Identification of Efflux Pump Mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Clinical Samples. 2023

Sonia Quddus, and Zainab Liaqat, and Sadiq Azam, and Mahboob Ul Haq, and Sajjad Ahmad, and Metab Alharbi, and Ibrar Khan
Centre of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan.

Efflux pumps are a specialized tool of antibiotic resistance used by Pseudomonas aeruginosa to expel antibiotics. The current study was therefore conducted to examine the expression of MexAB-OprM and MexCD-OprJ efflux pump genes. In this study, 200 samples were collected from Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) and Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) in Peshawar, Pakistan. All the isolates were biochemically identified by an Analytical Profile Index kit and at the molecular level by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) utilizing specific primers for the OprL gene. A total of 26 antibiotics were tested in the current study using the guidelines of the Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) and high-level resistance was shown to amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (89%) and low-level to chloramphenicol (1%) by the isolates. The antibiotic-resistant efflux pump genes MexA, MexB, OprM, MexR, MexC, MexD, OprJ, and NfxB were detected in 178 amoxicillin-clavulanic acid-resistant isolates. Mutations were detected in MexA, MexB, and OprM genes but no mutation was found in the MexR gene as analyzed by I-Mutant software. Statistical analysis determined the association of antibiotics susceptibility patterns by ANOVA: Single Factor p = 0.05. The in silico mutation impact on the protein structure stability was determined via the Dynamut server, which revealed the mutations might increase the structural stability of the mutants. The docking analysis reported that MexA wild protein showed a binding energy value of -6.1 kcal/mol with meropenem and the mexA mutant (E178K) value is -6.5 kcal/mol. The mexB wild and mutant binding energy value was -5.7 kcal/mol and -8.0 kcal/mol, respectively. Efflux pumps provide resistance against a wide range of antibiotics. Determining the molecular mechanisms of resistance in P. aeruginosa regularly will contribute to the efforts against the spread of antibiotic resistance globally.

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