start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=9 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=4854 end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2019 dt-pub=2019319 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Comprehensive analysis of resistance-nodulation-cell division superfamily (RND) efflux pumps from Serratia marcescens, Db10 en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We investigated the role of the resistance-nodulation-cell division superfamily (RND) efflux system on intrinsic multidrug resistance in Serratia marcescens. We identified eight putative RND efflux system genes in the S. marcescens Db10 genome that included the previously characterized systems, sdeXY, sdeAB, and sdeCDE. Six out of the eight genes conferred multidrug resistance on KAM32, a drug hypersensitive strain of Escherichia coil. Five out of the eight genes conferred resistance to benzalkonium, suggesting the importance of RND efflux systems in biocide resistance in S. marcescens. The energy-dependent efflux activities of five of the pumps were examined using a rhodamine 6G efflux assay. When expressed in the toiC-deficient strain of E. coil, KAM43, none of the genes conferred resistance on E. coil. When hasF, encoding the S. marcescens ToIC ortholog, was expressed in KAM43, all of the genes conferred resistance on E. coil, suggesting that HasF is a major outer membrane protein that is used by all RND efflux systems in this organism. We constructed a sdeXY deletion mutant from a derivative strain of the clinically isolated multidrug-resistant S. marcescens strain and found that the sdeXY deletion mutant was sensitive to a broad spectrum of antimicrobial agents. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TobaShinsuke en-aut-sei=Toba en-aut-mei=Shinsuke kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MinatoYusuke en-aut-sei=Minato en-aut-mei=Yusuke kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KondoYuma en-aut-sei=Kondo en-aut-mei=Yuma kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=HoshikawaKanami en-aut-sei=Hoshikawa en-aut-mei=Kanami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MinagawaShu en-aut-sei=Minagawa en-aut-mei=Shu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=KomakiShiho en-aut-sei=Komaki en-aut-mei=Shiho kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=KumagaiTakanori en-aut-sei=Kumagai en-aut-mei=Takanori kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatobaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Matoba en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=MoritaDaichi en-aut-sei=Morita en-aut-mei=Daichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=OgawaWakano en-aut-sei=Ogawa en-aut-mei=Wakano kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= en-aut-name=GotohNaomasa en-aut-sei=Gotoh en-aut-mei=Naomasa kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=11 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsuchiyaTomofusa en-aut-sei=Tsuchiya en-aut-mei=Tomofusa kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=12 ORCID= en-aut-name=KurodaTeruo en-aut-sei=Kuroda en-aut-mei=Teruo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=13 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil= Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil=Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil= Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil= Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=7 en-affil=Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University kn-affil= affil-num=8 en-affil=Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University kn-affil= affil-num=9 en-affil=Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University kn-affil= affil-num=10 en-affil= Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=11 en-affil= Department of Microbiology and Infection Control Science, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University kn-affil= affil-num=12 en-affil= Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= affil-num=13 en-affil=Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University kn-affil= END