Kasugamycin potentiates rifampicin and limits emergence of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by specifically decreasing mycobacterial mistranslation

Autor: Swarnava Chaudhuri, Liping Li, Matthew Zimmerman, Yuemeng Chen, Yu-Xiang Chen, Melody N Toosky, Michelle Gardner, Miaomiao Pan, Yang-Yang Li, Qingwen Kawaji, Jun-Hao Zhu, Hong-Wei Su, Amanda J Martinot, Eric J Rubin, Veronique Anne Dartois, Babak Javid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: eLife, Vol 7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.36782
Popis: Most bacteria use an indirect pathway to generate aminoacylated glutamine and/or asparagine tRNAs. Clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with increased rates of error in gene translation (mistranslation) involving the indirect tRNA-aminoacylation pathway have increased tolerance to the first-line antibiotic rifampicin. Here, we identify that the aminoglycoside kasugamycin can specifically decrease mistranslation due to the indirect tRNA pathway. Kasugamycin but not the aminoglycoside streptomycin, can limit emergence of rifampicin resistance in vitro and increases mycobacterial susceptibility to rifampicin both in vitro and in a murine model of infection. Moreover, despite parenteral administration of kasugamycin being unable to achieve the in vitro minimum inhibitory concentration, kasugamycin alone was able to significantly restrict growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice. These data suggest that pharmacologically reducing mistranslation may be a novel mechanism for targeting bacterial adaptation.
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