氧气对抗微生物耐药性基因的影响从一个健康的角度来看
Laura Ortiz-Miravalles1, Amalia Prieto1, Nicolas Kieffer1
1Molecular Basis of Adaptation, Departamento de Sanidad Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; VISAVET Health Surveillance Centre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
细菌抗生素耐药性随氧气水平而变化. 厌氧条件显著改变了肠道细菌对主要抗生素的耐药性,如埃尔塔尼姆和菌素,影响了抗生素的有效性.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 细菌居住在不同的环境中,氧气水平波动.
- 氧气的可用性 (氧气的局部压力,PO2) 在自然和宿主相关的中差异很大.
- 了解氧气如何影响细菌抗生素耐药性对于有效治疗至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究氧气压力对肠道细菌抗生素耐药性决定因素的表达和有效性的影响.
- 为了比较耐药基因在有氧和无氧条件下的性能.
主要方法:
- 利用同位素 * Escherichia coli * 菌株,与 136 个不同的耐药性基因进行工程设计.
- 在有氧和无氧条件下对八种抗生素类别进行评估的最小抑制度 (MIC).
- 在Klebsiella pneumoniae*中得到验证的发现.
主要成果:
- 在无氧条件下观察到耐药性基因表型的显著变化.
- 在无氧生态中,对乙太胺 (blaVIM) 和胺素 (fos基因) 的耐药性显著下降.
- 在无氧环境中报告了blaOXA-48所赋予的埃尔塔尼姆耐药性的4倍增加.
- 在 *Klebsiella pneumoniae* 中观察到耐药性模式的保守变化.
结论:
- 无氧生态显著调节细菌抗生素耐药性表型.
- 氧气水平是影响抗生素有效性和选择性压力的关键因素.
- 这些发现对了解各种生态领域和感染期间的抗菌素耐药性 (AMR) 有意义.
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