A mechanism of carbapenem resistance due to a new insertion element (ISPa133) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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  • Lidia Ruiz-Martínez
  • Lidia López-Jiménez
  • Valeria d’Ostuni,
  • Ester Fusté
  • Teresa Vinuesa
  • Miguel Viñas

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa, protein OprD, carbapenems, imipenem, insertion elements, antimicrobial resistance

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This study explored the evolutionary mechanism by which the clinical isolate PA110514 yields the imipenemresistant
derivative PA116136. Both isolates were examined by PFGE and SDS-PAGE, which led to the identification of a new insertion sequence, ISPa133. This element was shown to have distinct chromosomal locations in each of the original isolates
that appeared to explain the differences in imipenem susceptibilty. In strain PA110514, ISPa133 is located 56 nucleotides upstream of the translational start codon, which has no effect on expression of the porin OprD. However, in strain PA116136 ISPa133 it is located in front of nucleotide 696 and, by interrupting the coding region, causes a loss of OprD expression, thus conferring imipenem resistance. In vitro experiments mimicking the natural conditions of selective pressure yielded imipenem- resistant strains in which ISPa133 similarly interrupted oprD. Amechanism is proposed whereby ISPa133 acts as a mobile switch, with its position in oprD depending on the degree of selective pressure exerted by imipenem. [Int Microbiol 2011; 14(1):51-58]

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Ester Fusté



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