Characterization of blaAFM-1-positive carbapenem-resistant strains isolated in Guangzhou, China

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Research

Rong Huang¹  Zhenli Song¹  Yongyu Rui¹  Yingcheng Qin¹  Xiaonv Duan²  Yuan Peng³ 

[1] Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Tonghe, 510515, Guangzhou, China;Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Tonghe, 510515, Guangzhou, China;Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanchang Medical College, 330038, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China;Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Tonghe, 510515, Guangzhou, China;The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, 541199, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China;

关键词: Class B carbapenemase;    AFM-1;    Plasmid;    Carbapenem-resistant;    Mobile genetic elements;    Mobilization;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12941-023-00592-0

 received in 2023-01-24, accepted in 2023-04-27,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCarbapenemase-producing makes a great contribution to carbapenem resistance in Gram-negative bacilli. BlaAFM-1 gene was first discovered by us in Alcaligenes faecalis AN70 strain isolated in Guangzhou of China and, was submitted to NCBI on 16 November 2018.MethodsAntimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed by broth microdilution assay using BD Phoenix 100. The phylogenetic tree of AFM and other B1 metallo-β-lactamases was visualized by MEGA7.0. Whole-genome sequencing technology was used to sequence carbapenem-resistant strains including the blaAFM-1 gene. Cloning and expressing of blaAFM-1 were designed to verify the function of AFM-1 to hydrolyze carbapenems and common β-lactamase substrates. Carba NP and Etest experiments were conducted to evaluate the activity of carbapenemase. Homology modeling was applied to predict the spatial structure of AFM-1. A conjugation assay was performed to test the ability of horizontal transfer of AFM-1 enzyme. The genetic context of blaAFM-1 was performed by Blast alignment.ResultsAlcaligenes faecalis strain AN70, Comamonas testosteroni strain NFYY023, Bordetella trematum strain E202, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain NCTC10498 were identified as carrying the blaAFM-1 gene. All of these four strains were carbapenem-resistant strains. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that AFM-1 shares little nucleotide and amino acid identity with other class B carbapenemases (the highest identity (86%) with NDM-1 at the amino acid sequence level). The spatial structure of the AFM-1 enzyme was predicted to be αβ/βα sandwich structure, with two zinc atoms at its active site structure. Cloning and expressing of blaAFM-1 verified AFM-1 could hydrolyze carbapenems and common β-lactamase substrates. Carba NP test presented that the AFM-1 enzyme possesses carbapenemase activity. The successful transfer of pAN70-1(plasmid of AN70) to E.coli J53 suggested that the blaAFM-1 gene could be disseminated by the plasmid. The genetic context of blaAFM indicated that the downstream of the blaAFM gene was always adjacent to trpF and bleMBL. Comparative genome analysis revealed that blaAFM appeared to have been mobilized by an ISCR27-related mediated event.ConclusionsThe blaAFM-1 gene is derived from chromosome and plasmid, and the blaAFM-1 gene derived from the pAN70-1 plasmid can transfer carbapenem resistance to susceptible strains through horizontal transfer. Several blaAFM-1-positive species have been isolated from feces in Guangzhou, China.

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