Author:
Cannatelli Antonio,Di Pilato Vincenzo,Giani Tommaso,Arena Fabio,Ambretti Simone,Gaibani Paolo,D'Andrea Marco Maria,Rossolini Gian Maria
Abstract
ABSTRACTColistin is a key drug for the treatment of infections caused by extensively drug-resistant strains ofEnterobacteriaceaeproducing carbapenemases. However, the emergence of colistin resistance is being increasingly reported, especially amongKlebsiella pneumoniaestrains producing KPC-type carbapenemases (KPC-KP). In this work, we investigated colistin-susceptible (KPB-1) and colistin-resistant (KPB-2) sequential isolates obtained from a patient with a KPC-KP infection before and after low-dosage colistin treatment, respectively. By using a next-generation sequencing approach and comparative genomic analysis of the two isolates, we detected in KPB-2 a nonsynonymous nucleotide substitution in the gene encoding the PmrB sensor kinase, resulting in a leucine-to-arginine substitution at amino acid position 82. Compared with KPB-1, KPB-2 exhibited upregulated transcription ofpmrAand ofpmrK, which is part of thepmrHFIJKLMoperon responsible for modification of the colistin lipopolysaccharide target. Complementation with wild-typepmrBin KPB-2 restored colistin susceptibility and reduced the transcription ofpmrAandpmrKto basal levels, while expression of PmrBL82Rin KPB-1 did not alter colistin susceptibility or upregulatepmrAandpmrKexpression, confirming the dominance of wild-type PmrB versus the PmrBL82Rmutant. The present results indicated that PmrB mutations mediating colistin resistance may be selected during low-dosage colistin treatment. The colistin-resistant phenotype of KPB-2 was stable for up to 50 generations in the absence of selective pressure and was not associated with a significant fitness cost in a competition experiment.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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