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  • Missense Mutations in the CrrB Protein Mediate Odilorhabdin Derivative Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Missense Mutations in the CrrB Protein Mediate Odilorhabdin Derivative Resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (2021-03-10)
Lucile Pantel, Paulo Juarez, Marine Serri, Lilia Boucinha, Emilie Lessoud, Anne Lanois, Alain Givaudan, Emilie Racine, Maxime Gualtieri
ABSTRACT

NOSO-502 is a preclinical antibiotic candidate of the Odilorhabdin class. This compound exhibits activity against Enterobacteriaceae pathogens, including carbapenemase-producing bacteria and most of the Colistin (CST)-resistant strains. Among a collection of CST-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains harboring mutations on genes pmrAB, mgrB, phoPQ, and crrB, only those bearing mutations in gene crrB were found to be resistant to NOSO-502.CrrB is a histidine kinase which acts with the response regulator CrrA to modulate the PmrAB system, which finally induces the restructuring of the lipopolysaccharide present on the outer membrane and thus leading to CST resistance. Moreover, crrB mutations also enhance the transcription of neighboring genes such as H239_3063, an ABC transporter transmembrane region; H239_3064, a putative efflux pump also known as KexD; and H239_3065, a N-acetyltransferase.To elucidate the mechanism of resistance to NOSO-502 induced by CrrB missense mutations in K. pneumoniae, mutants of NCTC 13442 and ATCC BAA-2146 strains resistant to NOSO-502 and CST with single amino acid substitutions in CrrB (S8N, F33Y, Y34N, W140R, N141I, P151A, P151L, P151S, P151T, F303Y) were selected. Full susceptibility to NOSO-502 was restored in crrA or crrB deleted K. pneumoniae NCTC 13442 CrrB(P151L) mutants, confirming the role of CrrAB in controlling this resistance pathway. Deletion of kexD (but no other neighboring genes) in the same mutant also restored NOSO-502-susceptibility. Upregulation of the kexD gene expression was observed for all CrrB mutants. Finally, plasmid expression of kexD in a K. pneumoniae strain missing the locus crrABC and kexD significantly increased resistance to NOSO-502.

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