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- Title
Rapid Decline of Ceftazidime Resistance in Antibiotic-Free and Sublethal Environments Is Contingent on Genetic Background.
- Authors
Hernando-Amado, Sara; Laborda, Pablo; Valverde, José Ramón; Martínez, José Luis
- Abstract
Trade-offs of antibiotic resistance evolution, such as fitness cost and collateral sensitivity (CS), could be exploited to drive evolution toward antibiotic susceptibility. Decline of resistance may occur when resistance to other drug leads to CS to the first one and when compensatory mutations, or genetic reversion of the original ones, reduce fitness cost. Here we describe the impact of antibiotic-free and sublethal environments on declining ceftazidime resistance in different Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistant mutants. We determined that decline of ceftazidime resistance occurs within 450 generations, which is caused by newly acquired mutations and not by reversion of the original ones, and that the original CS of these mutants is preserved. In addition, we observed that the frequency and degree of this decline is contingent on genetic background. Our results are relevant to implement evolution-based therapeutic approaches, as well as to redefine global policies of antibiotic use, such as drug cycling.
- Subjects
CEFTAZIDIME; ANTIBIOTICS; DRUG resistance in bacteria; PSEUDOMONAS aeruginosa; DRUG resistance; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Molecular Biology & Evolution, 2022, Vol 39, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0737-4038
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/molbev/msac049