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The human pathogen  Listeria monocytogenes  is susceptible to the β-lactam antibiotics penicillin G and ampicillin, and these are the drugs of choice for the treatment of listerial infections. However, these antibiotics exert only a bacteriostatic effect on this bacterium and consequently,  L. monocytogenes  is regarded as β-lactam tolerant. It is widely accepted that the phenomenon of bacterial tolerance to β-lactams is due to the lack of adequate autolysin activity, but the mechanisms of  L. monocytogenes  tolerance to this class of antibiotics are poorly characterized. A ferritin-like protein (Fri) was recently identified as a mediator of β-lactam tolerance in  L. monocytogenes , but its function in this process remains unknown. The present study was undertaken to improve our understanding of  L. monocytogenes  tolerance to β-lactams and to characterize the role of Fri in this phenomenon. A comparative physiological analysis of wild-type  L. monocytogenes  and a  fri  deletion mutant provided evidence of a multilevel mechanism controlling autolysin activity in cells grown under β-lactam pressure, which leads to a reduction in the level and/or activity of cell wall-associated autolysins. This is accompanied by increases in the amount of teichoic acids, cell wall thickness and cell envelope integrity of  L. monocytogenes  grown in the presence of penicillin G, and provides the basis for the innate β-lactam tolerance of this bacterium. Furthermore, this study revealed the inability of the  L. monocytogenes   Δ   fri  mutant to deplete autolysins from the cell wall, to adjust the content of teichoic acids and to maintain their D-alanylation at the correct level when treated with penicillin G, thus providing further evidence that Fri is involved in the control of  L. monocytogenes  cell envelope structure and stability under β-lactam pressure.

Critical Role of a Ferritin-Like Protein in the Control of Listeria monocytogenes Cell Envelope Structure and Stability under β-lactam Pressure