Resistant mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis selected in vitro do not reflect the in vivo mechanism of isoniazid resistance

نویسندگان

  • Indra L. Bergval
  • Anja R. J. Schuitema
  • Paul R. Klatser
  • Richard M. Anthony
چکیده

OBJECTIVES The high prevalence of isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is often explained by a high mutation rate for this trait, although detailed information to support this theory is absent. We studied the development of isoniazid resistance in vitro, making use of a laboratory strain of M. tuberculosis. METHODS Spontaneous isoniazid-resistant mutants were characterized by molecular methods allowing identification of the most commonly encountered resistance-conferring mutations. Additionally, we determined the in vitro mutation rates for isoniazid and rifampicin resistance, and characterized the genome of a triple-resistant strain. RESULTS Results confirm that the in vitro mutation rate for isoniazid resistance (3.2 x 10(-7) mutations/cell division) is much higher than the rate for rifampicin resistance (9.8 x 10(-9) mutations/cell division). However, in the majority of the in vitro mutants katG was partially or completely deleted and neither of the two most common in vivo mutations, katG-S315T or inhA-C(-)15T, were found in 120 isogenic mutants. This implies that clinically prevalent resistance mutations were present in <0.8% of isoniazid-resistant strains selected in vitro (95% CI 0%-2.5%). The triple-resistant strain had acquired isoniazid resistance via a 49 kbp deletion, which included katG. Apart from previously identified resistance-conferring mutations, three additional point mutations were acquired during sequential selection steps. CONCLUSIONS These outcomes demonstrate that the in vivo mechanism of isoniazid resistance is not reflected by in vitro experiments. We therefore conclude that the high in vitro mutation rate for isoniazid resistance is not a satisfactory explanation for the fact that isoniazid monoresistance is significantly more widespread than monoresistance to rifampicin.

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دوره 64  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009