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Characterization of Amino Acid Substitution W20S in MgrB Involved in Polymyxin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae

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العنوان: Characterization of Amino Acid Substitution W20S in MgrB Involved in Polymyxin Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae
المؤلفون: Mélanie Roch, Willames M. B. S. Martins, Roberto Sierra, Ana C. Gales, Diego O. Andrey
المصدر: Microbiology Spectrum, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2022)
بيانات النشر: American Society for Microbiology, 2022.
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: LCC:Microbiology
مصطلحات موضوعية: colistin, Enterobacterales, KPC, multidrug resistance, Microbiology, QR1-502
الوصف: ABSTRACT In the major human pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae, MgrB inactivation by disruptive insertion sequence (IS) elements and mutations leading to early termination are known to play an important role in polymyxin resistance. In this study, we examined a collection of invasive blaKPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae isolates belonging to the high-risk clone sequence type 258 (ST258) displaying high rates of resistance to many antimicrobials, including polymyxins. We identified a deleterious substitution (W20S) in MgrB and confirmed by genetic complementation analysis that this variant was inactive, leading to increased polymyxin B and colistin MICs. IMPORTANCE Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are designated critical pathogens by the World Health Organization. Polymyxins (i.e., polymyxin B and colistin) are last-resort antibiotics and particularly useful against these multidrug-resistant bacteria. In Klebsiella pneumoniae, the inactivation of MgrB, a negative regulator of PhoPQ, was shown to be the major pathway leading to colistin resistance. While gene disruption by insertion sequence (IS) elements and mutations leading to early termination (stop codons) are frequent, deleterious mutations are not observed frequently and have not been characterized. Here, we identified a deleterious substitution (W20S) in MgrB among a collection of bloodstream infection, blaKPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae sequence type 258 (ST258) isolates, displaying high rates of resistance to polymyxins and associated with a high mortality rate. The dissemination of such a MgrB-W20S mutation leading to polymyxin resistance within the ST258 high-risk clone background is problematic and thus warrants particular attention.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2165-0497
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497
DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01766-21
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/0325bc985a3c47e6908936ff371a2311
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.0325bc985a3c47e6908936ff371a2311
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:21650497
DOI:10.1128/spectrum.01766-21