Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay

Abstract Biocides such as quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are potentially important contributors towards bacterial antimicrobial resistance development, however, their contributions are unclear due to a lack of internationally recognized biocide testing standards. Methods to detect QAC toleranc...

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Autores principales: Branden S. J. Gregorchuk, Shelby L. Reimer, Daniel R. Beniac, Shannon L. Hiebert, Timothy F. Booth, Michelle Wuzinski, Brielle E. Funk, Kieran A. Milner, Nicola H. Cartwright, Ali N. Doucet, Michael R. Mulvey, Mazdak Khajehpour, George G. Zhanel, Denice C. Bay
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fec3e9dcd54c4ed3ab03bc9c3e187c7a2021-12-02T16:08:37ZAntiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay10.1038/s41598-020-77446-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/fec3e9dcd54c4ed3ab03bc9c3e187c7a2020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77446-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Biocides such as quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are potentially important contributors towards bacterial antimicrobial resistance development, however, their contributions are unclear due to a lack of internationally recognized biocide testing standards. Methods to detect QAC tolerance are limited to laborious traditional antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) methods. Here, we developed a rapid fluorescent dye-based membrane impermeant assay (RFDMIA) to discriminate QAC susceptibility among Gram-negative Enterobacterales and Pseudomonadales species. RFDMIA uses a membrane impermeant fluorescent dye, propidium iodide, in a 30-min 96-well fluorescent microplate-based assay where cell suspensions are exposed to increasing QAC concentrations. Our results demonstrate that RFDMIA can discriminate between QAC-susceptible and QAC-adapted Escherichia coli tolerant phenotypes and predict benzalkonium and cetrimide tolerance in all species tested except for intrinsically fluorescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa. RFDMIA identified a close association to minimum inhibitory concentration values determined by broth microdilution AST and increasing fluorescent dye emission values. RFDMIA emission values and scanning electron microscopy results also suggest that CET-adapted E. coli isolates have a CET dependence, where cells require sub-inhibitory CET concentrations to maintain bacilliform cell integrity. Overall, this study generates a new, rapid, sensitive fluorescent assay capable of detecting QAC-susceptible Gram-negative bacteria phenotypes and cell membrane perturbations.Branden S. J. GregorchukShelby L. ReimerDaniel R. BeniacShannon L. HiebertTimothy F. BoothMichelle WuzinskiBrielle E. FunkKieran A. MilnerNicola H. CartwrightAli N. DoucetMichael R. MulveyMazdak KhajehpourGeorge G. ZhanelDenice C. BayNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
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Branden S. J. Gregorchuk
Shelby L. Reimer
Daniel R. Beniac
Shannon L. Hiebert
Timothy F. Booth
Michelle Wuzinski
Brielle E. Funk
Kieran A. Milner
Nicola H. Cartwright
Ali N. Doucet
Michael R. Mulvey
Mazdak Khajehpour
George G. Zhanel
Denice C. Bay
Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
description Abstract Biocides such as quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are potentially important contributors towards bacterial antimicrobial resistance development, however, their contributions are unclear due to a lack of internationally recognized biocide testing standards. Methods to detect QAC tolerance are limited to laborious traditional antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) methods. Here, we developed a rapid fluorescent dye-based membrane impermeant assay (RFDMIA) to discriminate QAC susceptibility among Gram-negative Enterobacterales and Pseudomonadales species. RFDMIA uses a membrane impermeant fluorescent dye, propidium iodide, in a 30-min 96-well fluorescent microplate-based assay where cell suspensions are exposed to increasing QAC concentrations. Our results demonstrate that RFDMIA can discriminate between QAC-susceptible and QAC-adapted Escherichia coli tolerant phenotypes and predict benzalkonium and cetrimide tolerance in all species tested except for intrinsically fluorescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa. RFDMIA identified a close association to minimum inhibitory concentration values determined by broth microdilution AST and increasing fluorescent dye emission values. RFDMIA emission values and scanning electron microscopy results also suggest that CET-adapted E. coli isolates have a CET dependence, where cells require sub-inhibitory CET concentrations to maintain bacilliform cell integrity. Overall, this study generates a new, rapid, sensitive fluorescent assay capable of detecting QAC-susceptible Gram-negative bacteria phenotypes and cell membrane perturbations.
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author Branden S. J. Gregorchuk
Shelby L. Reimer
Daniel R. Beniac
Shannon L. Hiebert
Timothy F. Booth
Michelle Wuzinski
Brielle E. Funk
Kieran A. Milner
Nicola H. Cartwright
Ali N. Doucet
Michael R. Mulvey
Mazdak Khajehpour
George G. Zhanel
Denice C. Bay
author_facet Branden S. J. Gregorchuk
Shelby L. Reimer
Daniel R. Beniac
Shannon L. Hiebert
Timothy F. Booth
Michelle Wuzinski
Brielle E. Funk
Kieran A. Milner
Nicola H. Cartwright
Ali N. Doucet
Michael R. Mulvey
Mazdak Khajehpour
George G. Zhanel
Denice C. Bay
author_sort Branden S. J. Gregorchuk
title Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
title_short Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
title_full Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
title_fullStr Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
title_full_unstemmed Antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
title_sort antiseptic quaternary ammonium compound tolerance by gram-negative bacteria can be rapidly detected using an impermeant fluorescent dye-based assay
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/fec3e9dcd54c4ed3ab03bc9c3e187c7a
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