Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains

The increasing ineffectiveness of traditional antibiotics and the rise of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria have necessitated the revival of bacteriophage (phage) therapy. However, bacteria might also evolve resistance against phages. Phages and their bacterial hosts coexist in nature, resulting in...

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Autores principales: Sarshad Koderi Valappil, Prateek Shetty, Zoltán Deim, Gabriella Terhes, Edit Urbán, Sándor Váczi, Roland Patai, Tamás Polgár, Botond Zsombor Pertics, György Schneider, Tamás Kovács, Gábor Rákhely
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:972bd7a2e05c463dbeb7a8f041c1776c2021-12-02T11:40:46ZSurvival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains1664-302X10.3389/fmicb.2021.783722https://doaj.org/article/972bd7a2e05c463dbeb7a8f041c1776c2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.783722/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-302XThe increasing ineffectiveness of traditional antibiotics and the rise of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria have necessitated the revival of bacteriophage (phage) therapy. However, bacteria might also evolve resistance against phages. Phages and their bacterial hosts coexist in nature, resulting in a continuous coevolutionary competition for survival. We have isolated several clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and phages that infect them. Among these, the PIAS (Phage Induced Antibiotic Sensitivity) phage belonging to the Myoviridae family can induce multistep genomic deletion in drug-resistant clinical strains of P. aeruginosa, producing a compromised drug efflux system in the bacterial host. We identified two types of mutant lines in the process: green mutants with SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and smaller deletions and brown mutants with large (∼250 kbp) genomic deletion. We demonstrated that PIAS used the MexXY-OprM system to initiate the infection. P. aeruginosa clogged PIAS phage infection by either modifying or deleting these receptors. The green mutant gaining phage resistance by SNPs could be overcome by evolved PIASs (E-PIASs) with a mutation in its tail-fiber protein. Characterization of the mutant phages will provide a deeper understanding of phage-host interaction. The coevolutionary process continued with large deletions in the same regions of the bacterial genomes to block the (E-)PIAS infection. These mutants gained phage resistance via either complete loss or substantial modifications of the phage receptor, MexXY-OprM, negating its essential role in antibiotic resistance. In vitro and in vivo studies indicated that combined use of PIAS and antibiotics could effectively inhibit P. aeruginosa growth. The phage can either eradicate bacteria or induce antibiotic sensitivity in MDR-resistant clinical strains. We have explored the potential use of combination therapy as an alternative approach against MDR P. aeruginosa infection.Sarshad Koderi ValappilPrateek ShettyPrateek ShettyZoltán DeimGabriella TerhesEdit UrbánSándor VácziRoland PataiTamás PolgárTamás PolgárBotond Zsombor PerticsGyörgy SchneiderTamás KovácsTamás KovácsGábor RákhelyGábor RákhelyFrontiers Media S.A.articlebacteriophage therapycombined treatmentphage resistancephage-provoked sequential genomic mutation/deletionMexXY-OprM efflux systemMicrobiologyQR1-502ENFrontiers in Microbiology, Vol 12 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
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topic bacteriophage therapy
combined treatment
phage resistance
phage-provoked sequential genomic mutation/deletion
MexXY-OprM efflux system
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle bacteriophage therapy
combined treatment
phage resistance
phage-provoked sequential genomic mutation/deletion
MexXY-OprM efflux system
Microbiology
QR1-502
Sarshad Koderi Valappil
Prateek Shetty
Prateek Shetty
Zoltán Deim
Gabriella Terhes
Edit Urbán
Sándor Váczi
Roland Patai
Tamás Polgár
Tamás Polgár
Botond Zsombor Pertics
György Schneider
Tamás Kovács
Tamás Kovács
Gábor Rákhely
Gábor Rákhely
Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains
description The increasing ineffectiveness of traditional antibiotics and the rise of multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria have necessitated the revival of bacteriophage (phage) therapy. However, bacteria might also evolve resistance against phages. Phages and their bacterial hosts coexist in nature, resulting in a continuous coevolutionary competition for survival. We have isolated several clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and phages that infect them. Among these, the PIAS (Phage Induced Antibiotic Sensitivity) phage belonging to the Myoviridae family can induce multistep genomic deletion in drug-resistant clinical strains of P. aeruginosa, producing a compromised drug efflux system in the bacterial host. We identified two types of mutant lines in the process: green mutants with SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and smaller deletions and brown mutants with large (∼250 kbp) genomic deletion. We demonstrated that PIAS used the MexXY-OprM system to initiate the infection. P. aeruginosa clogged PIAS phage infection by either modifying or deleting these receptors. The green mutant gaining phage resistance by SNPs could be overcome by evolved PIASs (E-PIASs) with a mutation in its tail-fiber protein. Characterization of the mutant phages will provide a deeper understanding of phage-host interaction. The coevolutionary process continued with large deletions in the same regions of the bacterial genomes to block the (E-)PIAS infection. These mutants gained phage resistance via either complete loss or substantial modifications of the phage receptor, MexXY-OprM, negating its essential role in antibiotic resistance. In vitro and in vivo studies indicated that combined use of PIAS and antibiotics could effectively inhibit P. aeruginosa growth. The phage can either eradicate bacteria or induce antibiotic sensitivity in MDR-resistant clinical strains. We have explored the potential use of combination therapy as an alternative approach against MDR P. aeruginosa infection.
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author Sarshad Koderi Valappil
Prateek Shetty
Prateek Shetty
Zoltán Deim
Gabriella Terhes
Edit Urbán
Sándor Váczi
Roland Patai
Tamás Polgár
Tamás Polgár
Botond Zsombor Pertics
György Schneider
Tamás Kovács
Tamás Kovács
Gábor Rákhely
Gábor Rákhely
author_facet Sarshad Koderi Valappil
Prateek Shetty
Prateek Shetty
Zoltán Deim
Gabriella Terhes
Edit Urbán
Sándor Váczi
Roland Patai
Tamás Polgár
Tamás Polgár
Botond Zsombor Pertics
György Schneider
Tamás Kovács
Tamás Kovács
Gábor Rákhely
Gábor Rákhely
author_sort Sarshad Koderi Valappil
title Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains
title_short Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains
title_full Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains
title_fullStr Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains
title_full_unstemmed Survival Comes at a Cost: A Coevolution of Phage and Its Host Leads to Phage Resistance and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Multidrug Resistant Strains
title_sort survival comes at a cost: a coevolution of phage and its host leads to phage resistance and antibiotic sensitivity of pseudomonas aeruginosa multidrug resistant strains
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/972bd7a2e05c463dbeb7a8f041c1776c
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