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Auteurs principaux: Xiang, Jiao, Zhou, Yu-Qing, Yuan, Si-Chen, Zhang, Xiao-Lin, Wang, Shi-Wen, Chen, Zhuang-Gui, Lin, Li-Rong, Liu, Zi-Qiu, Li, Hui, Peng, Bo
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Publié: Cell reports 2026
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author Xiang, Jiao
Zhou, Yu-Qing
Yuan, Si-Chen
Zhang, Xiao-Lin
Wang, Shi-Wen
Chen, Zhuang-Gui
Lin, Li-Rong
Liu, Zi-Qiu
Li, Hui
Peng, Bo
author_facet Xiang, Jiao
Zhou, Yu-Qing
Yuan, Si-Chen
Zhang, Xiao-Lin
Wang, Shi-Wen
Chen, Zhuang-Gui
Lin, Li-Rong
Liu, Zi-Qiu
Li, Hui
Peng, Bo
Xiang, Jiao
Zhou, Yu-Qing
Yuan, Si-Chen
Zhang, Xiao-Lin
Wang, Shi-Wen
Chen, Zhuang-Gui
Lin, Li-Rong
Liu, Zi-Qiu
Li, Hui
Peng, Bo
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Compound amino acid synergizes ceftazidime-avibactam to eradicate extracellular and facultative intracellular MDR pathogens. Xiang, Jiao Zhou, Yu-Qing Yuan, Si-Chen Zhang, Xiao-Lin Wang, Shi-Wen Chen, Zhuang-Gui Lin, Li-Rong Liu, Zi-Qiu Li, Hui Peng, Bo Ceftazidime Escherichia coli Animals Azabicyclo Compounds Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Anti-Bacterial Agents Drug Synergism Drug Combinations Amino Acids Edwardsiella tarda Microbial Sensitivity Tests Humans Mice With the rise in antibiotic-resistant infections, enhancing the efficacy of currently available antibiotics is crucial to address this crisis. In this study, we demonstrate that the clinically approved amino acid formulation 18AA (18 amino acids) synergistically enhances ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) efficacy against extracellular and intracellular multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, including carbapenem-resistant (CR) strains. The CZA+18AA combination eliminated CR Escherichia coli (CR-ECO) and MDR Edwardsiella tarda. Synergy was consistently demonstrated across all 10 tested clinical isolates, including CR-ECO, MDR-ECO, MDR E. tarda, and other CR pathogens, and validated in animal infection models. Mechanistically, 18AA promotes inosine biosynthesis, activating CusS/CusR-CusC regulatory pathways to increase antibiotic influx. This enhanced drug uptake overcomes resistance mechanisms mediated by efflux pumps and β-lactamases. Notably, these inosine-activated pathways were identified as previously unknown resistant mechanisms in antibiotic-sensitive bacterial mutants. Our findings establish nutritional adjuvants as clinically translatable tools to potentiate existing antibiotics against intractable MDR/CR infections through targeted metabolic modulation.
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spellingShingle Compound amino acid synergizes ceftazidime-avibactam to eradicate extracellular and facultative intracellular MDR pathogens.
Xiang, Jiao
Zhou, Yu-Qing
Yuan, Si-Chen
Zhang, Xiao-Lin
Wang, Shi-Wen
Chen, Zhuang-Gui
Lin, Li-Rong
Liu, Zi-Qiu
Li, Hui
Peng, Bo
Ceftazidime
Escherichia coli
Animals
Azabicyclo Compounds
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Drug Synergism
Drug Combinations
Amino Acids
Edwardsiella tarda
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Humans
Mice
Compound amino acid synergizes ceftazidime-avibactam to eradicate extracellular and facultative intracellular MDR pathogens. Xiang, Jiao Zhou, Yu-Qing Yuan, Si-Chen Zhang, Xiao-Lin Wang, Shi-Wen Chen, Zhuang-Gui Lin, Li-Rong Liu, Zi-Qiu Li, Hui Peng, Bo Ceftazidime Escherichia coli Animals Azabicyclo Compounds Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial Anti-Bacterial Agents Drug Synergism Drug Combinations Amino Acids Edwardsiella tarda Microbial Sensitivity Tests Humans Mice With the rise in antibiotic-resistant infections, enhancing the efficacy of currently available antibiotics is crucial to address this crisis. In this study, we demonstrate that the clinically approved amino acid formulation 18AA (18 amino acids) synergistically enhances ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) efficacy against extracellular and intracellular multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, including carbapenem-resistant (CR) strains. The CZA+18AA combination eliminated CR Escherichia coli (CR-ECO) and MDR Edwardsiella tarda. Synergy was consistently demonstrated across all 10 tested clinical isolates, including CR-ECO, MDR-ECO, MDR E. tarda, and other CR pathogens, and validated in animal infection models. Mechanistically, 18AA promotes inosine biosynthesis, activating CusS/CusR-CusC regulatory pathways to increase antibiotic influx. This enhanced drug uptake overcomes resistance mechanisms mediated by efflux pumps and β-lactamases. Notably, these inosine-activated pathways were identified as previously unknown resistant mechanisms in antibiotic-sensitive bacterial mutants. Our findings establish nutritional adjuvants as clinically translatable tools to potentiate existing antibiotics against intractable MDR/CR infections through targeted metabolic modulation.
title Compound amino acid synergizes ceftazidime-avibactam to eradicate extracellular and facultative intracellular MDR pathogens.
topic Ceftazidime
Escherichia coli
Animals
Azabicyclo Compounds
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Drug Synergism
Drug Combinations
Amino Acids
Edwardsiella tarda
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Humans
Mice
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41719126/