Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB TolC underlies long lived phenotypic heterogeneity
Bergmiller T, Andersson AM, Tomasek K, Balleza E, Kiviet D, Hauschild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. 2017. Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB TolC underlies long lived phenotypic heterogeneity. Science. 356(6335), 311–315.
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Bergmiller, TobiasISTA ;
Andersson, Anna MISTA ;
Tomasek, KathrinISTA ;
Balleza, Enrique;
Kiviet, Daniel;
Hauschild, RobertISTA ;
Tkacik, GasperISTA ;
Guet, Calin CISTA
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The molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic variation in isogenic bacterial populations remain poorly understood.We report that AcrAB-TolC, the main multidrug efflux pump of Escherichia coli, exhibits a strong partitioning bias for old cell poles by a segregation mechanism that is mediated by ternary AcrAB-TolC complex formation. Mother cells inheriting old poles are phenotypically distinct and display increased drug efflux activity relative to daughters. Consequently, we find systematic and long-lived growth differences between mother and daughter cells in the presence of subinhibitory drug concentrations. A simple model for biased partitioning predicts a population structure of long-lived and highly heterogeneous phenotypes. This straightforward mechanism of generating sustained growth rate differences at subinhibitory antibiotic concentrations has implications for understanding the emergence of multidrug resistance in bacteria.
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2017-04-21
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Science
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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356
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6335
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311 - 315
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Bergmiller T, Andersson AM, Tomasek K, et al. Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB TolC underlies long lived phenotypic heterogeneity. Science. 2017;356(6335):311-315. doi:10.1126/science.aaf4762
Bergmiller, T., Andersson, A. M., Tomasek, K., Balleza, E., Kiviet, D., Hauschild, R., … Guet, C. C. (2017). Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB TolC underlies long lived phenotypic heterogeneity. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf4762
Bergmiller, Tobias, Anna M Andersson, Kathrin Tomasek, Enrique Balleza, Daniel Kiviet, Robert Hauschild, Gašper Tkačik, and Calin C Guet. “Biased Partitioning of the Multidrug Efflux Pump AcrAB TolC Underlies Long Lived Phenotypic Heterogeneity.” Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf4762.
T. Bergmiller et al., “Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB TolC underlies long lived phenotypic heterogeneity,” Science, vol. 356, no. 6335. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 311–315, 2017.
Bergmiller T, Andersson AM, Tomasek K, Balleza E, Kiviet D, Hauschild R, Tkačik G, Guet CC. 2017. Biased partitioning of the multidrug efflux pump AcrAB TolC underlies long lived phenotypic heterogeneity. Science. 356(6335), 311–315.
Bergmiller, Tobias, et al. “Biased Partitioning of the Multidrug Efflux Pump AcrAB TolC Underlies Long Lived Phenotypic Heterogeneity.” Science, vol. 356, no. 6335, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017, pp. 311–15, doi:10.1126/science.aaf4762.
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