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Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Department of Medical Microbiology, University and University Hospital of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway1
Norwegian Institute for Gene Ecology, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway2
Author for correspondence: Kristin H. Dahl. Tel: +47 77 64 57 62. Fax: +47 77 64 53 50. e-mail: kristind{at}fagmed.uit.no
VanB-type vancomycin resistance is encoded by the vanB gene cluster, which disseminates by horizontal gene transfer and clonal spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Genetic linkage of the vanB gene cluster to transposon Tn5382 and the insertion sequences IS16 and IS256-like has previously been shown. In this study linkage of defined vanB gene cluster subtypes to these elements was examined. All the vanB2 subtype strains studied (n=14) revealed co-hybridization of vanB and Tn5382, whereas the strains of vanB1 (n=8) and vanB3 (n=1) subtypes were Tn5382 negative. Conjugative cotransfer of the vanB2 gene cluster and Tn5382 was demonstrated for two strains. DNA sequencing of the vanXB–ORFC region in vanB2 strains confirmed that the vanB2 gene cluster is an integral part of Tn5382. No general pattern of linkage was observed with regard to IS16 and IS256-like. Two novel insertion sequences were identified in specific vanB2 subtype strains. (i) A 1611 bp element (ISEnfa110) was detected in the left flank of Tn5382. Its insertion site, lack of terminal inverted and direct repeats, and two conserved motifs in its putative transposase all conform to the conventions of the IS110 family. (ii) A 787 bp element (ISEnfa200) was detected in the vanSB–vanYB intergenic region. Its ORF encoded a putative protein with 60–70% identity to transposases of the IS200 family. No further copies of ISEnfa110 were found by colony hybridization of 181 enterococcal isolates, whereas ISEnfa200 was found in four additional vanB2 strains from the USA. The five strains had identical ISEnfa200 element insertion sites, and Tn5382 was located downstream from a pbp5 gene conferring high-level ampicillin resistance. These isolates showed related PFGE patterns, suggesting possible clonal spread of a VRE strain harbouring a Tn5382–vanB2–ISEnfa200 element linked to a pbp5 gene conferring ampicillin resistance.
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Abbreviations: IS, insertion sequence; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci
GenBank and GenPept accession numbers are given in Table 3.
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