Jean-Marie Pagès

Substitutions in the Eyelet Region Disrupt Cefepime Diffusion through the Escherichia coli OmpF Channel

Simonet, Valérie, Malléa, Monique, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The Escherichia coli OmpF porin is a nonspecific channel involved in the membrane translocation of small hydrophilic molecules and especially in the passage of β-lactam antibiotics. In order to...

Environmental Regulation of Campylobacter jejuni Major Outer Membrane Protein Porin Expression in Escherichia coli Monitored by Using Green Fluorescent Protein

Dedieu, Luc, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Bolla, Jean-Michel

Porins allow exchanges between bacteria and their environment. In the gram-negative food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni two porins, major outer membrane protein (MOMP) and Omp50, have been...

mar Operon Involved in Multidrug Resistance of Enterobacter aerogenes

Chollet, Renaud, Bollet, Claude, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Malléa, Monique, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Davin-Regli, Anne

We determined the sequence of the entire marRAB operon in Enterobacter aerogenes. It is functionally and structurally analogous to the Escherichia coli operon. The overexpression of E. aerogenes MarA...

The AcrAB-TolC Efflux Pump Contributes to Multidrug Resistance in the Nosocomial Pathogen Enterobacter aerogenes

Pradel, Elizabeth, Pagès, Jean-Marie

We identified the genes encoding the AcrA-AcrB-TolC efflux pump in Enterobacter aerogenes and constructed acrAB and tolC mutants from a multidrug-resistant isolate. Both derivatives were more...

Modification of Outer Membrane Protein Profile and Evidence Suggesting an Active Drug Pump in Enterobacter aerogenes Clinical Strains

Gayet, Stéphane, Chollet, Renaud, Molle, Gérard, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Chevalier, Jacqueline

Two clinical strains of Enterobacter aerogenes that exhibited phenotypes of multiresistance to β-lactam antibiotics, fluoroquinolones, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and kanamycin were investigated....

Inhibitors of Antibiotic Efflux in Resistant Enterobacter aerogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains

Chevalier, Jacqueline, Bredin, Jérôme, Mahamoud, Abdallah, Malléa, Monique, Barbe, Jacques, Pagès, Jean-Marie

In Enterobacter aerogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae, efflux provides efficient extrusion of antibiotics and contributes to the multidrug resistance phenotype. One of the alkoxyquinoline derivatives...

Use of the omp50 Gene for Identification of Campylobacter Species by PCR

Dedieu, Luc, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Bolla, Jean-Michel

We studied the prevalence of the omp50 gene and the Omp50 protein in Campylobacter strains. Immunodetection assays and DNA-DNA hybridizations showed that most C. coli strains tested were negative and...

Omp35, a New Enterobacter aerogenes Porin Involved in Selective Susceptibility to Cephalosporins

Bornet, Charléric, Saint, Nathalie, Fetnaci, Lilia, Dupont, Myrielle, Davin-Régli, Anne, Bollet, Claude, ...

In Enterobacter aerogenes, β-lactam resistance often involves a decrease in outer membrane permeability induced by modifications of porin synthesis. In ATCC 15038 strain, we observed a different...

Detection and Prevalence of Active Drug Efflux Mechanism in Various Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains from Turkey

Hasdemir, Ufuk Over, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Nordmann, Patrice, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The prevalence of active drug efflux pump and porin alterations was investigated in Turkish nosocomial strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting a multidrug-resistant phenotype. MICs of various...

The AcrAB-TolC Pump Is Involved in Macrolide Resistance but Not in Telithromycin Efflux in Enterobacter aerogenes and Escherichia coli

Chollet, Renaud, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Bryskier, André, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The role of the AcrAB-TolC pump in macrolide and ketolide susceptibility in Escherichia coli and Enterobacter aerogenes was studied. Efflux pump inhibitor restored erythromycin, clarithromycin, and...

Successive Emergence of Enterobacter aerogenes Strains Resistant to Imipenem and Colistin in a Patient

Thiolas, Aurélie, Bollet, Claude, La Scola, Bernard, Raoult, Didier, Pagès, Jean-Marie

Enterobacter aerogenes is an agent of hospital-acquired infection that exhibits a remarkable resistance to β-lactam antibiotics during therapy. Five successive isolates of E. aerogenes infecting a...

The eefABC Multidrug Efflux Pump Operon Is Repressed by H-NS in Enterobacter aerogenes

Masi, Muriel, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Villard, Claude, Pradel, Elizabeth

The Enterobacter aerogenes eefABC locus, which encodes a tripartite efflux pump, was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli tolC mutant. E. aerogenes ΔacrA expressing EefABC became less...

Alteration of pore properties of Escherichia coli OmpF induced by mutation of key residues in anti-loop 3 region.

Bredin, Jérôme, Saint, Nathalie, Malléa, Monique, D, Emmanuelle, Molle, Gérard, Pagès, Jean-Marie, ...

The Escherichia coli OmpF pore is governed by an internal constriction consisting of the negatively charged loop 3 folded into the lumen and the positively charged barrel wall located on the opposite...

Colicins, spermine and cephalosporins: a competitive interaction with the OmpF eyelet.

Bredin, Jérôme, Simonet, Valérie, Iyer, Ramkumar, Delcour, Anne H, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The L3 loop is an important feature of the OmpF porin structure, contributing to both channel size and electrostatic properties. Colicins A and N, spermine, and antibiotics that use OmpF to penetrate...

Alkylaminoquinolines inhibit the bacterial antibiotic efflux pump in multidrug-resistant clinical isolates.

Malléa, Monique, Mahamoud, Abdallah, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Alibert-Franco, Sandrine, Brouant, Pierre, Barbe, Jacques, ...

Over the last decade, MDR (multidrug resistance) has increased worldwide in microbial pathogens by efflux mechanisms, leading to treatment failures in human infections. Several Gram-negative bacteria...

Functional refolding of the Campylobacter jejuni MOMP (major outer membrane protein) porin by GroEL from the same species.

Goulhen, Florence, Dé, Emmanuelle, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Bolla, Jean-Michel

Functional and structural studies of outer membrane proteins from Gram-negative bacteria are frequently carried out using refolded proteins. Recombinant proteins are produced in Escherichia coli as...

Structural and Functional Study of the Phenicol-Specific Efflux Pump FloR Belonging to the Major Facilitator Superfamily

Braibant, Martine, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Chaslus-Dancla, Elisabeth, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Cloeckaert, Axel

The florfenicol-chloramphenicol resistance gene floR from Salmonella enterica was previously identified and postulated to belong to the major facilitator (MF) superfamily of drug exporters. Here, we...

Substitutions in the Eyelet Region Disrupt Cefepime Diffusion through the Escherichia coli OmpF Channel

Simonet, Valérie, Malléa, Monique, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The Escherichia coli OmpF porin is a nonspecific channel involved in the membrane translocation of small hydrophilic molecules and especially in the passage of β-lactam antibiotics. In order to...

Environmental Regulation of Campylobacter jejuni Major Outer Membrane Protein Porin Expression in Escherichia coli Monitored by Using Green Fluorescent Protein

Dedieu, Luc, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Bolla, Jean-Michel

Porins allow exchanges between bacteria and their environment. In the gram-negative food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni two porins, major outer membrane protein (MOMP) and Omp50, have been...

mar Operon Involved in Multidrug Resistance of Enterobacter aerogenes

Chollet, Renaud, Bollet, Claude, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Malléa, Monique, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Davin-Regli, Anne

We determined the sequence of the entire marRAB operon in Enterobacter aerogenes. It is functionally and structurally analogous to the Escherichia coli operon. The overexpression of E. aerogenes MarA...

The AcrAB-TolC Efflux Pump Contributes to Multidrug Resistance in the Nosocomial Pathogen Enterobacter aerogenes

Pradel, Elizabeth, Pagès, Jean-Marie

We identified the genes encoding the AcrA-AcrB-TolC efflux pump in Enterobacter aerogenes and constructed acrAB and tolC mutants from a multidrug-resistant isolate. Both derivatives were more...

Modification of Outer Membrane Protein Profile and Evidence Suggesting an Active Drug Pump in Enterobacter aerogenes Clinical Strains

Gayet, Stéphane, Chollet, Renaud, Molle, Gérard, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Chevalier, Jacqueline

Two clinical strains of Enterobacter aerogenes that exhibited phenotypes of multiresistance to β-lactam antibiotics, fluoroquinolones, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and kanamycin were investigated....

Inhibitors of Antibiotic Efflux in Resistant Enterobacter aerogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains

Chevalier, Jacqueline, Bredin, Jérôme, Mahamoud, Abdallah, Malléa, Monique, Barbe, Jacques, Pagès, Jean-Marie

In Enterobacter aerogenes and Klebsiella pneumoniae, efflux provides efficient extrusion of antibiotics and contributes to the multidrug resistance phenotype. One of the alkoxyquinoline derivatives...

Use of the omp50 Gene for Identification of Campylobacter Species by PCR

Dedieu, Luc, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Bolla, Jean-Michel

We studied the prevalence of the omp50 gene and the Omp50 protein in Campylobacter strains. Immunodetection assays and DNA-DNA hybridizations showed that most C. coli strains tested were negative and...

Omp35, a New Enterobacter aerogenes Porin Involved in Selective Susceptibility to Cephalosporins

Bornet, Charléric, Saint, Nathalie, Fetnaci, Lilia, Dupont, Myrielle, Davin-Régli, Anne, Bollet, Claude, ...

In Enterobacter aerogenes, β-lactam resistance often involves a decrease in outer membrane permeability induced by modifications of porin synthesis. In ATCC 15038 strain, we observed a different...

Detection and Prevalence of Active Drug Efflux Mechanism in Various Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains from Turkey

Hasdemir, Ufuk Over, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Nordmann, Patrice, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The prevalence of active drug efflux pump and porin alterations was investigated in Turkish nosocomial strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting a multidrug-resistant phenotype. MICs of various...

The AcrAB-TolC Pump Is Involved in Macrolide Resistance but Not in Telithromycin Efflux in Enterobacter aerogenes and Escherichia coli

Chollet, Renaud, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Bryskier, André, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The role of the AcrAB-TolC pump in macrolide and ketolide susceptibility in Escherichia coli and Enterobacter aerogenes was studied. Efflux pump inhibitor restored erythromycin, clarithromycin, and...

Successive Emergence of Enterobacter aerogenes Strains Resistant to Imipenem and Colistin in a Patient

Thiolas, Aurélie, Bollet, Claude, La Scola, Bernard, Raoult, Didier, Pagès, Jean-Marie

Enterobacter aerogenes is an agent of hospital-acquired infection that exhibits a remarkable resistance to β-lactam antibiotics during therapy. Five successive isolates of E. aerogenes infecting a...

The eefABC Multidrug Efflux Pump Operon Is Repressed by H-NS in Enterobacter aerogenes

Masi, Muriel, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Villard, Claude, Pradel, Elizabeth

The Enterobacter aerogenes eefABC locus, which encodes a tripartite efflux pump, was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli tolC mutant. E. aerogenes ΔacrA expressing EefABC became less...

Structural and Functional Study of the Phenicol-Specific Efflux Pump FloR Belonging to the Major Facilitator Superfamily

Braibant, Martine, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Chaslus-Dancla, Elisabeth, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Cloeckaert, Axel

The florfenicol-chloramphenicol resistance gene floR from Salmonella enterica was previously identified and postulated to belong to the major facilitator (MF) superfamily of drug exporters. Here, we...

Alteration of pore properties of Escherichia coli OmpF induced by mutation of key residues in anti-loop 3 region.

Bredin, Jérôme, Saint, Nathalie, Malléa, Monique, D, Emmanuelle, Molle, Gérard, Pagès, Jean-Marie, ...

The Escherichia coli OmpF pore is governed by an internal constriction consisting of the negatively charged loop 3 folded into the lumen and the positively charged barrel wall located on the opposite...

Colicins, spermine and cephalosporins: a competitive interaction with the OmpF eyelet.

Bredin, Jérôme, Simonet, Valérie, Iyer, Ramkumar, Delcour, Anne H, Pagès, Jean-Marie

The L3 loop is an important feature of the OmpF porin structure, contributing to both channel size and electrostatic properties. Colicins A and N, spermine, and antibiotics that use OmpF to penetrate...

Alkylaminoquinolines inhibit the bacterial antibiotic efflux pump in multidrug-resistant clinical isolates.

Malléa, Monique, Mahamoud, Abdallah, Chevalier, Jacqueline, Alibert-Franco, Sandrine, Brouant, Pierre, Barbe, Jacques, ...

Over the last decade, MDR (multidrug resistance) has increased worldwide in microbial pathogens by efflux mechanisms, leading to treatment failures in human infections. Several Gram-negative bacteria...

Functional refolding of the Campylobacter jejuni MOMP (major outer membrane protein) porin by GroEL from the same species.

Goulhen, Florence, Dé, Emmanuelle, Pagès, Jean-Marie, Bolla, Jean-Michel

Functional and structural studies of outer membrane proteins from Gram-negative bacteria are frequently carried out using refolded proteins. Recombinant proteins are produced in Escherichia coli as...

An Early Response to Environmental Stress Involves Regulation of OmpX and OmpF, Two Enterobacterial Outer Membrane Pore-Forming Proteins▿

Dupont, Myrielle, James, Chloë E., Chevalier, Jacqueline, Pagès, Jean-Marie

Bacterial adaptation to external stresses and toxic compounds is a key step in the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains that are a serious threat to human health. Although some of the proteins...

Squalamine: An Appropriate Strategy against the Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria?

Salmi, Chanaz, Loncle, Celine, Vidal, Nicolas, Letourneux, Yves, Fantini, Jacques, Maresca, Marc, ...

We reported that squalamine is a membrane-active molecule that targets the membrane integrity as demonstrated by the ATP release and dye entry. In this context, its activity may depend on the...