Rattaché à Paris Diderot, à l'INSERM ainsi qu'à l'université Paris 13, IAME est une unité multidisciplinaire (approche expérimentale, épidémiologie, modélisation statistique et mathématique) afin d’identifier les paramètres écologiques et évolutifs de l’adaptation des micro-organismes, en particulier ceux impliqués dans la virulence et la résistance aux antibiotiques. Le laboratoire dépend de deux départements de l'Alliance pour les sciences de la vie et de la santé (AVIESAN) : Maladies Infectieuses et Santé Publique. Situé sur le campus de Paris Diderot à la Faculté de médecine de l'Hôpital Bichat dans le nord de Paris, et relié à plusieurs hôpitaux universitaires à proximité, il offre une occasion unique de mélanger les scientifiques et cliniciens impliqués dans la recherche sur les maladies infectieuses. L'équipe consacrée à l'épidémiologie de la diversité écologique de Escherichia coli travaille sur le site Xavier Bichat (Université Paris 7) et aux laboratoires de Bactériologie des hôpitaux Avicenne et Jean Verdier.
Malgré un siècle d'efforts de prévention et de contrôle souvent fructueux, les maladies infectieuses restent un problème majeur de santé publique causant 13 millions de morts chaque année. De nouvelles maladies émergent, d'autres quasiment disparues ressurgissent, et l'on assiste au développement de la résistance aux agents antimicrobiens.
Deux types de causes expliquent ces données : les changements démographiques, comportementaux et technologiques des sociétés humaines associés aux modifications écologiques de la planète apparus durant le XXème siècle, et la capacité constante des microorganismes à évoluer et s'adapter. L'adaptation des populations repose sur la création de diversité génétique et l'action de la sélection naturelle. Parmi les mutants créés aléatoirement, la sélection naturelle ne retient que les individus les plus adaptés, soit les plus à même de survivre et de se reproduire dans leur environnement. Si de nombreux travaux ont très largement éclairci les aspects moléculaires de la virulence microbienne, peu d'études en revanche se sont appliquées à détailler les origines et conséquences évolutives de cette virulence.
Le but de notre recherche est de mieux détailler les paramètres écologiques et évolutifs qui permettent l'adaptation des microorganismes commensaux et pathogènes, et notamment ceux qui sont impliqués dans la transition d'un état à l'autre. Deux aspects sont essentiels pour comprendre l'évolution des microorganismes : l'adéquation entre leur génome et leur environnement d'une part et les contraintes agissant sur leur mode d'adaptation d'autre part.
Pour étudier ces deux aspects, nous avons choisi l'espèce Escherichia coli/Shigella, qui comprend des souches commensales du tube digestif mais aussi responsables de nombreuses pathologies intestinales et extra-intestinales, ainsi que les bactériophages phiX174 and phi6. A l'aide d'une approche mêlant (i) analyse de données génomiques (séquences de génomes complets, séquences de quelques gènes chez de nombreux isolats, présence/absence et expression de gènes) et (ii) analyse de nombreux phénotypes (croissance, activité métabolique, résistance aux stress divers dont les antimicrobiens, colonisation et virulence dans divers modèles animaux, circonstances cliniques d'isolement) sur des panels d'isolats naturels, nous souhaitons comprendre comment les génomes des microorganismes ont évolué et le lien avec l'émergence de la virulence.
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Date: 14 6 月 2017 - 13:01
Desc: OBJECTIVES: Amongst the highly diverse Escherichia coli population, the ST131-O25b:H4 clonal complex is particularly worrisome as it is associated with a high level of antibiotic resistance. The lack of new antibiotics, the worldwide continuous increase of infections caused by MDR bacteria and the need for narrow-spectrum antimicrobial agents have revived interest in phage therapy. In this article, we describe a virulent bacteriophage, LM33_P1, which specifically infects O25b strains, and provide data related to its therapeutic potential. METHODS: A large panel of E. coli strains (n = 283) was used to assess both the specificity and the activity of bacteriophage LM33_P1. Immunology, biochemistry and genetics-based methods confirmed this specificity. Virology methods and sequencing were used to characterize this bacteriophage in vitro, while three relevant mouse models were employed to show its in vivo efficacy. RESULTS: Bacteriophage LM33_P1 exclusively infects O25b E. coli strains with a 70% coverage on sequence types associated with high antibiotic resistance (ST131 and ST69). This specificity is due to an interaction with the LPS mediated by an original tail fibre. LM33_P1 also has exceptional intrinsic properties with a high adsorption constant and produces over 300 virions per cell in <10 min. Using animal pneumonia, septicaemia and urinary tract infection models, we showed the in vivo efficacy of LM33_P1 to reduce the bacterial load in several organs. CONCLUSION: Bacteriophage LM33_P1 represents the first weapon that specifically and quickly kills O25b E. coli strains. Therapeutic approaches derived from this bacteriophage could be developed to stop or slow down the spread of the ST131-O25b:H4 drug-resistant clonal complex in humans.
Date: 18 9 月 2019 - 12:22
Desc: Objectives: The neurological disorders in HIV-1-infected patients remain prevalent. The HIV-1 resistance in plasma and CSF was compared in patients with neurological disorders in a multicentre study. Methods: Blood and CSF samples were collected at time of neurological disorders for 244 patients. The viral loads were .50 copies/mL in both compartments and bulk genotypic tests were realized. Results: On 244 patients, 89 and 155 were antiretroviral (ARV) naive and ARV treated, respectively. In ARV-naive patients, detection of mutations in CSF and not in plasma were reported for the reverse transcriptase (RT) gene in 2/89 patients (2.2%) and for the protease gene in 1/89 patients (1.1%). In ARV-treated patients, 19/152 (12.5%) patients had HIV-1 mutations only in the CSF for the RT gene and 30/151 (19.8%) for the protease gene. Two mutations appeared statistically more prevalent in the CSF than in plasma: M41L (P ¼ 0.0455) and T215Y (P ¼0.0455). Conclusions: In most cases, resistance mutations were present and similar in both studied compartments. However, in 3.4% of ARV-naive and 8.8% of ARV-treated patients, the virus was more resistant in CSF than in plasma. These results support the need for genotypic resistance testing when lumbar puncture is performed.
Date: 20 10 月 2018 - 12:05
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Date: 16 1 月 2019 - 18:51
Desc: Objectives To assess the phenotypic susceptibility of the E157Q polymorphism in HIV-1 integrase (IN) and the virological outcome of patients infected with E157Q-mutated virus initiating an IN inhibitor (INI)-based regimen. Methods This was a multicentre study assessing IN sequences from INI-naive patients among 17 French HIV clinical centres. E157Q site-directed mutants in pNL4.3 and pCRF02_AG contexts were assessed in a recombinant phenotypic assay. Results Prevalence of the E157Q polymorphism was 2.7% among 8528 IN sequences from INI-naive patients and its distribution was 1.7%, 5.6% and 2.2% in B, CRF02_AG and various non-B subtypes, respectively. Thirty-nine INI-naive patients with E157Q-mutated virus initiated an INI-based regimen. Among them, 15 had a viral load (VL) <50 copies/mL at initiation and virological suppression was maintained during the first year of follow-up in all but two exhibiting a viral blip. Twenty-four patients had a VL > 50 copies/mL at the time of INI-based regimen initiation. Among them eight were receiving a first-line regimen and the only two patients who did not reach VL < 50 copies/mL at week 24 were receiving elvitegravir. The 16 remaining patients were ART experienced in virological failure with drug-resistant viruses displaying several virological outcomes independently of the genotypic susceptibility score. Phenotypic analyses showed a fold change in EC50 of 0.6, 0.9 and 1.9 for raltegravir, dolutegravir and elvitegravir, respectively, in a subtype B context, and 1.1, 1.9 and 2.4 for raltegravir, dolutegravir and elvitegravir, respectively, in a CRF02_AG context. Conclusions Assessment of virological response in 39 patients initiating an INI-based regimen with E157Q-mutated virus, in combination with phenotypic analysis, suggests that particular attention should be paid to antiretroviral-naive patients and dolutegravir should be preferentially used in these patients.
Date: 12 9 月 2018 - 12:32
Desc: Objectives - Time to blood culture positivity (TTP), a routinely available parameter in automated blood culture systems, may be a proxy for infectious burden in patients with bloodstream infections. We aimed to study the association between TTP and infective endocarditis (IE), or death, in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Methods - VIRSTA is a multicenter prospective cohort study that included all adult patients with S. aureus bacteraemia in eight university hospitals in France (2009-2011). We analyzed data from four centers which collected data on TTP. Regression models were used to study the association between TTP and definite IE (Duke-Li criteria), and 30 day-mortality. Results - We included 587 patients with S. aureus bacteraemia: mean age was 65.3±16.3 years, 420/587 patients (71.6%) were male, 121/587 (20.6%) died, and 42/587 (7.2%) had definite IE. Median TTP of first positive blood culture was 13.7 h (interquartile range, 9.9-18). On multivariate analysis, 30-day mortality was associated with TTP≤13.7 h (74/295 (25.1%) vs 47/292 (16.1%), P=0.02), as well as old age, McCabe score, methicillin resistance, stroke, pneumonia, and C-Reactive Protein. TTP was also independently associated with IE, but with a U-shape curve: IE was more common in the first (TTP<10 h, 17/148, 11.5%), and the last (TTP>18 h, 8/146, 5.5%) quartiles of TTP, P=0.002. Conclusions - TTP provides reliable information in patients with S. aureus bacteraemia, on the risk of IE, and prognosis, with short TTP being an independent predictor of death. This data readily available at no cost may be used to identify patients who require specific attention.
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