Altered crystal violet permeability and lytic behavior in antibiotic-resistant and -sensitive mutants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Author:

Guymon L F,Sparling P F

Abstract

Wild-type, antibiotic-resistant and hypersensitive isogenic strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were studied for uptake of crystal violet, rates of autolysis, and response to lysozyme. Total uptake of crystal violet was similar in all strains at 0 C but varied significantly at 37 C. Mutation at the nonspecific resistance locus ery resulted in relative impermeability to crystal violet at 37 C, as compared to wild type. The penetration barrier to crystal violet at 37 C was overcome by addition of 5 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Mutation at ery also resulted in reduced rates of autolysis and reduced sensitivity to high concentrations of lysozyme under conditions of divalent cation (Mg2+) depletion. In contrast, mutation at the nonspecific drug hypersensitivity locus env resulted in increased uptake of crystal violet at 37 C, due to increased binding of dye to crude envelope as well as increased penetration into cytoplasm. The env mutants were also more rapidly autolytic and more sensitive to lysozyme than wild type in the absence of Mg2+. These results suggest that the cell envelopes of ery mutants are more stable and less permeable and those of env mutants are less stable and more permeable than wild-type strains.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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