A Smooth-Type, Phage-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Mutant Strain Reveals that OmpC Is Indispensable for Infection by Phage GH-K3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Ruopeng CaiJingmin Gu

Abstract

Bacteriophage can be used as an alternative or complementary therapy to antibiotics for treating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. However, the rapid emergence of resistant host variants during phage treatment has limited its therapeutic applications. In this study, a potential phage-resistant mechanism of Klebsiella pneumoniae was revealed. After phage GH-K3 treatment, a smooth-type colony, named K7RB, was obtained from the K. pneumoniae K7 culture. Treatment with IO4- and/or proteinase K indicated that polysaccharides of K7 played an important role in phage recruitment, and protein receptors on K7 were essential for effective infection by GH-K3. Differences in protein expression between K7 and K7RB were quantitatively analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Among differentially expressed proteins, OmpC, OmpN, KPN_02430, and OmpF were downregulated significantly in K7RBtrans-Complementation of OmpC in K7RB conferred rapid adsorption and sensitivity to GH-K3. In contrast, a single-base deletion mutation of ompC in K7, which resulted in OmpC silencing, led to lower adsorption efficiency and resistance to GH-K3. These assays proved that OmpC is the key receptor-binding protein for GH-K3. In addition, t...Continue Reading

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