贝塔-乳糖酶依赖和独立的进化路径导致高水平的安培素耐药性
Rotem Gross1, Idan Yelin1, Viktória Lázár1,2,3
1Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Nature communications
|June 25, 2024
概括
大肠杆菌中高水平的安培素耐药性可以通过各种遗传突变出现,而不仅仅是β-乳酸酶活性. 适应性实验室进化揭示了独立于AmpC的新途径,对于理解抗生素耐药性至关重要.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 临床隔离物中的β-乳酸胺耐药性是一个重要的公共卫生问题.
- 适应性实验室进化是研究抗生素耐药性的出现的一个关键方法.
- 目前的实验室模型未能在细菌中复制临床水平的安培素耐药性.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用MEGA板来研究大肠杆菌 (Escherichia coli) 抗素耐药性的演变.
- 为了确定驱动抗素耐药性的遗传机制,超出了β-乳酸酶活性.
- 发现潜在的适应性途径,有助于高水平的抗生素耐药性.
主要方法:
- 利用微生物进化和生长竞技场 (MEGA) 板用于对抗安培素耐药的大肠杆菌的定向进化.
- 在进化的耐药分离物上进行全基因组测序.
- 在阻塞β-乳糖酶 (AmpC) 活性的菌株中研究了适应性途径.
主要成果:
- 抗西林耐药性主要是通过点突变和AmpCβ-lactamase基因放大获得的.
- 在没有AmpC的情况下,大肠杆菌通过流量,转录调节器和毛细菌的突变来适应.
- 在大种群中,遗传突变的组合会导致高水平的安培素耐药性,而这种耐药性独立于β-乳糖酶.
结论:
- 不同的基因突变,不仅仅是AmpC,导致高水平的安培素耐药性.
- 对于抗生素耐药性,存在潜在的适应性途径,特别是在大种群中.
- 这些发现为抗生素耐药性的进化轨迹提供了洞察力,为未来的治疗策略提供了信息.
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