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Metabolic reprogramming and flux to cell envelope precursors in a pentose phosphate pathway mutant increases MRSA resistance to β-lactam antibiotics

Zeden, Merve S., Gallagher, Laura A., Bueno, Emilio, Nolan, Aaron C., Ahn, Jongsam, Shinde, Dhananjay, Razvi, Fareha, Sladek, Margaret, Burke, Órla, O’Neill, Eoghan, Fey, Paul D., Cava, Felipe, Thomas, Vinai C., O’Gara, James P.·2023
DOI 10.1101/2023.03.03.530734
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Central metabolic pathways controls virulence and antibiotic resistance, and constitute potential targets for antibacterial drugs. In Staphylococcus aureus the role of the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) remains largely unexplored. Mutation of the 6-phosphogluconolactonase gene pgl, which encodes the only non-essential enzyme in the oxidative phase of the PPP, significantly increased MRSA resistance to β-lactam antibiotics, particularly in chemically defined media with glucose, and reduced oxacillin (OX)-induced lysis. Expression of the methicillin-resistance penicillin binding protein 2a and peptidoglycan architecture were unaffected. Carbon tracing and metabolomics revealed extensive metabolic reprogramming in the pgl mutant including increased flux to glycolysis, the TCA cycle, and several cell envelope precursors, which was consistent with increased β-lactam resistance. Morphologically, pgl mutant cells were smaller than wild-type with a thicker cell wall and ruffled surface when grown in OX. Further evidence of the pleiotropic effect of the pgl mutation was reduced resistance to Congo Red, sulfamethoxazole and oxidative stress, and increased resistance to targocil, fosfomycin and vancomycin. Reduced binding of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) to pgl was indicative of lower wall teichoic acid/lipoteichoic acid levels or altered teichoic acid structures. Mutations in the vraFG or graRS loci reversed the increased OX resistance phenotype and restored WGA binding to wild-type levels. VraFG/GraRS was previously implicated in susceptibility to cationic antimicrobial peptides and vancomycin, and these data reveal a broader role for this multienzyme membrane complex in the export of cell envelope precursors or modifying subunits required for resistance to diverse antimicrobial agents. Altogether our study highlights important roles for the PPP and VraFG/GraRS in β-lactam resistance, which will support efforts to identify new drug targets and reintroduce β-lactams in combination with adjuvants or other antibiotics for infections caused by MRSA and other β-lactam resistant pathogens. Author summary: High-level resistance to penicillin-type (β-lactam) antibiotics significantly limits the therapeutic options for patients with MRSA infections necessitating the use of newer agents, for which reduced susceptibility has already been described. Here we report for the first time that the central metabolism pentose phosphate pathway controls MRSA resistance to penicillin-type antibiotics. We comprehensively demonstrated that mutation of the PPP gene pgl perturbed metabolism in MRSA leading to increased flux to cell envelope precursors to drive increased antibiotic resistance. Moreover, increased resistance was dependent on the VraRG/GraRS multienzyme membrane complex previously implicated in resistance to antimicrobial peptides and vancomycin. Our data thus provide new insights on MRSA mechanisms of β-lactam resistance, which will support efforts to expand the treatment options for infections caused by this and other antimicrobial resistant pathogens.

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Zeden, M. S., Gallagher, L. A., Bueno, E., Nolan, A. C., Ahn, J., Shinde, D., Razvi, F., Sladek, M., Burke, Ó., O’Neill, E., Fey, P. D., Cava, F., Thomas, V. C., & O’Gara, J. P.
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Zeden, M. S., Gallagher, L. A., Bueno, E., Nolan, A. C., Ahn, J., Shinde, D., Razvi, F., Sladek, M., Burke, Ó., O’Neill, E., Fey, P. D., Cava, F., Thomas, V. C., & O’Gara, J. P. (2023). Metabolic reprogramming and flux to cell envelope precursors in a pentose phosphate pathway mutant increases MRSA resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.03.530734

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