Adaptive Responses of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Treatment with Antibiotics.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is among the highest priority pathogens for drug development because of its resistance to antibiotics, extraordinary adaptability, and persistence. Antipseudomonal research is strongly encouraged to address the acute scarcity of innovative antimicrobial lead structures. In an effort to understand the physiological response of P. aeruginosa to clinically relevant antibiotics, we investigated the proteome after exposure to ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, rifampicin, gentamicin, tobramycin, azithromycin, tigecycline, polymyxin B, colistin, ceftazidime, meropenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam. We further investigated the response to CHIR-090, which represents a promising class of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis inhibitors currently under evaluation. Radioactive pulse-labeling of newly synthesized proteins followed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to monitor the acute response of P. aeruginosa to antibiotic treatment. The proteomic profiles provide insights into the cellular defense strategies for each antibiotic. A mathematical comparison of these response profiles based on upregulated marker proteins revealed similarities of responses to antibiotics acting on the same target area. This study provides insights into the effects of commonly used antibiotics on P. aeruginosa and lays the foundation for the comparative analysis of the impact of novel compounds with precedented and unprecedented modes of action.
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- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Published In
DOI
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Issue
Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Pseudomonas Infections
- Proteomics
- Microbiology
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Humans
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- 3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
- 3207 Medical microbiology
- 3107 Microbiology