Atypical Genetic Basis of Pyrazinamide Resistance in Monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a widely used antitubercular chemotherapeutic. Typically, PZA resistance (PZA-R) emerges in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with existing resistance to isoniazid and rifampin (i.e., multidrug resistance [MDR]) and is conferred by loss-of-function pncA mutations that inhibit conversion to its active form, pyrazinoic acid (POA). PZA-R departing from this canonical scenario is poorly understood. Here, we genotyped pncA and purported alternative PZA-R genes (panD, rpsA, and clpC1) with long-read sequencing of 19 phenotypically PZA-monoresistant isolates collected in Sweden and compared their phylogenetic and genomic characteristics to a large set of MDR PZA-R (MDRPZA-R) isolates. We report the first association of ClpC1 mutations with PZA-R in clinical isolates, in the ClpC1 promoter (clpC1p-138) and the N terminus of ClpC1 (ClpC1Val63Ala). Mutations have emerged in both these regions under POA selection in vitro, and the N-terminal region of ClpC1 has been implicated further, through its POA-dependent efficacy in PanD proteolysis. ClpC1Val63Ala mutants spanned 4 Indo-Oceanic sublineages. Indo-Oceanic isolates invariably harbored ClpC1Val63Ala and were starkly overrepresented (odds ratio [OR] = 22.2, P < 0.00001) among PZA-monoresistant isolates (11/19) compared to MDRPZA-R isolates (5/80). The genetic basis of Indo-Oceanic isolates' overrepresentation in PZA-monoresistant tuberculosis (TB) remains undetermined, but substantial circumstantial evidence suggests that ClpC1Val63Ala confers low-level PZA resistance. Our findings highlight ClpC1 as potentially clinically relevant for PZA-R and reinforce the importance of genetic background in the trajectory of resistance development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 65(2021), 6 vom: 18. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Modlin, Samuel J [VerfasserIn]
Marbach, Tyler [VerfasserIn]
Werngren, Jim [VerfasserIn]
Mansjö, Mikael [VerfasserIn]
Hoffner, Sven E [VerfasserIn]
Valafar, Faramarz [VerfasserIn]

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2KNI5N06TI
Amidohydrolases
Antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance
Antitubercular Agents
ClpC1
EC 3.5.-
Journal Article
Low-level resistance
Mode of action
Monoresistance
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
PncA
Pyrazinamide
Pyrazinamide resistance
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 16.06.2021

Date Revised 19.11.2021

published: Electronic-Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1128/AAC.01916-20

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322795974