Characterization of DIM-1, an integron-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase from a Pseudomonas stutzeri clinical isolate in the Netherlands

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Jun;54(6):2420-4. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01456-09. Epub 2010 Mar 22.

Abstract

A carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas stutzeri strain isolated from a Dutch patient was analyzed in detail. This isolate produced a metallo-beta-lactamase (MBL) whose gene, with 43.5% GC content, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. beta-Lactamase DIM-1 (for Dutch imipenemase) was weakly related to other Ambler class B beta-lactamases, sharing <52% amino acid identity with the most closely related MBL, GIM-1, and 45% identity with IMP-type MBLs. The beta-Lactamase DIM-1 significantly hydrolyzed broad-spectrum cephalosporins and carbapenems and spared aztreonam. This MBL gene was embedded in a class 1 integron containing two other gene cassettes, encoding resistance to aminoglycosides and disinfectants, that was located on a 70-kb plasmid.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Integrons / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Netherlands
  • Pseudomonas Infections / drug therapy
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri / enzymology*
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri / genetics*
  • Pseudomonas stutzeri / isolation & purification
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Substrate Specificity
  • beta-Lactamases / genetics*
  • beta-Lactamases / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • beta-Lactamases

Associated data

  • GENBANK/GU323019