title: Superoxide protects Escherichia coli from bleomycin mediated lethality.
abstract: Superoxide and its products, especially hydroxyl radical, were recently proposed to be instrumental in cell death following treatment with a wide range of antimicrobials. Surprisingly, bleomycin lethality to Escherichia coli was ameliorated by a genetic deficiency of superoxide dismutase or by furnishing the superoxide generator plumbagin. Rescue by plumbagin was similar in strains containing or lacking recA or with inactive, inducible, or constitutive soxRS regulons. Thus, superoxide interferes with bleomycin cytotoxicity in ways not readily explained by genetic pathways expected to protect from oxidative damage.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, 07103, USA. burger_lic@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Drlica
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D011938:Rec A Recombinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014161:Transduction, Genetic; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D009285:Naphthoquinones; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D001761:Bleomycin; D013481:Superoxides; C070724:SoxR protein, Bacteria; C070725:SoxS protein, E coli; C095500:SodA protein, Bacteria; C087504:SodB protein, Bacteria; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D011938:Rec A Recombinases; C014758:plumbagin
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