Evangelopoulos, D;
Prosser, GA;
Rodgers, A;
Dagg, BM;
Khatri, B;
Ho, MM;
Gutierrez, MG;
... de Carvalho, LPS; + view all
(2019)
Comparative fitness analysis of D-cycloserine resistant mutants reveals both fitness-neutral and high-fitness cost genotypes.
Nature Communications
, 10
, Article 4177. 10.1038/s41467-019-12074-z.
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Abstract
Drug resistant infections represent one of the most challenging medical problems of our time. D-cycloserine is an antibiotic used for six decades without significant appearance and dissemination of antibiotic resistant strains, making it an ideal model compound to understand what drives resistance evasion. We therefore investigated why Mycobacterium tuberculosis fails to become resistant to D-cycloserine. To address this question, we employed a combination of bacterial genetics, genomics, biochemistry and fitness analysis in vitro, in macrophages and in mice. Altogether, our results suggest that the ultra-low rate of emergence of D-cycloserine resistance mutations is the dominant biological factor delaying the appearance of clinical resistance to this antibiotic. Furthermore, we also identified potential compensatory mechanisms able to minimize the severe fitness costs of primary D-cycloserine resistance conferring mutations.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Comparative fitness analysis of D-cycloserine resistant mutants reveals both fitness-neutral and high-fitness cost genotypes |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-12074-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12074-z |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, ALANINED-ALANINE LIGASE, MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT, ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE, SUSCEPTIBILITY, MECHANISMS, EVOLUTION, RACEMASE, DEPLETION, BACTERIA |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Eastman Dental Institute > Microbial Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085369 |
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