PUBLICATION
Identification and impact on Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence of mutations conferring resistance to a phage cocktail for phage therapy
- Authors
- Forti, F., Bertoli, C., Cafora, M., Gilardi, S., Pistocchi, A., Briani, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-231116-1
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- Microbiology spectrum 11(6): e0147723 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages, bacteriophage therapy, phage receptors, zebrafish infection model
- MeSH Terms
-
- Mutation
- Phage Therapy*
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa/genetics
- Virulence
- Bacteriophages*
- Humans
- Pseudomonas Infections*/microbiology
- Pseudomonas Infections*/therapy
- PubMed
- 37966242 Full text @ Microbiol Spectr
Citation
Forti, F., Bertoli, C., Cafora, M., Gilardi, S., Pistocchi, A., Briani, F. (2023) Identification and impact on Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence of mutations conferring resistance to a phage cocktail for phage therapy. Microbiology spectrum. 11(6):e0147723.
Abstract
In this work, we identified the putative receptors of 16 Pseudomonas phages and evaluated how resistance to phages recognizing different bacterial receptors may affect the virulence. Our findings are relevant for the implementation of phage therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, which are difficult to treat with antibiotics. Overall, our results highlight the need to modify natural phages to enlarge the repertoire of receptors exploited by therapeutic phages and suggest that phages using the PAO1-type T4P as receptor may have limited value for the therapy of the cystic fibrosis infection.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping