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Genetic alterations in the pmrAB two-component system and lipid A biosynthesis genes of polymyxin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates

El mrimar, Nadia and Belouad, El Mehdi and Benaissa, Elmostafa and Bssaibis, Fatna and Jazouli, Mohammed and El alaoui, My abdelaziz and Maleb, Adil and Elouennass, Mostafa (2024) Genetic alterations in the pmrAB two-component system and lipid A biosynthesis genes of polymyxin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 71 (2). pp. 134-139. ISSN 1217-8950

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Abstract

The rate of pandrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains is on the rise in all continents. This bacterium can acquire resistance to all antibiotics, even to colistin. Alterations in the lipid A or/and the two-component pmrAB were earlier detected in colistin resistance. We investigated and analyzed two strains of A. baumannii (ABRC1 and ABRC2) isolated from two patients admitted to intensive care unit with a septic shock. Both strains were resistant to all tested antibiotics including colistin with a MIC >256 mg L−1. Colistin resistance genes (pmrA, pmrB, lpxA, lpxC, lpxD, and lpsB) of two strains (ABRC1 and ABRC2) were investigated by PCR and sequencing. Obtained nucleic acid sequences were aligned with reference sequences of ATCC 19606 and 17987. In this study two amino acid mutations, N287D in the lpxC gene and E117K in the lpxD gene, were detected in both ABRC1 and ABRC2 strains. ABRC1 had an additional H200L mutation in the pmrA gene. Both colistin resistant strains harbored the same A138T mutation in the pmrB gene. The ABRC2 strain also had an alteration in the kinase domain, specifically an R263S substitution of the histidine kinase domain. Three identical mutations were found in the lpsB gene of both A. baumannii strains: Q216K + H218G + S219E. As a result, a newly deduced protein sequence in both ABRC1 and ABRC2 strains differed from those described in ATCC 17978 and 19606 strains was determined. Colistin resistance is multifactorial in A. baumannii. In our study we detected novel mutations in colistin resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; colistin resistant; pmrAB; lipid A
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QR Microbiology / mikrobiológia
R Medicine / orvostudomány > R1 Medicine (General) / orvostudomány általában
Depositing User: Melinda Danyi
Date Deposited: 21 Jan 2025 08:10
Last Modified: 21 Jan 2025 11:58
URI: https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/213926

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