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PLoS Pathog ; 12(1): e1005351, 2016 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26751071

RESUMO

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) mutants lacking rv1411c, which encodes the lipoprotein LprG, and rv1410c, which encodes a putative efflux pump, are dramatically attenuated for growth in mice. Here we show that loss of LprG-Rv1410 in Mtb leads to intracellular triacylglyceride (TAG) accumulation, and overexpression of the locus increases the levels of TAG in the culture medium, demonstrating a role of this locus in TAG transport. LprG binds TAG within a large hydrophobic cleft and is sufficient to transfer TAG from donor to acceptor membranes. Further, LprG-Rv1410 is critical for broadly regulating bacterial growth and metabolism in vitro during carbon restriction and in vivo during infection of mice. The growth defect in mice is due to disrupted bacterial metabolism and occurs independently of key immune regulators. The in vivo essentiality of this locus suggests that this export system and other regulators of metabolism should be considered as targets for novel therapeutics.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/metabolismo , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolismo , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/patogenicidade , Tuberculose/metabolismo , Animais , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Lipoproteínas/metabolismo , Espectrometria de Massas , Camundongos , Camundongos Mutantes , Virulência
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 111(8): 2978-83, 2014 Feb 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24516143

RESUMO

To identify lipids with roles in tuberculosis disease, we systematically compared the lipid content of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the attenuated vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin. Comparative lipidomics analysis identified more than 1,000 molecular differences, including a previously unknown, Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific lipid that is composed of a diterpene unit linked to adenosine. We established the complete structure of the natural product as 1-tuberculosinyladenosine (1-TbAd) using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. A screen for 1-TbAd mutants, complementation studies, and gene transfer identified Rv3378c as necessary for 1-TbAd biosynthesis. Whereas Rv3378c was previously thought to function as a phosphatase, these studies establish its role as a tuberculosinyl transferase and suggest a revised biosynthetic pathway for the sequential action of Rv3377c-Rv3378c. In agreement with this model, recombinant Rv3378c protein produced 1-TbAd, and its crystal structure revealed a cis-prenyl transferase fold with hydrophobic residues for isoprenoid binding and a second binding pocket suitable for the nucleoside substrate. The dual-substrate pocket distinguishes Rv3378c from classical cis-prenyl transferases, providing a unique model for the prenylation of diverse metabolites. Terpene nucleosides are rare in nature, and 1-TbAd is known only in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thus, this intersection of nucleoside and terpene pathways likely arose late in the evolution of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; 1-TbAd serves as an abundant chemical marker of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the extracellular export of this amphipathic molecule likely accounts for the known virulence-promoting effects of the Rv3378c enzyme.


Assuntos
Alquil e Aril Transferases/química , Alquil e Aril Transferases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Lipídeos/biossíntese , Modelos Moleculares , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/enzimologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/patogenicidade , Conformação Proteica , Alquil e Aril Transferases/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Cromatografia por Troca Iônica , Dimerização , Lipídeos/química , Lipídeos/genética , Espectrometria de Massas , Estrutura Molecular , Virulência
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PLoS One ; 15(8): e0235551, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32833964

RESUMO

VPS34 is a key regulator of endomembrane dynamics and cargo trafficking, and is essential in cultured cell lines and in mice. To better characterize the role of VPS34 in cell growth, we performed unbiased cell line profiling studies with the selective VPS34 inhibitor PIK-III and identified RKO as a VPS34-dependent cellular model. Pooled CRISPR screen in the presence of PIK-III revealed endolysosomal genes as genetic suppressors. Dissecting VPS34-dependent alterations with transcriptional profiling, we found the induction of hypoxia response and cholesterol biosynthesis as key signatures. Mechanistically, acute VPS34 inhibition enhanced lysosomal degradation of transferrin and low-density lipoprotein receptors leading to impaired iron and cholesterol uptake. Excess soluble iron, but not cholesterol, was sufficient to partially rescue the effects of VPS34 inhibition on mitochondrial respiration and cell growth, indicating that iron limitation is the primary driver of VPS34-dependency in RKO cells. Loss of RAB7A, an endolysosomal marker and top suppressor in our genetic screen, blocked transferrin receptor degradation, restored iron homeostasis and reversed the growth defect as well as metabolic alterations due to VPS34 inhibition. Altogether, our findings suggest that impaired iron mobilization via the VPS34-RAB7A axis drive VPS34-dependence in certain cancer cells.


Assuntos
Classe III de Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/metabolismo , Ferro/metabolismo , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Hipóxia Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Proliferação de Células , Colesterol/biossíntese , Colesterol/genética , Classe III de Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/genética , Endossomos/metabolismo , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Lisossomos/metabolismo , Receptores de LDL/metabolismo , Transferrina/metabolismo , Proteínas rab de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Proteínas rab de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismo , proteínas de unión al GTP Rab7
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Nat Microbiol ; 5(3): 486-497, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31959971

RESUMO

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are associated with alterations in gut microbial abundances and lumenal metabolite concentrations, but the effects of specific metabolites on the gut microbiota in health and disease remain largely unknown. Here, we analysed the influences of metabolites that are differentially abundant in IBD on the growth and physiology of gut bacteria that are also differentially abundant in IBD. We found that N-acylethanolamines (NAEs), a class of endogenously produced signalling lipids elevated in the stool of IBD patients and a T-cell transfer model of colitis, stimulated growth of species over-represented in IBD and inhibited that of species depleted in IBD in vitro. Using metagenomic sequencing, we recapitulated the effects of NAEs in complex microbial communities ex vivo, with Proteobacteria blooming and Bacteroidetes declining in the presence of NAEs. Metatranscriptomic analysis of the same communities identified components of the respiratory chain as important for the metabolism of NAEs, and this was verified using a mutant deficient for respiratory complex I. In this study, we identified NAEs as a class of metabolites that are elevated in IBD and have the potential to shift gut microbiota towards an IBD-like composition.


Assuntos
Bactérias/efeitos dos fármacos , Bactérias/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Etanolaminas/farmacologia , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/efeitos dos fármacos , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Bactérias/genética , Bacteroidetes/efeitos dos fármacos , Bacteroidetes/isolamento & purificação , Estudos de Coortes , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Disbiose , Fezes/microbiologia , Feminino , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/genética , Microbioma Gastrointestinal/fisiologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Humanos , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais/microbiologia , Masculino , Metagenoma , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Microbiota/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteobactérias/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteobactérias/isolamento & purificação , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Sequenciamento Completo do Genoma
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J Environ Health ; 71(6): 24-8, 48, 2009.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19192741

RESUMO

Telephones can carry potential bacterial pathogens, posing a risk for transfer of pathogens to users' hands. This study examined 25 mouthpieces of public telephones at a large urban U.S. university located in an area of rising incidence of community-acquired staphylococcal infections. Coagaulase-negative staphylococci were most commonly isolated (64% of mouthpieces). Potential pathogens isolated included Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus, and Klebsiella ozaenae. The efficacy of disinfectants on reducing bacterial counts on telephone mouthpieces was also investigated. Staphyloccocus aurens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterococcusfaecalis were inoculated onto mouthpieces and challenged with disinfectant wipes. Bacterial counts were reduced substantially for all three organisms by wipes containing either 70% isopropyl alcohol, 1.84% sodium hypochlorite, or quaternary ammonium compounds. The sodium hypochlorite-based cleaner demonstrated 100% efficacy at removing or killing test organisms from telephone mouthpieces. These data suggest that tested cleaners may be appropriate and needed for public telephone disinfection.


Assuntos
Desinfetantes/normas , Enterococcus faecalis/efeitos dos fármacos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/efeitos dos fármacos , Staphylococcus aureus/efeitos dos fármacos , Telefone/instrumentação , Enterococcus faecalis/isolamento & purificação , Meio-Oeste dos Estados Unidos , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/isolamento & purificação , Staphylococcus aureus/isolamento & purificação , Universidades
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J Environ Health ; 71(6): 17-22, 2009.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19192740

RESUMO

After reports of increased severity of bacterial infections from community institutions, a broad spectrum of 70 surfaces was sampled for potential bacterial pathogens in the morning and afternoon of one day per week over three consecutive weeks in a large U.S. university. Surfaces included public telephone mouthpieces, water fountain drains, student computer keyboards and desks, and buttons on elevators, vending machines, and photocopiers. A total of 420 samples was obtained. Bacterial counts were high on telephone mouthpieces, up to 168.8 colony-forming units (CFUs).cm(-2) of surface area. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was isolated from 60% of fountain drains. Ninety percent of the keyboards showed positive bacterial cultures in the afternoon sampling. Staphylococcus aureus was identified on keyboards, telephone mouthpieces, and an elevator button. No S. aureus were methicillin-resistant. The swab sampling method reduced bacterial counts to less than or equal to 2.0 CFU.cm(-2) on keyboards and telephone mouthpieces. Disinfectants for possible use in cleaning of telephones, water fountain drains, and keyboards are discussed.


Assuntos
Decoração de Interiores e Mobiliário , Staphylococcus aureus/isolamento & purificação , Stenotrophomonas maltophilia/isolamento & purificação , Universidades , Monitoramento Ambiental , Estados Unidos , População Urbana
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Cell Host Microbe ; 22(1): 25-37.e6, 2017 Jul 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28704649

RESUMO

Host factors in the intestine help select for bacteria that promote health. Certain commensals can utilize mucins as an energy source, thus promoting their colonization. However, health conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are associated with a reduced mucus layer, potentially leading to dysbiosis associated with this disease. We characterize the capability of commensal species to cleave and transport mucin-associated monosaccharides and identify several Clostridiales members that utilize intestinal mucins. One such mucin utilizer, Peptostreptococcus russellii, reduces susceptibility to epithelial injury in mice. Several Peptostreptococcus species contain a gene cluster enabling production of the tryptophan metabolite indoleacrylic acid (IA), which promotes intestinal epithelial barrier function and mitigates inflammatory responses. Furthermore, metagenomic analysis of human stool samples reveals that the genetic capability of microbes to utilize mucins and metabolize tryptophan is diminished in IBD patients. Our data suggest that stimulating IA production could promote anti-inflammatory responses and have therapeutic benefits.


Assuntos
Indóis/metabolismo , Indóis/farmacologia , Inflamação/metabolismo , Mucosa Intestinal/microbiologia , Peptostreptococcus/metabolismo , Simbiose , Animais , Anti-Inflamatórios/farmacologia , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/genética , Bactérias/metabolismo , Bacteroides/genética , Bacteroides/metabolismo , Clostridiales/genética , Clostridiales/metabolismo , Colo/microbiologia , Colo/patologia , Citocinas/metabolismo , Disbiose/metabolismo , Humanos , Doenças Inflamatórias Intestinais , Mucosa Intestinal/lesões , Mucosa Intestinal/metabolismo , Intestinos/microbiologia , Camundongos , Mucina-2/genética , Mucina-2/metabolismo , Mucinas/genética , Mucinas/metabolismo , Organoides
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Chem Biol ; 18(12): 1537-49, 2011 Dec 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22195556

RESUMO

The lipidic envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes virulence in many ways, so we developed a lipidomics platform for a broad survey of cell walls. Here we report two new databases (MycoMass, MycoMap), 30 lipid fine maps, and mass spectrometry datasets that comprise a static lipidome. Further, by rapidly regenerating lipidomic datasets during biological processes, comparative lipidomics provides statistically valid, organism-wide comparisons that broadly assess lipid changes during infection or among clinical strains of mycobacteria. Using stringent data filters, we tracked more than 5,000 molecular features in parallel with few or no false-positive molecular discoveries. The low error rates allowed chemotaxonomic analyses of mycobacteria, which describe the extent of chemical change in each strain and identified particular strain-specific molecules for use as biomarkers.


Assuntos
Lipídeos/análise , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores/análise , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Bases de Dados Factuais , Camundongos , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray
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J Exp Med ; 208(9): 1741-7, 2011 Aug 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21807869

RESUMO

Microbial lipids activate T cells by binding directly to CD1 and T cell receptors (TCRs) or by indirect effects on antigen-presenting cells involving induction of lipid autoantigens, CD1 transcription, or cytokine release. To distinguish among direct and indirect mechanisms, we developed fluorescent human CD1b tetramers and measured T cell staining. CD1b tetramer staining of T cells requires glucose monomycolate (GMM) antigens, is specific for TCR structure, and is blocked by a recombinant clonotypic TCR comprised of TRAV17 and TRBV4-1, proving that CD1b-glycolipid complexes bind the TCR. GMM-loaded tetramers brightly stain a small subpopulation of blood-derived cells from humans infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, providing direct detection of a CD1b-reactive T cell repertoire. Polyclonal T cells from patients sorted with tetramers are activated by GMM antigens presented by CD1b. Whereas prior studies emphasized CD8(+) and CD4(-)CD8(-) CD1b-restricted clones, CD1b tetramer-based studies show that nearly all cells express the CD4 co-receptor. These findings prove a cognate mechanism whereby CD1b-glycolipid complexes bind to TCRs. CD1b tetramers detect a natural CD1b-restricted T cell repertoire ex vivo with unexpected features, opening a new investigative path to study the human CD1 system.


Assuntos
Antígenos de Bactérias/imunologia , Antígenos CD1/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Glicolipídeos/imunologia , Mycobacterium/imunologia , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T alfa-beta/imunologia , Antígenos de Bactérias/farmacologia , Antígenos CD1/genética , Antígenos CD4/genética , Antígenos CD4/imunologia , Glicolipídeos/farmacologia , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Ativação Linfocitária/efeitos dos fármacos , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Ligação Proteica/imunologia , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T alfa-beta/genética
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