International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 26(8), P. 3779 - 3779
Published: April 17, 2025
The emergence of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains poses serious challenges to global control, highlighting the urgent need elucidate mechanisms underlying multidrug resistance. In this study, we screened for spontaneous bortezomib (BTZ)-resistant smegmatis (Msm) mutants identified a strain, Msm-R1-2, exhibiting 16- 64-fold increases in minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) BTZ linezolid (LZD), respectively, compared parental strain. Whole-genome sequencing revealed resistance-associated mutations two functionally distinct genes: MSMEG_1380, encoding transcriptional regulator involved efflux pump expression, MSMEG_0965, porin protein. CRISPR-Cpf1-assisted gene knockout editing experiments confirmed that single either MSMEG_1380 or MSMEG_0965 caused low-level resistance (4-fold MIC increase) LZD, while dual conferred levels comparable with MICs respectively. An ethidium bromide accumulation assay demonstrated reduce cell wall permeability, contributing Furthermore, quantitative real-time PCR showed upregulate mmpS5-mmpL5 system. Together, these function synergistically: restricted drug entry combined enhanced confers robust These findings provide novel insights into evolutionary mycobacteria.
Language: Английский