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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2022

Transcriptomic Responses and Survival Mechanisms of Staphylococci to the Antimicrobial Skin Lipid Sphingosine.

Yiyun Chen, Josephine C Moran, Stuart Campbell-Lee, Malcolm J Horsburgh

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yiyun Chen *Staphylococcus Research Group, Institute of Infection Biology, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Josephine C Moran *Staphylococcus Research Group, Institute of Infection Biology, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Stuart Campbell-LeeStaphylococcus Research Group, Institute of Infection Biology, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Malcolm J HorsburghStaphylococcus Research Group, Institute of Infection Biology, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3806-0039
University of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D003563/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L023040/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sphingosines are antimicrobial lipids that form part of the innate barrier to skin colonization by microbes. Sphingosine deficiencies can result in increased epithelial infections by bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus. Recent studies have focused on the potential use of sphingosine resistance or its potential mechanisms. We used RNA-Seq to identify the common d-sphingosine transcriptomic response of the transient skin colonizer S. aureus and the dominant skin coloniser S. epidermidis. A common d-sphingosine stimulon was identified that included downregulation of the SaeSR two-component system (TCS) regulon and upregulation of both the VraSR TCS and CtsR stress regulons. We show that the PstSCAB phosphate transporter, and VraSR offer intrinsic resistance to d-sphingosine. Further, we demonstrate increased sphingosine resistance in these staphylococci evolves readily through mutations in genes encoding the FarE-FarR efflux/regulator proteins. The ease of selecting mutants with resistance to sphingosine may impact upon staphylococcal colonization of skin where the lipid is present and have implications with topical therapeutic applications.

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Staphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsHumansLipidsSphingosineStaphylococcusTranscriptomeAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsLipidsSphingosinedrug resistance evolutionresistanceskinStaphylococcus

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PMID34902269
PMCPMC8846397
OpenAlexW4220843068

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