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Public on Jul 01, 2023 |
Title |
Transcriptomic investigation of the modes of action of polymyxins and colistin/sulbactam combination against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii |
Organism |
Acinetobacter baumannii |
Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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Summary |
Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is a Priority 1 (Critical) pathogen urgently requiring new antibiotics. Polymyxins are a last-line option against CRAB-associated infections. This transcriptomic study utilized a CRAB strain to investigate mechanisms of bacterial killing with polymyxin B, colistin, colistin B and colistin/sulbactam combination therapy. After 4 h of 2 mg/L polymyxin monotherapy, all polymyxins exhibited common modes of action which primarily involved disruption to amino acid and fatty acid metabolism. Of the three monotherapies, polymyxin B induced the greatest number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including for genes involved with fatty acid metabolism. Gene disturbances with colistin and colistin B were highly similar (89% common genes for colistin B), though effects on gene expression were generally lower (0-1.5-fold in most cases) with colistin B. Colistin alone (2 mg/L) or combined with sulbactam (64 mg/L) resulted in rapid membrane disruption as early as 1 h. Transcriptomic analysis of this combination revealed the effects were driven by colistin and included disturbances in fatty acid synthesis and catabolism and inhibition of nutrient uptake. Combination therapy produced substantially higher fold changes in 72% of DEGs shared with monotherapy, resulting in substantially greater reductions in fatty acid biosynthesis and increases in biofilm, cell wall and phospholipid synthesis. This indicates synergistic bacterial killing with the colistin/sulbactam combination results from a systematic increase in perturbation of many genes associated with bacterial metabolism. These mechanistic insights enhance our understanding of bacterial responses to polymyxin mono- and combination therapy and will assist to optimize polymyxin use in patients. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) is a Priority 1 (Critical) pathogen urgently requiring new antibiotics. Polymyxins are a last-line option against CRAB-associated infections. This transcriptomic study utilized a CRAB strain to investigate mechanisms of bacterial killing with polymyxin B, colistin, colistin B and colistin/sulbactam combination therapy. After 4 h of 2 mg/L polymyxin monotherapy, all polymyxins exhibited common modes of action which primarily involved disruption to amino acid and fatty acid metabolism. Of the three monotherapies, polymyxin B induced the greatest number of differentially expressed genes (DEGs), including for genes involved with fatty acid metabolism. Gene disturbances with colistin and colistin B were highly similar (89% common genes for colistin B), though effects on gene expression were generally lower (0-1.5-fold in most cases) with colistin B. Colistin alone (2 mg/L) or combined with sulbactam (64 mg/L) resulted in rapid membrane disruption as early as 1 h. Transcriptomic analysis of this combination revealed the effects were driven by colistin and included disturbances in fatty acid synthesis and catabolism and inhibition of nutrient uptake. Combination therapy produced substantially higher fold changes in 72% of DEGs shared with monotherapy, resulting in substantially greater reductions in fatty acid biosynthesis and increases in biofilm, cell wall and phospholipid synthesis. This indicates synergistic bacterial killing with the colistin/sulbactam combination results from a systematic increase in perturbation of many genes associated with bacterial metabolism. These mechanistic insights enhance our understanding of bacterial responses to polymyxin mono- and combination therapy and will assist to optimize polymyxin use in patients.
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Overall design |
We have six groups including colistin, polymyxin B, colistin B, sulbactam, colistin combined with sulbactam and control. Each group have three replicates.
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Contributor(s) |
Bian X, Li M, Liu X, Zhu Y, Li J, Bergen PJ, Li W, Li X, Feng M, Zhang J |
Citation(s) |
39006922 |
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Submission date |
Nov 17, 2022 |
Last update date |
Aug 09, 2024 |
Contact name |
Xingchen Bian |
E-mail(s) |
19111030053@fudan.edu.cn
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Phone |
02152888193
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Organization name |
Huashan hospital, Fudan University
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Street address |
Fudan university, Huashan hospital
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City |
Shanghai |
State/province |
Shanghai |
ZIP/Postal code |
200040 |
Country |
China |
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Platforms (1) |
GPL28641 |
Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (Acinetobacter baumannii) |
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Samples (18)
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Relations |
BioProject |
PRJNA902757 |
Supplementary file |
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Download |
File type/resource |
GSE218219_Expression.xlsx |
1.4 Mb |
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XLSX |
SRA Run Selector |
Raw data are available in SRA |
Processed data are available on Series record |
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