一种新型的侵入性Streptococcus pyogenes变异亚系,通过对emm12基因组区域的重组替换获得
Yvette Unoarumhi1, Morgan L Davis1, Lori A Rowe1
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division Scientific Resources, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Scientific reports
|December 6, 2023
概括
甲组链球菌 (GAS) 可以通过重组获得新的M蛋白基因类型. 研究人员发现了一种新的GAS变种 (emm82/ST36),该变种从emm模式A切换到E,显示多样性增加和抗生素耐药性.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 甲组链球菌 (GAS) 呈现出遗传变异性,包括M蛋白基因切换 (emm切换),这可以改变毒性和宿主适应性.
- 了解EMM切换对于跟踪GAS演变和预测潜在疫情至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检测和描述经过emm切换的新型GAS变体.
- 调查新发现的GAS变种的遗传构成,毒性因子和抗生素耐药性概况.
主要方法:
- 对12596个侵入性GAS基因组进行查,以寻找具有不同emm类型但相同的多位元序列类型 (ST) 的菌株.
- 全基因组测序和鉴定变异的遗传学分析.
- 对特定基因的分析,包括M蛋白 (emm) 和血清不透明度因子 (sof),以及对遗传重组事件的调查.
主要成果:
- 确定了属于ST36的SOF阳性,emm模式E,emm82分离物的新型变异. 这与先前已知的SOF阴性,emm模式A,emm12关联ST36.6相反.
- emm82/ST36分离物是遗传相关的,共享一个共享的emm82含有重组片段,并表现出SOF阳性表型的纠正的sof12基因.
- 这些分离物体表现出显著的宏类耐药性 (12/16),多样化的核心基因组安排,以及多种结合的毒性和耐药性决定因素,后遗传学分析将它们置于ST36的抗生素耐药系内.
结论:
- 这项研究记录了快速多样化的GAS变种的出现,这是第一个证实EMM模式A菌株切换到EMM模式E菌株的实例.
- 这些发现突出了通过遗传重组的GAS进化的动态性质,以及新变种获得显著抗生素耐药性和毒性特征的潜力.
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