Imipenem Treatment Induces Expression of Important Genes and Phenotypes in a Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolate.

Autor:	Dhabaan GN; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia a.baumannii@yahoo.com hamimah@ummc.edu.my., AbuBakar S; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Cerqueira GM; Cluster Biotechnology, Mapleton, Queensland, Australia Biovate, Mapleton, Queensland, Australia., Al-Haroni M; Department of Clinical Dentistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway., Pang SP; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Hassan H; Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia a.baumannii@yahoo.com hamimah@ummc.edu.my.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy [Antimicrob Agents Chemother] 2015 Dec 14; Vol. 60 (3), pp. 1370-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Dec 14.
DOI:	10.1128/AAC.01696-15
Abstrakt:	Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a notorious multidrug-resistant pathogen, and development of novel control measures is of the utmost importance. Understanding the factors that play a role in drug resistance may contribute to the identification of novel therapeutic targets. Pili are essential for A. baumannii adherence to and biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces as well as virulence. In the present study, we found that biofilm formation was significantly induced in an imipenem-resistant (Imp(r)) strain treated with a subinhibitory concentration of antibiotic compared to that in an untreated control and an imipenem-susceptible (Imp(s)) isolate. Using microarray and quantitative PCR analyses, we observed that several genes responsible for the synthesis of type IV pili were significantly upregulated in the Imp(r) but not in the Imp(s) isolate. Notably, this finding is corroborated by an increase in the motility of the Imp(r) strain. Our results suggest that the ability to overproduce colonization factors in response to imipenem treatment confers biological advantage to A. baumannii and may contribute to clinical success. (Copyright © 2016, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.)
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