Yin Shaohui, Daum Robert S, Boyle-Vavra Susan
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 6054, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2006 Jan;50(1):336-43. doi: 10.1128/AAC.50.1.336-343.2006.
The VraS/VraR two-component system (VraSR) regulates transcriptional induction of penicillin-binding protein 2 (encoded by pbp2) by vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus. We have now defined the vraSR operon and determined that its induction by beta-lactams as well as by vancomycin is autoregulated. Induction of the pbp2 and vraSR operons by beta-lactams and related compounds within 1 hour after exposure to the antimicrobials was dependent on vraS. However, when a disk diffusion assay that can detect induction of genes over an extended time period was used, induction of the pbp2 operon was mediated by some beta-lactams, including oxacillin; this induction was independent of vraS.
VraS/VraR双组分系统(VraSR)可调节金黄色葡萄球菌中万古霉素对青霉素结合蛋白2(由pbp2编码)的转录诱导。我们现已确定了vraSR操纵子,并确定其受β-内酰胺类药物以及万古霉素的诱导是自动调节的。暴露于抗菌药物后1小时内,β-内酰胺类药物及相关化合物对pbp2和vraSR操纵子的诱导依赖于vraS。然而,当使用能够在较长时间段内检测基因诱导的纸片扩散试验时,pbp2操纵子的诱导是由一些β-内酰胺类药物介导的,包括苯唑西林;这种诱导不依赖于vraS。