• Department of Clinical Laboratory, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P. R. China;
XU Ying, Email: yingxu@cmc.edu.cn
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Objective To explore the relationship between imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (IRPA) and outer membrane porin protein OprD2 gene mutation.Methods IRPA strains (n=30) and imipenem-sensitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains (n=30) isolated from the clinical specimens in the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College from December 2018 to December 2019 were collected. Bacteria identification and drug sensitivity experiments were performed by VITEK-2 Compact combined with Kirby-Bauer method. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to detect the expression levels of OprD2 gene in the imipenem-resistant group and the imipenem-sensitive group, and then the strains with decreased expression were sequenced.Results The expression level of OprD2 gene in the imipenem-resistant group was significantly lower than that in the imipenem-sensitive group (P=0.048). Compared with the X63152 sequence, all the 11 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with significantly decreased OprD2 expression carried genetic variation, which occurred in coding regions. The variation sites presented diversity. The missense mutation of c.308C→G, c.344A→C, c.379G→C, c.471G→C, c.508T→C, c.553G→C, c.556-558CCG→GGC and c.565-566TG→AC caused amino acid change in the loop L2 and L3 of OprD2 porin, which affected the binding to imipenem. In addition, the mutations at 127, 169-171, 175, 177, 604, 628-630, 688, 719, 785, 826, 828, 842-843, 886, 901, 928-930, 934, 936, 944-945, 1039, 1041 and 1274 all resulted in the changes of amino acid. We also detected a deletion (c.1114-1115delAT) and other nonsense mutations. Large fragment deletion of OprD2 gene occurred in Strain 12. Conclusions The mutation and deletion of OprD2 gene can reduce the expression lever of OprD2 gene, leading to the resistance to imipenem of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The variation of OprD2 gene of IRPA from clinical strains is diverse.

Citation: BAI Tingting, WANG Dan, FAN Yingzi, YANG Xianggui, ZHOU Qin, XU Ying. Study of OprD2 gene polymorphism in imipenem-resistant Pseucionionas aeruginosa. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(8): 924-929. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202006367 Copy

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