Center for Discovery and Innovation, Hackensack Meridian Health, Nutley, New Jersey, USA.
Department of Medical Sciences, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, USA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2022 Apr 19;66(4):e0009322. doi: 10.1128/aac.00093-22. Epub 2022 Mar 21.
We utilized a CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) assay to control the gene expressions of two predicted essential peptidoglycan biosynthesis genes, and , in Mycobacterium abscessus and to evaluate their contribution to β-lactam susceptibility. Our results showed that CRISPR inhibition of each gene led to a significant 3-log reduction in CFU in the presence of imipenem but not for cefoxitin. These results demonstrate that CRISPRi provides an experimental approach to study drug/target interactions in M. abscessus.
我们利用 CRISPR 干扰 (CRISPRi) 测定法来控制分枝杆菌中两种预测必需的肽聚糖生物合成基因和的基因表达,并评估它们对β-内酰胺类药物敏感性的贡献。我们的结果表明,CRISPR 对每个基因的抑制作用导致在亚胺培南存在时 CFU 显著减少 3 个对数,但对头孢西丁则没有。这些结果表明,CRISPRi 为研究分枝杆菌中的药物/靶标相互作用提供了一种实验方法。