Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study was to elucidate the collateral effects associated with OXA-23 overexpression on the Acinetobacter baumannii global transcriptome. Results: Besides the 99.73-fold increase in blaOXA-23 transcript upon IPTG induction, no other transcripts showed more than a 2-fold change compared to the wildtype control. This suggests that OXA-23 over expression to levels similarly observed in multi drug resistant A. baumannii clinical isolates does not effect the transcriptome.
Project description:Purpose: We performed RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis to investigate the role of ZCCHC4 in regulating OXA-induced genes in HepG2 cells. The goal of this study is to investigate the biological effect of ZCCHC4 in HCC progression and prognosis, and we have found that ZCCHC4 could promote chmoresistance of HCC to DNA damage agents including OXA, we conducted RNA-seq to figure out more clues for deep mechanisms.
Project description:The spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) is emerging as a significant clinical concern in tertiary hospitals and in particular, long-term care facilities with deficiencies in infection control. This study aims to evaluate an advanced matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (A-MALDI) method for the identification of carbapenemases and further discrimination of their subtypes in clinical isolates. The A-MALDI method was employed to detect CPE target proteins. Enhancements were made to improve detectability and mass accuracy through the optimization of MALDI-TOF settings and internal mass calibration. A total of 581 clinical isolates were analyzed, including 469 CPE isolates (388 KPC, 51 NDM, 40 OXA, and 2 GES) and 112 carbapenemase-negative isolates. Clinical evaluation of the A-MALDI demonstrated 100% accuracy and precision in identifying all the collected CPE isolates. Additionally, A-MALDI successfully discriminated individual carbapenemase subtypes (KPC-2 or KPC-3/4; OXA-48 or OXA-181 or OXA-232; GES-5 or GES-24) and also differentiated co-producing carbapenemase strains (KPC & NDM; KPC & OXA; KPC & GES; NDM & OXA), attributed to its high mass accuracy and simultaneous detection capability. A-MALDI is considered a valuable diagnostic tool for accurately identifying CPE and carbapenemase’s subtypes in clinical isolates. It may also aid in selecting appropriate antibiotics for each carbapenemase subtype. Ultimately, we expect that the A-MALDI method will contribute to preventing the spread of antibiotic resistance and improving human public health.
Project description:In the present study, we investigated miRNA expression changes caused by aquired chemoresistance to 5-FU or Oxa. 40 and 14 miRNAs were detected as differentially expressed in 5-fluouracil- and oxaliplatin-resistant colorectal HCT116 sublines, respectively. Differentially expressed miRNAs determined in the present study could be applied for further development of diagnostic and therapeutic applications for colorectal cancer carcinoma resistant to 5-FU or Oxa.
Project description:The crystal structure of the class D β-lactamase OXA-436 was solved to a resolution of 1.80 Å. Higher catalytic rates were found at higher temperatures for the clinically important antibiotic imipenem, indicating better adaptation of OXA-436 to its mesophilic host than OXA-48, which is believed to originate from an environmental source. Furthermore, based on the most populated conformations during 100 ns molecular-dynamics simulations, it is postulated that the modulation of activity involves conformational shifts of the α3-α4 and β5-β6 loops. While these changes overall do not cause clinically significant shifts in the resistance profile, they show that antibiotic-resistance enzymes exist in a continuum. It is believed that these seemingly neutral differences in the sequence exist on a path leading to significant changes in substrate selectivity.