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Kitzmiller CE, Cheng TY, Prandi J, Sparks IL, Moody DB, Morita YS. Detergent-induced quantitatively limited formation of diacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Lipid Res 2024; 65:100533. [PMID: 38522749 PMCID: PMC11269278 DOI: 10.1016/j.jlr.2024.100533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Mycobacterial plasma membrane, together with the peptidoglycan-arabinogalactan cell wall and waxy outer membrane, creates a robust permeability barrier against xenobiotics. The fact that several antituberculosis drugs target plasma membrane-embedded enzymes underscores the importance of the plasma membrane in bacterial physiology and pathogenesis. Nevertheless, its accurate phospholipid composition remains undefined, with conflicting reports on the abundance of phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIMs), physiologically important glycolipids evolutionarily conserved among mycobacteria and related bacteria. Some studies indicate cardiolipin, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylinositol as dominant structural phospholipids. Conversely, some suggest PIMs dominate the plasma membrane. A striking example of the latter is the use of reverse micelle extraction, showing diacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside (Ac2PIM2) as the most abundant phospholipid in a model organism, Mycobacterium smegmatis. Our recent work reveals a rapid response mechanism to membrane-fluidizing stress in mycobacterial plasma membrane: monoacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside and hexamannoside (AcPIM2 and AcPIM6) are converted to diacyl forms (Ac2PIM2 and Ac2PIM6). Given the dynamic nature of PIMs, we aimed to resolve the conflicting data in the literature. We show that unstressed M. smegmatis lacks an Ac2PIM2-dominated plasma membrane. Ac2PIM2 accumulation is induced by experimental conditions involving sodium docusate, a component of the reverse micellar solution. Using chemically synthesized PIMs as standards, we accurately quantified phospholipid ratio in M. smegmatis through liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, revealing that mycobacterial plasma membrane is dominated by cardiolipin, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylinositol. PIMs are quantitatively minor but responsive to environmental stresses in M. smegmatis. Our study paves the way for accurate modeling of mycobacterial plasma membrane.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunity and Inflammation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, CNRS, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunity and Inflammation, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
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Gong Y, Wang J, Li F, Zhu B. Polysaccharides and glycolipids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their induced immune responses. Scand J Immunol 2023; 97:e13261. [PMID: 39008002 DOI: 10.1111/sji.13261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/16/2024]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease mainly caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). The structures of polysaccharides and glycolipids at M. tuberculosis cell wall vary among different strains, which affect the physiology and pathogenesis of mycobacteria by activating or inhibiting innate and acquired immunity. Among them, some components such as lipomannan (LM) and lipoarabinomannan (LAM) activate innate immunity by recognizing some kinds of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) like Toll-like receptors, while other components like mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM) could prevent innate immune responses by inhibiting the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and maturation of phagosomes. In addition, many glycolipids can activate natural killer T (NKT) cells and CD1-restricted T cells to produce interferon-γ (IFN-γ). Furthermore, humoral immunity against cell wall components, such as antibodies against LAM, plays a role in immunity against M. tuberculosis infection. Cell wall polysaccharides and glycolipids of M. tuberculosis have potential applications as antigens and adjuvants for novel TB subunit vaccines.
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- Yang Gong
- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Translation & Lanzhou Center for Tuberculosis Research, Institute of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Translation & Lanzhou Center for Tuberculosis Research, Institute of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Translation & Lanzhou Center for Tuberculosis Research, Institute of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Translation & Lanzhou Center for Tuberculosis Research, Institute of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Hailu E, Cantillon D, Madrazo C, Rose G, Wheeler PR, Golby P, Adnew B, Gagneux S, Aseffa A, Gordon SV, Comas I, Young DB, Waddell SJ, Larrouy-Maumus G, Berg S. Lack of methoxy-mycolates characterizes the geographically restricted lineage 7 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Microb Genom 2023; 9:mgen001011. [PMID: 37171244 PMCID: PMC10272862 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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Lineage 7 (L7) emerged in the phylogeny of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) subsequent to the branching of 'ancient' lineage 1 and prior to the Eurasian dispersal of 'modern' lineages 2, 3 and 4. In contrast to the major MTBC lineages, the current epidemiology suggests that prevalence of L7 is highly confined to the Ethiopian population, or when identified outside of Ethiopia, it has mainly been in patients of Ethiopian origin. To search for microbiological factors that may contribute to its restricted distribution, we compared the genome of L7 to the genomes of globally dispersed MTBC lineages. The frequency of predicted functional mutations in L7 was similar to that documented in other lineages. These include mutations characteristic of modern lineages - such as constitutive expression of nitrate reductase - as well as mutations in the VirS locus that are commonly found in ancient lineages. We also identified and characterized multiple lineage-specific mutations in L7 in biosynthesis pathways of cell wall lipids, including confirmed deficiency of methoxy-mycolic acids due to a stop-gain mutation in the mmaA3 gene that encodes a methoxy-mycolic acid synthase. We show that the abolished biosynthesis of methoxy-mycolates of L7 alters the cell structure and colony morphology on selected growth media and impacts biofilm formation. The loss of these mycolic acid moieties may change the host-pathogen dynamic for L7 isolates, explaining the limited geographical distribution of L7 and contributing to further understanding the spread of MTBC lineages across the globe.
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- Elena Hailu
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
- Present address: Department of Tropical Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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- Biomedicine Institute of Valencia, Spanish Research Council (IBV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
- Present address: North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, UK
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- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Allschwil, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- Biomedicine Institute of Valencia, Spanish Research Council (IBV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain
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- Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research, Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, UK
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- MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Animal and Plant Health Agency, Weybridge, UK
- Present address: Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Nazareth SC, Rao S, Cheng LW, Wang PC, Chen SC. Nocardia seriolae cell wall lipids: An effective protective mechanism in resistance and virulence. JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2023; 46:405-416. [PMID: 36628981 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Piscine nocardiosis, caused by Nocardia seriolae, is a refractory granulomatous disease in South-East Asian aquaculture. This study investigates the virulence of nocardial lipids essential for pathogenesis among Actinomycetes. Petroleum ether (PE) was used to selectively delipidate two groups of N. seriolae, namely, live cell (LC) and killed cell (KC); resulting in delipidated live cell (DLC) and delipidated killed cell (DKC), respectively. Changes post-delipidation on genus characteristics, such as loss in acid-fast nature and resistance to lysozyme were observed. Transmission electron microscopy revealed notable changes in the lipid layer. Additionally, Lates calcarifer, Asian seabass intraperitoneally injected with LC and DLC had mortality rates of 90% and 50%, respectively, with the latter exhibiting a delay in mortality. Reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis of host cytokines from the spleen and head kidney showed delipidation contributed to the induction of an immune response with increased transcriptional levels of interferon-γ (ifn-γ). Histopathological samples collected on day 7 post-inoculation displayed a varied granulomatous response between the treatment groups and scored for pathological changes. These findings affirm that the virulence of the lipids remains independent of the living state of the cell, significantly altering the immune and granulomatous responses in L. calcarifer to N. seriolae.
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- Sandra Celenia Nazareth
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Southern Taiwan Fish Diseases Research Centre, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- International Degree Program of Ornamental Fish Technology and Aquatic Animal Health, International College, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Research Centre for Fish Vaccine and Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Southern Taiwan Fish Diseases Research Centre, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- International Degree Program of Ornamental Fish Technology and Aquatic Animal Health, International College, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Research Centre for Fish Vaccine and Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Research Centre for Animal Biologics, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan
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Petrilli JD, Müller I, Araújo LE, Cardoso TM, Carvalho LP, Barros BC, Teixeira M, Arruda S, Riley LW, Queiroz A. Differential Host Pro-Inflammatory Response to Mycobacterial Cell Wall Lipids Regulated by the Mce1 Operon. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1848. [PMID: 32973761 PMCID: PMC7461851 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The cell wall of wild-type (WT) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), an etiologic agent of tuberculosis (TB) and a Mtb strain disrupted in a 13-gene operon mce1 (Δmce1) varies by more than 400 lipid species. Here, we examined Mtb lipid-induced response in murine macrophage, as well as in human T-cell subpopulations in order to gain an insight into how changes in cell wall lipid composition may modulate host immune response. Relative to WT Mtb cell wall lipids, the non-polar lipid extracts from Δmce1 enhanced the mRNA expression of lipid-sense nuclear receptors TR4 and PPAR-γ and dampened the macrophage expression of genes encoding TNF-α, IL-6, and IL-1β. Relative to untreated control, WT lipid-pre-stimulated macrophages from healthy individuals induced a higher level of CD4−CD8− double negative T-cells (DN T-cells) producing TNF-α. Conversely, compared to WT, stimulation with Δmce1 lipids induced higher mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) in IL-10-producing DN T cells. Mononuclear cells from TB patients stimulated with WT Mtb lipids induced an increased production of TNF-α by CD8+ lymphocytes. Taken together, these observations suggest that changes in mce1 operon expression during a course of infection may serve as a strategy by Mtb to evade the host pro-inflammatory responses.
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- Jéssica D Petrilli
- Laboratorio Avançado de Saúde Pública, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratorio Avançado de Saúde Pública, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratorio Avançado de Saúde Pública, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratorio Avançado de Saúde Pública, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Laboratorio Avançado de Saúde Pública, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
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- Laboratorio Avançado de Saúde Pública, Instituto Gonçalo Moniz, Salvador, Brazil
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Bettencourt P, Müller J, Nicastri A, Cantillon D, Madhavan M, Charles PD, Fotso CB, Wittenberg R, Bull N, Pinpathomrat N, Waddell SJ, Stylianou E, Hill AVS, Ternette N, McShane H. Identification of antigens presented by MHC for vaccines against tuberculosis. NPJ Vaccines 2020; 5:2. [PMID: 31908851 PMCID: PMC6941960 DOI: 10.1038/s41541-019-0148-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is responsible for more deaths globally than any other pathogen. The only available vaccine, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), has variable efficacy throughout the world. A more effective vaccine is urgently needed. The immune response against tuberculosis relies, at least in part, on CD4+ T cells. Protective vaccines require the induction of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells via mycobacterial peptides presented by MHC class-II in infected macrophages. In order to identify mycobacterial antigens bound to MHC, we have immunoprecipitated MHC class-I and class-II complexes from THP-1 macrophages infected with BCG, purified MHC class-I and MHC class-II peptides and analysed them by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. We have successfully identified 94 mycobacterial peptides presented by MHC-II and 43 presented by MHC-I, from 76 and 41 antigens, respectively. These antigens were found to be highly expressed in infected macrophages. Gene ontology analysis suggests most of these antigens are associated with membranes and involved in lipid biosynthesis and transport. The sequences of selected peptides were confirmed by spectral match validation and immunogenicity evaluated by IFN-gamma ELISpot against peripheral blood mononuclear cell from volunteers vaccinated with BCG, M.tb latently infected subjects or patients with tuberculosis disease. Three antigens were expressed in viral vectors, and evaluated as vaccine candidates alone or in combination in a murine aerosol M.tb challenge model. When delivered in combination, the three candidate vaccines conferred significant protection in the lungs and spleen compared with BCG alone, demonstrating proof-of-concept for this unbiased approach to identifying new candidate antigens. Protective vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), such as bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), trigger strong CD4 T-cell responses specific to mycobacterium peptides, but their efficacy is variable. Paulo Bettencourt and colleagues now identify a set of mycobacterium peptides presented by BCG-infected macrophages via major compatibility complexes (MHC), and show that three of these antigens can be combined to formulate a vaccine that confers improved protection to Mtb infection in mice. After identifying 94 MHC-II-associated and 43 MHC-I-associated mycobacterium peptides, the researchers performed immunogenicity assays with peripheral blood mononuclear cells from BCG-vaccinated donors, latent Mtb-infected patients and patients with tuberculosis, and show that a set of these peptides was recognised by the immune cells, validating their potential as possible components for new Mtb vaccine formulations. These findings further support the value of immunopeptidomics for the identification of new antigens for effective vaccine alternatives.
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- 1Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ UK
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- 2Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ UK
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- 3Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9PX UK
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- 1Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ UK
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- 2Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ UK
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- 1Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ UK
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- 1Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ UK
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- 3Department of Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9PX UK
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- 1Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ UK.,2Target Discovery Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ UK
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- 1Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ UK
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Garcia-Vilanova A, Chan J, Torrelles JB. Underestimated Manipulative Roles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell Envelope Glycolipids During Infection. Front Immunol 2019; 10:2909. [PMID: 31921168 PMCID: PMC6930167 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.02909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope has been evolving over time to make the bacterium transmissible and adaptable to the human host. In this context, the M. tuberculosis cell envelope contains a peripheral barrier full of lipids, some of them unique, which confer M. tuberculosis with a unique shield against the different host environments that the bacterium will encounter at the different stages of infection. This lipid barrier is mainly composed of glycolipids that can be characterized by three different subsets: trehalose-containing, mannose-containing, and 6-deoxy-pyranose-containing glycolipids. In this review, we explore the roles of these cell envelope glycolipids in M. tuberculosis virulence and pathogenesis, drug resistance, and further, how these glycolipids may dictate the M. tuberculosis cell envelope evolution from ancient to modern strains. Finally, we address how these M. tuberculosis cell envelope glycolipids are impacted by the host lung alveolar environment, their role in vaccination and masking host immunity, and subsequently the impact of these glycolipids in shaping how M. tuberculosis interacts with host cells, manipulating their immune response to favor the establishment of an infection.
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- Andreu Garcia-Vilanova
- Population Health Program, TB Group, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, United States
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, United States
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- Population Health Program, TB Group, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Study of the conformational behaviour of trehalose mycolates by FT-IR spectroscopy. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 223:104789. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Revised: 06/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Selective delipidation of Mycobacterium bovis BCG enables direct pulmonary vaccination and enhances protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mucosal Immunol 2019; 12:805-815. [PMID: 30778118 PMCID: PMC6462255 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-019-0148-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Revised: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is the leading killer due to an infectious organism. Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the only vaccine approved against TB, however, its efficacy against pulmonary TB is poor. While BCG is currently inoculated intradermally, the natural route of M.tb infection is through the lung. Excessive lung pathology caused by pulmonary inoculation of BCG has prevented the use of this immunization route. Here, we show that selective chemical treatment of BCG with petroleum ether removes inflammatory lipids from the bacterial surface while keeping BCG viable. Pulmonary vaccination using this modified BCG attenuated inflammatory responses, prevented immunopathology of the lung, and significantly increased protection against M.tb infection in mice. We further directly linked IL-17A as the responsible contributor of improved immunity against M.tb infection. These results provide evidence that selective removal of cytotoxic lipids from the BCG surface attenuates inflammation and offers a safer and superior vaccine against TB causing less damage post-infectious challenge with M.tb.
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Melly G, Purdy GE. MmpL Proteins in Physiology and Pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7030070. [PMID: 30841535 PMCID: PMC6463170 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7030070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains an important human pathogen. The Mtb cell envelope is a critical bacterial structure that contributes to virulence and pathogenicity. Mycobacterial membrane protein large (MmpL) proteins export bulky, hydrophobic substrates that are essential for the unique structure of the cell envelope and directly support the ability of Mtb to infect and persist in the host. This review summarizes recent investigations that have enabled insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying MmpL substrate export and the role that these substrates play during Mtb infection.
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- Geoff Melly
- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Ufimtseva EG, Eremeeva NI, Petrunina EM, Umpeleva TV, Bayborodin SI, Vakhrusheva DV, Skornyakov SN. Mycobacterium tuberculosis cording in alveolar macrophages of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is likely associated with increased mycobacterial virulence. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018; 112:1-10. [PMID: 30205961 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an infectious agent that causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans. A study of the volume of Mtb population and the detection of Mtb virulence in the lungs of patients with pulmonary TB are of great importance for understanding the infectious process and the outcome of the disease. We analyzed the functional state of Mtb and their number in alveolar macrophages obtained from the resected lungs of patients with TB in ex vivo culture and determined that the number of Mtb, referred mainly to the Beijing genotype family (A0 and B0/W148 clusters), were significantly different in cells between different patients. Only single Mtb were found in alveolar macrophages of some patients, while Mtb were actively replicated in colonies in alveolar macrophages of other patients, including cord morphology of Mtb growth (the indicator of Mtb virulence). Our data demonstrated association between the formation of Mtb cording in alveolar macrophages of patients and increased virulence of Mtb from the lungs of these patients in guinea pig TB model. The find of cording formation by replicating Mtb in human alveolar macrophages may be used for preliminary quick estimation of increased Mtb virulence in individual patients with pulmonary TB.
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- Elena G Ufimtseva
- The Research Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translation Medicine, 2 Timakova Street, 630117, Novosibirsk, Russia; Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, 10 Lavrentyeva Prospect, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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Braganza CD, Teunissen T, Timmer MSM, Stocker BL. Identification and Biological Activity of Synthetic Macrophage Inducible C-Type Lectin Ligands. Front Immunol 2018; 8:1940. [PMID: 29387054 PMCID: PMC5776103 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The macrophage inducible C-type lectin (Mincle) is a pattern recognition receptor able to recognize both damage-associated and pathogen-associated molecular patterns, and in this respect, there has been much interest in determining the scope of ligands that bind Mincle and how structural modifications to these ligands influence ensuing immune responses. In this review, we will present Mincle ligands of known chemical structure, with a focus on ligands that have been synthetically prepared, such as trehalose glycolipids, glycerol-based ligands, and 6-acylated glucose and mannose derivatives. The ability of the different classes of ligands to influence the innate, and consequently, the adaptive, immune response will be described, and where appropriate, structure-activity relationships within each class of Mincle ligands will be presented.
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- Chriselle D. Braganza
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
- Centre for Biodiscovery, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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Williams SJ. Sensing Lipids with Mincle: Structure and Function. Front Immunol 2017; 8:1662. [PMID: 29230225 PMCID: PMC5711825 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Mincle is a C-type lectin receptor that has emerged as an important player in innate immunity through its capacity to recognize a wide range of lipidic species derived from damaged/altered self and foreign microorganisms. Self-ligands include sterols (e.g., cholesterol), and β-glucosylceramides, and the protein SAP130, which is released upon cell death. Foreign lipids comprise those from both microbial pathogens and commensals and include glycerol, glucose and trehalose mycolates, and glycosyl diglycerides. A large effort has focused on structural variation of these ligands to illuminate the structure–activity relationships required for the agonism of signaling though Mincle and has helped identify key differences in ligand recognition between human and rodent Mincle. These studies in turn have helped identify new Mincle ligands, further broadening our understanding of the diversity of organisms and lipidic species recognized by Mincle. Finally, progress toward the development of Mincle agonists as vaccine adjuvants providing humoral and cell-mediated immunity with reduced toxicity is discussed.
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- Spencer J Williams
- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Llorens-Fons M, Pérez-Trujillo M, Julián E, Brambilla C, Alcaide F, Byrd TF, Luquin M. Trehalose Polyphleates, External Cell Wall Lipids in Mycobacterium abscessus, Are Associated with the Formation of Clumps with Cording Morphology, Which Have Been Associated with Virulence. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1402. [PMID: 28790995 PMCID: PMC5524727 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium abscessus is a reemerging pathogen that causes pulmonary diseases similar to tuberculosis, which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When grown in agar medium, M. abscessus strains generate rough (R) or smooth colonies (S). R morphotypes are more virulent than S morphotypes. In searching for the virulence factors responsible for this difference, R morphotypes have been found to form large aggregates (clumps) that, after being phagocytozed, result in macrophage death. Furthermore, the aggregates released to the extracellular space by damaged macrophages grow, forming unphagocytosable structures that resemble cords. In contrast, bacilli of the S morphotype, which do not form aggregates, do not damage macrophages after phagocytosis and do not form cords. Cording has also been related to the virulence of M. tuberculosis. In this species, the presence of mycolic acids and surface-exposed cell wall lipids has been correlated with the formation of cords. The objective of this work was to study the roles of the surface-exposed cell wall lipids and mycolic acids in the formation of cords in M. abscessus. A comparative study of the pattern and structure of mycolic acids was performed on R (cording) and S (non-cording) morphotypes derived from the same parent strains, and no differences were observed between morphotypes. Furthermore, cords formed by R morphotypes were disrupted with petroleum ether (PE), and the extracted lipids were analyzed by thin layer chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Substantial amounts of trehalose polyphleates (TPP) were recovered as major lipids from PE extracts, and images obtained by transmission electron microscopy suggested that these lipids are localized to the external surfaces of cords and R bacilli. The structure of M. abscessus TPP was revealed to be similar to those previously described in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Although the exact role of TPP is unknown, our results demonstrated that TPP are not toxic by themselves and have a function in the formation of clumps and cords in M. abscessus, thus playing an important role in the pathogenesis of this species.
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- Marta Llorens-Fons
- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear and Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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- The University of New Mexico School of Medicine, AlbuquerqueNM, United States
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain
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Kodar K, Harper JL, McConnell MJ, Timmer MSM, Stocker BL. The Mincle ligand trehalose dibehenate differentially modulates M1-like and M2-like macrophage phenotype and function via Syk signaling. IMMUNITY INFLAMMATION AND DISEASE 2017; 5:503-514. [PMID: 28722316 PMCID: PMC5691301 DOI: 10.1002/iid3.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Introduction Macrophages play a significant role in the progression of diseases, such as cancer, making them a target for immune‐modulating agents. Trehalose dibehenate (TDB) is known to activate M1‐like macrophages via Mincle, however, the effect of TDB on M2‐like macrophages, which are found in the tumor microenvironment, has not been studied. Methods qRT‐PCR, flow cytometry, cytokine ELISA, and Western Blotting were used to study the effect of TDB on GM‐CSF and M‐CSF/IL‐4 derived bone marrow macrophages (BMMs) from C57BL/6 and Mincle−/− mice. Results TDB treatment up‐regulated M1 markers over M2 markers by GM‐CSF BMMs, whereas M‐CSF/IL‐4 BMMs down‐regulated marker gene expression overall. TDB treatment resulted in Mincle‐independent down‐regulation of CD11b, CD115, and CD206 expression by GM‐CSF macrophages and CD115 in M‐CSF/IL‐4 macrophages. GM‐CSF BMMs produced of significant levels of proinflammatory cytokines (IL‐1β, IL‐6, TNF‐α), which was Mincle‐dependent and further enhanced by LPS priming. M‐CSF BMMs produced little or no cytokines in response to TDB regardless of LPS priming. Western blot analysis confirmed that the absence of cytokine production was associated with a lack of activation of the Syk kinase pathway. Conclusion This study illustrates that TDB has the potential to differentially regulate M1‐ and M2‐like macrophages in the tumor environment.
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- Kristel Kodar
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.,Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 7060, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 7060, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.,Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, PO Box 7060, Wellington, New Zealand
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Queiroz A, Riley LW. Bacterial immunostat: Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipids and their role in the host immune response. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 2017; 50:9-18. [DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0230-2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Adriano Queiroz
- University of California, USA; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil
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Association of pellicle growth morphological characteristics and clinical presentation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2016; 101S:S63-S68. [PMID: 27742461 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Trehalose 6,6'dimycolate (TDM) is a glycolipid found in nearly pure form on the surface of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). This manuscript investigated the production of TDM, growth rate and colony morphology of multiple strains of MTB, each of which had been isolated from both pulmonary (sputum) and extrapulmonary sites of multiple patients. Since sputum contains MTB primarily from cavities and extrapulmonary biopsies are typically granulomas, this provided an opportunity to compare the behavior of single strains of MTB that had been isolated from cavities and granulomas. The results demonstrated that MTB isolated from pulmonary sites produced more TDM (3.23 ± 1.75 μg TDM/mg MTB), grew more rapidly as thin spreading pellicles, demonstrated early cording, and climbed culture well walls. In contrast, extrapulmonary isolates produced less TDM (1.42 ± 0.58 μg TDM/mg MTB) (p < 0.001) and grew as discrete patches with little tendency to spread or climb. Both Beijing pulmonary isolates and the non-Beijing pulmonary isolates produced significantly more TDM (1.64 ± 0.46 μg TDM/mg MTB) and grew faster than the Beijing and non-Beijing extrapulmonary isolates (1.14 ± 0.63 μg TDM/mg MTB) (p < 0.001 and p < 0.005 respectively). These results indicate that MTB from pulmonary sites (cavities) grows faster and produces more TDM than strains isolated from extrapulmonary sites (granulomas). This report suggests a critical role for TDM in cavitary TB.
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Cord factor as an invisibility cloak? A hypothesis for asymptomatic TB persistence. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2016; 101S:S2-S8. [PMID: 27743706 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) has long been known to persist in grossly normal tissues even in people with active lesions and granulomas in other parts of the body. We recently reported that post-primary TB begins as an asymptomatic infection that slowly progresses, accumulating materials for a massive necrotizing reaction that results in cavitation. This paper explores the possible roles of trehalose 6,6' dimycolate (TDM) or cord factor in the ability of MTB to persist in such lesions without producing inflammation. TDM is unique in that it has three distinct sets of biologic activities depending on its physical conformation. As a single molecule, TDM stimulates macrophage C-type lectin receptors including Mincle. TDM can also form three crystal like structures, cylindrical micelles, intercalated bilayer and monolayer, that have distinct non receptor driven activities that depend on modulation of interactions with water. In the monolayer form, TDM is highly toxic and destroys cells in minutes upon contact. The cylindrical micelles and an intercalated bilayer have surfaces composed entirely of trehalose which protect MTB from killing in macrophages. Here we review evidence that these trehalose surfaces bind water. We speculate that this immobilized water constituites of an "invisibility cloak" that facilitates the persistence of MTB in multiple cell types without producing inflammation, even in highly immune individuals.
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Leisching G, Pietersen RD, Wiid I, Baker B. Virulence, biochemistry, morphology and host-interacting properties of detergent-free cultured mycobacteria: An update. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2016; 100:53-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mycobacterium-Host Cell Relationships in Granulomatous Lesions in a Mouse Model of Latent Tuberculous Infection. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:948131. [PMID: 26064970 PMCID: PMC4433666 DOI: 10.1155/2015/948131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a dangerous infectious disease characterized by a tight interplay between mycobacteria and host cells in granulomatous lesions (granulomas) during the latent, asymptomatic stage of infection. Mycobacterium-host cell relationships were analyzed in granulomas obtained from various organs of BALB/c mice with chronic TB infection caused by in vivo exposure to the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. Acid-fast BCG-mycobacteria were found to be morphologically and functionally heterogeneous (in size, shape, and replication rates in colonies) in granuloma macrophages, dendritic cells, and multinucleate Langhans giant cells. Cord formation by BCG-mycobacteria in granuloma cells has been observed. Granuloma macrophages retained their ability to ingest damaged lymphocytes and thrombocytes in the phagosomes; however, their ability to destroy BCG-mycobacteria contained in these cells was compromised. No colocalization of BCG-mycobacteria and the LysoTracker dye was observed in the mouse cells. Various relationships between granuloma cells and BCG-mycobacteria were observed in different mice belonging to the same line. Several mice totally eliminated mycobacterial infection. Granulomas in the other mice had mycobacteria actively replicating in cells of different types and forming cords, which is an indicator of mycobacterial virulence and, probably, a marker of the activation of tuberculous infection in animals.
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Kodar K, Eising S, Khan AA, Steiger S, Harper JL, Timmer MSM, Stocker BL. The Uptake of Trehalose Glycolipids by Macrophages Is Independent of Mincle. Chembiochem 2015; 16:683-93. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201402506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Welsh KJ, Hunter RL, Actor JK. Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate--a coat to regulate tuberculosis immunopathogenesis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2014; 93 Suppl:S3-9. [PMID: 24388646 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-9792(13)70003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health burden worldwide. Treatment of this disease requires a minimum of six months and there is no vaccine available for the most common form of the disease. Increasing evidence suggests that the mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose 6,6' dimycolate (TDM; cord factor) plays a key role in the pathogenesis of TB disease. TDM protects the TB bacilli from macrophage-mediated killing, inhibits effective antigen presentation, and reduces the formation of protective T-cell responses. TDM promotes initiation of granuloma formation and likely plays a role in caseation. Furthermore, TDM may contribute to the development of post primary disease. Receptors for TDM were recently described and are expected to contribute to our knowledge of the molecular pathogenesis of TB disease. In this manner, understanding TDM may prove promising towards development of targeted TB therapeutics to limit clinical pathologies.
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- Kerry J Welsh
- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Angala SK, Belardinelli JM, Huc-Claustre E, Wheat WH, Jackson M. The cell envelope glycoconjugates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 49:361-99. [PMID: 24915502 PMCID: PMC4436706 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.925420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains the second most common cause of death due to a single infectious agent. The cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of the disease in humans, is a source of unique glycoconjugates and the most distinctive feature of the biology of this organism. It is the basis of much of Mtb pathogenesis and one of the major causes of its intrinsic resistance to chemotherapeutic agents. At the same time, the unique structures of Mtb cell envelope glycoconjugates, their antigenicity and essentiality for mycobacterial growth provide opportunities for drug, vaccine, diagnostic and biomarker development, as clearly illustrated by recent advances in all of these translational aspects. This review focuses on our current understanding of the structure and biogenesis of Mtb glycoconjugates with particular emphasis on one of the most intriguing and least understood aspect of the physiology of mycobacteria: the translocation of these complex macromolecules across the different layers of the cell envelope. It further reviews the rather impressive progress made in the last 10 years in the discovery and development of novel inhibitors targeting their biogenesis.
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- Shiva Kumar Angala
- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO , USA
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lipids are indelibly imprinted in just about every key aspect of tuberculosis (TB) basic and translational research. Although the interest in these compounds originally stemmed from their abundance, structural diversity, and antigenicity, continued research in this field has been driven by their important contribution to TB pathogenesis and their interest from the perspective of drug, vaccine, diagnostic, and biomarker development. This article summarizes what is known of the roles of lipids in the physiology and pathogenicity of Mtb and the exciting developments that have occurred in recent years in identifying new lead compounds targeting their biogenesis.
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- Mary Jackson
- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Colorado 80523-1682
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Wu CH, Wang CC. Strategies for desymmetrising trehalose to synthesise trehalose glycolipids. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:5558-62. [PMID: 24953248 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00587b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The desymmetrisation and regioselective protection of trehalose are major challenges in the chemical synthesis of biologically essential trehalose glycolipids. We reviewed the literature on desymmetrising trehalose to synthesise trehalose glycolipids and highlighted an efficient regioselective 6-O-phosphorylation method that can be applied to synthesise asymmetric trehalose glycolipids.
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- Chia-Hui Wu
- Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP), Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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Stocker BL, Timmer MS. Trehalose diesters, lipoteichoic acids and α-GalCer: using chemistry to understand immunology. Carbohydr Res 2014; 389:3-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2013.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 08/29/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Host-pathogen interactions during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2014; 374:211-41. [PMID: 23881288 DOI: 10.1007/82_2013_332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The intimate and persistent connection between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its human host suggests that the pathogen has evolved extensive mechanisms to evade eradication by the immune system. In particular, the organism has adapted to replicate within phagocytic cells, especially macrophages, which are specialized to kill microbes. Over the past decade of M. tuberculosis research, the means to manipulate both the organism and the host has ushered in an exciting time that has uncovered some of the mechanisms of the innate macrophage-pathogen interactions that lie at the heart of M. tuberculosis pathogenesis, though many interactions likely still await discovery. In this chapter, we will delve into some of these advances, with an emphasis on the interactions that occur on the cellular level when M. tuberculosis cells encounter macrophages. In particular, we focus on two major aspects of M. tuberculosis biology regarding the proximal physical interface between the bacterium and host, namely the interactions with the phagosomal membrane as well as the distinctive mycobacterial cell wall. Importantly, some of the emerging paradigms in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis and host response represent common themes in bacterial pathogenesis, such as the role of host cell membrane perforation in intracellular survival and host response. However, the array of unique bacterial lipid mediators and their interaction with host cells highlights the unique biology of this persistent pathogen.
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Mycolic acids: structures, biosynthesis, and beyond. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 21:67-85. [PMID: 24374164 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 408] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mycolic acids are major and specific lipid components of the mycobacterial cell envelope and are essential for the survival of members of the genus Mycobacterium that contains the causative agents of both tuberculosis and leprosy. In the alarming context of the emergence of multidrug-resistant, extremely drug-resistant, and totally drug-resistant tuberculosis, understanding the biosynthesis of these critical determinants of the mycobacterial physiology is an important goal to achieve, because it may open an avenue for the development of novel antimycobacterial agents. This review focuses on the chemistry, structures, and known inhibitors of mycolic acids and describes progress in deciphering the mycolic acid biosynthetic pathway. The functional and key biological roles of these molecules are also discussed, providing a historical perspective in this dynamic area.
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Evidence for a unique species-specific hypersensitive epitope in Mycobacterium tuberculosis derived cord factor. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 93 Suppl:S88-93. [DOI: 10.1016/s1472-9792(13)70017-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Miyake Y, Toyonaga K, Mori D, Kakuta S, Hoshino Y, Oyamada A, Yamada H, Ono KI, Suyama M, Iwakura Y, Yoshikai Y, Yamasaki S. C-type lectin MCL is an FcRγ-coupled receptor that mediates the adjuvanticity of mycobacterial cord factor. Immunity 2013; 38:1050-62. [PMID: 23602766 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2013.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cord factor, also called trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate (TDM), is a potent mycobacterial adjuvant. We herein report that the C-type lectin MCL (also called Clec4d) is a TDM receptor that is likely to arise from gene duplication of Mincle (also called Clec4e). Mincle is known to be an inducible receptor recognizing TDM, whereas MCL was constitutively expressed in myeloid cells. To examine the contribution of MCL in response to TDM adjuvant, we generated MCL-deficient mice. TDM promoted innate immune responses, such as granuloma formation, which was severely impaired in MCL-deficient mice. TDM-induced acquired immune responses, such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), was almost completely dependent on MCL, but not Mincle. Furthermore, by generating Clec4e(gfp) reporter mice, we found that MCL was also crucial for driving Mincle induction upon TDM stimulation. These results suggest that MCL is an FcRγ-coupled activating receptor that mediates the adjuvanticity of TDM.
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- Yasunobu Miyake
- Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Khan AA, Kamena F, Timmer MSM, Stocker BL. Development of a benzophenone and alkyne functionalised trehalose probe to study trehalose dimycolate binding proteins. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:881-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ob27257a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Yang Y, Bhatti A, Ke D, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Lenaerts A, Kremer L, Guerardel Y, Zhang P, Ojha AK. Exposure to a cutinase-like serine esterase triggers rapid lysis of multiple mycobacterial species. J Biol Chem 2012; 288:382-92. [PMID: 23155047 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.419754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mycobacteria are shaped by a thick envelope made of an array of uniquely structured lipids and polysaccharides. However, the spatial organization of these molecules remains unclear. Here, we show that exposure to an esterase from Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msmeg_1529), hydrolyzing the ester linkage of trehalose dimycolate in vitro, triggers rapid and efficient lysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG, and Mycobacterium marinum. Exposure to the esterase immediately releases free mycolic acids, while concomitantly depleting trehalose mycolates. Moreover, lysis could be competitively inhibited by an excess of purified trehalose dimycolate and was abolished by a S124A mutation affecting the catalytic activity of the esterase. These findings are consistent with an indispensable structural role of trehalose mycolates in the architectural design of the exposed surface of the mycobacterial envelope. Importantly, we also demonstrate that the esterase-mediated rapid lysis of M. tuberculosis significantly improves its detection in paucibacillary samples.
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- Yong Yang
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Linares C, Bernabéu A, Luquin M, Valero-Guillén PL. Cord factors from atypical mycobacteria (Mycobacterium alvei, Mycobacterium brumae) stimulate the secretion of some pro-inflammatory cytokines of relevance in tuberculosis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 158:2878-2885. [PMID: 22977091 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.060681-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The ability to induce several cytokines relevant to tuberculosis (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-12p40 and IL-23) by cord factor (trehalose dimycolate) from Mycobacterium alvei CR-21(T) and Mycobacterium brumae CR-270(T) was studied in the cell lines RAW 264.7 and THP-1, and compared to the ability of cord factor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, where this glycolipid appears to be implicated in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Details of the fine structure of these molecules were obtained by NMR and MS. The mycoloyl residues were identified as α and (ω-1)-methoxy in M. alvei CR-21(T) and α in M. brumae CR-270(T); in both cases they were di-unsaturated instead of cyclopropanated as found in M. tuberculosis. In RAW 264.7 cells, cord factors from M. alvei CR-21(T), M. brumae CR-270(T) and M. tuberculosis differed in their ability to stimulate IL-6, the higher levels corresponding to the cord factor from M. tuberculosis. In THP-1 cells, a similar overall profile of cytokines was found for M. alvei CR-21(T) and M. brumae CR-270(T), with high proportions of IL-1β and TNF-α, and different from M. tuberculosis, where IL-6 and IL-12p40 prevailed. The data obtained indicate that cord factors from the atypical mycobacteria M. alvei CR-21(T) and M. brumae CR-270(T) stimulated the secretion of several pro-inflammatory cytokines, although there were some differences with those of M. tuberculosis H37Rv. This finding seems to be due to their particular mycoloyl substituents and could be of interest when considering the potential adjuvanticity of these molecules.
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- Carlos Linares
- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Nocardia brasiliensis cell wall lipids modulate macrophage and dendritic responses that favor development of experimental actinomycetoma in BALB/c mice. Infect Immun 2012; 80:3587-601. [PMID: 22851755 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00446-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nocardia brasiliensis is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterium frequently isolated from human actinomycetoma. However, the pathogenesis of this infection remains unknown. Here, we used a model of bacterial delipidation with benzine to investigate the role of N. brasiliensis cell wall-associated lipids in experimental actinomycetoma. Delipidation of N. brasiliensis with benzine resulted in complete abolition of actinomycetoma without affecting bacterial viability. Chemical analyses revealed that trehalose dimycolate and an unidentified hydrophobic compound were the principal compounds extracted from N. brasiliensis with benzine. By electron microscopy, the extracted lipids were found to be located in the outermost membrane layer of the N. brasiliensis cell wall. They also appeared to confer acid-fastness. In vitro, the extractable lipids from the N. brasiliensis cell wall induced the production of the proinflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, and CCL-2 in macrophages. The N. brasiliensis cell wall extractable lipids inhibited important macrophage microbicidal effects, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and nitric oxide (NO) production, phagocytosis, bacterial killing, and major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) expression in response to gamma interferon (IFN-γ). In dendritic cells (DCs), N. brasiliensis cell wall-associated extractable lipids suppressed MHC-II, CD80, and CD40 expression while inducing tumor growth factor β (TGF-β) production. Immunization with delipidated N. brasiliensis induced partial protection preventing actinomycetoma. These findings suggest that N. brasiliensis cell wall-associated lipids are important for actinomycetoma development by inducing inflammation and modulating the responses of macrophages and DCs to N. brasiliensis.
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Khan AA, Stocker BL, Timmer MSM. Trehalose glycolipids--synthesis and biological activities. Carbohydr Res 2012; 356:25-36. [PMID: 22486827 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2012.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Revised: 03/10/2012] [Accepted: 03/10/2012] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A variety of trehalose glycolipids have been isolated from natural sources, and several of these glycolipids exhibit important biological properties. These molecules also represent challenging synthetic targets due to their highly amphiphilic character, their large number of functional groups and additional chiral centres. This review highlights some of the recent advances made in the synthesis of trehalose glycolipids, and their associated biological activities.
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- Ashna A Khan
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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de Souza GA, Wiker HG. A proteomic view of mycobacteria. Proteomics 2011; 11:3118-27. [PMID: 21726049 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2011] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Tuberculosis, the disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a relevant public health issue. This is due mostly to the coepidemiology with HIV/AIDS, the appearance of multidrug-resistant strains globally, and failure of BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) vaccination to confer complete protection. This bacterium was one of the first to have its genome sequenced, yet over a decade after the release of the genomic information, the characterization of its phylogenetic tree and of different strain variants inside this species revealed that much is still needed to be done for a full understanding of the M. tuberculosis genome and proteome. Current methods using LC-MS/MS and hybrid high-resolution mass spectrometers can identify 2400-2800 proteins of the 4000 predicted genes in M. tuberculosis. In this article, we review relevant details of this bacterium's pathology and immunology, describing articles where proteomics helped the community to tackle some of the organism biology, from understanding strain diversity, cellular structure composition, immunogenicity, and host-pathogen interactions. Finally, we will discuss the challenges yet to be fulfilled in order to better characterize M. tuberculosis by proteomics.
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- Gustavo A de Souza
- The Gade Institute, Section for Microbiology and Immunology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Mederos LM, Montoro EH, Bernabéu A, Linares C, Valero-Guillén PL. Structural studies of cord factors from Mycobacterium simiae related to the capacity for tumour necrosis factor alpha (α-TNF) induction. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2010; 156:3744-3753. [PMID: 20688816 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.042077-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The structure of cord factor was studied in several strains of Mycobacterium simiae, including 'habana' TMC 5135, considered as highly immunogenic in experimental tuberculosis and leprosy. The mycolic acids liberated from cord factor were identified in all cases as α'-, α- and keto-mycolates. According to the general NMR and MS data, α'-mycolates were mono-unsaturated and contained from 64 to 68 carbon atoms, whereas α-mycolates mainly presented two 2,3-disubstituted cyclopropane rings and a chain length of 80-91 carbon atoms; keto-mycolates mostly contained one cyclopropane ring and 85-91 carbon atoms. Taking into account the (1)H-NMR results, strains varied in the ratio of the different mycolates, and the high levels of keto-mycolates found in the cord factors of TMC 5135 and ATCC 25275(T) stood out. Notably, MS revealed that the odd carbon number series of α-mycolates (C87-C89) predominated in the cord factor of TMC 5135, in contrast to the remaining studied strains, in which the even (C84-C86) and odd carbon number series appeared more equal. The fine structural differences detected among the cord factors studied did not seem to be relevant to the general capacity of these molecules to induce the secretion of tumour necrosis factor alpha, as the cord factors from several strains of M. simiae (TMC 5135, IPK-342 and ATCC 25275(T)) induced similar amounts of this cytokine in RAW 264.7 cells.
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- Lilian M Mederos
- Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia e Investigaciones en Tuberculosis y Micobacterias, Centro Colaborador OPS/OMS, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí (IPK), La Habana, Cuba
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia e Investigaciones en Tuberculosis y Micobacterias, Centro Colaborador OPS/OMS, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí (IPK), La Habana, Cuba
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- Sección de Cultivo de Tejidos, Servicio de Apoyo a la Investigación, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética y Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a leading killer worldwide, yet the adjuvancy of its cell wall has proven to be a valuable therapeutic tool for vaccination and immunotherapy. Much research effort has focused on the mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose-6,6’-dimycolate (TDM), a potent immunostimulant that is also known as cord factor. Now, the identification of the monocyte-inducible C-type lectin (Mincle) as an essential receptor for TDM provides new insight into the formation of the characteristic granulomas in tuberculosis and an avenue for rational adjuvant design.
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- Isamu Matsunaga
- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Department of Viral Oncology, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Ishikawa E, Ishikawa T, Morita YS, Toyonaga K, Yamada H, Takeuchi O, Kinoshita T, Akira S, Yoshikai Y, Yamasaki S. Direct recognition of the mycobacterial glycolipid, trehalose dimycolate, by C-type lectin Mincle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 206:2879-88. [PMID: 20008526 PMCID: PMC2806462 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20091750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 586] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Tuberculosis remains a fatal disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which contains various unique components that affect the host immune system. Trehalose-6,6′-dimycolate (TDM; also called cord factor) is a mycobacterial cell wall glycolipid that is the most studied immunostimulatory component of M. tuberculosis. Despite five decades of research on TDM, its host receptor has not been clearly identified. Here, we demonstrate that macrophage inducible C-type lectin (Mincle) is an essential receptor for TDM. Heat-killed mycobacteria activated Mincle-expressing cells, but the activity was lost upon delipidation of the bacteria; analysis of the lipid extracts identified TDM as a Mincle ligand. TDM activated macrophages to produce inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide, which are completely suppressed in Mincle-deficient macrophages. In vivo TDM administration induced a robust elevation of inflammatory cytokines in sera and characteristic lung inflammation, such as granuloma formation. However, no TDM-induced lung granuloma was formed in Mincle-deficient mice. Whole mycobacteria were able to activate macrophages even in MyD88-deficient background, but the activation was significantly diminished in Mincle/MyD88 double-deficient macrophages. These results demonstrate that Mincle is an essential receptor for the mycobacterial glycolipid, TDM.
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- Eri Ishikawa
- Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Hunter RL, Armitige L, Jagannath C, Actor JK. TB research at UT-Houston--a review of cord factor: new approaches to drugs, vaccines and the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2009; 89 Suppl 1:S18-25. [PMID: 20006299 PMCID: PMC3682682 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-9792(09)70007-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Tuberculosis remains a major threat as drug resistance continues to increase. Pulmonary tuberculosis in adults is responsible for 80% of clinical cases and nearly 100% of transmission of infection. Unfortunately, since we have no animal models of adult type pulmonary tuberculosis, the most important type of disease remains largely out of reach of modern science and many fundamental questions remain unanswered. This paper reviews research dating back to the 1950's providing compelling evidence that cord factor (trehalose 6,6 dimycolate [TDM]) is essential for understanding tuberculosis. However, the original papers by Bloch and Noll were too far ahead of their time to have immediate impact. We can now recognize that the physical and biologic properties of cord factor are unprecedented in science, especially its ability to switch between two sets of biologic activities with changes in conformation. While TDM remains on organisms, it protects them from killing within macrophages, reduces antibiotic effectiveness and inhibits the stimulation of protective immune responses. If it comes off organisms and associates with lipid, TDM becomes a driver of tissue damage and necrosis. Studies emanating from cord factor research have produced (1) a rationale for improving vaccines, (2) an approach to new drugs that overcome natural resistance to antibiotics, (3) models of caseating granulomas that reproduce multiple manifestations of human tuberculosis. (4) evidence that TDM is a key T cell antigen in destructive lesions of tuberculosis, and (5) a new understanding of the pathology and pathogenesis of postprimary tuberculosis that can guide more informative studies of long standing mysteries of tuberculosis.
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- Robert L Hunter
- University of Texas--Houston Medical School, Department of Pathology and Laboratory, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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VAHLNE G, SIEVERS O, NYGREN B. VACCINATION EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS WITH HEXANE-TREATED CULTURES OF PATHOGENIC TUBERCLE BACILLI. ACTA PATHOLOGICA MICROBIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA 2009; 37:139-44. [PMID: 14398275 DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1955.tb00929.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kan-Sutton C, Jagannath C, Hunter RL. Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate on the surface of Mycobacterium tuberculosis modulates surface marker expression for antigen presentation and costimulation in murine macrophages. Microbes Infect 2009; 11:40-8. [PMID: 19007905 PMCID: PMC2680729 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2008] [Revised: 09/11/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate (TDM) is the most abundant lipid extracted from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). TDM promotes MTB survival by decreasing phagosomal acidification and phagolysosomal fusion in macrophages. Delipidation of MTB using petroleum ether removes TDM and decreases MTB survival within host cells. TDM reconstituted onto MTB restores its virulent wild-type characteristics. We investigated the role of TDM in regulating surface marker expression in MTB-infected macrophages. Macrophages were infected with wild-type, delipidated, and TDM-reconstituted MTB for 24h and measured for changes in surface marker expression. TDM on MTB was found to specifically target MHCII, CD1d, CD40, CD80 and CD86. Both wild-type and TDM-reconstituted MTB suppressed or induced no change in expression of these surface markers, whereas delipidated MTB increased expression of the same markers. MTB-infected macrophages were also overlaid with MHCII-restricted T cell hybridomas which recognize Antigen 85B. Macrophages infected by wild-type and TDM-reconstituted MTB did not present antigen as well as delipidated MTB-infected macrophages. The evidence shown furthers supports the notion that TDM present on MTB promotes its survival and persistence in host macrophages.
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MESH Headings
- Acyltransferases/metabolism
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/drug effects
- Antigens, Bacterial/metabolism
- Antigens, Surface/metabolism
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Cord Factors/metabolism
- Cord Factors/pharmacology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism
- Macrophages, Alveolar/microbiology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/microbiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/chemistry
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/growth & development
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/immunology
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/pathogenicity
- Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 1 Protein
- Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins/metabolism
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- Celestine Kan-Sutton
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas at Houston Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Harland CW, Rabuka D, Bertozzi CR, Parthasarathy R. The Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence factor trehalose dimycolate imparts desiccation resistance to model mycobacterial membranes. Biophys J 2008; 94:4718-24. [PMID: 18326657 PMCID: PMC2397374 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.125542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mycobacteria, including persistent pathogens like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have an unusual membrane structure in which, outside the plasma membrane, a nonfluid hydrophobic fatty acid layer supports a fluid monolayer rich in glycolipids such as trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate (TDM; cord factor). Given the abilities of mycobacteria to survive desiccation and trehalose in solution to protect biomolecules and whole organisms during freezing, drying, and other stresses, we hypothesized that TDM alone may suffice to confer dehydration resistance to the membranes of which it is a constituent. We devised an experimental model that mimics the structure of mycobacterial envelopes in which an immobile hydrophobic layer supports a TDM-rich, two-dimensionally fluid leaflet. We have found that TDM monolayers, in stark contrast to phospholipid membranes, can be dehydrated and rehydrated without loss of integrity, as assessed by fluidity and protein binding. Strikingly, this protection from dehydration extends to TDM-phospholipid mixtures with as little as 25 mol % TDM. The dependence of the recovery of membrane mobility upon rehydration on TDM fraction shows a functional form indicative of spatial percolation, implying that the connectivity of TDM plays a crucial role in membrane preservation. Our observations are the first reported instance of dehydration resistance provided by a membrane glycolipid.
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- Christopher W Harland
- Department of Physics and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 94703, USA
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Nishizawa M, Yamamoto H, Imagawa H, Barbier-Chassefière V, Petit E, Azuma I, Papy-Garcia D. Efficient syntheses of a series of trehalose dimycolate (TDM)/trehalose dicorynomycolate (TDCM) analogues and their interleukin-6 level enhancement activity in mice sera. J Org Chem 2007; 72:1627-33. [PMID: 17286434 DOI: 10.1021/jo062018j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We found an IL-6 level-enhancing compound during our synthetic study of trehalose-6,6'-dimycolate (1, TDM, formerly called cord factor) analogues. TDM is a glycolipid distributed in the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and shows significant antitumor activity based on an immunoadjuvant activity. However, due to its significant toxicity, TDM is not yet applicable for practical use. In 1993, Datta and Takayama reported the purification of trehalose-6,6'-dicorynomycolate (2c, TDCM) from Corynebacterium spp. We have previously reported the synthesis of four diastereomeric TDCMs and showed that the synthetic (2R,3R,2'R,3'R)-TDCM (2c, hereafter abbreviated RRRR-TDCM-C14) is identical to natural TDCM; we also demonstrated that 2c and SSSS-TDCM-C14 (3c) showed significant antitumor activity as well as inhibitory activity in experimental lung metastasis based on the immunoadjuvant activity. Furthermore, we found that the significant lethal toxicity in mice by TDM (1) was no longer observed with the shorter-chain analogues of TDCMs. Therefore, we have elucidated that the 2,3-antistereochemistry (RR or SS) of the fatty acid residue is promising for biological activities. The chain length of the fatty acid residue should also be important for the biological activity, and thus, we designed a general synthetic procedure for trehalose diesters with 2,3-antistereochemistry and a series of chain lengths by using Noyori's asymmetric reduction of beta,beta-ketoesters followed by antiselective alkylation according to Frater to give beta,beta-hydroxy alcohols as the key steps. Thus, we prepared trehalose diesters (TDCM) 2a-d, 3a-d, and 4a-d as well as monoesters (TMCM) 5a-d and 6a-d. Immunological activities of TDCMs and TMCMs were evaluated by determining IL-6 level enhancement in mouse serum, and we found that RRRR-TDCM-C14 (2c) and RRSS-TDCM-C14 (4c) showed significant IL-6 level enhancement activities.
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- Mugio Nishizawa
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan.
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Riley LW. Of mice, men, and elephants: Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope lipids and pathogenesis. J Clin Invest 2006; 116:1475-8. [PMID: 16741572 PMCID: PMC1464913 DOI: 10.1172/jci28734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Mycolic acids and structures attached to them constitute a major part of the protective envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and for this reason, their role in tuberculosis pathogenesis has been extensively studied. In this issue of the JCI, Rao et al. examine the effect of trans-cyclopropanation of oxygenated mycolic acids attached to trehalose dimycolate (TDM) on the murine immune response to infection (see the related article beginning on page 1660). Surprisingly, they found that an M. tuberculosis mutant lacking trans-cyclopropane rings was hypervirulent in mice. The recent recognition of a hypervirulence phenotype in mice associated with laboratory and clinical M. tuberculosis strains with altered cell wall components has provided new insights into how M. tuberculosis may establish persistent infection. However, to date, characterization of these bioactive products in pathogenesis has been largely reductionistic; the relationship of their effects observed in mice to the persistent infection and tuberculosis caused by M. tuberculosis observed in humans remains obscure.
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- Lee W Riley
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA.
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Gale GR. THE OXIDATION OF BENZOIC ACID BY MYCOBACTERIA I. : Metabolic Pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium butyricum, and Mycobacterium phlei. J Bacteriol 2006; 63:273-8. [PMID: 16561821 PMCID: PMC169259 DOI: 10.1128/jb.63.2.273-278.1952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- G R Gale
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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