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Clinically prevalent mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis alter propionate metabolism and mediate multidrug tolerance.

ABSTRACT: The global epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis is a catastrophic example of how antimicrobial resistance is undermining the public health gains made possible by combination drug therapy. Recent evidence points to unappreciated bacterial factors that accelerate the emergence of drug resistance. In a genome-wide association study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from China, we find mutations in the gene encoding the transcription factor prpR enriched in drug-resistant strains. prpR mutations confer conditional drug tolerance to three of the most effective classes of antibiotics by altering propionyl-CoA metabolism. prpR-mediated drug tolerance is carbon-source dependent, and while readily detectable during infection of human macrophages, is not captured by standard susceptibility testing. These data define a previously unrecognized and clinically prevalent class of M. tuberculosis variants that undermine antibiotic efficacy and drive drug resistance.

SUBMITTER: Hicks ND

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233875 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Clinically prevalent mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis alter propionate metabolism and mediate multidrug tolerance.

Hicks Nathan D ND Yang Jian J Zhang Xiaobing X Zhao Bing B Grad Yonatan H YH Liu Liguo L Ou Xichao X Chang Zhili Z Xia Hui H Zhou Yang Y Wang Shengfen S Dong Jie J Sun Lilian L Zhu Yafang Y Zhao Yanlin Y Jin Qi Q Fortune Sarah M SM

Nature microbiology 20180806 9

The global epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis is a catastrophic example of how antimicrobial resistance is undermining the public health gains made possible by combination drug therapy. Recent evidence points to unappreciated bacterial factors that accelerate the emergence of drug resistance. In a genome-wide association study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from China, we find mutations in the gene encoding the transcription factor prpR enriched in drug-resistant strains. prpR mutat ...[more]

PMID: 30082724

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Clinically prevalent mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis alter propionate metabolism and mediate multidrug tolerance.

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Clinically prevalent mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis alter propionate metabolism and mediate multidrug tolerance.

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