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The Integrative Conjugative Element ICESpyM92 Contributes to Pathogenicity of Emergent Antimicrobial-Resistant emm92 Group A Streptococcus

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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 90, 期 8, 页码 -

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/iai.00080-22

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Streptococcus pyogenes; antimicrobial resistance; virulence; mobile genetic element; transcriptome

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  1. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [R01AI124216, R21AI142126, T32AI141349]

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Antimicrobial resistance-encoding mobile genetic elements (MGEs) could contribute to the disease potential of bacterial pathogens. This study provides evidence that a 65-kb AMR-encoding MGE (ICESpyM92) enhances the virulence of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) in invasive disease by influencing global gene expression in a background-dependent manner.
Antimicrobial resistance-encoding mobile genetic elements (MGEs) may contribute to the disease potential of bacterial pathogens. We previously described the association of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) derived from invasive disease with increasingly frequent antimicrobial resistance (AMR). We hypothesized that a 65-kb AMR-encoding MGE (ICESpyM92), highly conserved among closely related emergent invasive emm92 GAS, contributes to GAS disease potential. Here, we provide evidence that a combination of ICESpyM92- and core genome-dependent differential gene expression (DGE) contributes to invasive disease phenotypes of emergent emm92 GAS. Using isogenic ICESpyM92 mutants generated in distinct emm92 genomic backgrounds, we determined the presence of ICESpyM92 enhances GAS virulence in a mouse subcutaneous infection model. Measurement of in vitro and ex vivo DGE indicates ICESpyM92 influences GAS global gene expression in a background-dependent manner. Our study links virulence and AMR on a unique MGE via MGE-related DGE and highlights the importance of investigating associations between AMR-encoding MGEs and pathogenicity.

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