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Disbalancing envelope stress responses was investigated as a strategy for sensitization of  Escherichia coli  to antimicrobial agents. Seventeen isogenic strains were selected from the KEIO collection with deletions in genes corresponding to the σ E , Cpx, Rcs, Bae, and Psp responses. Antimicrobial activity against 20 drugs with different targets was evaluated by disk diffusion and gradient strip tests. Growth curves and time-kill curves were also determined for selected mutant-antimicrobial combinations. An increase in susceptibility to ampicillin, ceftazidime, cefepime, aztreonam, ertapenem, and fosfomycin was detected. Growth curves for Psp response mutants showed a decrease in optical density (OD) using sub-MIC concentrations of ceftazidime and aztreonam (Δ pspA  and Δ pspB  mutants), cefepime (Δ pspB  and Δ pspC  mutants) and ertapenem (Δ pspB  mutant). Time-kill curves were also performed using 1xMIC concentrations of these antimicrobials. For ceftazidime, 2.9 log 10  (Δ pspA  mutant) and 0.9 log 10  (Δ pspB  mutant) decreases were observed at 24 and 8 h, respectively. For aztreonam, a decrease of 3.1 log 10  (Δ pspA  mutant) and 4 log10 10  (Δ pspB  mutant) was shown after 4–6 h. For cefepime, 4.2 log 10  (Δ pspB  mutant) and 2.6 log 10  (Δ pspC  mutant) decreases were observed at 8 and 4 h, respectively. For ertapenem, a decrease of up to 6 log 10  (Δ pspB  mutant) was observed at 24 h. A deficient Psp envelope stress response increased  E. coli  susceptibility to beta-lactam agents such as cefepime, ceftazidime, aztreonam and ertapenem. Its role in repairing extensive inner membrane disruptions makes this pathway essential to bacterial survival, so that disbalancing the Psp response could be an appropriate target for sensitization strategies.

Disbalancing Envelope Stress Responses as a Strategy for Sensitization of Escherichia coli to Antimicrobial Agents