Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10

Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes represent an emerging challenge. Here we describe a novel mcr gene, mcr-10, on an IncFIA plasmid of an Enterobacter roggenkampii clinical strain. mcr-10 has the highest nucleotide identity (79.69%) with mcr-9 and encodes MCR-10 with 82.93% amino acids identical...

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Main Authors: Chengcheng Wang, Yu Feng, Lina Liu, Li Wei, Mei Kang, Zhiyong Zong
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1732231
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Yu Feng
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Li Wei
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description Mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes represent an emerging challenge. Here we describe a novel mcr gene, mcr-10, on an IncFIA plasmid of an Enterobacter roggenkampii clinical strain. mcr-10 has the highest nucleotide identity (79.69%) with mcr-9 and encodes MCR-10 with 82.93% amino acids identical to MCR-9. mcr-10 confers 4-fold increase in colistin MIC (from 1 to 4 mg/L) when cloned into a colistin-susceptible E. roggenkampii strain. By screening GenBank, mcr-10 was found in various Enterobacteriaceae species of countries in four continents, suggesting that this gene has widely spread. MCR-10 shows 79.04% to 83.67% amino acid identity and highly conserved predicted protein structures with chromosomally encoded MCR-like phosphoethanolamine transferases (designated MCR-B here) of various Buttiauxella species. MCR-10, MCR-9 and MCR-B proteins may, therefore, originate from a common ancestor. mcr-10 was adjacent to a site-specific recombinase-encoding gene and was bracketed by IS903 and may be mobilized by site-specific recombination or composite transposon. Our results indicate that mcr-10 is a novel plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene and warrants immediate monitoring and further studies.
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spelling doaj-art-c0c774b757ab4e24a350a77d94552fb42025-08-20T03:08:32ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEmerging Microbes and Infections2222-17512020-01-019150851610.1080/22221751.2020.1732231Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10Chengcheng Wang0Yu Feng1Lina Liu2Li Wei3Mei Kang4Zhiyong Zong5Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaCenter for Pathogen Research, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaDepartment of Infection Control, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaLaboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaCenter of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaMobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes represent an emerging challenge. Here we describe a novel mcr gene, mcr-10, on an IncFIA plasmid of an Enterobacter roggenkampii clinical strain. mcr-10 has the highest nucleotide identity (79.69%) with mcr-9 and encodes MCR-10 with 82.93% amino acids identical to MCR-9. mcr-10 confers 4-fold increase in colistin MIC (from 1 to 4 mg/L) when cloned into a colistin-susceptible E. roggenkampii strain. By screening GenBank, mcr-10 was found in various Enterobacteriaceae species of countries in four continents, suggesting that this gene has widely spread. MCR-10 shows 79.04% to 83.67% amino acid identity and highly conserved predicted protein structures with chromosomally encoded MCR-like phosphoethanolamine transferases (designated MCR-B here) of various Buttiauxella species. MCR-10, MCR-9 and MCR-B proteins may, therefore, originate from a common ancestor. mcr-10 was adjacent to a site-specific recombinase-encoding gene and was bracketed by IS903 and may be mobilized by site-specific recombination or composite transposon. Our results indicate that mcr-10 is a novel plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene and warrants immediate monitoring and further studies.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1732231Colistin resistancemcrmcr-10plasmidEnterobacter roggenkampii
spellingShingle Chengcheng Wang
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Li Wei
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Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10
Emerging Microbes and Infections
Colistin resistance
mcr
mcr-10
plasmid
Enterobacter roggenkampii
title Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10
title_full Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10
title_fullStr Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10
title_full_unstemmed Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10
title_short Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10
title_sort identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr 10
topic Colistin resistance
mcr
mcr-10
plasmid
Enterobacter roggenkampii
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2020.1732231
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