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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 267, 期 1, 页码 89-94出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00558.x
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Campylobacter; CmeABC; efflux pump; multidrug resistance; repression; mutation
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A multidrug-resistant mutant of Campylobacter jejuni was selected in vitro using increasing concentrations of enrofloxacin. This mutant accumulated less ethidium bromide than the parental strain, suggesting the participation of active efflux as a resistance mechanism. Inactivation of the cmeB gene confirmed active efflux and indicated the involvement of the CmeABC efflux pump in the multidrug resistance of the mutant. Sequencing of the cmeR-cmeA intergenic region revealed a point mutation in the binding site of the CmeR repressor. Transcriptional lacZ fusions showed an increase of transcription of the cmeABC operon in the multidrug-resistant mutant. Gel mobility shift assays and Surface Plasmon Resonance experiments further indicated a decrease in the affinity of the CmeR for the promoting region of the cmeABC operon consecutive to this mutation. Thus, these results showed that the point mutation was responsible, via a lack of binding of the CmeR repressor, for increased expression of the CmeABC efflux pump and consecutive multidrug resistance.
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