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Alípio AF, Bárria C, Pobre V, Matos AR, Prata SC, Amblar M, Arraiano CM, Domingues S. RNase R Affects the Level of Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Transcripts Leading to Changes in membrane Fluidity. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168711. [PMID: 39019106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Revised: 07/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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Previous studies on RNase R have highlighted significant effects of this ribonuclease in several processes of Streptococcus pneumoniae biology. In this work we show that elimination of RNase R results in overexpression of most of genes encoding the components of type II fatty acid biosynthesis (FASII) cluster. We demonstrate that RNase R is implicated in the turnover of most of transcripts from this pathway, affecting the outcome of the whole FASII cluster, and ultimately leading to changes in the membrane fatty acid composition. Our results show that the membrane of the deleted strain contains higher proportion of unsaturated and long-chained fatty acids than the membrane of the wild type strain. These alterations render the RNase R mutant more prone to membrane lipid peroxidation and are likely the reason for the increased sensitivity of this strain to detergent lysis and to the action of the bacteriocin nisin. Reprogramming of membrane fluidity is an adaptative cell response crucial for bacterial survival in constantly changing environmental conditions. The data presented here is suggestive of a role for RNase R in the composition of S. pneumoniae membrane, with strong impact on pneumococci adaptation to different stress situations.
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- André Filipe Alípio
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- BioISI - Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Environmental and Molecular Plant Physiology Laboratory, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Unidad de Patología Molecular del Neumococo, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Majadahonda, Madrid 28220, Spain
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Xiong Y, Chen Z, Bai B, Peng Y, Liu S, Fang D, Wen Z, Shang Y, Lin Z, Han S, Yu Z. Thiazolopyrimidinone Derivative H5-23 Enhances Daptomycin Activity against Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis by Disrupting the Cell Membrane. ACS Infect Dis 2023; 9:2523-2537. [PMID: 38014911 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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The increasing emergence and dissemination of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-positive pathogens pose a serious threat to global public health. Previous reports have demonstrated that the compound H5-23, which has a thiazolopyrimidinone core structure, exhibited antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis in vitro. However, the antibacterial activity in vivo and mechanism of action of H5-23 against MDR bacteria have not been fully studied. In this study, we report that H5-23 has wide-spectrum antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. When combined with daptomycin (DAP), H5-23 demonstrates enhanced antimicrobial activity, effectively killing both planktonic and persister cells, as well as eradicating biofilm formation by linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis. The development of resistance shows that H5-23 has a low propensity to induce antibiotic resistance compared to that of linezolid in vitro. Mechanistic studies reveal that H5-23 increases membrane permeability and disrupts membrane integrity, resulting in increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), metabolic perturbations, and ultimately cell death. Additionally, we demonstrate the synergistic antibacterial effect of H5-23 combined with DAP in a murine model. These findings suggest that H5-23 is a promising antimicrobial agent and provides a potential strategy for enhancing the efficacy of DAP in combating multidrug-resistant E. faecalis.
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- Yanpeng Xiong
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
- Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, People's Hospital of Yangjiang, Yangjiang 529500, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Endogenous Infections, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Nanshan People's Hospital and the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen 518052, China
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Zhang R, Polenakovik H, Barreras Beltran IA, Waalkes A, Salipante SJ, Xu L, Werth BJ. Emergence of Dalbavancin, Vancomycin, and Daptomycin Nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a Patient Treated With Dalbavancin: Case Report and Isolate Characterization. Clin Infect Dis 2022; 75:1641-1644. [PMID: 35510938 PMCID: PMC10200325 DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A patient with end-stage renal disease received 2 doses of dalbavancin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) arteriovenous fistula infection and presented 5 weeks later with infective endocarditis secondary to vancomycin, daptomycin, and dalbavancin nonsusceptible MRSA. Resistance was associated with walK and scrA mutations, reduced long-chain lipid content, and reduced membrane fluidity.
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- Rutan Zhang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Department of Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, Seattle, Washington, USA
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FabT, a Bacterial Transcriptional Repressor That Limits Futile Fatty Acid Biosynthesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2022; 86:e0002922. [PMID: 35726719 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00029-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phospholipids are vital membrane constituents that determine cell functions and interactions with the environment. For bacterial pathogens, rapid adjustment of phospholipid composition to changing conditions during infection can be crucial for growth and survival. Fatty acid synthesis (FASII) regulators are central to this process. This review puts the spotlight on FabT, a MarR-family regulator of FASII characterized in streptococci, enterococci, and lactococci. Roles of FabT in virulence, as reported in mouse and nonhuman primate infection models, will be discussed. We present FabT structure, the FabT regulon, and changes in FabT regulation according to growth conditions. A unique feature of FabT concerns its modulation by an unconventional corepressor, acyl-acyl-carrier protein (ACP). Some bacteria express two ACP proteins, which are distinguished by their interactions with endogenous or exogenous fatty acid sources, one of which causes strong FabT repression. This system seems to allow preferred use of environmental fatty acids, thereby saving energy by limiting futile FASII activity. Control of fabT expression and FabT activity link various metabolic pathways to FASII. The various physiological consequences of FabT loss summarized here suggest that FabT has potential as a narrow range therapeutic target.
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Gomez-Arrebola C, Solano C, Lasa I. Regulation of gene expression by non-phosphorylated response regulators. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:521-529. [PMID: 33987704 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two-component systems (TCSs) are a prominent sensory system in bacteria. A prototypical TCS comprises a membrane-bound sensor histidine kinase (HK) responsible for sensing the signal and a cytoplasmic response regulator (RR) that controls target gene expression. Signal binding activates a phosphotransfer cascade from the HK to the RR. As a result, the phosphorylated RR undergoes a conformational change that leads to activation of the response. Growing experimental evidence indicates that unphosphorylated RRs may also have regulatory functions, and thus, the classical view that the RR is only active when it is phosphorylated needs to be revisited. In this review, we highlight the most recent findings showing that RRs in the non-phosphorylated state control critical bacterial processes that range from secretion of factors to the host, antibiotic resistance, iron transport, stress response, and cell-wall metabolism to biofilm development.
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- Carmen Gomez-Arrebola
- Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IdiSNA, Irunlarrea 3, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IdiSNA, Irunlarrea 3, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IdiSNA, Irunlarrea 3, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
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The Bactericidal Fatty Acid Mimetic 2CCA-1 Selectively Targets Pneumococcal Extracellular Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.03027-20. [PMID: 33323510 PMCID: PMC7773995 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03027-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Fatty acid biosynthesis is an attractive antibiotic target, as it affects the supply of membrane phospholipid building blocks. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, it is not sufficient to target only the endogenous fatty acid synthesis machinery, as uptake of host fatty acids may bypass this inhibition. Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis worldwide, has the nasopharynges of small children as its main ecological niche. Depletion of pneumococci from this niche would reduce the disease burden and could be achieved using small molecules with narrow-spectrum antibacterial activity. We identified the alkylated dicyclohexyl carboxylic acid 2CCA-1 as a potent inducer of autolysin-mediated lysis of S. pneumoniae, while having low activity against Staphylococcus aureus. 2CCA-1-resistant strains were found to have inactivating mutations in fakB3, known to be required for uptake of host polyunsaturated fatty acids, as well as through inactivation of the transcriptional regulator gene fabT, vital for endogenous, de novo fatty acid synthesis regulation. Structure activity relationship exploration revealed that, besides the central dicyclohexyl group, the fatty acid-like structural features of 2CCA-1 were essential for its activity. The lysis-inducing activity of 2CCA-1 was considerably more potent than that of free fatty acids and required growing bacteria, suggesting that 2CCA-1 needs to be metabolized to exert its antimicrobial activity. Total lipid analysis of 2CCA-1 treated bacteria identified unique masses that were modeled to 2CCA-1 containing lysophosphatidic and phosphatidic acid in wild-type but not in fakB3 mutant bacteria. This suggests that 2CCA-1 is metabolized as a fatty acid via FakB3 and utilized as a phospholipid building block, leading to accumulation of toxic phospholipid species. Analysis of FabT-mediated fakB3 expression elucidates how the pneumococcus could ensure membrane homeostasis and concurrent economic use of host-derived fatty acids.
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Neville SL, Eijkelkamp BA, Lothian A, Paton JC, Roberts BR, Rosch JW, McDevitt CA. Cadmium stress dictates central carbon flux and alters membrane composition in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Commun Biol 2020; 3:694. [PMID: 33214631 PMCID: PMC7678824 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01417-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Metal ion homeostasis is essential for all forms of life. However, the breadth of intracellular impacts that arise upon dysregulation of metal ion homeostasis remain to be elucidated. Here, we used cadmium, a non-physiological metal ion, to investigate how the bacterial pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae, resists metal ion stress and dyshomeostasis. By combining transcriptomics, metabolomics and metalloproteomics, we reveal that cadmium stress dysregulates numerous essential cellular pathways including central carbon metabolism, lipid membrane biogenesis and homeostasis, and capsule production at the transcriptional and/or functional level. Despite the breadth of cellular pathways susceptible to metal intoxication, we show that S. pneumoniae is able to maintain viability by utilizing cellular pathways that are predominately metal-independent, such as the pentose phosphate pathway to maintain energy production. Collectively, this work provides insight into the cellular processes impacted by cadmium and how resistance to metal ion toxicity is achieved in S. pneumoniae. Neville et al. investigate how Streptococcus pneumoniae mitigates metal ion stress. Despite cadmium induced dysregulation of central carbon metabolism and lipid membrane homeostasis, they find that S. pneumoniae can remain viable by selectively utilizing predominately metal-independent cellular pathways. This study provides insights into how bacteria overcome metal ion toxicity.
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- Stephanie L Neville
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia
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- Melbourne Dementia Research Centre, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Melbourne Dementia Research Centre, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Werth BJ, Ashford NK, Penewit K, Waalkes A, Holmes EA, Ross DH, Shen T, Hines KM, Salipante SJ, Xu L. Dalbavancin exposure in vitro selects for dalbavancin-non-susceptible and vancomycin-intermediate strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Clin Microbiol Infect 2020; 27:910.e1-910.e8. [PMID: 32866650 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Dalbavancin is a lipoglycopeptide active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Its long half-life (8.5-16 days) allows for once-weekly or single-dose treatments but could prolong the mutant selection window, promoting resistance and cross-resistance to related antimicrobials such as vancomycin. The objective of this study was to evaluate the capacity of post-distributional pharmacokinetic exposures of dalbavancin to select for resistance and cross-resistance in MRSA. METHODS We simulated average, post-distributional exposures of single-dose (1500 mg) dalbavancin (fCmax 9.9 μg/mL, β-elimination t1/2 204 h) in an in vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) model for 28 days (672 h) against five MRSA strains and one methicillin-susceptible strain (MSSA). Samples were collected at least daily, and surviving colonies were enumerated and screened for resistance on drug-free and dalbavancin-supplemented medium respectively. Isolates from resistance screening plates were subjected to whole-genome sequencing (WGS) and susceptibly testing against dalbavancin, vancomycin, daptomycin, and six β-lactams with varying penicillin-binding protein (PBP) affinities. RESULTS Dalbavancin was bactericidal against most strains for days 1-4 before regrowth of less susceptible subpopulations occurred. Isolates with eight-fold increases in dalbavancin MIC were detected as early as day 4 but increased 64-128-fold in all models by day 28. Vancomycin and daptomycin MICs increased 4-16-fold, exceeding the susceptibly breakpoints for both antibiotics; β-lactam MICs generally decreased by two-to eight-fold, suggesting a dalbavancin-β-lactam seesaw effect, but increased by eight-fold or more in certain isolates. Resistant isolates carried mutations in a variety of genes, most commonly walKR, apt, stp1, and atl. CONCLUSIONS In our in vitro system, post-distributional dalbavancin exposures selected for stable mutants with reduced susceptibility to dalbavancin, vancomycin, and daptomycin, and generally increased susceptibility to β-lactams in all strains of MRSA tested. The clinical significance of these findings remains unclear, but created an opportunity to genotype a unique collection of dalbavancin-resistant strains for the first time. Mutations involved genes previously associated with vancomycin intermediate susceptibility and daptomycin non-susceptibility, most commonly walKR-associated genes.
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- Brian J Werth
- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; University of Georgia, Department of Chemistry, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Ali MM, Provoost A, Mijnendonckx K, Van Houdt R, Charlier D. DNA-Binding and Transcription Activation by Unphosphorylated Response Regulator AgrR From Cupriavidus metallidurans Involved in Silver Resistance. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1635. [PMID: 32765465 PMCID: PMC7380067 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Even though silver and silver nanoparticles at low concentrations are considered safe for human health, their steadily increasing use and associated release in nature is not without risk since it may result in the selection of silver-resistant microorganisms, thus impeding the utilization of silver as antimicrobial agent. Furthermore, increased resistance to metals may be accompanied by increased antibiotic resistance. Inactivation of the histidine kinase and concomitant upregulation of the cognate response regulator (RR) of the AgrRS two-component system was previously shown to play an important role in the increased silver resistance of laboratory adapted mutants of Cupriavidus metallidurans. However, binding of AgrR, a member of the OmpR/PhoP family of RRs with a conserved phosphoreceiver aspartate residue, to potential target promoters has never been demonstrated. Here we identify differentially expressed genes in the silver-resistant mutant NA4S in non-selective conditions by RNA-seq and demonstrate sequence-specific binding of AgrR to six selected promoter regions of upregulated genes and divergent operons. We delimit binding sites by DNase I and in gel copper-phenanthroline footprinting of AgrR-DNA complexes, and establish a high resolution base-specific contact map of AgrR-DNA interactions using premodification binding interference techniques. We identified a 16-bp core AgrR binding site (AgrR box) arranged as an imperfect inverted repeat of 6 bp (ATTACA) separated by 4 bp variable in sequence (6-4-6). AgrR interacts with two major groove segments and the intervening minor groove, all aligned on one face of the helix. Furthermore, an additional in phase imperfect direct repeat of the half-site may be observed slightly up and/or downstream of the inverted repeat at some operators. Mutant studies indicated that both inverted and direct repeats contribute to AgrR binding in vitro and AgrR-mediated activation in vivo. From the position of the AgrR box it appears that AgrR may act as a Type II activator for most investigated promoters, including positive autoregulation. Furthermore, we show in vitro binding and in vivo activation with dephosphomimetic AgrR mutant D51A, indicating that unphosphorylated AgrR is the active form of the RR in mutant NA4S.
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- Md Muntasir Ali
- Research Group of Microbiology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.,Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium
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- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium
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- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium
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- Microbiology Unit, Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), Mol, Belgium
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- Research Group of Microbiology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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Gray DA, Wenzel M. More Than a Pore: A Current Perspective on the In Vivo Mode of Action of the Lipopeptide Antibiotic Daptomycin. Antibiotics (Basel) 2020; 9:E17. [PMID: 31947747 PMCID: PMC7168178 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9010017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic, which was discovered in 1987 and entered the market in 2003. To date, it serves as last resort antibiotic to treat complicated skin infections, bacteremia, and right-sided endocarditis caused by Gram-positive pathogens, most prominently methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Daptomycin was the last representative of a novel antibiotic class that was introduced to the clinic. It is also one of the few membrane-active compounds that can be applied systemically. While membrane-active antibiotics have long been limited to topical applications and were generally excluded from systemic drug development, they promise slower resistance development than many classical drugs that target single proteins. The success of daptomycin together with the emergence of more and more multi-resistant superbugs attracted renewed interest in this compound class. Studying daptomycin as a pioneering systemic membrane-active compound might help to pave the way for future membrane-targeting antibiotics. However, more than 30 years after its discovery, the exact mechanism of action of daptomycin is still debated. In particular, there is a prominent discrepancy between in vivo and in vitro studies. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge on the mechanism of daptomycin against Gram-positive bacteria and try to offer explanations for these conflicting observations.
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- Declan Alan Gray
- Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK;
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- Division of Chemical Biology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Streptococcus pneumoniae two-component regulatory systems: The interplay of the pneumococcus with its environment. Int J Med Microbiol 2018; 308:722-737. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Eijkelkamp BA, Begg SL, Pederick VG, Trapetti C, Gregory MK, Whittall JJ, Paton JC, McDevitt CA. Arachidonic Acid Stress Impacts Pneumococcal Fatty Acid Homeostasis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:813. [PMID: 29867785 PMCID: PMC5958418 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Free fatty acids hold dual roles during infection, serving to modulate the host immune response while also functioning directly as antimicrobials. Of particular importance are the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, which are not commonly found in bacterial organisms, that have been proposed to have antibacterial roles. Arachidonic acid (AA) is a highly abundant long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid and we examined its effect upon Streptococcus pneumoniae. Here, we observed that in a murine model of S. pneumoniae infection the concentration of AA significantly increases in the blood. The impact of AA stress upon the pathogen was then assessed by a combination of biochemical, biophysical and microbiological assays. In vitro bacterial growth and intra-macrophage survival assays revealed that AA has detrimental effects on pneumococcal fitness. Subsequent analyses demonstrated that AA exerts antimicrobial activity via insertion into the pneumococcal membrane, although this did not increase the susceptibility of the bacterium to antibiotic, oxidative or metal ion stress. Transcriptomic profiling showed that AA treatment also resulted in a dramatic down-regulation of the genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis, in addition to impacts on other metabolic processes, such as carbon-source utilization. Hence, these data reveal that AA has two distinct mechanisms of perturbing the pneumococcal membrane composition. Collectively, this work provides a molecular basis for the antimicrobial contribution of AA to combat pneumococcal infections.
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- Bart A Eijkelkamp
- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Takada H, Yoshikawa H. Essentiality and function of WalK/WalR two-component system: the past, present, and future of research. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2018. [PMID: 29514560 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2018.1444466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The WalK/WalR two-component system (TCS), originally identified in Bacillus subtilis, is very highly conserved in gram-positive bacteria, including several important pathogens. The WalK/WalR TCS appears to be involved in the growth of most bacterial species encoding it. Previous studies have indicated conserved functions of this system, defining this signal transduction pathway as a crucial regulatory system for cell wall metabolism. Because of such effects on essential functions, this system is considered a potential target for anti-infective therapeutics. In this review, we discuss the role of WalK/WalR TCS in different bacterial cells, focusing on the function of the genes in its regulon as well as the variations in walRK operon structure, its auxiliary proteins, and the composition of its regulon. We also discuss recent experimental data addressing its essential function and the potential type of signal being sensed by B. subtilis. This review also focuses on the potential future research.
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- Hiraku Takada
- Department of Life Science and Research Center for Life Science, College of Science, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
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Characterization of the Mechanisms of Daptomycin Resistance among Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens by Multidimensional Lipidomics. mSphere 2017; 2:mSphere00492-17. [PMID: 29242835 PMCID: PMC5729219 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00492-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Previous work suggests that altered lipid metabolism may be associated with daptomycin resistance in Gram-positive pathogens, but lipidomic changes underlying resistance are not fully understood. We performed untargeted lipidomics by using three-dimensional hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-ion mobility-mass spectrometry (HILIC-IM-MS) to characterize alterations in the lipidomes of daptomycin-susceptible and -resistant isogenic strain pairs of Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Corynebacterium striatum. We first validated the HILIC-IM-MS method by replicating the expected alterations of phospholipid metabolism in the previously studied E. faecalis strain pairs, such as reduced phosphatidylglycerols (PGs), while also revealing additional changes in cardiolipins (CLs), lysyl-PGs, and glycolipids. Whole-genome sequencing of the S. aureus and C. striatum strains found that daptomycin resistance was associated with mutations in pgsA, which encodes phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase, as well as mutations in genes affecting fatty acid biosynthesis and cell wall metabolism. Lipidomics revealed significantly decreased levels of PGs, CLs, and amino acid-modified PGs, as well as accumulation of lipids upstream of PGs, such as glycolipids and phosphatidic acids, in the resistant strains. Notably, the glycolipids, diglucosyldiacylglycerols, were significantly elevated in a fatty acid-dependent manner in the daptomycin-resistant S. aureus strain. In daptomycin-resistant C. striatum, which has a unique cell envelope architecture, the glycolipids, glucuronosyldiacylglycerols, and phosphatidylinositols were significantly elevated. These results demonstrate that alteration of lipid metabolism via mutations in pgsA is a common mechanism of daptomycin resistance in two distinct species of Gram-positive bacteria and point to the potential contribution of altered glycolipid and fatty acid compositions to daptomycin resistance. IMPORTANCE This work comprehensively characterizes lipidomic changes underlying daptomycin resistance in three Gram-positive bacterial species, E. faecalis, S. aureus, and C. striatum, by using a novel three-dimensional lipidomics methodology based on advanced mass spectrometry. We demonstrated a number of advantages of our method in comparison with other methods commonly used in the field, such as high molecular specificity, sensitivity, and throughput. Whole-genome sequencing of the S. aureus and C. striatum strains identified mutations in pgsA, which encodes phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase, in both resistant strains. Lipidomics revealed significantly decreased levels of lipids downstream of PgsA, as well as accumulation of lipids upstream of PgsA in the resistant strains. Furthermore, we found that changes in individual molecular species of each lipid class depend on the their specific fatty acid compositions. The characteristic changes in individual lipid species could be used as biomarkers for identifying underlying resistance mechanisms and for evaluating potential therapies.
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Mattos-Graner RO, Duncan MJ. Two-component signal transduction systems in oral bacteria. J Oral Microbiol 2017; 9:1400858. [PMID: 29209465 PMCID: PMC5706477 DOI: 10.1080/20002297.2017.1400858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We present an overview of how members of the oral microbiota respond to their environment by regulating gene expression through two-component signal transduction systems (TCSs) to support conditions compatible with homeostasis in oral biofilms or drive the equilibrium toward dysbiosis in response to environmental changes. Using studies on the sub-gingival Gram-negative anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis and Gram-positive streptococci as examples, we focus on the molecular mechanisms involved in activation of TCS and species specificities of TCS regulons.
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- Renata O. Mattos-Graner
- Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas – UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
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