Label-Free Visualization of Carbapenemase Activity in Living Bacteria

Ye Zhang, Jin-E Lei, Yuan He, Jianhua Yang, Wenjing Wang, Abdul Wasey, Jiru Xu, Yue Lin, Haiming Fan, Guangyin Jing, Ce Zhang, Yi Jin

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Abstract

Abstract Evaluating enzyme activity intracellularly on natural substrates is a significant experimental challenge in biomedical research. We report a label-free method for real-time monitoring of the catalytic behavior of class?A, B, and D carbapenemases in live bacteria based on measurement of heat changes. By this means, novel biphasic kinetics for class?D OXA-48 with imipenem as substrate is revealed, providing a new approach to detect OXA-48-like producers. This in-cell calorimetry approach offers major advantages in the rapid screening (10?min) of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae from 142 clinical bacterial isolates, with superior sensitivity (97?%) and excellent specificity (100?%) compared to conventional methods. As a general, label-free method for the study of living cells, this protocol has potential for application to a wider range and variety of cellular components and physiological processes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17120-17124
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie International Edition
Volume57
Issue number52
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • calorimetry
  • bacterial detection
  • carbapenemase
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • enzyme kinetics

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