Khan Muhammad Tahir, Rehaman Ashfaq Ur, Junaid Muhammad, Malik Shaukat Iqbal, Wei Dong-Qing
Department of Bioinformatics and Biosciences, Capital University of Science and Technology, Pakistan.
College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, The State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2018 Oct 4;16:379-387. doi: 10.1016/j.csbj.2018.09.004. eCollection 2018.
Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an important component of first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs which is converted into active form, pyrazinoic acid (POA), by (MTB) gene encoded, pyrazinamidase (PZase). Mutations in are detected in >70% of PZA resistant isolates but, noticeably, not in all. In this study, we selected 18 PZA-resistant but wild type (pncA) MTB isolates. Drug susceptibility testing (DST) of all the isolates were repeated at the critical concentration of PZA drug. All these PZA-resistance but pncA isolates were subjected to RpsA sequencing. Fifteen different mutations were identified in eleven isolates, where seven were present in a conserved region including, Ser324Phe, Glu325Lys, Gly341Arg. As the molecular mechanism of resistance behind these variants has not been reported earlier, we have performed multiple analysis to unveil the mechanisms of resistance behind mutations S324F, E325K, and G341R. The mutant and wild type RpsA structures were subjected to comprehensive computational molecular dynamic simulations at 50 ns. Root mean square deviation (RMSD), Root mean square fluctuation (RMSF), and Gibbs free energy of mutants were analyzed in comparison with wild type. Docking score of wild typeRpsA has been found to be maximum, showing a strong binding affinity in comparison with mutants. Pocket volume, RMSD and RMSF have also been found to be altered, whereas total energy, folding effect (radius of gyration) and shape complimentarily analysis showed that variants S324F, E325K, and G341R have been playing a significant role behind PZA-resistance. The study offers valuable information for better management of drug resistance tuberculosis.
吡嗪酰胺(PZA)是一线抗结核药物的重要组成部分,它通过结核分枝杆菌(MTB)基因编码的吡嗪酰胺酶(PZase)转化为活性形式吡嗪酸(POA)。超过70%的对PZA耐药的分离株中检测到该基因的突变,但值得注意的是,并非所有分离株都有此突变。在本研究中,我们选择了18株对PZA耐药但结核分枝杆菌(pncA)基因野生型的分离株。在PZA药物的临界浓度下对所有分离株重复进行药敏试验(DST)。所有这些对PZA耐药但pncA基因野生型的分离株都进行了RpsA测序。在11株分离株中鉴定出15种不同的突变,其中7种存在于一个保守区域,包括Ser324Phe、Glu325Lys、Gly341Arg。由于这些变异背后的耐药分子机制此前尚未见报道,我们进行了多项分析以揭示突变S324F、E325K和G341R背后的耐药机制。对突变型和野生型RpsA结构进行了50纳秒的全面计算分子动力学模拟。与野生型相比,分析了突变体的均方根偏差(RMSD)、均方根波动(RMSF)和吉布斯自由能。发现野生型RpsA的对接分数最高,与突变体相比显示出很强的结合亲和力。还发现口袋体积、RMSD和RMSF发生了改变,而总能量、折叠效应(回转半径)和形状互补性分析表明,变异体S324F、E325K和G341R在PZA耐药背后发挥了重要作用。该研究为更好地管理耐药结核病提供了有价值的信息。