A Compensatory RNase E Variation Increases Iron Piracy and Virulence in Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa during Macrophage Infection
Vaillancourt, M.; Galdino, A. C. M.; Limsuwannarot, S. P.; Celedonio, D.; Dimitrova, E.; Broerman, M.; Bresee, C.; Doi, Y.; Lee, J. S.; Parks, W. C.; Jorth, P.
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During chronic cystic fibrosis (CF) infections, evolved Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic resistance is linked to increased pulmonary exacerbations, decreased lung function, and hospitalizations. However, the virulence mechanisms underlying worse outcomes caused by antibiotic resistant infections are poorly understood. Here, we investigated evolved aztreonam resistant P. aeruginosa virulence mechanisms. Using a macrophage infection model combined with genomic and transcriptomic analyses, we show that a compensatory mutation in the rne gene, encoding RNase E, increased siderophore gene expression, causing macrophage ferroptosis and lysis. Macrophage killing could be eliminated by treatment with the iron mimetic gallium. RNase E variants were abundant in clinical isolates, and CF sputum gene expression data show that clinical isolates phenocopied RNase E variant functions during macrophage infection. Together these data show how P. aeruginosa RNase E variants can cause host damage via increased siderophore production and host cell ferroptosis but may also be targets for gallium precision therapy.
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