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ArticlemSystems2021

Genome-Scale Metabolic Models and Machine Learning Reveal Genetic Determinants of Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli and Unravel the Underlying Metabolic Adaptation Mechanisms.

Nicole Pearcy, Yue Hu, Michelle Baker, Alexandre Maciel-Guerra, Ning Xue, Wei Wang, Jasmeet Kaler, Zixin Peng, Fengqin Li, Tania Dottorini

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Article in mSystems, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicole Pearcy *School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Yue Hu *School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Michelle BakerSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Alexandre Maciel-GuerraSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Ning XueSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Wei WangNHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessmentgrid.464207.3, Beijing, China.
Jasmeet KalerSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
Zixin PengNHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessmentgrid.464207.3, Beijing, China.
Fengqin LiNHC Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessmentgrid.464207.3, Beijing, China.
Tania DottoriniSchool of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
University of Nottingham · GBChina National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment · CN

Funding

Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST) 2018YFE0101500UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) 104986
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming one of the largest threats to public health worldwide, with the opportunistic pathogen Escherichia coli playing a major role in the AMR global health crisis. Unravelling the complex interplay between drug resistance and metabolic rewiring is key to understand the ability of bacteria to adapt to new treatments and to the development of new effective solutions to combat resistant infections. We developed a computational pipeline that combines machine learning with genome-scale metabolic models (GSMs) to elucidate the systemic relationships between genetic determinants of resistance and metabolism beyond annotated drug resistance genes. Our approach was used to identify genetic determinants of 12 AMR profiles for the opportunistic pathogenic bacterium E. coli. Then, to interpret the large number of identified genetic determinants, we applied a constraint-based approach using the GSM to predict the effects of genetic changes on growth, metabolite yields, and reaction fluxes. Our computational platform leads to multiple results. First, our approach corroborates 225 known AMR-conferring genes, 35 of which are known for the specific antibiotic. Second, integration with the GSM predicted 20 top-ranked genetic determinants (including

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antimicrobial resistanceEscherichia coligenome-scale metabolic modelmachine learning

Identifiers

PMID34342537
PMCPMC8409726
OpenAlexW3190916927

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