title: Functionally cloned pdrM from Streptococcus pneumoniae encodes a Na(+) coupled multidrug efflux pump.
abstract: Multidrug efflux pumps play an important role as a self-defense system in bacteria. Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps are classified into five families based on structure and coupling energy: resistance-nodulation-cell division (RND), small multidrug resistance (SMR), major facilitator (MF), ATP binding cassette (ABC), and multidrug and toxic compounds extrusion (MATE). We cloned a gene encoding a MATE-type multidrug efflux pump from Streptococcus pneumoniae R6, and designated it pdrM. PdrM showed sequence similarity with NorM from Vibrio parahaemolyticus, YdhE from Escherichia coli, and other bacterial MATE-type multidrug efflux pumps. Heterologous expression of PdrM let to elevated resistance to several antibacterial agents, norfloxacin, acriflavine, and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) in E. coli KAM32 cells. PdrM effluxes acriflavine and DAPI in a Na(+)- or Li(+)-dependent manner. Moreover, Na(+) efflux via PdrM was observed when acriflavine was added to Na(+)-loaded cells expressing pdrM. Therefore, we conclude that PdrM is a Na(+)/drug antiporter in S. pneumoniae. In addition to pdrM, we found another two genes, spr1756 and spr1877,that met the criteria of MATE-type by searching the S. pneumoniae genome database. However, cloned spr1756 and spr1877 did not elevate the MIC of any of the investigated drugs. mRNA expression of spr1756, spr1877, and pdrM was detected in S. pneumoniae R6 under laboratory growth conditions. Therefore, spr1756 and spr1877 are supposed to play physiological roles in this growth condition, but they may be unrelated to drug resistance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Wakano
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishioka
authors.forename: Tomofusa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Teruo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuroda
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019450:Genes, MDR / Q000235:genetics*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012964:Sodium
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