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ArticleNature communications2025

Genetic determinants of pOXA-48 plasmid maintenance and propagation in Escherichia coli.

Yannick Baffert, Nathan Fraikin, Yasmine Makhloufi, Julie Baltenneck, Marie-Eve Val, Annick Dedieu-Berne, Jonathan Degosserie, Bogdan I Iorga, Pierre Bogaerts, Erwan Gueguen and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Yannick BaffertMicrobiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon, France.
Nathan FraikinMicrobiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon, France.
Yasmine MakhloufiMicrobiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon, France.
Julie BaltenneckMicrobiologie Adaptation et Pathogénie (MAP), Université Lyon 1, INSA de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5240, Villeurbanne, France.
Marie-Eve ValInstitut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, CNRS UMR3525, Unité Plasticité du Génome Bactérien, Département Génomes et Génétique, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7097-9072
Annick Dedieu-BerneMicrobiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon, France.
Jonathan DegosserieNamur Molecular Tech, UCLouvain, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8654-4831
Bogdan I IorgaUniversité Paris-Saclay, CNRS UPR 2301, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0392-1350
Pierre BogaertsNational reference center for antimicrobial resistance in Gram negative, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium.
Erwan GueguenMicrobiologie Adaptation et Pathogénie (MAP), Université Lyon 1, INSA de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5240, Villeurbanne, France.
Christian LesterlinMicrobiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-0848
Sarah BigotMicrobiologie Moléculaire et Biochimie Structurale (MMSB), Université Lyon 1, CNRS, Inserm, UMR5086, Lyon, France. sarah.bigot@cnrs.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-6303

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-19CE12-0001Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-22-CE12-0032Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-22-CE35-0017Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (Foundation for Medical Research in France) EQU202103012587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conjugative plasmids are the main drivers of antibiotic resistance dissemination contributing to the emergence and extensive spread of multidrug resistance clinical bacterial pathogens. pOXA-48 plasmids, belonging to the IncL group, emerge as the primary vehicle for carbapenem resistance in Enterobacteriaceae. Despite the problematic prevalence of pOXA-48, most research focus on epidemiology and genomics, leaving gaps in our understanding of the mechanisms behind its propagation. In this study, we use a transposon sequencing approach to identify genetic elements critical for plasmid stability, replication, and conjugative transfer. Our results identify a novel type I toxin-antitoxin system, uncharacterized essential maintenance factors, and components of the type IV secretion system and regulatory elements crucial for conjugation. This study advances our understanding of pOXA-48 biology, providing key insights into the genetic factors underlying its successful maintenance and spread in bacterial populations.

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Escherichia coliPlasmidsConjugation, GeneticDNA Transposable ElementsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialEscherichia coli ProteinsToxin-Antitoxin SystemsType IV Secretion SystemsDNA Transposable ElementsEscherichia coli ProteinsType IV Secretion Systems

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PMID40830342
PMCPMC12365149

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