NDLI: Identification of Proteus mirabilis Mutants with Increased Sensitivity to Antimicrobial Peptides

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Author	Mccoy, Andrea J. Liu, Hongjian Falla, Timothy J. Gunn, John S.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Antimicrobial peptides (APs) are important components of the innate defenses of animals, plants, and microorganisms. However, some bacterial pathogens are resistant to the action of APs. For example, Proteus mirabilis is highly resistant to the action of APs, such as polymyxin B (PM), protegrin, and the synthetic protegrin analog IB-367. To better understand this resistance, a transposon mutagenesis approach was used to generate P. mirabilis mutants sensitive to APs. Four unique PM-sensitive mutants of P. mirabilis were identified (these mutants were >2 to >128 times more sensitive than the wild type). Two of these mutants were also sensitive to IB-367 (16 and 128 times more sensitive than the wild type). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) profiles of the PM- and protegrin-sensitive mutants demonstrated marked differences in both the lipid A and O-antigen regions, while the PM-sensitive mutants appeared to have alterations of either lipid A or O antigen. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry analysis of the wild-type and PM-sensitive mutant lipid A showed species with one or two aminoarabinose groups, while lipid A from the PM- and protegrin-sensitive mutants was devoid of aminoarabinose. When the mutants were streaked on an agar-containing medium, the swarming motility of the PM- and protegrin-sensitive mutants was completely inhibited and the swarming motility of the mutants sensitive to only PM was markedly decreased. DNA sequence analysis of the mutagenized loci revealed similarities to an O-acetyltransferase (PM and protegrin sensitive) and ATP synthase and sap loci (PM sensitive). These data further support the role of LPS modifications as an elaborate mechanism in the resistance of certain bacterial species to APs and suggest that LPS surface charge alterations may play a role in P. mirabilis swarming motility.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aac.45.7.2030-2037.2001
Ending Page	2037
Page Count	8
Starting Page	2030
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00664804
e-ISSN	10986596
Journal	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	45
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2001-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Pharmacology (medical) Pharmacology Infectious Diseases Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Pharmacology Pharmacology (medical)

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