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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1992 July; 36(7): 1504-1513

Molecular basis of the non-beta-lactamase-mediated resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in strains of Haemophilus influenzae isolated in Canada.

N Clairoux, M Picard, A Brochu, N Rousseau, P Gourde, D Beauchamp, T R Parr Jr, M G Bergeron and F Malouin

Département de Microbiologie, Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada.

ABSTRACT

A study recently conducted across Canada showed that 64 of 2,503 clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae were resistant to beta-lactams without production of a beta-lactamase (L. D. Tremblay, J. L'Ecuyer, P. Provencher, M. G. Bergeron, and Canadian Study Group, Can. Med. Assoc. J. 143:895-900, 1990). The beta-lactamase-negative strains formed three distinct groups, with ampicillin MICs of 0.5 to 1, 2 to 4, and greater than or equal to 8 micrograms/ml for groups I, II, and III, respectively. We have investigated the mechanisms of resistance for eight strains originating from different infections and geographic areas. These strains were representative of groups I to III. Five strains were nontypeable, two were type B, and one was non-B. Chromosomal DNA extracted from each strain was used to transform the laboratory strain Rd. Transformants were selected on beta-lactam-containing plates and showed the same level of resistance to ampicillin as the donor strains. Differences in outer membrane proteins, porins, and lipopolysaccharide profiles on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) did not change with resistance. Functional analyses of purified porins in artificial lipid bilayer experiments did not explain resistance. Peptidoglycan synthesis was measured by incorporation of [14C]alanine into trichloroacetic acid-insoluble cell wall material in the presence of chloramphenicol. The growth rate and the rate of peptidoglycan synthesis observed for the transformants of the isogenic set did not correlate with resistance. Whole-cell labeling with 125I-penicillin revealed modifications in penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) among the transformants. In particular, PBPs 3A and 3B (65 and 63 kDa, respectively) showed a decrease in affinity for beta-lactams in all transformants (groups I, II, and III) and correlated with an increased MIC except in the transformant of group III, which showed higher levels of resistance. Partial purification and proteolytic digestion of 125I-penicillin-labeled PBP 3B led to two types of CnBr peptide profiles on SDS-PAGE, the profiles of the transformed strains from groups I and II being different from those of the control group and group III. Finally, electron microscopy revealed a distinct cell filamentation for the group III transformants. These data clearly indicate that changes in PBPs are a common mechanism that results in a significant level of non-beta-lactamase-mediated beta-lactam resistance in H. influenzae despite serotype, origin of isolation, or geographic distribution.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1992 July; 36(7): 1504-1513




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