The effect of AmpD on the expression of AmpC β-lactamase and the regulation mechanisms of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase in Yersinia enterocolitica
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2018.06.016
- VernacularTitle: 小肠结肠炎耶尔森菌β-N-乙酰葡萄糖胺酶调控机制及AmpD蛋白对AmpCβ-内酰胺酶表达的作用
- Author:
Jing ZHANG
1
;
Junrong LIANG
;
Ran DUAN
;
Shuai QIN
;
Meng XIAO
;
Huaiqi JING
;
Xin WANG
Author Information
1. National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Yersinia enterocolitica;
Gene knockout techniques;
N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase;
Ampicillin cephalosporinase;
β
-N-acetylglucosaminase
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2018;52(6):653-660
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:In this study, we analyze the regulation mechanisms of the expression of ampD in AmpC β-lactamase and the regulation mechanism of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NagZ) in Yersinia enterocolitica.
Methods:We construct the mutation strains of Yersinia enterocolitica AmpD (AmpD1-3) gene (ampD1-3), Low-Molecular-Mass Penicillin-Binding Proteins (LMM PBPs) gene (pbp4, pbp5a, pbp5b, pbp7), NagZ gene (nagZ), and ampR gene by deleting and complementing genes, and induce them by cefoxitin. We determined the activity of AmpC β-lactamase activity (U) of mutant strains (basal level and induce level) by using cephalothiophene hydrolysis method, the promoter activity of AmpC β-lactamase ((relative light unit (RLU)) was detected by the luxCDABEreporter system, and the activity of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase (nmol/L) was determined by by using 4-nitrophenyl N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminide as the chromogenic substrate.
Results:AmpD1 (Basal level: (3.29±1.58) U; Induced level: (4.08±1.75) U) was the most potent one. The YEΔ5b, YEΔ4Δ5b, YEΔ5aΔ5b and YEΔ5bΔ7 of ampC promoter activity increase significantly, whichYEΔ4Δ5b is the highest one (Basal level: (106 903.16±61 910.61) RLU; Induced level: (205 427.45±45 352.17) RLU). The YEΔ4Δ5bΔ7 of ampC promoter activity is the highest among triple mutant strain (Basal level: (304 108.04±99 274.53) RLU; Induced level: (531 440.21±68 891.02) RLU). Quadruple deletion strain YEΔ4Δ5aΔ5bΔ7 have the highest ampC promoter activity (Basal level: (1 013 810.99±260 955.96) RLU; Induced level: (1 230 214.59±205 526.79) RLU). After the deletion of nagZ gene, there is no significant change in β-lactamase activity of YEΔD1D2D3ΔZ, while β-lactamase activity of YEΔ4Δ5aΔ5bΔ7ΔZ shows a significant decrease (Basal level: (0.30±0.20) U; Induced level: (0.29±0.21) U), which basically drops to the wild strain level.
Conclusion:This is the first report of ampC multi-step upregulation mechanism driven by three AmpD homologues in Yersinia enterocolitica. The AmpC regulation mode with the function of single PBP4, PBP5a or PBP7 is relatively low, which work in coordination with PBP5b. Yersinia enterocolitica have both NagZ-depend and NagZ-independent mechanisms for β-lactamase expression.
