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ArticleScientific reports2018

Multidrug resistant pathogens respond differently to the presence of co-pathogen, commensal, probiotic and host cells.

Agnes P Chan, Yongwook Choi, Lauren M Brinkac, Radha Krishnakumar, Jessica DePew, Maria Kim, Mary K Hinkle, Emil P Lesho, Derrick E Fouts

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Agnes P ChanJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States. achan@jcvi.org.
Yongwook ChoiJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States.
Lauren M BrinkacJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States.
Radha KrishnakumarJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States.
Jessica DePewJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States.
Maria KimJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States.
Mary K HinkleMultidrug-resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States.
Emil P LeshoMultidrug-resistant organism Repository and Surveillance Network, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, United States.
Derrick E FoutsJ. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), 9605 Medical Center Drive, Suite 150, Rockville, MD, 20850, United States. dfouts@jcvi.org.

Funding

The J. Craig Venter Institute Genome Center for Infectious DiseasesU19AI110819 · NIAID · J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE, INC. · PI NELSON, KAREN E., NIERMAN, WILLIAM CHARLES · 2014 to 2018
$29.7M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In light of the ongoing antimicrobial resistance crisis, there is a need to understand the role of co-pathogens, commensals, and the local microbiome in modulating virulence and antibiotic resistance. To identify possible interactions that influence the expression of virulence or survival mechanisms in both the multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) and human host cells, unique cohorts of clinical isolates were selected for whole genome sequencing with enhanced assembly and full annotation, pairwise co-culturing, and transcriptome profiling. The MDROs were co-cultured in pairwise combinations either with: (1) another MDRO, (2) skin commensals (Staphylococcus epidermidis and Corynebacterium jeikeium), (3) the common probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri, and (4) human fibroblasts. RNA-Seq analysis showed distinct regulation of virulence and antimicrobial resistance gene responses across different combinations of MDROs, commensals, and human cells. Co-culture assays demonstrated that microbial interactions can modulate gene responses of both the target and pathogen/commensal species, and that the responses are specific to the identity of the pathogen/commensal species. In summary, bacteria have mechanisms to distinguish between friends, foe and host cells. These results provide foundational data and insight into the possibility of manipulating the local microbiome when treating complicated polymicrobial wound, intra-abdominal, or respiratory infections.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHost-Pathogen InteractionsMicrobial InteractionsProbioticsBacteriaCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingHumansMolecular Sequence AnnotationVirulenceWhole Genome Sequencing

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PMID29872152
PMCPMC5988826

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