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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, p. 2996-3005, Vol. 189, No. 8
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01819-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Transcriptional Regulators NorG and MgrA Modulate Resistance to both Quinolones and ß-Lactams in Staphylococcus aureus{triangledown}

Que Chi Truong-Bolduc and David C. Hooper*

Division of Infectious Diseases and Medical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2696

Received 4 December 2006/ Accepted 25 January 2007

MgrA is a known regulator of the expression of several multidrug transporters in Staphylococcus aureus. We identified another regulator of multiple efflux pumps, NorG, by its ability, like that of MgrA, to bind specifically to the promoter of the gene encoding the NorA efflux pump. NorG is a member of the family of the GntR-like transcriptional regulators, and it binds specifically to the putative promoters of the genes encoding multidrug efflux pumps NorA, NorB, NorC, and AbcA. Overexpression of norG produces a threefold increase in norB transcripts associated with a fourfold increase in the level of resistance to quinolones. In contrast, disruption of norG produces no change in the level of transcripts of norA, norB, and norC but causes an increase of at least threefold in the transcript level of abcA, associated with a fourfold increase in resistance to methicillin, cefotaxime, penicillin G, and nafcillin. Overexpression of cloned abcA caused an 8- to 128-fold increase in the level of resistance to all four ß-lactam antibiotics. Furthermore, MgrA and NorG have opposite effects on norB and abcA expression. MgrA acts as an indirect repressor for norB and a direct activator for abcA, whereas NorG acts as a direct activator for norB and a direct repressor for abcA.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston MA 02114-2696. Phone: (617) 726-3812. Fax: (617) 726-7416. E-mail: dhooper{at}partners.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 2 February 2007.

Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, p. 2996-3005, Vol. 189, No. 8
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01819-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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