期刊
COMPUTATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
卷 20, 期 -, 页码 3946-3954出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.07.017
关键词
Carbapenem-resistant; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Hypervirulent; Transcriptomic; Antibiotic tolerance
资金
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01AI090155, R01AI148560]
The combination of carbapenem resistance and hypervirulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae poses an emerging and urgent threat. Transcriptomic analysis suggests that altered transcription of multiple key pathways contributes to antibiotic tolerance in carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae with hypervirulence plasmids.
The combination of carbapenem resistance and hypervirulence in Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging and urgent threat due to its potential to resist common antibiotics and cause life-threatening infections in healthy hosts. This study aimed to evaluate the activity of clinically relevant antibiotic regimens against carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae with hypervirulence plasmids and to identify pathways associated with antibiotic tolerance using transcriptomics. We studied two carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae isolates, CDI694 and CDI231, both harboring hypervirulence plasmids. Time-kill and dynamic one-compartment pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic assays were used to asses ceftazidime/avibactam-based therapies. RNAseq was performed following 48 h of antibiotic exposure. Closed genomes of CDI694 and CDI231 were obtained; each isolate harbored carbapenem-resistance and hypervirulence (containing rmpA/rmpA2 and iut genes) plasmids. Ceftazidime/avibactam-based regimens were bactericidal, though both isolates continued to grow in the presence of antibiotics despite no shifts in MIC. Transcriptomic analyses suggested that perturbations to cell respiration, carbohydrate transport, and stress-response pathways contributed to the antibiotic tolerance in CDI231. Genes associated with hypervirulence and antibiotic resistance were not strongly impacted by drug exposure except for ompW, which was significantly downregulated. Treatment of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae harboring hypervirulence plasmids with ceftazidime/avibactam-based regimens may yield a tolerant population due to altered transcription of multiple key pathways. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Research Network of Computational and Structural Biotechnology.
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