Membrane Transporters of the Major Facilitator Superfamily Are Essential for Long-Term Maintenance of Phenotypic Tolerance to Multiple Antibiotics in E. coli
ABSTRACT Antibiotic tolerance is not only the key underlying the cause of recurrent and chronic bacterial infections but it is also a factor linked to exacerbation of diseases, such as tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis-associated lung infection, and candidiasis. This phenomenon was previously attributed...
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Yingkun Wan [verfasserIn] Miaomiao Wang [verfasserIn] Edward Wai Chi Chan [verfasserIn] Sheng Chen [verfasserIn] |
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10.1128/Spectrum.01846-21 doi (DE-627)DOAJ074516655 (DE-599)DOAJ770c4fee0b044cc3b3f36c7c37941825 DE-627 ger DE-627 rakwb eng QR1-502 Yingkun Wan verfasserin aut Membrane Transporters of the Major Facilitator Superfamily Are Essential for Long-Term Maintenance of Phenotypic Tolerance to Multiple Antibiotics in E. coli 2021 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier ABSTRACT Antibiotic tolerance is not only the key underlying the cause of recurrent and chronic bacterial infections but it is also a factor linked to exacerbation of diseases, such as tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis-associated lung infection, and candidiasis. This phenomenon was previously attributed to a switch to physiological dormancy in a bacterial subpopulation triggered by environmental signals. However, we recently showed that expression of phenotypic antibiotic tolerance during nutrient starvation is highly dependent on robust production of proteins that actively maintain the bacterial transmembrane proton motive force (PMF), even under a nutrient-deficient environment. To investigate why PMF needs to be maintained for expression of phenotypic antibiotic tolerance, we tested the relative functional role of known transporters and efflux pumps in tolerance development by assessing the effect of deletion of specific efflux pump and transporter-encoding genes on long-term maintenance of antibiotic tolerance in an Escherichia coli population under starvation. We identified eight specific efflux pumps and transporters and two known efflux pump components, namely, ChaA, EmrK, EmrY, SsuA, NhaA, GadC, YdjK, YphD, TolC, and ChaB, that play a key role in tolerance development and maintenance. In particular, deletion of each of the nhaA and chaB genes is sufficient to totally abolish the tolerance phenotypes during prolonged antimicrobial treatment. These findings therefore depict active, efflux-mediated bacterial tolerance mechanisms and facilitate design of intervention strategies to prevent and treat chronic and recurrent infections due to persistence of antibiotic-tolerant subpopulations in the human body. IMPORTANCE We recently showed that the antibiotic-tolerant subpopulation of bacteria or persisters actively maintain the transmembrane proton motive force (PMF) to survive starvation stress for a prolonged period. This work further shows that the reason why antibiotic persisters need to maintain PMF is that PMF is required to support a range of efflux or transportation functions. Intriguingly, we found that tolerance-maintaining efflux activities were mainly encoded by 10 efflux or transporter genes. Because our study showed that deletion of even one of these genes could cause a significant reduction in tolerance level, we conclude that the products of these genes play an essential role in enhancing the survival fitness of bacteria during starvation or under other adverse environmental conditions. These gene products are therefore excellent targets for future design of antimicrobial agents that eradicate antibiotic tolerant persisters and prevent occurrence of chronic and recurrent human infections. antibiotic tolerance membrane transporter efflux pump MFS Microbiology Miaomiao Wang verfasserin aut Edward Wai Chi Chan verfasserin aut Sheng Chen verfasserin aut In Microbiology Spectrum American Society for Microbiology, 2022 9(2021), 3 (DE-627)816693293 (DE-600)2807133-5 21650497 nnns volume:9 year:2021 number:3 https://doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.01846-21 kostenfrei https://doaj.org/article/770c4fee0b044cc3b3f36c7c37941825 kostenfrei https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.01846-21 kostenfrei https://doaj.org/toc/2165-0497 Journal toc kostenfrei GBV_USEFLAG_A SYSFLAG_A GBV_DOAJ SSG-OLC-PHA GBV_ILN_20 GBV_ILN_22 GBV_ILN_23 GBV_ILN_24 GBV_ILN_31 GBV_ILN_39 GBV_ILN_40 GBV_ILN_62 GBV_ILN_63 GBV_ILN_65 GBV_ILN_69 GBV_ILN_70 GBV_ILN_73 GBV_ILN_74 GBV_ILN_95 GBV_ILN_105 GBV_ILN_110 GBV_ILN_120 GBV_ILN_151 GBV_ILN_161 GBV_ILN_170 GBV_ILN_213 GBV_ILN_230 GBV_ILN_252 GBV_ILN_285 GBV_ILN_293 GBV_ILN_602 GBV_ILN_2014 GBV_ILN_4012 GBV_ILN_4037 GBV_ILN_4112 GBV_ILN_4125 GBV_ILN_4126 GBV_ILN_4249 GBV_ILN_4305 GBV_ILN_4306 GBV_ILN_4307 GBV_ILN_4313 GBV_ILN_4322 GBV_ILN_4323 GBV_ILN_4324 GBV_ILN_4325 GBV_ILN_4338 GBV_ILN_4367 GBV_ILN_4700 AR 9 2021 3 |
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ABSTRACT Antibiotic tolerance is not only the key underlying the cause of recurrent and chronic bacterial infections but it is also a factor linked to exacerbation of diseases, such as tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis-associated lung infection, and candidiasis. This phenomenon was previously attributed to a switch to physiological dormancy in a bacterial subpopulation triggered by environmental signals. However, we recently showed that expression of phenotypic antibiotic tolerance during nutrient starvation is highly dependent on robust production of proteins that actively maintain the bacterial transmembrane proton motive force (PMF), even under a nutrient-deficient environment. To investigate why PMF needs to be maintained for expression of phenotypic antibiotic tolerance, we tested the relative functional role of known transporters and efflux pumps in tolerance development by assessing the effect of deletion of specific efflux pump and transporter-encoding genes on long-term maintenance of antibiotic tolerance in an Escherichia coli population under starvation. We identified eight specific efflux pumps and transporters and two known efflux pump components, namely, ChaA, EmrK, EmrY, SsuA, NhaA, GadC, YdjK, YphD, TolC, and ChaB, that play a key role in tolerance development and maintenance. In particular, deletion of each of the nhaA and chaB genes is sufficient to totally abolish the tolerance phenotypes during prolonged antimicrobial treatment. These findings therefore depict active, efflux-mediated bacterial tolerance mechanisms and facilitate design of intervention strategies to prevent and treat chronic and recurrent infections due to persistence of antibiotic-tolerant subpopulations in the human body. IMPORTANCE We recently showed that the antibiotic-tolerant subpopulation of bacteria or persisters actively maintain the transmembrane proton motive force (PMF) to survive starvation stress for a prolonged period. This work further shows that the reason why antibiotic persisters need to maintain PMF is that PMF is required to support a range of efflux or transportation functions. Intriguingly, we found that tolerance-maintaining efflux activities were mainly encoded by 10 efflux or transporter genes. Because our study showed that deletion of even one of these genes could cause a significant reduction in tolerance level, we conclude that the products of these genes play an essential role in enhancing the survival fitness of bacteria during starvation or under other adverse environmental conditions. These gene products are therefore excellent targets for future design of antimicrobial agents that eradicate antibiotic tolerant persisters and prevent occurrence of chronic and recurrent human infections. |
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