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Bacterial drug tolerance under clinical conditions is governed by anaerobic adaptation but not anaerobic respiration.


ABSTRACT: Noninherited antibiotic resistance is a phenomenon whereby a subpopulation of genetically identical bacteria displays phenotypic tolerance to antibiotics. We show here that compared to Escherichia coli, the clinically relevant genus Burkholderia displays much higher levels of cells that tolerate ceftazidime. By measuring the dynamics of the formation of drug-tolerant cells under conditions that mimic in vivo infections, we show that in Burkholderia bacteria, oxygen levels affect the formation of these cells. The drug-tolerant cells are characterized by an anaerobic metabolic signature and can be eliminated by oxygenating the system or adding nitrate. The transcriptome profile suggests that these cells are not dormant persister cells and are likely to be drug tolerant as a consequence of the upregulation of anaerobic nitrate respiration, efflux pumps, ?-lactamases, and stress response proteins. These findings have important implications for the treatment of chronic bacterial infections and the methodologies and conditions that are used to study drug-tolerant and persister cells in vitro.

SUBMITTER: Hemsley CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4187911 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bacterial drug tolerance under clinical conditions is governed by anaerobic adaptation but not anaerobic respiration.

Hemsley Claudia M CM   Luo Jamie X JX   Andreae Clio A CA   Butler Clive S CS   Soyer Orkun S OS   Titball Richard W RW  

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20140721 10


Noninherited antibiotic resistance is a phenomenon whereby a subpopulation of genetically identical bacteria displays phenotypic tolerance to antibiotics. We show here that compared to Escherichia coli, the clinically relevant genus Burkholderia displays much higher levels of cells that tolerate ceftazidime. By measuring the dynamics of the formation of drug-tolerant cells under conditions that mimic in vivo infections, we show that in Burkholderia bacteria, oxygen levels affect the formation of  ...[more]

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