%0 Journal Article
%A Parra-Millán R, Vila-Farrés X, Ayerbe-Algaba R, Varese M, Sánchez-Encinales V, Bayó N, Pachón-Ibáñez ME, Teixidó M, Vila J, Pachón J, Giralt E, Smani Y.
%T Synergistic activity of an OmpA inhibitor and colistin against colistin-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: mechanistic analysis and in vivo efficacy
%D 2018
%U https://hdl.handle.net/10433/20080
%X Objectives: Preventing bacterial contact with host cells can provide an additional approach to tackling MDR Acinetobacter baumannii. Recently, we identified AOA-2 as a potential blocker of A. baumannii outer membrane protein A without presenting bactericidal activity. Here, we aimed to study whether AOA-2 can increase the activity of colistin against colistin-resistant A. baumannii in vitro and in vivo.Methods: Reference and clinical A. baumannii strains susceptible and resistant to colistin (CST-S and CST-R) were used. Microdilution and time-kill curve assays were performed to determine the synergy between AOA-2 and colistin. SDS-PAGE assays with CST-S and CST-R outer membrane proteins and MALDI-TOF-TOF (MS-MS/MS) analysis were performed to determine the AOA-2 and colistin synergy mechanism. In a murine peritoneal sepsis model, the therapeutic efficacy of AOA-2 (10 mg/kg/24 h) in combination with a sub-optimal dose of colistin (10 mg/kg/24 h) against CST-R was evaluated by determining the bacterial load in tissues and blood, and mouse survival.Results: We showed that AOA-2 increased the in vitro colistin susceptibility of reference and clinical CST-S and CST-R strains. This combination also enhanced their killing activity after 24 h of drug exposure. This synergy is mediated by the overexpression of Omp25. In vivo, the combination of AOA-2 with colistin significantly reduced the bacterial load in tissues and blood, and increased mouse survival, compared with colistin monotherapy.Conclusions: We identified a novel class of antimicrobial agents that has proven to be effective in combination with colistin in an experimental model of severe infection by CST-R A. baumannii.
%K Acinetobacter baumannii
%K AOA-2
%K Colistin
%K Infection
%K Treatment
%K Synergy
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