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ArticleJournal of pharmacological sciences2011

Bacitracin upregulates mbrAB transcription via mbrCD to confer bacitracin resistance in Streptococcus mutans.

Yoshikazu Mikami, Naoto Suzuki, Tomihisa Takahashi, Kichibee Otsuka, Hiromasa Tsuda

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Article in Journal of pharmacological sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yoshikazu MikamiDepartment of Anatomy, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.
Naoto Suzuki
Tomihisa Takahashi
Kichibee Otsuka
Hiromasa Tsuda
Nihon University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus mutans is a bacterial cause of dental caries that is resistant to bacitracin. The aim of this study was to elucidate the mbrABCD-related bacitracin resistance mechanism of S. mutans. Transcriptome data demonstrated that the expression levels of 33 genes were induced more than twofold by bacitracin. Fourteen genes were selected from the upregulated genes, and defective mutants of these genes were constructed for measurement of their sensitivity to bacitracin. Among the mutants, only the mbrA- or mbrB-deficient mutants exhibited 100- to 121-fold greater sensitivity to bacitracin when compared with the wild-type strain. Moreover, knockout of the mbrC and mbrD genes abolished the bacitracin-induced mbrAB upregulation. These results suggest that both mbrC and mbrD are required for mbrAB upregulation that confers the bacitracin-resistant phenotype on S. mutans.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacitracinBacterial ProteinsDental CariesDrug Resistance, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, BacterialReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionStreptococcus mutansTranscriptomeUp-RegulationAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacitracinBacterial Proteins

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PMID22027096
PMCPMC7128243
OpenAlexW2030498513

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