分离和鉴定新型溶菌噬菌体感染多药耐药大肠杆菌。
Isolation and Characterization of Novel Lytic Phages Infecting Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli.
机构信息
Centro de Estudios Científicosgrid.418237.b, Valdivia, Chile.
出版信息
Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Feb 23;10(1):e0167821. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01678-21. Epub 2022 Feb 16.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the second most frequent bacterial infections worldwide, with Escherichia coli being the main causative agent. The increase of antibiotic-resistance determinants among isolates from clinical samples, including UTIs, makes the development of novel therapeutic strategies a necessity. In this context, the use of bacteriophages as a therapeutic alternative has been proposed, due to their ability to efficiently kill bacteria. In this work, we isolated and characterized three novel bacteriophages, microbes laboratory phage 1 (MLP1), MLP2, and MLP3, belonging to the , , and families, respectively. These phages efficiently infect and kill laboratory reference strains and multidrug-resistant clinical E. coli isolates from patients with diagnosed UTIs. Interestingly, these phages are also able to infect intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains, such as enteroaggregative E. coli and diffusely adherent E. coli. Our data show that the MLP phages recognize different regions of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) molecule, an important virulence factor in bacteria that is also highly variable among different E. coli strains. Altogether, our results suggest that these phages may represent an interesting alternative for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant E. coli. Urinary tract infections affect approximately 150 million people annually. The current antibiotic resistance crisis demands the development of novel therapeutic alternatives. Our results show that three novel phages, MLP1, MLP2, and MLP3 are able to infect both laboratory and multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. Since these phages (i) efficiently kill antibiotic-resistant clinical isolates of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), (ii) recognize different portions of the LPS molecule, and (iii) are able to efficiently infect intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli hosts, we believe that these novel phages are good candidates to be used as a therapeutic alternative to treat antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains generating urinary tract and/or intestinal infections.
尿路感染(UTIs)是全球第二大常见细菌感染,大肠杆菌是主要的致病原因。从临床样本(包括 UTIs)中分离出的抗生素耐药决定因素的增加,使得开发新的治疗策略成为必要。在这种情况下,由于噬菌体能够有效地杀死细菌,因此作为一种治疗替代物的噬菌体的使用已经被提出。在这项工作中,我们分离并鉴定了三种新型噬菌体,微生物实验室噬菌体 1(MLP1)、MLP2 和 MLP3,分别属于 、 和 科。这些噬菌体能够有效地感染和杀死实验室参考菌株和来自诊断为 UTIs 的患者的多药耐药临床大肠杆菌分离株。有趣的是,这些噬菌体还能够感染肠道致病性大肠杆菌菌株,如肠聚集性大肠杆菌和弥漫粘附性大肠杆菌。我们的数据表明,MLP 噬菌体识别脂多糖(LPS)分子的不同区域,LPS 是细菌中的一个重要毒力因子,在不同的大肠杆菌菌株中也高度可变。总的来说,我们的结果表明,这些噬菌体可能是治疗抗生素耐药性大肠杆菌的一种有前途的替代方法。尿路感染每年影响约 1.5 亿人。当前的抗生素耐药危机要求开发新的治疗替代方法。我们的结果表明,三种新型噬菌体 MLP1、MLP2 和 MLP3 能够感染实验室和多药耐药性临床大肠杆菌分离株。由于这些噬菌体 (i) 能够有效地杀死抗生素耐药性临床分离株的尿路致病性大肠杆菌(UPEC),(ii) 识别 LPS 分子的不同部分,以及 (iii) 能够有效地感染肠道致病性大肠杆菌宿主,我们相信这些新型噬菌体是作为治疗抗生素耐药性大肠杆菌菌株引起的尿路感染和/或肠道感染的替代方法的良好候选物。