Moskowitz Samuel M, Ernst Robert K, Miller Samuel I
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2004 Jan;186(2):575-9. doi: 10.1128/JB.186.2.575-579.2004.
Spontaneous polymyxin-resistant mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated. The mutations responsible for this phenotype were mapped to a two-component signal transduction system similar to PmrAB of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Lipid A of these mutants contained aminoarabinose, an inducible modification that is associated with polymyxin resistance. Thus, P. aeruginosa possesses a mechanism that induces resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides in response to environmental conditions.
分离出了铜绿假单胞菌的自发多粘菌素抗性突变体。导致这种表型的突变被定位到一个与鼠伤寒沙门氏菌血清型鼠伤寒的PmrAB相似的双组分信号转导系统。这些突变体的脂多糖A含有氨基阿拉伯糖,这是一种与多粘菌素抗性相关的可诱导修饰。因此,铜绿假单胞菌拥有一种机制,可根据环境条件诱导对阳离子抗菌肽的抗性。