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Concentrations of antibiotics below the MIC are able to modulate the expression of virulence-associated genes. In this study, the influence of subinhibitory doses of 31 antibiotics on the expression of the gene encoding the staphylococcal alpha-toxin (hla ), a major virulence factor ofStaphylococcus aureus , was investigated with a novel gene fusion protocol. The most striking observation was a strong induction ofhla expression by subinhibitory concentrations of β-lactams and an almost complete inhibition of alpha-toxin expression by clindamycin. Whereas glycopeptide antibiotics had no effect, the macrolide erythromycin and several aminoglycosides reduced and fluoroquinolones slightly stimulatedhla expression. Furthermore, Northern blot analysis ofhla mRNA and Western blot (immunoblot) analysis of culture supernatants of both methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistantS. aureus strains revealed that methicillin-induced alpha-toxin expression is a common phenomenon of alpha-toxin-producing strains. Some methicillin-resistantS. aureus isolates produced up to 30-fold more alpha-toxin in the presence of 10 μg of methicillin per ml than in its absence. The results indicate that the novel gene fusion technique is a useful tool for studying the modulation of virulence gene expression by antibiotics. Moreover, the results suggest that the effects of certain antibiotics on virulence properties may be relevant for the management ofS. aureus infections.

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Effects of Subinhibitory Concentrations of Antibiotics on Alpha-Toxin ( <i>hla</i> ) Gene Expression of Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Isolates

Effects of Subinhibitory Concentrations of Antibiotics on Alpha-Toxin ( hla ) Gene Expression of Methicillin-Sensitive and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates