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Entre as ß-lactamases, as enzimas CTX-M têm despertado atenção especial pela alta incidência e grande capacidade de propagação. Eventos como recombinação gênica, transferência plasmideal e multirresistência podem ser a razão da manutenção e da ampla disseminação dos genes blaCTX-M. Este é um trabalho retrospectivo que teve como objetivo caracterizar genes blaCTX-M presentes em Klebsiella spp. Foram estudadas 27 linhagens de Klebsiella pneumoniae e 8 linhagens de Klebsiella oxytoca, produtoras de ?-lactamase de espectro estendido, isoladas de pacientes hospitalizados no período de janeiro a junho de 2000. A detecção e identificação dos genes blaCTX-M, assim como dos elementos relacionados com a mobilização destes genes, foi realizada por PCR e seqüenciamento. A localização genética e a mobilidade dos genes blaCTX-M foram pesquisadas por análise plasmideal e hibridação e por conjugação. Os perfis de sensibilidade das linhagens estudadas e das linhagens transconjugantes foram comparados pela determinação da concentração inibitória mínima de antibióticos das classes das cefalosporinas, cefamicinas, aminoglicosídeos e quinolonas. Foram encontrados genes blaCTX-M em plasmídeos conjugativos em 13 (37%) linhagens estudadas: blaCTX-M-9 em 4 K. oxytoca, e blaCTX-M-2 em 9 K. pneumoniae. Os genes blaCTX-M-9 estavam associados ao elemento de inserção ISEcp1, enquanto os genes blaCTX-M-2 estavam associados a integrons de classe I contendo ISCR1. O genes blaCTX-M-2, carreado por plasmídeo, pode estar relacionado com disseminação horizontal entre vários clones de K. pneumoniae, enquanto o gene blaCTX-M-9 foi encontrado sendo carreado por um único clone de K. oxytoca. Este estudo determinou a incidência e a diversidade de enzimas CTX-M no período estudado, além de fornecer dados epidemiológicos que podem explicar a sua prevalência no mundo e contribuir para o entendimento e controle da disseminação deste tipo de resistência. / CTX-M enzymes, the world\'s most prevalent ß-lactamases disseminate very easily. Genetic recombination, plasmid transference and multiresistance could be responsible for the wide spread of blaCTM-X genes. This retrospective study aims to characterize blaCTX-M genes found in Klebsiella spp. The strains were isolated in hospital patients from January to June 2000 and consisted of 27 ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and 8 ESBL-producing Klebsiella oxytoca. PCR and sequencing were used in the detection and identification of blaCTX-M genes and genetic elements associated with their mobilization. Determination of genetic localization and mobility of blaCTX-M genes was by plasmid analyses, hybridization and transfer assays. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of cephalosporins, cefamicins, aminoglycosides and quinolone antimicrobials evaluated the antibiotic susceptibility profile of transconjugants and strains in the study. The blaCTX-M genes were found in 13 strains (37%): blaCTX-M-9 in 4 K. oxytoca and blaCTX-M-2 in 9 K. pneumoniae. The insertion sequence ISEcp1 was associated with blaCTX-M-9 and blaCTX-M-2 was found in a class I integron bearing ISCR1. Plasmid blaCTX-M-2 genes dissemination was due to horizontal transfer among many K. pneumoniae clones, while blaCTX-M-9 dissemination was associated with a particular clone of K. oxytoca. The study characterized incidence and diversity of CTX-M enzymes during the period studied. Moreover it showed epidemiological data, which may explain CTX-M prevalence worldwide and contribute for the understanding and control of the resistance spread.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2007. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references.

Entre as ß-lactamases, as enzimas CTX-M têm despertado atenção especial pela alta incidência e grande capacidade de propagação. Eventos como recombinação gênica, transferência plasmideal e multirresistência podem ser a razão da manutenção e da ampla disseminação dos genes blaCTX-M. Este é um trabalho retrospectivo que teve como objetivo caracterizar genes blaCTX-M presentes em Klebsiella spp. Foram estudadas 27 linhagens de Klebsiella pneumoniae e 8 linhagens de Klebsiella oxytoca, produtoras de ?-lactamase de espectro estendido, isoladas de pacientes hospitalizados no período de janeiro a junho de 2000. A detecção e identificação dos genes blaCTX-M, assim como dos elementos relacionados com a mobilização destes genes, foi realizada por PCR e seqüenciamento. A localização genética e a mobilidade dos genes blaCTX-M foram pesquisadas por análise plasmideal e hibridação e por conjugação. Os perfis de sensibilidade das linhagens estudadas e das linhagens transconjugantes foram comparados pela determinação da concentração inibitória mínima de antibióticos das classes das cefalosporinas, cefamicinas, aminoglicosídeos e quinolonas. Foram encontrados genes blaCTX-M em plasmídeos conjugativos em 13 (37%) linhagens estudadas: blaCTX-M-9 em 4 K. oxytoca, e blaCTX-M-2 em 9 K. pneumoniae. Os genes blaCTX-M-9 estavam associados ao elemento de inserção ISEcp1, enquanto os genes blaCTX-M-2 estavam associados a integrons de classe I contendo ISCR1. O genes blaCTX-M-2, carreado por plasmídeo, pode estar relacionado com disseminação horizontal entre vários clones de K. pneumoniae, enquanto o gene blaCTX-M-9 foi encontrado sendo carreado por um único clone de K. oxytoca. Este estudo determinou a incidência e a diversidade de enzimas CTX-M no período estudado, além de fornecer dados epidemiológicos que podem explicar a sua prevalência no mundo e contribuir para o entendimento e controle da disseminação deste tipo de resistência. / CTX-M enzymes, the world\'s most prevalent ß-lactamases disseminate very easily. Genetic recombination, plasmid transference and multiresistance could be responsible for the wide spread of blaCTM-X genes. This retrospective study aims to characterize blaCTX-M genes found in Klebsiella spp. The strains were isolated in hospital patients from January to June 2000 and consisted of 27 ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and 8 ESBL-producing Klebsiella oxytoca. PCR and sequencing were used in the detection and identification of blaCTX-M genes and genetic elements associated with their mobilization. Determination of genetic localization and mobility of blaCTX-M genes was by plasmid analyses, hybridization and transfer assays. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of cephalosporins, cefamicins, aminoglycosides and quinolone antimicrobials evaluated the antibiotic susceptibility profile of transconjugants and strains in the study. The blaCTX-M genes were found in 13 strains (37%): blaCTX-M-9 in 4 K. oxytoca and blaCTX-M-2 in 9 K. pneumoniae. The insertion sequence ISEcp1 was associated with blaCTX-M-9 and blaCTX-M-2 was found in a class I integron bearing ISCR1. Plasmid blaCTX-M-2 genes dissemination was due to horizontal transfer among many K. pneumoniae clones, while blaCTX-M-9 dissemination was associated with a particular clone of K. oxytoca. The study characterized incidence and diversity of CTX-M enzymes during the period studied. Moreover it showed epidemiological data, which may explain CTX-M prevalence worldwide and contribute for the understanding and control of the resistance spread.

La propagation de bactéries à Gram négatif multirésistantes aux antibiotiques représente un problème de santé publique majeur urgent à résoudre car le risque d’un retour à l’ère pré-antibiotique est réel. Parmi les modes de résistance existant, la production de métallo-B-lactamases (MBLs) responsables de l’inactivation des B-lactamines, la famille d’antibiotiques la plus utilisée, représente un challenge thérapeutique.Les travaux décrits dans ce manuscrit concernent la synthèse, la caractérisation et l’évaluation biologique de composés construits autour d’un cœur 2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione substitués en deux positions. En se basant sur des études de criblage in silico et des études cristallographiques ayant permis d’identifier ce noyau comme un bon candidat dans le développement d’inhibiteurs de MBLs, la synthèse de différentes séries d’analogues a été entreprise afin d’identifier de nouveaux inhibiteurs pouvant potentiellement atteindre les tests cliniques.Dans un premier temps, une série de composés 4-amino-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione substitués en position 5 a été préparée en suivant des voies de synthèse classiques. Différentes séries ont ensuite été développées en introduisant une diversité structurale et fonctionnelle en position 4. Ces composés ont ensuite été testés sur des enzymes représentatives des 3 sous-classes de MBLs et les plus intéressants ont été évalués sur bactéries résistantes recombinantes.Afin de réaliser une évaluation rapide des produits synthétisés au sein du laboratoire, une méthode de criblage à moyen débit en plaque 96 puits sur cinq MBLs représentatives a été mise au point et validée grâce à l’appui de nos collaborateurs spécialistes des MBLs. / The spread of multiresistant Gram negative bacteria is a growing threat to public health and the risk of return to the pre-antibiotic era is real. Among existing resistance modes, the production of metallo-B-lactamases (MBLs) responsible of the inactivation of B-lactams, the most used family of antibiotics, represents a therapeutical challenge.This manuscript describes the synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of compounds built on a 2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thione scaffold substituted on two positions. Based on previous in silico screening and crystallographic studies, which identified this structure as a good candidate for MBLs inhibition, several series have been developed to found new inhibitors that could potentially be amenable to clinical development.First, 1,2,4-triazole-3-thione compounds substituted at position 5 have been prepared following classical pathways. Then, several series have been developed where the structural and functional diversity was introduced at position 4. Compounds have been tested on representative MBLs of the three sub-classes and the most interesting ones on recombinant resistant bacteria.To perform a rapid screening of compounds in the laboratory, a method of medium throughput screening inhibition tests on five MBLs performed in 96-wells plate has also been developed and validated during this study with the help of our collaborators specialists of MBLs

OBJETIVO: Establecer la contribución de los integrones de clase 1 a la resistencia antibiótica en aislados clínicos de enterobacterias de dos contextos epidemiológicos: zoonosis por Salmonella enterica e infección por Klebsiella pneumoniae resistente a amoxicilina/clavulánico (ACL) adquirida en un centro sociosanitario. AISLADOS: Se estudiaron (a) 92 aislados humanos de Salmonella enterica serotipo Typhimurium (ST) recuperados entre 2004 y 2006 en el laboratorio de microbiología del Hospital Verge de la Cinta de Tortosa (35 aislados adicionales de una colección de 2000-2001 para estudios de epidemiología molecular) y 382 aislados de S. enterica de otros serotipos (SNT) recuperados en ese laboratorio en 2001 y entre 2004 y 2009 (b) 45 aislados de K. pneumoniae resistentes a ACL y sensibles a cefazolina y dos resistentes a ACL con fenotipo sugestivo de AmpC plasmídica y resistencia transferible a quinolonas recuperados entre 2006 y 2008 de muestras clínicas de pacientes de un centro sociosanitario de la región sanitaria Terres de l’Ebre. RESULTADOS: (a) Salmonella enterica: El 77,2% de los aislados de ST y el 16,5% de los de SNT fueron resistentes a más de dos familias de antibióticos (MDR). El 3,3% de los aislados de ST y el 41% de los de SNT fueron resistentes a ácido nalidíxico y sólo se constató resistencia a ciprofloxacino en tres aislados de S. Kentucky. Las β-lactamasas presentes en los aislados de ST resistentes a amoxicilina (60,9%) fueron OXA-1 (52%), TEM-1 (32%) y PSE-1 (18,7%) y en los aislados resistentes de SNT (24,3%) TEM-1 (90,3%), CTX-M-9 (1 aislado de S. Virchow y 1 aislado de S. Grumpensis qnrA1 positivo), CTX-M-15 (1 aislado de S. Kapemba) y DHA-1 (1 aislado de S. Newport qnrB4 positivo); ésta es la primera descripción de β-lactamasas de espectro extendido en S. Kapemba y S. Grumpensis. 56 aislados de ST y 35 de SNT, todos excepto uno MDR, poseían integrones de clase 1. En ST los aislados predominantes fueron los que albergaban el integrón de región variable (RV) blaOXA-1-aadA1, cuya frecuencia superaba la registrada para el conjunto de España, seguidos de los aislados con el perfil de integrones aadA2 + blaPSE-1 típico de la presencia de SGI1; la mayoría de aislados con uno u otro perfil de integrones estaban relacionados clonalmente. En SNT se identificaron 11 tipos de integrones en 15 serotipos distintos (incluidos S. Kapemba, S. Mikawasima y S. ser [9,12:Iv:i:-] en los que no se habían descrito previamente), siendo los de RV dfrA1-aadA1, dfrA17-aadA5 y dfrA12-orf-aadA2 los presentes en mayor número de serotipos; en los dos aislados blaCTX-M-9 positivos, este gen estaba ubicado en un integrón complejo cuya RV 1 fue dfrA16-aadA2 en S. Virchow y aadB-aadA2 en S. Grumpnesis. Se detectaron dos variantes de integrones atípicos asociados a sul3: dfrA12-orF-aadA2-cmlA-aad1 (5 aislados de ST y 4 de S. Enteritidis) y estX-psp (2 S. Grumpensis). Este último integrón y el de RV aadA13-sat, también identificado en S. Grumpensis, no se habían descrito anteriormente en S. enterica. (b) Klebsiella pneumoniae centro socio-sanitario: Todos los aislados resistentes a ACL y sensibles a cefazolina producían una penicilinasa resistente a inhibidores, IRT-11 (n=19) u OXA-1 (n=26). Los aislados productores de IRT-11 se agrupaban en tres clones y sólo uno portaba un integrón de clase 1 (RV dfrA12-orf-aadA2); este es el segundo caso comunicado de brote nosocomial por producción de un enzima IRT. Todos los aislados productores de OXA-1 eran MDR y 23 de ellos acarreaban un integrón de clase 1, transferible por conjugación y asociado a qnrS2, de RV [aac (6’)-1b-cr- blaOXA1-catB3-arr3], que en tres aislados era defectivo en 3’. Los aislados se agrupaban en tres clones diferentes según poseyesen integrones de clase 1 convencionales, defectivos o no presentaran integrones. Un integrón de idéntica RV y vinculado a blaDHA-1 y qnrB4 en un integrón complejo de nueva estructura (Genbank GU906294) muy semejante a In37 y del que se diferenciaba por haber sufrido la deleción, por la inserción de IS26, de la región comprendida entre la primera copia de 3’CS y qnrB4, se detectó en otros dos aislados MDR de K. pneumoniae, indistinguibles genéticamente y qnrS2 positivos. / The aim of this work was to assess the contribution of class 1 integrons to antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae of human origin from two epidemiological settings: zoonosis caused by Salmonella enterica and infection due to amoxicillin-clavulanate(ACL)-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae acquired in a chronic care center. RESULTS: (a) S. Typhimurium: 71 of the 92 isolates recovered from 2004 to 2006 at the microbiology laboratory of Hospital Verge de la Cinta (Tortosa. Catalonia. Spain) were multidrug-resistant (MDR), of which 56 carried class 1 integrons. Isolates bearing the blaOXA-1-aadA1 variable region integron were the commonest among this serovar, showing a higher frequency than that reported in other areas of Spain, followed by isolates exhibiting the integron profile typical of SGI1 (aadA2 + blaPSE-1); most isolates displaying any of these two integron profiles shared identical genotype. Five isolates possessed a sul3-associated class 1 integron whose structure was 5’CS–dfrA12–orfF–aadA2–cmlA1–aadA1–qacH–IS440–sul3. (b) Non-Typhimurium S. enterica: 16.5% of the 382 isolates recovered in 2001 and from 2004-2009 at the same laboratory were MDR and 35 carried class 1 integrons. Overall, 11 different class 1 integrons were identified in 15 distinct serotypes (including S. Kapemba, S. Mikawasima and S. ser [9,12:Iv:i:-], where they had not been previously described), being those with dfrA1-aadA1, dfrA17-aadA5 and dfrA12-orf-aadA2 variable regions the most widely distributed. Two isolates (one qnrA1 positive S. Grumpensis and one S. Virchow) bore a complex class 1 integron linked to blaCTX-M-9 and 4 S. Enteritidis and 2 S. Rissen carried atypical sul3-type integrons (5’CS–dfrA12–orfF–aadA2–cmlA1–aadA1–qacH–IS440–sul3 and 5’CS–estX-psp-IS440–sul3, respectively). The former integron and the aadA13-sat one, detected in S. Grumpensis, had never been reported before in S. enterica. (c) Klebsiella pneumoniae: 47 ACL-resistant (45 cefazolin-susceptible and 2 broad-spectrum-cephalosporin-resistant) isolates, recovered between 2006 and 2008 from patients attending a chronic care center, were investigated. All cefazolin-susceptible isolates produced an inhibitor-resistant penicillinase, IRT 11 (n= 19) or OXA-1 (n=26); 23 OXA-1-producing isolates harboured a class 1 integron, associated with qnrS2, with the aac(6’)- Ib-cr, blaOXA-1, catB3, arr3 cassette arrangement (in 3 cases the integron was defective in 3’ end). An integron with identical structure, linked to blaDHA-1 and qnrB4 within an In37-like complex class 1 integron of novel structure (Genbank GU906294), was found in two epidemiologically closely related qnrS2 positive isolates.