大肠埃希菌对碳青霉烯类药物的耐药机制研究

Study on the molecular mechanism of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli

目的 研究我院普外科重症监护病房（ICU）出现的对碳青霉烯类抗菌药物耐药的大肠埃希菌分子流行病学特征和碳青霉烯耐药机制.方法 采用琼脂稀释法检测分离株的抗菌药物敏感性,采用脉冲场琼脂糖凝胶电泳（PFGE）研究碳青霉烯类耐药的大肠埃希菌分子流行病学机制,采用特异性PCR、DNA测序分析、接合试验、质粒提取和质粒转化试验、外膜蛋白分析等技术研究碳青霉烯耐药的分子机制.结果 我院分离的14株碳青霉烯耐药菌分别属于10个流行克隆型,均表现对包括亚胺培南和美罗培南在内多种抗菌药物耐药,碳青霉烯类耐药基因扩增显示均携带KPC-2型碳青霉烯酶基因,质粒提取与转化试验显示KPC-2定位于约56 kb大小的质粒上,SDS-PAGE分析发现耐药株多出现外膜蛋白的改变.结论 我院出现多个流行克隆型的碳青霉烯类耐药的大肠埃希菌,质粒型碳青霉烯酶KPC-2是我院泛耐型大肠埃希菌介导对碳青霉烯类耐药的主要原因,外膜孔蛋白改变参与介导大肠埃希菌对碳青霉烯类高度耐药.

Objective To investigate the molecular epidemiology and mechanism of carbapenem resistance of Escherichia coli collected from intensive care units（ICUs）of general surgery.Methods Agardilution were carried out to confirmed the drug-susceptibility,pulsed-field gel electrophoresis（PFGE）were performed to analyze the molecular epidcmiology of carbapenem-resistance isolates.Specific PCR,DNA sequencing,conjugation experiments,plasmids extraction,plasmid transformation assays and SDS-PAGE of outer membrane proteins（OMPs）were carried to confirm genotype of carbapenemase and its transmission mechanism.Results PFGE showed the isolates belonged to 10 clonotype,and all the clinical isolates were resistant to β-lactams including imipenem and meropenem,but uncertain to aminoglycosides,specific PCR and DNA sequencing revealed that all isolates encoded carbapenem-hydrolyzing enzyme gene,KPC-2.Plasmid DNA extraction and plasmid transformation assays from some isolates comfirmed that KPC-2 encoded on a 56 kb plasmid.SDS-PAGE analysis confirmed that there are alterations in OMPs of Escherichia coli.Conclusion Escherichia coli isolates with carbapenem resistance are collected from our hospital,production of KPC-2 carbapenemase mainly contributed to reduced susceptibility of carbapenem in Escherichia coli,the alterations in OMPs may as a cofactor in high-level drug-resistance in Escherichia coli.