Effects of peroxides on susceptibilities of Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium smegmatis to isoniazid.
AUTOR(ES)
Rosner, J L
RESUMO
Escherichia coli strains were previously found to be susceptible to the antituberculosis drug isonicotinic acid hydrazide (isoniazid [INH]) when they carried certain mutations that also sensitize them to peroxides: a deletion in oxyR, a redox-sensitive regulator of hydrogen peroxide-inducible genes, or mutations in both katG and ahpCF, OxyR-regulated genes encoding hydroperoxidase I, and an alkyl hydroperoxide reductase. To test whether INH, like peroxides, activates OxyR, the effect of INH on OxyR regulation was examined. Primer extension assays showed that transcription of the OxyR-regulated oxyS gene was not significantly induced by INH in wild-type cells, indicating that INH does not activate OxyR. However, the INH-susceptible katG ahpCF mutant strain was found to have constitutively high levels of oxyS transcription. This suggested that the lack of peroxidase expression in these strains allows endogenous oxidants to accumulate, and this leads not only to constitutive OxyR activation but also to INH susceptibility. Consistent with this concept, hydrogen peroxide or cumene hydroperoxide potentiated the INH susceptibilities of wild-type cells, while the antioxidant ascorbic acid protected the susceptible katG ahpCF mutant strain from INH. Superoxide radicals, generated by paraquat, did not enhance the INH susceptibilities of wild-type cells. Hydrogen peroxide also potentiated the INH susceptibilities of susceptible and resistant (katG mutant) Mycobacterium smegmatis strains. Our results suggest that INH is converted to a more active drug by reaction with peroxides and that the INH susceptibilities of enterobacteria and mycobacteria are mechanistically related.
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