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Repetitive Methylene Blue-Mediated Photoantimicrobial Chemotherapy Changes the Susceptibility and Expression of the Outer Membrane Proteins of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Repetitive Methylene Blue-Mediated Photoantimicrobial Chemotherapy Changes the Susceptibility and Expression of the Outer Membrane Proteins of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

Min-Hsiu Shih, Fu-Chin Huang

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2013 Dec;10(4):664-71.

PMID: 24284125

Abstract:

Background:
Since bacterial multidrug efflux pumps mediate intracellular photosensitizer methylene blue, a change in the expression alters the susceptibility to photoantimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which may occur following repetitive sublethal challenges.
Materials and methods:
We performed 10 consecutive, methylene blue-mediated PACT on one antibiotic-sensitive strain and three antibiotic-resistant strains of P. aeruginosa. Following each therapy, the surviving bacteria were collected for subsequent PACT. The susceptibility was compared for the pre- and the post-treated strains following repetitive PACT. To explore the existence of efflux pumps, one of the inhibitors, namely Phe-Arg β-naphthylamide dihydrochloride (PAβN 25 μg/ml), was added. Profiles of outer membrane proteins were obtained for the pre-treated and the post-treated strains.
Results:
The susceptibility of PACT did not correlate with the antibiotic sensitivity. Following ten PACT, there was no significant change in susceptibility for three tested strains, except for one antibiotic-resistant strain, for which the 10th generation became less susceptible than the original one. With 2-D electrophoresis, a change in the expression of outer membrane proteins was observed. PAβN successfully increased the phototoxicity in all tested strains, especially the less PACT-susceptible 10th generation of the antibiotic-resistant strain.
Conclusions:
Following repetitive challenges, PACT had a consistent antimicrobial effect on three strains; however, one antibiotic-resistant strain, which was the most vulnerable to PACT, became more resistant after consecutive challenges. In addition, the post-PACT strain had different expression of outer membrane proteins, providing further evidence view that repetitive PACT with methylene blue could change the expression of efflux pumps.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP100929995	Phe-Arg β-naphthylamide dihydrochloride		100929-99-5	Price

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