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Integron activity accelerates the evolution of antibiotic resistance

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26 de febrero de 2021

Mobile integrons are widespread genetic platforms that allow bacteria to modulate the expression of antibiotic resistance cassettes by shuffling their position from a common promoter. Antibiotic stress induces the expression of an integrase that excises and integrates cassettes, and this unique recombination and expression system is thought to allow bacteria to ‘evolve on demand’ in response to antibiotic pressure. To test this hypothesis, we inserted a custom three-cassette integron into Pseudomonas aeruginosa and used experimental evolution to measure the impact of integrase activity on adaptation to gentamicin. Crucially, integrase activity accelerated evolution by increasing the expression of a gentamicin resistance cassette through duplications and by eliminating redundant cassettes. Importantly, we found no evidence of deleterious off-target effects of integrase activity. In summary, integrons accelerate resistance evolution by rapidly generating combinatorial variation in cassette composition while maintaining genomic integrity




Souque C., Escudero JA. y MacLean RC.




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Participantes:

University of OxfordDepartment of Zoology. University of Oxford.

Universidad ComplutenseServicio de Zoonosis de Transmisión Alimentaria y Resistencia a Antimicrobianos (ZTA). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM).

Universidad ComplutenseDepartamento de Sanidad Animal. Facultad de Veterinaria. Universidad Complutense (UCM).







eLife
FACTOR YEAR Q
8.713 2021

PMID: 33634790

ISSN: 2050-084X



TÍTULO: Integron activity accelerates the evolution of antibiotic resistance


REVISTA: eLife


NUMERACIÓN: 10:e62474


AÑO: 2021


EDITORIAL: ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD


AUTORES: Souque C., Escudero JA. and MacLean RC.


José Antonio Escudero García-Calderón

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62474


CITA ESTA PUBLICACIÓN:

Souque C., Escudero JA. y MacLean RC. Integron activity accelerates the evolution of antibiotic resistance. eLife. 10:e62474. 2021. (A). ISSN: 2050-084X. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.62474


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