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Development and Assessment of Intracellular Infection Models for Staphylococcus aureus
Published on: January 17, 2025
[The study of patterns of development of resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to triclosan]
E V Detusheva1, Yu P Skryiabin1, A G Bogun1
1The Federal budget institution of science "The state scientifc center of applied microbiology and biotechnology" of the Rospotrebnadzor, 142279, Obolensk, Moscow oblast, Russia.
Abstract:
The article presents the results of studying molecular genetic mechanisms of development of resistance to antiseptic Triclosan in strain Staphylococcus aureus АТСС25923. The modifcations of strain S. aureus АТСС25923 (Tr1, Tr2, Tr1С и Tr2С) are obtained resistant to 64 mg/l of Triclosan and stably preserving the given characteristic under cultivation in absence of selective pressure. The strain S. aureus Tr1was characterized by slightly delayed growth and the strain S. aureus Tr2 was characterized by growth velocity comparable with initial strain. In the Triclosan-resistant strains a mutation C284T in gene fabI was detected resulting in amino-acid replacement A95V in enzyme enoyl-acyl protein reductase FabI, triclosan target. Besides, in these strains a stably inheriting mutation was detected in genes associated with transport of substances in cell: hypothetical transport protein HlyC/CorC family transporter, protein-transporter of ions of Na+, K+, Li+ and alkali of Na+/H+ antiporter subunit F, membrane hypothetical protein and ATP-binding protein. It is demonstrated that resistance to triclosan in staphylococci is associated with acquirement of point mutations in genes of enoyl-acyl protein reductase and also in other genes related to transport of substances in bacterial cell.
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