Abstract
In this study, we developed tigecycline resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 strains in vitro and investigated the change in virulence associated with hypermucoviscosity. In vitro-induced tigecycline-resistant (TGC-IR) K. pneumoniae mutants were obtained from three tigecycline-susceptible (TGC-S) strains, belonging to ST23 and serotype K1, by culturing in media with tigecycline in a stepwise manner. An antimicrobial susceptibility test, string test, mucoviscosity assay, and capsular polysaccharide (CPS) quantification were performed. Biofilm formation and serum resistance were evaluated, and survival rates of bacterial strains in fruit flies and macrophages were measured. Alterations of rpsJ, ramR, soxR, acrR, and marR genes were investigated and the expression levels of ramA and efflux pump genes were evaluated. The hypermucoviscosity phenotype was dramatically decreased in the TGC-IR mutants. Reduced CPS production in TGC-IR mutants was also identified. Increased resistance to most other antimicrobial agents was found in TGC-IR mutants. In addition, the TGC-IR mutants exhibited reduced biofilm formation, low serum resistance, and decreased survival rates within fruit flies and macrophages. Our study shows that development of tigecycline resistance in hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains result in defects in virulence associated with hypermucoviscosity.
Funder
National Research Foundation of Korea
Subject
Virology,Microbiology (medical),Microbiology
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13 articles.
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