CTX-M-5, a novel cefotaxime-hydrolyzing β-lactamase from an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in Latvia

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At a children's hospital in Riga, Latvia, isolates identified as Salmonella typhimurium were found to be resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins. Two of the resistant strains were analyzed for the mechanism of cephalosporin resistance. Isoelectric focusing revealed a common β- lactamase with a pI of 8.8. In addition, one of the strains produced a pI 7.6 β-lactamase. A transconjugant producing only the pI 7.6 enzyme was susceptible to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins; therefore, this enzyme was most likely SHV-1. Transformants producing only the pI 8.8 β-lactamase were resistant to cefotaxime and aztreonam but were susceptible or intermediate to ceftazidime. A substrate profile determined spectrophotometrically with purified enzyme revealed potent activity against cefotaxime, with a relative k(cat) value of 95 (benzylpenicillin equal to 100). The enzyme showed lower relative k(cat) values for ceftazidime (3.3) and aztreonam (9.3). In addition, the enzyme was inhibited by clavulanate, sulbactam and tazobactam, with 50% inhibitory concentrations of 19, 100, and 3.4 nM, respectively. These results indicated the presence of an unusual extended-spectrum β- lactamase. The gene expressing the pI 8.8 β-lactamase was cloned. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a β-lactamase gene that differs from the gene encoding CTX-M-2, which also originated from S. typhimurium, by 11 nucleotides, 4 of which result in amino acid substitutions: Ala27Thr, Val230Gly, Glu254Ala, and Ile278Val. These results indicated the presence of a novel extended-spectrum β-lactamase, designated CTX-M-5, that specifically confers resistance to cefotaxime.

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Bradford, P. A., Yang, Y., Sahm, D., Grope, I., Gardovska, D., & Storch, G. (1998). CTX-M-5, a novel cefotaxime-hydrolyzing β-lactamase from an outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium in Latvia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 42(8), 1980–1984. https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.42.8.1980

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