MexXY efflux pump overexpression and aminoglycoside resistance in cystic fibrosis isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from chronic infections.
2017
Singh, Manu | Yau, Yvonne | Wang, Shirley | Waters, Valerie | Kumar, Ayush
In this study, we analyzed 15 multidrug resistant cystic fibrosis isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from chronic lung infections for expression of four different multidrug efflux systems, MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexEF-OprN and MexXY, using quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR. Overexpression of MexXY pump was observed in all of the isolates tested. Analysis of regulatory genes that control the expression of these four efflux pumps revealed a number of previously uncharacterized mutations. Our work shows that MexXY pump overexpression is common in cystic fibrosis isolates and could be contributing to their reduced aminoglycoside susceptibility. Further, we also identified novel mutations in the regulatory genes of four above-mentioned RND pumps that may be involved in the overexpression of these pumps.
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