Hypersusceptibility of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa nfxB mutant to beta-lactams due to reduced expression of the ampC beta-lactamase.
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa nfxB mutant lacking mexAB-oprM showed hypersusceptibility to 9 out of 24 beta-lactams tested. This hypersusceptibility was found for the nfxB mutant lacking mexAB-oprM-mexXY (N108) but not for the nfxB mutant lacking both mexAB-oprM-mexXY and ampC. The level of the AmpC beta-lactamase induction was reduced in N108. Thus, the reduced AmpC induction must be the cause of the hypersusceptibility.
Biological Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-8710, Japan.
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Masuda
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Sakagawa
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Ohya
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Gotoh
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Nishino
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009154:Mutation; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D014157:Transcription Factors; D018440:beta-Lactam Resistance; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000096:biosynthesis*
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C077901:NfxB protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D014157:Transcription Factors; C048795:AmpC beta-lactamases; D001618:beta-Lactamases