Zhang Xiaobing, Liu Liguo, Zhang Yan, Dai Guangming, Huang Hairong, Jin Qi
MOH Key Laboratory of Systems Biology of Pathogens, Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2015 Feb;59(2):1320-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.03695-14. Epub 2014 Nov 24.
p-Aminosalicylic acid (PAS) is an important compound for treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). Previous studies showed that thyA mutations are often related to PAS resistance in clinical isolates. We performed a systematic analysis of isolate genotypes and detected mutations in three folate pathway genes (folC, thyA, and ribD) in 61.1% (127/208) of PAS-resistant isolates, including 11 double mutants. This result expands our knowledge about the distribution and frequency of mutations related to PAS resistance in mycobacterial clinical isolates.
对氨基水杨酸(PAS)是治疗耐多药结核病(TB)的一种重要化合物。先前的研究表明,thyA突变在临床分离株中常与对PAS耐药有关。我们对分离株基因型进行了系统分析,并在61.1%(127/208)的耐PAS分离株中检测到三个叶酸途径基因(folC、thyA和ribD)的突变,其中包括11个双突变体。这一结果拓展了我们对分枝杆菌临床分离株中与PAS耐药相关突变的分布和频率的认识。