Mechanism of β-lactam resistance of Staphylococcus aureus , Mechanism of methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus
Mechanism
of β-lactam resistance of Staphylococcus aureus
β-lactamase enzymes
cause resistance of cell to β-lactam antibiotics by inactivating β-lactam
antibiotics. β-lactamase inactivates β-lactam antibiotics by disrupting amide
bond of βlactam ring [5]. Expression of the blaZ gene that is located in
plasmid or transposon and encodes β-lactamase is regulated by blaI and blaRI
that are own regulators. In the lack of β-lactam antibiotic, BlaI that bound to
promoter-operator region repress blaZ gene, blaI-blaRI operon, so transcription
of blaZ is not happen. In the usage in treatment or supplementation of β-lactam
antibiotic to growth media, β-lactam binds to BlaRI that is a β-lactam-sensing
signal transducer, and then, intracellular zinc metalloprotease domain of BlaRI
is separated and cleaves BlaI that is already bound to operator. By this way,
in the presence of β-lactam, blaZ is transcribed to β-lactamase that permits
MRSA to grow by inactivating β-lactam.
(a).
Induction of staphylococcal β-lactamase synthesis in the presence of the
β-lactam antibiotic penicillin. I. The DNA-binding protein BlaI binds to the
operator region, thus repressing RNA transcription from both blaZ and blaR1-blaI. In the absence of penicillin,
β-lactamase is expressed at low levels. II. Binding of penicillin to the
transmembrane sensor-transducer BlaR1 stimulates BlaR1 autocatalytic
activation. III–IV. Active BlaR1 either directly or indirectly (via a second
protein, BlaR2) cleaves BlaI into inactive fragments, allowing transcription of
both blaZ and blaR1-blaI to commence. V–VII. β-Lactamase, the
extracellular enzyme encoded by blaZ (V), hydrolyzes the β-lactam ring of penicillin (VI),
thereby rendering it inactive (VII).
Mechanism
of methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus
(b).
Resistance to
methicillin, oxacillin, and nafcillin that are semisynthetic
β-lactamase-insensitive β-lactams has developed by acquiring of the mecA gene
[5]. MRSA is not only resistant to methicillin, but also resistant to all
β-lactams.
Mechanism of S. aureus resistance to methicillin. Synthesis of PBP2a proceeds
in a fashion similar to that described for β-lactamase. Exposure of MecR1 to a
β-lactam antibiotic induces MecR1 synthesis. MecR1 inactivates MecI, allowing
synthesis of PBP2a. MecI and BlaI have coregulatory effects on the expression
of PBP2a and β-lactamase.
mecA gene expression is
regulated by mecI and mecRI that are own regulators. In the lack of β-lactam
antibiotic, MecI that bound to promoter-operator region repress mecA, and
mecImecRI operon, so transcription of mecA is not happen. In the usage or
supplementation of βlactam antibiotic to growth media, β-lactam binds to MecRI
that is a β-lactam-sensing signal transducer, and then, metallo-protease domain
of MecRI that is placed in cytoplasmic site is separated and cleaves MecI that
is already bound to operator. By this way, mecA is transcribed to PBP2a of
which affinity is low to β-lactams [49]. Low affinity of PBP2a to β-lactams
permits MRSA to grow as a result of peptidoglycan synthesis in the presence of
β-lactams concentrations that can inactivate transpeptidase activity of PBPs.
PBP2a that belongs to PBPs contains transpeptidase domain and
non-penicillin-binding protein.
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