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- Title
Altered denA and anr gene expression in aminoglycoside adaptive resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
- Authors
Karlowsky, J A; Hoban, D J; Zelenitsky, S A; Zhanel, G G
- Abstract
Adaptive resistance to aminoglycoside killing and cytoplasmic accumulation occurs in cultures of originally susceptible Pseudomonas aeruginosa following an initial incubation with aminoglycoside. Anaerobiosis has also been reported to reduce bacterial killing and limit cytoplasmic aminoglycoside accumulation. We hypothesized that a common mechanism may facilitate reduced bacterial killing and aminoglycoside accumulation in both cases. Northern blot analysis of P. aeruginosa adaptively resistant to gentamicin demonstrated increased mRNA levels of both denA (nitrite reductase), which facilitates terminal electron acceptance in the anaerobic respiratory pathway, and its regulatory protein, ANR, in the absence of promoter DNA sequence changes, when compared with controls. These observations suggested that P. aeruginosa may regulate the expression of genes in its anaerobic respiratory pathway in response to aminoglycosides and may explain, at least partially, P. aeruginosa adaptive resistance to aminoglycosides.
- Publication
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (JAC), 1997, Vol 40, Issue 3, p371
- ISSN
0305-7453
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1093/jac/40.3.371