Growth phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR mutants adapted to the airways of cystic fibrosis patients

D'Argenio, David A; Wu, Manhong; Hoffman, Lucas R.; Kulasekara, Hemantha D; Déziel, Éric; Smith, Eric E; Nguyen, Hai; Ernst, Robert K; Larson Freeman, Theodore J; Spencer, David H; Brittnacher, Mitchell; Hayden, Hillary S; Selgrade, Sara; Klausen, Mikkel; Goodlett, David R; Burns, Jane L. ; Ramsey, Bonnie W. ; Miller, Samuel I (2007). Growth phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasR mutants adapted to the airways of cystic fibrosis patients Molecular Microbiology , vol. 64 , nº 2. p. 512-533. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05678.x.

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The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa undergoes genetic change during chronic airway infection of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. One common change is a mutation inactivating lasR, which encodes a transcriptional regulator that responds to a homoserine lactone signal to activate expression of acute virulence factors. Colonies of lasR mutants visibly accumulated the iridescent intercellular signal 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline. Using this colony phenotype, we identified P. aeruginosa lasR mutants that emerged in the airway of a CF patient early during chronic infection, and during growth in the laboratory on a rich medium. The lasR loss-of-function mutations in these strains conferred a growth advantage with particular carbon and nitrogen sources, including amino acids, in part due to increased expression of the catabolic pathway regulator CbrB. This growth phenotype could contribute to selection of lasR mutants both on rich medium and within the CF airway, supporting a key role for bacterial metabolic adaptation during chronic infection. Inactivation of lasR also resulted in increased β-lactamase activity that increased tolerance to ceftazidime, a widely used β-lactam antibiotic. Loss of LasR function may represent a marker of an early stage in chronic infection of the CF airway with clinical implications for antibiotic resistance and disease progression

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	QUORUM-SENSING INHIBITORS, TO-CELL COMMUNICATION, WILD-TYPE STRAINS, STATIONARY-PHASE, ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, PULMONARY INFECTION, GENETIC ADAPTATION, QUINOLONE SIGNAL, BETA-LACTAMASES
Centre:	Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt:	01 mai 2014 18:03
Dernière modification:	01 mai 2014 18:03
URI:	http://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/2233

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