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Testing the Role of Multicopy Plasmids in the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
Published on: May 2, 2018
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抗生物質耐性の進化に関連した結核治療の失敗
Qingyun Liu1, Junhao Zhu1, Charles L Dulberger1,2,3
1Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
まとめ
新しい研究により,抗生物質の曝露後にMycobacterium tuberculosisの成長が早く再開するのを助ける重要なレギュラーであるresRが特定されました. この抗生物質耐性メカニズムは 薬剤耐性とは異なり 治療の失敗に関連しています
科学分野:
- ゲノミクスと分子生物学
- 微生物 学 と 感染症
- 進化生物学
背景:
- 広範な抗生物質の使用は 細菌の病原体の生存メカニズムの進化を促します
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) の臨床分離は,抗生物質の圧力下での適応を示しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 抗生物質治療中にMtbの生存と適応に貢献する遺伝的要因を特定する.
- 抗生物質に対するMtbの反応における転写レギュレータRv1830 (resR) の役割を特徴づける.
主な方法:
- 51229ミリトンの臨床単離物のゲノム解析
- 陽性 (適応的) 選択による遺伝子の識別
- 薬剤反応と抗生物質後効果に関するresR変異体のフェノタイプ的特徴.
主要な成果:
- 転写調節体Rv1830 (resR) は,Mtbにおける陽性選択の頻繁な標的である.
- resR変異体は"抗生物質耐性"を示し,抗生物質後効果を短縮し,薬物曝露後により迅速なMtb再生を可能にします.
- resRは,細胞の成長と分裂を制御する他の選択された遺伝子との調整カスケードで機能します.
結論:
- resRによって媒介される抗生物質耐性は,標準的な薬剤耐性または耐性とは異なるMtbの適応戦略である.
- resRおよび関連レギュレータの変異は,Mtb治療の失敗と薬剤耐性の獲得と関連しています.
- 抗生物質の耐性を理解することは 効果的な結核治療の開発に不可欠です
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