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Evidences for Complex Formation Between Polymyxin B and Lipopolysaccharides From Serratia Marcescens

Evidences for Complex Formation Between Polymyxin B and Lipopolysaccharides From Serratia Marcescens

J C Tsang, D A Weber, D A Brown

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1976 Jul;29(7):735-42.

PMID: 182663

Abstract:

In vitro and in vivo complex formations of polymyxin B and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from resistant and sensitive cells of Serratia marcescens were studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate and electron microscopy. In vitro treatment of LPS from resistant cells with polymyxin B gave two populations of spherical complexes of differnt molecular weights as determined electrophoretically. Similar treatment of LPS from sensitive cells resulted in dissociation of the LPS-protein and subsequent complexing with the LPS moiety into stable spheres. In vivo treatment of resistant cells with polymyxin B resulted in LPS-polymyxin B complexes which were comparatively smaller and existed in two morphological forms; spheres and linear ribbons. LPS from the sensitive cells were degraded extensively into small rods and an amorphous mass by the in vivo polymyxin B treatment. In both systems, the electrophoretic results consistently matched the electron microscopic evidences for complex formation of LPS with polymyxin B. It is suggested that the disruptive effects of polymyxin B on LPS in the outer membrane of S. marcescens may be the explanation for the change in permeability barrier in the resistant cells and disorganization of the outer membrane and subsequent death in the sensitive cells. Furthermore, the ability of the LPS to complex with the polymyxin B molecules in resistant cells may be the basis of their resistance to the antibiotic.

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