species level. Microbiologyopen 2015; 4:604-15. [PMID: 26033772 PMCID: PMC4554456 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The primary habitat of the Escherichia coli species is the gut of warm-blooded vertebrates. The E. coli species is structured into four main phylogenetic groups A, B1, B2, and D. We estimated the relative proportions of these phylogroups in the feces of 137 wild and domesticated animals with various diets living in the Ile de France (Paris) region by real-time PCR. We distinguished three main clusters characterized by a particular abundance of two or more phylogroups within the E. coli animal commensal populations, which we called “enterocolitypes” by analogy with the enterotypes defined in the human gut microbiota at the genus level. These enterocolitypes were characterized by a dominant (>50%) B2, B1, or A phylogroup and were associated with different host species, diets, and habitats: wild and herbivorous species (wild rabbits and deer), domesticated herbivorous species (domesticated rabbits, horses, sheep, and cows), and omnivorous species (boar, pigs, and chickens), respectively. By analyzing retrospectively the data obtained using the same approach from 98 healthy humans living in Ile de France (Smati et al. 2013, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79, 5005–5012), we identified a specific human enterocolitype characterized by the dominant and/or exclusive (>90%) presence of phylogroup B2. We then compared B2 strains isolated from animals and humans, and revealed that human and animal strains differ regarding O-type and B2 subgroup. Moreover, two genes, sfa/foc and clbQ, were associated with the exclusive character of strains, observed only in humans. In conclusion, a complex network of interactions exists at several levels (genus and intra-species) within the intestinal microbiota.
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- Mounira Smati
- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Nord, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Bobigny, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Bobigny, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Nord, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Bobigny, France.,Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Station d'Ecologie Forestière, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Fontainebleau, France
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- Univ Paris Diderot, Station d'Ecologie Forestière, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Fontainebleau, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Nord, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,APHP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Hôpital Avicenne, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, Bobigny, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France.,Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Lescat M, Reibel F, Pintard C, Dion S, Glodt J, Gateau C, Launay A, Ledda A, Cruvellier S, Tourret J, Tenaillon O. The conserved nhaAR operon is drastically divergent between B2 and non-B2 Escherichia coli and is involved in extra-intestinal virulence. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108738. [PMID: 25268639 PMCID: PMC4182557 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The Escherichia coli species is divided in phylogenetic groups that differ in their virulence and commensal distribution. Strains belonging to the B2 group are involved in extra-intestinal pathologies but also appear to be more prevalent as commensals among human occidental populations. To investigate the genetic specificities of B2 sub-group, we used 128 sequenced genomes and identified genes of the core genome that showed marked difference between B2 and non-B2 genomes. We focused on the gene and its surrounding region with the strongest divergence between B2 and non-B2, the antiporter gene nhaA. This gene is part of the nhaAR operon, which is in the core genome but flanked by mobile regions, and is involved in growth at high pH and high sodium concentrations. Consistently, we found that a panel of non-B2 strains grew faster than B2 at high pH and high sodium concentrations. However, we could not identify differences in expression of the nhaAR operon using fluorescence reporter plasmids. Furthermore, the operon deletion had no differential impact between B2 and non-B2 strains, and did not result in a fitness modification in a murine model of gut colonization. Nevertheless, sequence analysis and experiments in a murine model of septicemia revealed that recombination in nhaA among B2 strains was observed in strains with low virulence. Finally, nhaA and nhaAR operon deletions drastically decreased virulence in one B2 strain. This effect of nhaAR deletion appeared to be stronger than deletion of all pathogenicity islands. Thus, a population genetic approach allowed us to identify an operon in the core genome without strong effect in commensalism but with an important role in extra-intestinal virulence, a landmark of the B2 strains.
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- Mathilde Lescat
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Bondy, France et Université Paris Nord, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
- UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
- UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Génomique Comparative, Centre national de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 8030, Institut de Génomique, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Genoscope, Evry, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
- Département d'Urologie, Néphrologie et Transplantation, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris et Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 1137, Paris, France
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The rpoS gene is predominantly inactivated during laboratory storage and undergoes source-sink evolution in Escherichia coli species. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:4276-84. [PMID: 25266386 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01972-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The rpoS gene codes for an alternative RNA polymerase sigma factor, which acts as a general regulator of the stress response. Inactivating alleles of rpoS in collections of natural Escherichia coli isolates have been observed at very variable frequencies, from less than 1% to more than 70% of strains. rpoS is easily inactivated in nutrient-deprived environments such as stab storage, which makes it difficult to determine the true frequency of rpoS inactivation in nature. We studied the evolutionary history of rpoS and compared it to the phylogenetic history of bacteria in two collections of 82 human commensal and extraintestinal E. coli strains. These strains were representative of the phylogenetic diversity of the species and differed only by their storage conditions. In both collections, the phylogenetic histories of rpoS and of the strains were congruent, indicating that horizontal gene transfer had not occurred at the rpoS locus, and rpoS was under strong purifying selection, with a ratio of the nonsynonymous mutation rate (Ka) to the synonymous substitution rate (Ks) substantially smaller than 1. Stab storage was associated with a high frequency of inactivating alleles, whereas almost no amino acid sequence variation was observed in RpoS in the collection studied directly after isolation of the strains from the host. Furthermore, the accumulation of variations in rpoS was typical of source-sink dynamics. In conclusion, rpoS is rarely inactivated in natural E. coli isolates within their mammalian hosts, probably because such strains rapidly become evolutionary dead ends. Our data should encourage bacteriologists to freeze isolates immediately and to avoid the use of stab storage.
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Ezraty B, Henry C, Hérisse M, Denamur E, Barras F. Commercial Lysogeny Broth culture media and oxidative stress: a cautious tale. Free Radic Biol Med 2014; 74:245-51. [PMID: 25048972 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 06/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lysogeny Broth (LB), most often misnamed Luria-Bertani medium, ranks among the most commonly used growth media in microbiology. Surprisingly, we observed that oxidative levels vary with the commercial origin of the LB ready to use powder. Indeed, growth on solid media of Escherichia coli and Salmonella derivatives lacking antioxidative stress defenses, such as oxyR mutant devoid of the H2O2-sensing transcriptional activator or Hpx(-) strains lacking catalases and peroxidases, exhibit different phenotypes on LB-Sigma or LB-Difco. Using gene fusion and exogenously added catalase, we found that LB-Sigma contains higher levels of H2O2 than LB-Difco. Also we observed differences in population counts of 82 clinical and environmental isolates of E. coli, depending on the LB used. Further investigations revealed a significant influence of the commercial origin of agar as well. Besides being a warning to the wide population of LB users, our observations provide researchers in the oxidative stress field with a tool to appreciate the severity of mutations in antioxidative stress defenses.
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- Benjamin Ezraty
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018 Paris, France;; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Aix Marseille Université-CNRS, UMR 7283, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France.
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Morgand M, Vimont S, Bleibtreu A, Boyd A, Thien HV, Zahar JR, Denamur E, Arlet G. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli infections in children: are community-acquired strains different from nosocomial strains? Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:970-6. [PMID: 25023074 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Infections caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli are an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in children. We compared 58 epidemiologically unrelated ESBL-producing E. coli strains that caused infections. They were isolated between 2008 and 2012 in two Parisian pediatric hospitals and grouped according to their origin into either community-acquired (CA) (n=37) or nosocomially acquired (NA) (n=21) strains. Molecular characteristics of the ESBLs, phylogenetic traits of the strains including their belonging to clone O25b-ST131, prevalence of associated virulence genes, growth capacities in different media, metabolic phenotype and biofilm formation abilities were studied. ESBL type, associated resistance and distribution of phylogenetic groups were similar in the CA and NA groups. More than 60% of the B2 phylogroup strains in both groups belonged to the ST131 clone. Interestingly, CA strains possessed more genes encoding virulence factors and the distribution of these genes differed significantly between the two groups: fyuA, hlyC, papC and papGII were more frequent in the CA group, whereas iroN was more frequent in the NA group. CA strains also showed enhanced growth capacities in Luria Bertani rich medium. They tended to produce more biofilm but the difference was not significant. This study confirms the wide spread of clone ST131 among infected children, regardless of whether their infections were community- or nosocomially acquired. It highlights genotypic and phenotypic differences according to the origin of the strains that could indicate adaptability of these multi-resistant bacteria to specific environmental and host factors.
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- Marjolaine Morgand
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Faculté de Médecine, Département de Bactériologie, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Faculté de Médecine, Département de Bactériologie, F-75012 Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaire de l'Est Parisien, Département de Bactériologie, F-75012 Paris, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaire de l'Est Parisien, Département de Bactériologie, F-75012 Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Unité d'hygiène et de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales, F-75015 Paris, France
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- IAME, UMR 1137, INSERM, F-75018 Paris, France; IAME, UMR 1137, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018 Paris, France
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Faculté de Médecine, Département de Bactériologie, F-75012 Paris, France; Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaire de l'Est Parisien, Département de Bactériologie, F-75012 Paris, France.
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Abstract
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common of bacterial infections in humans. Although a number of Gram-negative bacteria can cause UTIs, most cases are due to infection by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC). Genomic studies have shown that UPEC encode a number of specialized activities that allow the bacteria to initiate and maintain infections in the environment of the urinary tract. Proteomic analyses have complemented the genomic data and have documented differential patterns of protein synthesis for bacteria growing ex vivo in human urine or recovered directly from the urinary tracts of infected mice. These studies provide valuable insights into the molecular basis of UPEC pathogenesis and have aided the identification of putative vaccine targets. Despite the substantial progress that has been achieved, many future challenges remain in the application of proteomics to provide a comprehensive view of bacterial pathogenesis in both acute and chronic UTIs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Phillip Cash
- Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB32 6QX, Scotland
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de Lastours V, Bleibtreu A, Chau F, Burdet C, Duval X, Denamur E, Fantin B. Quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli from the faecal microbiota of healthy volunteers after ciprofloxacin exposure are highly adapted to a commensal lifestyle. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013; 69:761-8. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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