scholarly journals Characterization of In53, a Class 1 Plasmid- and Composite Transposon-Located Integron of Escherichia coli Which Carries an Unusual Array of Gene Cassettes

2001 ◽  
Vol 183 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Naas ◽  
Yuzuru Mikami ◽  
Tamae Imai ◽  
Laurent Poirel ◽  
Patrice Nordmann
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Gene Cassette ◽  
Promoter Sequence ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Integrase Gene ◽  
Chloramphenicol Resistance ◽  
Gene Cassettes ◽  
Class 1

ABSTRACT Further characterization of the genetic environment of the gene encoding the Escherichia coli extended-spectrum β-lactamase, bla VEB-1, revealed the presence of a plasmid-located class 1 integron, In53, which carried eight functional resistance gene cassettes in addition tobla VEB-1. While the aadB and the arr-2 gene cassettes were identical to those previously described, the remaining cassettes were novel: (i) a novel nonenzymatic chloramphenicol resistance gene of the cmlAfamily, (ii) a qac allele encoding a member of the small multidrug resistance family of proteins, (iii) a cassette,aacA1b/orfG, which encodes a novel 6′-N-acetyltransferase, and (iv) a fused gene cassette,oxa10/aadA1, which is made of two cassettes previously described as single cassettes. In addition, oxa10 andaadA1 genes were expressed from their own promoter sequence present upstream of the oxa10 cassette.arr-2 coded for a protein that shared 54% amino acid identity with the rifampin ADP-ribosylating transferase encoded by thearr-1 gene from Mycobacterium smegmatisDSM43756. While in M. smegmatis, the main inactivated compound was 23-ribosyl-rifampin, the inactivated antibiotic recovered from E. coli culture was 23-O-ADP-ribosyl-rifampin. The integrase gene of In53 was interrupted by an IS26 insertion sequence, which was also present in the 3′ conserved segment. Thus, In53 is a truncated integron located on a composite transposon, named Tn2000, bounded by two IS26 elements in opposite orientations. Target site duplication at both ends of the transposon indicated that the integron likely was inserted into the plasmid through a transpositional process. This is the first description of an integron located on a composite transposon.

scholarly journals Characterization of class 1 integron resistance gene cassettes in Salmonella enterica serovars Oslo and Bareily from imported seafood

2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 1308-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. A. Khan ◽  
C.-M. Cheng ◽  
K. T. Van ◽  
C. S. West ◽  
M. S. Nawaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Gene Cassettes ◽  
Class 1

scholarly journals Identification and Molecular Characterization of Class 1 Integrons in Multiresistant Escherichia coli Isolates from Poultry Litter

2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (15) ◽  
pp. 5444-5447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ponce-Rivas ◽  
María-Enriqueta Muñoz-Márquez ◽  
Ashraf A. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Poultry Litter ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gene Cassettes ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Chicken Litter ◽  
Diverse Origin

ABSTRACTThis study describes the prevalence of arrays of class 1 integron cassettes and Qnr determinants (A, B, and S) in 19 fluoroquinolone-resistantEscherichia coliisolates from chicken litter.qnrSandqnrAwere the predominant genes in these fluoroquinolone-resistant isolates, and an uncommon array ofaacA4-catB3-dfrA1gene cassettes from a class1 integron was found. Additionally,aadA1anddfrA1gene cassettes, encoding resistance to streptomycin and trimethoprim, constituted the most common genes identified and was located on megaplasmids as well on the chromosome. Antibiotic resistance, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and plasmid data suggest a genetically diverse origin of poultryE. coliisolates.

scholarly journals Characterization of Class 1 Integrons from Pseudomonas aeruginosa That Contain the blaVIM-2Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing β-Lactamase Gene and of Two Novel Aminoglycoside Resistance Gene Cassettes

2001 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 546-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Poirel ◽  
Thierry Lambert ◽  
Salih Türkoglü ◽  
Esthel Ronco ◽  
Jean-Louis Gaillard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Gene Cassette ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Aminoglycoside Resistance ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Gene Cassettes ◽  
Class 1

ABSTRACT Two clonally unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical strains, RON-1 and RON-2, were isolated in 1997 and 1998 from patients hospitalized in a suburb of Paris, France. Both isolates expressed the class B carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamase VIM-2 previously identified in Marseilles in the French Riviera. In both isolates, thebla VIM-2 cassette was part of a class 1 integron that also encoded aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes. In one case, two novel aminoglycoside resistance gene cassettes,aacA29a and aacA29b, were located at the 5′ and 3′ end of the bla VIM-2 gene cassette, respectively. The aacA29a and aacA29b gene cassettes were fused upstream with a 101-bp part of the 5′ end of theqacE cassette. The deduced amino acid sequence AAC(6′)-29a protein shared 96% identity with AAC(6′)-29b but only 34% identity with the aacA7-encoded AAC(6′)-I1, the closest relative of the AAC(6′)-I family enzymes. These aminoglycoside acetyltransferases had amino acid sequences much shorter (131 amino acids) than the other AAC(6′)-I enzymes (144 to 153 amino acids). They conferred resistance to amikacin, isepamicin, kanamycin, and tobramycin but not to gentamicin, netilmicin, and sisomicin.

scholarly journals Truncated Class 1 Integron Gene Cassette Arrays Contribute to Antimicrobial Resistance of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Akiko Kubomura ◽  
Tsuyoshi Sekizuka ◽  
Daisuke Onozuka ◽  
Koichi Murakami ◽  
Hirokazu Kimura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Gene Cassette ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Gene Cassettes ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance Genes ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Stool Samples ◽  
Human Stool

Class 1 integrons (c1-integrons) are associated with multidrug resistance in diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC). However, little is known about gene cassettes located within these c1-integrons, particularly truncated c1-integrons, in DEC strains. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to reveal the relationship between antimicrobial resistance and the presence of truncated c1-integrons in DEC isolates derived from human stool samples in Japan. A total of 162 human stool-derived DEC isolates from Japan were examined by antimicrobial susceptibility testing, PCR-based gene detection, and next-generation sequencing analyses. Results showed that 44.4% (12/27) of c1-integrons identified in the DEC isolates harbored only intI1 (an element of c1-integrons) and were truncated by IS26, Tn3, or IS1-group insertion sequences. No difference in the frequency of antimicrobial resistance was recorded between intact and truncated c1-integron-positive DEC isolates. Isolates containing intact/truncated c1-integrons, particularly enteroaggregative E. coli isolates, were resistant to a greater number of antimicrobials than isolates without c1-integrons. aadA and dfrA were the most prevalent antimicrobial resistance genes in the intact/truncated c1-integrons examined in this study. Therefore, gene cassettes located within these intact/truncated c1-integrons may only play a limited role in conferring antimicrobial resistance among DEC. However, DEC harboring truncated c1-integrons may be resistant to a greater number of antimicrobials than c1-integron-negative DEC, similar to strains harboring intact c1-integrons.

scholarly journals Novel Streptomycin and Spectinomycin Resistance Gene as a Gene Cassette within a Class 1 Integron Isolated fromEscherichia coli

1999 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 3036-3038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorthe Sandvang
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Resistance Gene ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Gene Cassette ◽  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Spectinomycin Resistance ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
New Gene

ABSTRACT The aadA genes, encoding resistance to streptomycin and spectinomycin, have been found as gene cassettes in different gram-negative and gram-positive bacterial species. The present study has revealed the sequence of a new gene, aadA5, integrated as a gene cassette together with the trimethoprim resistance genedfr7 in a class 1 integron. The integron was located on a plasmid and was identified in a pathogenic porcineEscherichia coli isolate.

Diversity of gene cassettes and the abundance of the class 1 integron-integrase gene in sediment polluted by metals

Extremophiles ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarisse Oliveira-Pinto ◽  
Patrícia S. Costa ◽  
Mariana P. Reis ◽  
Edmar Chartone-Souza ◽  
Andréa M. A. Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Class 1 Integron ◽  
Integrase Gene ◽  
Gene Cassettes ◽  
Class 1
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