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ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2024

Antibiotic influx and efflux in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Regulation and therapeutic implications.

Weiyan Wu, Jiahui Huang, Zeling Xu

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Review in Microbial biotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 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

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Antibiotic resistance mechanisms and global resistance patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in microbial keratitis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  14. Discovery of Novel Molecular Scaffolds to OvercomeInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Mechanisms ofMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026
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  18. UnderstandingMicroorganisms · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Weiyan WuGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiahui HuangGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Zeling XuGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4662-8111

Funding

Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2022A1515010194Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation 2023A1515012775National Natural Science Foundation of China 32100020National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a notorious multidrug-resistant pathogen that poses a serious and growing threat to the worldwide public health. The expression of resistance determinants is exquisitely modulated by the abundant regulatory proteins and the intricate signal sensing and transduction systems in this pathogen. Downregulation of antibiotic influx porin proteins and upregulation of antibiotic efflux pump systems owing to mutational changes in their regulators or the presence of distinct inducing molecular signals represent two of the most efficient mechanisms that restrict intracellular antibiotic accumulation and enable P. aeruginosa to resist multiple antibiotics. Treatment of P. aeruginosa infections is extremely challenging due to the highly inducible mechanism of antibiotic resistance. This review comprehensively summarizes the regulatory networks of the major porin proteins (OprD and OprH) and efflux pumps (MexAB-OprM, MexCD-OprJ, MexEF-OprN, and MexXY) that play critical roles in antibiotic influx and efflux in P. aeruginosa. It also discusses promising therapeutic approaches using safe and efficient adjuvants to enhance the efficacy of conventional antibiotics to combat multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa by controlling the expression levels of porins and efflux pumps. This review not only highlights the complexity of the regulatory network that induces antibiotic resistance in P. aeruginosa but also provides important therapeutic implications in targeting the inducible mechanism of resistance.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialMembrane Transport ProteinsPseudomonas aeruginosaBacterial ProteinsBiological TransportDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansPorinsPseudomonas InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsPorins

Identifiers

PMID38801351
PMCPMC11129675

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