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Stepwise evolution and convergent recombination underlie the global dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are considered by WHO as "critical" priority pathogens for which novel antibiotics are urgently needed. The dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli (CP-Ec) in the community is a major public health concern. However, the global molecular epidemiology of CP-Ec isolates remains largely unknown as well as factors contributing to the acquisition of carbapenemase genes. METHODS:We first analyzed the whole-genome sequence and the evolution of the E. coli sequence type (ST) 410 and its disseminated clade expressing the carbapenemase OXA-181. We reconstructed the phylogeny of 19 E. coli ST enriched in CP-Ec and corresponding to a total of 2026 non-redundant isolates. Using the EpiCs software, we determined the significance of the association between specific mutations and the acquisition of a carbapenemase gene and the most probable order of events. The impact of the identified mutations was assessed experimentally by genetic manipulations and phenotypic testing. RESULTS:In 13 of the studied STs, acquisition of carbapenemase genes occurred in multidrug-resistant lineages characterized by a combination of mutations in ftsI encoding the penicillin-binding protein 3 and in the porin genes ompC and ompF. Mutated ftsI genes and a specific ompC allele related to that from ST38 inducing reduced susceptibility to diverse ?-lactams spread across the species by recombination. We showed that these mutations precede in most cases the acquisition of a carbapenemase gene. The ompC allele from ST38 might have contributed to the selection of CP-Ec disseminated lineages within this ST. On the other hand, in the pandemic ST131 lineage, CP-Ec were not associated with mutations in ompC or ftsI and show no signs of dissemination. CONCLUSIONS:Lineages of CP-Ec have started to disseminate globally. However, their selection is a multistep process involving mutations, recombination, acquisition of antibiotic resistance genes, and selection by ?-lactams from diverse families. This process did not yet occur in the high-risk lineage ST131.

SUBMITTER: Patino-Navarrete R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6970295 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Stepwise evolution and convergent recombination underlie the global dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli.

Patiño-Navarrete Rafael R   Rosinski-Chupin Isabelle I   Cabanel Nicolas N   Gauthier Lauraine L   Takissian Julie J   Madec Jean-Yves JY   Hamze Monzer M   Bonnin Remy A RA   Naas Thierry T   Glaser Philippe P  

Genome medicine 20200120 1


<h4>Background</h4>Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae are considered by WHO as "critical" priority pathogens for which novel antibiotics are urgently needed. The dissemination of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli (CP-Ec) in the community is a major public health concern. However, the global molecular epidemiology of CP-Ec isolates remains largely unknown as well as factors contributing to the acquisition of carbapenemase genes.<h4>Methods</h4>We first analyzed the whole-genome sequen  ...[more]

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