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Engineered Bacteriophages Containing Anti-CRISPR Suppress Infection of Antibiotic-Resistant P. aeruginosa.
Qin, Shugang; Liu, Yongan; Chen, Yuting; Hu, Jinrong; Xiao, Wen; Tang, Xiaoshan; Li, Guohong; Lin, Ping; Pu, Qinqin; Wu, Qun; Zhou, Chuanmin; Wang, Biao; Gao, Pan; Wang, Zhihan; Yan, Aixin; Nadeem, Khan; Xia, Zhenwei; Wu, Min.
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  • Qin S; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Liu Y; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Chen Y; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
  • Hu J; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Xiao W; West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
  • Tang X; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Li G; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Lin P; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
  • Pu Q; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Wu Q; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Zhou C; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Wang B; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Gao P; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Wang Z; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Yan A; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Nadeem K; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Konggrid.194645.b, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
  • Xia Z; Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakotagrid.266862.e, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
  • Wu M; Department of Pediatrics, Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Microbiol Spectr ; 10(5): e0160222, 2022 10 26.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35972246
The therapeutic use of bacteriophages (phages) provides great promise for treating multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. However, an incomplete understanding of the interactions between phages and bacteria has negatively impacted the application of phage therapy. Here, we explored engineered anti-CRISPR (Acr) gene-containing phages (EATPs, eat Pseudomonas) by introducing Type I anti-CRISPR (AcrIF1, AcrIF2, and AcrIF3) genes into the P. aeruginosa bacteriophage DMS3/DMS3m to render the potential for blocking P. aeruginosa replication and infection. In order to achieve effective antibacterial activities along with high safety against clinically isolated MDR P. aeruginosa through an anti-CRISPR immunity mechanism in vitro and in vivo, the inhibitory concentration for EATPs was 1 × 108 PFU/mL with a multiplicity of infection value of 0.2. In addition, the EATPs significantly suppressed the antibiotic resistance caused by a highly antibiotic-resistant PA14 infection. Collectively, these findings provide evidence that engineered phages may be an alternative, viable approach by which to treat patients with an intractable bacterial infection, especially an infection by clinically MDR bacteria that are unresponsive to conventional antibiotic therapy. IMPORTANCE Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is an opportunistic Gram-negative bacterium that causes severe infection in immune-weakened individuals, especially patients with cystic fibrosis, burn wounds, cancer, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Treating P. aeruginosa infection with conventional antibiotics is difficult due to its intrinsic multidrug resistance. Engineered bacteriophage therapeutics, acting as highly viable alternative treatments of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections, have great potential to break through the evolutionary constraints of bacteriophages to create next-generation antimicrobials. Here, we found that engineered anti-CRISPR (Acr) gene-containing phages (EATPs, eat Pseudomonas) display effective antibacterial activities along with high safety against clinically isolated MDR P. aeruginosa through an anti-CRISPR immunity mechanism in vitro and in vivo. EATPs also significantly suppressed the antibiotic resistance caused by a highly antibiotic-resistant PA14 infection, which may provide novel insight toward developing bacteriophages to treat patients with intractable bacterial infections, especially infections by clinically MDR bacteria that are unresponsive to conventional antibiotic therapy.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Bacteriófagos / Terapia de Fagos Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Microbiol Spectr Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Bacteriófagos / Terapia de Fagos Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Microbiol Spectr Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: China Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos