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OBJECTIVES: To genotypically characterize the vancomycin resistance mechanism of Enterococcus faecium N03-0072, which was negative by PCR for the currently known van genotypes. METHODS: PCR was used to amplify the entire vancomycin resistance operon and the complete nucleotide sequence was determined by dideoxy cycle sequencing. RESULTS: Analysis revealed a VanD-type operon with 94% nucleotide identity to the VanD4 operon and 90% nucleotide identity to the VanD1/D3 operons. A set of universal primers was designed in order to identify all current vanD variants by PCR. CONCLUSIONS: E. faecium N03-0072 carries a new VanD-type operon, designated VanD5.  相似文献   

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Enterococcus faecalis N06-0364, exhibiting a vancomycin MIC of 8 microg/ml, was found to harbor a novel D-Ala-D-Ser gene cluster, designated vanL. The vanL gene cluster was similar in organization to the vanC operon, but the VanT serine racemase was encoded by two separate genes, vanTm(L) (membrane binding) and vanTr(L) (racemase).  相似文献   

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OBJECTIVES: The exposure of Streptococcus pneumoniae to cell-wall-active antibiotics in vivo and in vitro results in the release of bacterial components that can induce proinflammatory activation of human cells via toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). The aim of this study was to compare the activation of human TLR2 pathways after exposure of S. pneumoniae to faropenem, cefotaxime and vancomycin. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Streptococcus pneumoniae D39 was exposed to cefotaxime, faropenem or vancomycin for 6 h during lag or early log phase growth. IL-8 promoter activity of HeLa cells was measured using a dual luciferase reporter plasmid system. HeLa cells were transfected with an expression vector containing TLR2/CD14, or empty vector/CD14 and IL-8 promoter activity was measured using luminescence. Cells were stimulated with antibiotic-treated bacteria, untreated bacteria or medium-only controls. RESULTS: Lag phase S. pneumoniae treated at sub-MIC (1/8 MIC) cefotaxime or faropenem induced 11-fold and 8-fold increases, respectively, in TLR2-mediated IL-8 promoter activity when compared with untreated bacteria. Early log MIC cefotaxime or faropenem-treated bacteria also enhanced TLR2 activation by 3-fold and 4-fold, respectively, when compared with untreated bacteria. Vancomycin treatment had no effect on TLR2 induction at any growth stage or MIC ratio tested. CONCLUSIONS: beta-Lactam antibiotics induce surface changes and release of cell wall structures from bacteria that are proinflammatory via TLR2, but the glycopeptide vancomycin does not.  相似文献   

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The vanC-2 cluster of Enterococcus casseliflavus ATCC 25788 consisted of five genes (vanC-2, vanXY(C-2), vanT(C-2), vanR(C-2), and vanS(C-2)) and shared the same organization as the vanC cluster of E. gallinarum BM4174. The proteins encoded by these genes displayed a high degree of amino acid identity to the proteins encoded within the vanC gene cluster. The putative D,D-dipeptidase-D,D-carboxypeptidase, VanXY(C-2), exhibited 81% amino acid identity to VanXY(C), and VanT(C-2) displayed 65% amino acid identity to the serine racemase, VanT. VanR(C-2) and VanS(C-2) displayed high degrees of identity to VanR(C) and VanS(C), respectively, and contained the conserved residues identified as important to their function as a response regulator and histidine kinase, respectively. Resistance to vancomycin was expressed inducibly in E. casseliflavus ATCC 25788 and required an extended period of induction. Analysis of peptidoglycan precursors revealed that UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-L-Ala-delta-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ser could not be detected until several hours after the addition of vancomycin, and its appearance coincided with the resumption of growth. The introduction of additional copies of the vanT(C-2) gene, encoding a putative serine racemase, and the presence of supplementary D-serine in the growth medium both significantly reduced the period before growth resumed after addition of vancomycin. This suggested that the availability of D-serine plays an important role in the induction process.  相似文献   

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We report the sequence of a 630-bp fragment of a gene associated with resistance to high levels of vancomycin in a clinical isolate of Enterococcus faecalis which retained susceptibility to teicoplanin. This gene was similar to the recently sequenced vanB and partially homologous with vanA, but it showed less-marked similarity to vanC. A DNA probe, derived from this polymerase chain reaction-amplified gene fragment, hybridized specifically with genomic DNA from Enterococcus faecium and E. faecalis isolates which were vancomycin resistant (MICs ranged from 8 to 512 micrograms/ml) but susceptible to teicoplanin. Curing of vancomycin resistance was associated with loss of DNA hybridization with the gene probe. Transfer of DNA which hybridized with the probe accompanied transfer of vancomycin resistance to a susceptible recipient strain. Neither curing nor transfer of vancomycin resistance was consistently related to loss or acquisition, respectively, of plasmid DNA.  相似文献   

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Thirty multidrug-resistant Enterococcus spp. strains, including two from the milk of cows with mastitis, nine from chicken litter and 19 from turkey litter, were isolated. Twenty-five were identified by biochemical methods as E. gallinarum and five as E. faecalis. Most of the isolates were resistant to vancomycin, gentamicin, streptomycin, tetracycline, erythromycin, bacitracin, kanamycin and nalidixic acid but sensitive to ciprofloxacin, sulfamethoxazole, chloramphenicol, ampicillin and ofloxacin. Attempts were made by partial amplification of the gene sequences to detect the vancomycin resistance markers vanA (734-bp), vanB (420-bp), vanC1 (531-bp), and vanC2-C3 (673-bp); virulence markers cylA (427-bp) and cylB (225-bp) for enterococcal cytolysin and a biofilm-forming surface protein (Esp). Individual and multiplex-PCR assays for vancomycin resistance markers revealed the vanC1 gene in 22 E. gallinarum strains. None of the remaining isolates including five E. faecalis strains (MIC=2 microg ml(-1)) and three E. gallinarum strains (MIC=8 microg ml(-1)) had any of the van genes tested. Analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and a comparison of smaI banding profiles showed 11 different patterns. Probing with a DIG-labeled vanC1 PCR product indicated a common 38.0 kb SmaI DNA fragment in all the E. gallinarum strains harboring the vanC1 gene. The genes cylA and cylB were detected only in one clinical E. gallinarum isolate and two quality control clinical strains of E. faecalis (ATCC 51299 and 29212). None of the virulence factors were found in milk or poultry isolates. Intermediate level resistance to vancomycin in enterococci from the US animal farms was predominantly due to the presence of vanC1 gene.  相似文献   

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The 6-anilinouracils (AUs) constitute a new class of bactericidal antibiotics selective against gram-positive (Gr(+)) organisms. The AU family of compounds specifically inhibits a novel target, replicative DNA polymerase Pol IIIC. Like other antibiotics, AUs can be expected to engender the development of resistant bacteria. We have used a representative AU and clinically relevant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus to determine the frequency and mechanism(s) of resistance development. The frequency of resistance was determined by using N(3)-hydroxybutyl 6-(3'-ethyl-4'-methylanilino) uracil (HBEMAU) and commercially available antibiotics at eight times the MICs. For all five Gr(+) organisms tested, the frequency of resistance to HBEMAU ranged from 1 x 10(-8) to 3 x 10(-10). The frequencies of resistance to the antibiotics tested, including rifampin, gentamicin, and ciprofloxacin, were either greater than or equal to those for HBEMAU. In order to understand the mechanism of resistance, HBEMAU-resistant organisms were isolated. MIC assays showed that the organisms had increased resistance to AU inhibitors but not to other families of antibiotics. Inhibition studies with DNA polymerases from HBEMAU-sensitive and -resistant strains demonstrated that the resistance was associated with Pol IIIC. DNA sequence analysis of the entire polC genes from both wild-type and resistant organisms revealed that the resistant organisms had a sequence change that mapped to a single amino acid codon in all strains examined.  相似文献   

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In the 1990s, the Enterococcus emerged as an important pathogen because of increasing prevalence and acquired resistances to glycopeptides and other agents. The seriousness of this problem can vary markedly worldwide and within nations; the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program documents these differences. Over 8,000 enterococci were processed in the program (1997-2000) and the Enterococcus faecalis (EF; 4,034 strains) and Enterococcus faecium (EFM; 1,123 strains) isolates are tabulated. All strains were processed by three regional monitors using reference dilution methods. Identification to species was performed by participants and confirmed by the central laboratories. EF occurrence was greater than EFM by ratios of 3:1 to 5:1 in the Asia-Pacific (APAC), European (EU), and North American (NA) regions; the ratio was 17:1 in Latin America (LA). EF and EFM represented approximately 80-90% of all isolated enterococci. Glycopeptide-resistant enterococci (GRE) rates varied from nil for EF in APAC and LA to 43 to 54% in EFM in NA. A slight increase in GRE was noted in NA (EFM only). Van A phenotypes predominated all regions. The most recent (2000) rank order of % GRE by region was: for NA (13%) > LA (4%) > EU (3%) > APAC (1%). In NA potential therapeutic agents were (% S): ampicillin (81%), chloramphenicol (87%), quinupristin/dalfopristin (20%), ciprofloxacin (39%), gatifloxacin (51%), nitrofurantoin (83%) and linezolid (>99%). Resistances in enterococci continue to be documented worldwide, but rates within endemic areas like NA appears to be stabilizing. Van A resistance patterns predominate and therapeutic options continue to present dilemmas, although some of the older agents remain usable as primary therapy or as alternatives to the newer agents such as the oxazolidinones.  相似文献   

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Two clonally unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains, RON-1 and RON-2, were isolated in 1997 and 1998 from patients hospitalized in a suburb of Paris, France. Both isolates expressed the class B carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase VIM-2 previously identified in Marseilles in the French Riviera. In both isolates, the bla(VIM-2) cassette was part of a class 1 integron that also encoded aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. In one case, two novel aminoglycoside resistance gene cassettes, aacA29a and aacA29b, were located at the 5' and 3' end of the bla(VIM-2) gene cassette, respectively. The aacA29a and aacA29b gene cassettes were fused upstream with a 101-bp part of the 5' end of the qacE cassette. The deduced amino acid sequence AAC(6')-29a protein shared 96% identity with AAC(6')-29b but only 34% identity with the aacA7-encoded AAC(6')-I1, the closest relative of the AAC(6')-I family enzymes. These aminoglycoside acetyltransferases had amino acid sequences much shorter (131 amino acids) than the other AAC(6')-I enzymes (144 to 153 amino acids). They conferred resistance to amikacin, isepamicin, kanamycin, and tobramycin but not to gentamicin, netilmicin, and sisomicin.  相似文献   

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Antagonists of the vanilloid receptor TRPV1 (transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1) have been reported to produce antihyperalgesic effects in animal models of pain. These antagonists, however, also caused concomitant hyperthermia in rodents, dogs, monkeys, and humans. Antagonist-induced hyperthermia was not observed in TRPV1 knockout mice, suggesting that the hyperthermic effect is exclusively mediated through TRPV1. Since antagonist-induced hyperthermia is considered a hurdle for developing TRPV1 antagonists as therapeutics, we investigated the possibility of eliminating hyperthermia while maintaining antihyperalgesia. Here, we report four potent and selective TRPV1 modulators with unique in vitro pharmacology profiles (profiles A through D) and their respective effects on body temperature. We found that profile C modulator, (R,E)-N-(2-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-yl)-3-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)acrylamide (AMG8562), blocks capsaicin activation of TRPV1, does not affect heat activation of TRPV1, potentiates pH 5 activation of TRPV1 in vitro, and does not cause hyperthermia in vivo in rats. We further profiled AMG8562 in an on-target (agonist) challenge model, rodent pain models, and tested for its side effects. We show that AMG8562 significantly blocks capsaicin-induced flinching behavior, produces statistically significant efficacy in complete Freund's adjuvant- and skin incision-induced thermal hyperalgesia, and acetic acid-induced writhing models, with no profound effects on locomotor activity. Based on the data shown here, we conclude that it is feasible to modulate TRPV1 in a manner that does not cause hyperthermia while maintaining efficacy in rodent pain models.  相似文献   

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Simulated therapeutic vancomycin exposures were evaluated against agr wild-type and knockout Staphylococcus aureus groups I, II, III, and IV using an in vitro pharmacodynamic model. All agr groups developed intermediate resistance to vancomycin after subtherapeutic exposure. The free unbound fraction of the area under the concentration-time curve (fAUC/MIC) required to suppress resistance was fourfold higher (P < 0.001) in agr dysfunctional strains (112 to 169) than that in parent wild-type strains (28).  相似文献   

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A newly discovered gene, designated tcrB, which is located on a conjugative plasmid conferring acquired copper resistance in Enterococcus faecium, was identified in an isolate from a pig. The tcrB gene encodes a putative protein belonging to the CPx-type ATPase family with homology (46%) to the CopB protein from Enterococcus hirae. The tcrB gene was found in E. faecium isolated from pigs (75%), broilers (34%), calves (16%), and humans (10%) but not in isolates from sheep. Resistant isolates, containing the tcrB gene, grew on brain heart infusion agar plates containing up to 28 mM CuSO4 compared to only 4 mM for the susceptible isolates. Copper resistance, and therefore the presence of the tcrB gene, was strongly correlated to macrolide and glycopeptide resistance in isolates from pigs, and the tcrB gene was shown to be located on the same conjugative plasmid as the genes responsible for resistance to these two antimicrobial agents. The frequent occurrence of this new copper resistance gene in isolates from pigs, where copper sulfate is being used in large amounts as feed additive, suggests that the use of copper has selected for resistance.  相似文献   

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The 5-hydroxytryptamine(2A) and (2C) (5-HT(2A) and 5-HT(2C)) receptors are so closely related that selective agonists have not been developed until recently with the advent of (S)-2-(chloro-5-fluoro-indol-l-yl)-1-methylethylamine fumarate (Ro 60-0175), a putatively selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonist. In the present study, Ro 60-0175 was used to analyze the importance of 5-HT(2C) receptors in hormone secretion. Injection of Ro 60-0175 (5 mg/kg s.c.) produced a maximum increase in plasma levels of adrenocorticotrophic hormone, oxytocin, and prolactin at 15 min postinjection and a maximum increase in plasma corticosterone levels at 60 min postinjection. Ro 60-0175-mediated increases in plasma hormone levels were dose-dependent (corticosterone ED(50) = 2.43 mg/kg; oxytocin ED(50) = 4.19 mg/kg; and prolactin ED(50) = 4.03 mg/kg). To assess the role of 5-HT(2C) and 5-HT(2A) receptors in mediating the hormone responses to Ro 60-0175, rats were pretreated with the 5-HT(2C) antagonist 6-chloro-5-methyl-1-[2-(2-methylpyridyl-3-oxy)-pyrid-5-yl carbonyl] indoline (SB 242084) or 5-HT(2A) antagonists (+/-)-2,3-dimethoxyphenyl-1-[2-4-(piperidine)-methanol] (MDL 100,907) before injection of Ro 60-0175 (5 mg/kg s.c.). Neither SB 242084 (0.1, 0.5, 1, and 5 mg/kg i.p.) nor MDL 100,907 (1, 5, and 10 microg/kg s.c.) significantly inhibited the Ro 60-0175-induced increases in plasma hormone levels. The data suggest that Ro 60-0175 increases hormone secretion by mechanisms independent of the activation of 5-HT(2C) and/or 5-HT(2A) receptors and suggest that Ro 60-0175 is not a highly selective 5-HT(2C) receptor agonist.  相似文献   

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Antimicrobial resistance and the mechanisms implicated were studied in 148 clinical Enterococcus faecium isolates with a quinupristin-dalfopristin (Q/D) MIC > or =1 microg/mL. As expected, higher levels of resistance were detected for macrolide antibiotics (94% erythromycin, 100% azithromycin, 100% josamycin). High-level resistance to gentamicin and streptomycin was detected in 18.9% and 66.2% of isolates, respectively, in our series of enterococci. Resistance against tetracycline was found in only 12.8% of the isolates, and 13 isolates were resistant to vancomycin. The dalvabancin MIC(90) for these isolates was >16 microg/mL. Polymerase chain reaction screening for the previously described streptogramin resistance determinants erm(A), erm(B), mefA/E, vat(D), and vat(E) was performed to determine the prevalence of streptogramin resistance mechanisms in these clinical enterococcal isolates. The combination of erm(B) and vat(D) genes encoding resistance to streptogramins was detected in 1 Q/D-resistant E. faecium isolate. A total of 131 Q/D-nonsusceptible enterococci only contained the erm(B) gene. The erm(B) promoter sequence reveals no differences between the strains analyzed, regardless of the Q/D MIC value.  相似文献   

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Seventeen clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus (from the United States and Europe) selected for low (borderline)-level methicillin resistance (MIC of methicillin, 2 to 4 micrograms/ml; MIC of oxacillin, 0.5 to 8 micrograms/ml) were examined for their mechanisms of resistance. Five strains were typical of heterogeneous S. aureus: they gave positive reactions with a DNA probe specific for mec and contained a small fraction (10(-6] of highly resistant cells (MIC, greater than 100 micrograms/ml). The rest of the 12 strains were homogeneous with respect to their methicillin resistance: the MIC of methicillin for all cells was 2 to 4 micrograms/ml, and no cells for which MICs were 50 micrograms/ml or higher were detectable (less than 10(-9]. None of these strains reacted with the mec-specific DNA probe. One representative strain of each group was characterized in more detail. Strain CDC-1, prototype of heterogeneous methicillin-resistant S. aureus, contained penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2a; its DNA could transform a methicillin-susceptible and novobiocin-resistant recipient to methicillin resistance with ca. 35% linkage to Novr. Introduction of the "factor X" determinant (K. Murakami and A. Tomasz, J. Bacteriol. 171:874-879, 1989) converted strain CDC-1 to high, homogeneous resistance. Strain CDC-6, prototype of the second group of isolates, showed completely homogeneous MICs of methicillin, oxacillin, and cefotaxime. The strain contained modified "normal" PBPs: PBPs 1 and 2 showed low drug reactivity (and/or cellular amounts), and PBP 4 was present in elevated amounts. No PBP 2a could be detected. DNA isolated from strain CDC-6 could transform the methicillin-susceptible and novobiocin-resistant strain to methicillin resistance in a multistep fashion, but this resistance showed no genetic linkage to the Nov marker. We suggest that staphylococci with borderline resistance may contain at least three different classes of mechanism: heterogeneous, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, PBPs of modified drug reactivities, and the previously reported hyperproduction of beta-lactamase (L.K. McDougal and C. Thornsberry, J. Clin Microbiol. 23:832-839, 1986).  相似文献   

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Aberrant overexpression of antiapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 protein family, including Bcl-2 and Bcl-X(L), contributes to malignant transformation and subsequent resistance to traditional chemotherapeutics. Thus, these proteins represent attractive targets for novel anticancer agents. The small molecule, gossypol, was initially investigated as a contraceptive agent, but subsequently has been shown to possess anticancer properties in vitro and in vivo. Recently gossypol has been found to bind to Bcl-X(L) and, with less affinity, to Bcl-2. Here we investigate the ability of the (-) enantiomer of gossypol, (-)-gossypol, to overcome the apoptosis resistance conferred by Bcl-2 or Bcl-X(L) overexpression in Jurkat T leukemia cells. (-)-Gossypol potently induced cell death in Jurkat cells overexpressing Bcl-2 (IC50, 18.1+/-2.6 micromol/L) or Bcl-X(L) (IC50, 22.9+/-3.7 micromol/L). Vector-transfected control cells were also potently killed by (-)-gossypol (IC50, 7.0+/-2.7 micromol/L). By contrast, the chemotherapy drug etoposide only induced efficient killing of vector-transfected cells (IC50, 9.6+/-2.3 micromol/L). Additionally, (-)-gossypol was more efficient than etoposide at inducing caspase-3 activation and phosphatidylserine externalization in the setting of Bcl-2 or Bcl-X(L) overexpression. (-)-Gossypol-induced apoptosis was associated with Bak activation and release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, suggesting a mitochondrial-mediated apoptotic mechanism. Moreover, (-)-gossypol treatment of isolated mitochondria purified from Bcl-2-overexpressing cells also resulted in cytochrome c release, indicating a possible direct action on Bcl-2 present in the mitochondrial outer membrane. Taken together, these results suggest that (-)-gossypol is a potent and novel therapeutic able to overcome apoptosis resistance by specifically targeting the activity of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family members. (-)-Gossypol may be a promising new agent to treat malignancies that are resistant to conventional therapies.  相似文献   

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目的 了解浙江省衢州市2015-2017年H3N2亚型流感病毒血凝素(HA)基因分子进化特征,为流感防控提供科学依据。方法 选取衢州市2015-2017年分离到的H3N2亚型流感病毒18株,通过RT-PCR扩增病毒HA基因片段并测序,采用生物信息学软件分析其分子进化特征。结果 18株H3N2亚型流感病毒HA基因的核苷酸和氨基酸同源性分别为97.36%~100.00%和96.76%~100.00%,与同年度疫苗株HA基因的核苷酸平均遗传距离分别为0.008 2、0.007 1和0.011 2,氨基酸平均遗传距离分别为0.009 2、0.003 1和0.010 0。分离株的HA基因分支从3C.3a转变为3C.2a支系,其HA氨基酸序列与同年度疫苗株比较,变异位点共涉及HA蛋白的5个抗原表位(A、B、C、D和E区),2个受体结合位点(T131K、T135N/K),6个潜在糖基化位点(122NES、126NWT、133NGT、135NSS、144NSS、158NYT)。结论 2015-2017年衢州市H3N2亚型流感病毒可能出现了抗原漂移,当前疫苗株A/HongKong/4801/2014的免疫效果需重新评估。  相似文献   

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