Mutations in respiratory complex I promote antibiotic persistence through alterations in intracellular acidity and protein synthesis

oleh: Bram Van den Bergh, Hannah Schramke, Joran Elie Michiels, Tom E. P. Kimkes, Jakub Leszek Radzikowski, Johannes Schimpf, Silke R. Vedelaar, Sabrina Burschel, Liselot Dewachter, Nikola Lončar, Alexander Schmidt, Tim Meijer, Maarten Fauvart, Thorsten Friedrich, Jan Michiels, Matthias Heinemann

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01

Deskripsi

Antibiotic persisters are phenotypic variants within an isogenic bacterial population that are transiently tolerant to antibiotic treatment. Here, the authors provide evidence that cytoplasmic acidification, amplified by a compromised respiratory complex I, can act as a signaling hub for perturbed metabolic homeostasis in antibiotic persisters.