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Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ; 108(1): 116106, 2024 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37931386

ABSTRACT

Efforts are underway globally to develop effective vaccines and drugs against M. tuberculosis (Mtb) to reduce the morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis. Improving detection of slow-growing mycobacteria could simplify and accelerate efficacy studies of vaccines and drugs in animal models and human clinical trials. Here, a real-time reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) assay was developed to detect pre-ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and Mtb. This pre-rRNA biomarker is indicative of bacterial viability. In two different mouse models, the presence of pre-rRNA from BCG and Mtb in ex vivo tissues showed excellent agreement with slower culture-based colony-forming unit assays. The addition of a brief nutritional stimulation prior to molecular viability testing further differentiated viable but dormant mycobacteria from dead mycobacteria. This research has set the stage to evaluate pre-rRNA as a BCG and/or Mtb infection biomarker in future drug and vaccine clinical studies.


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Mycobacterium bovis , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Tuberculosis , Animals , Mice , Humans , Mycobacterium bovis/genetics , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics , BCG Vaccine , RNA Precursors , Tuberculosis/diagnosis , Tuberculosis/prevention & control , Vaccine Development , Biomarkers
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Nat Microbiol ; 9(4): 949-963, 2024 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38528148

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A polymorphism causing deficiencies in Toll-interacting protein (TOLLIP), an inhibitory adaptor protein affecting endosomal trafficking, is associated with increased tuberculosis (TB) risk. It is, however, unclear how TOLLIP affects TB pathogenesis. Here we show that TB severity is increased in Tollip-/- mice, characterized by macrophage- and T cell-driven inflammation, foam cell formation and lipid accumulation. Tollip-/- alveolar macrophages (AM) specifically accumulated lipid and underwent necrosis. Transcriptional and protein analyses of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)-infected, Tollip-/- AM revealed increased EIF2 signalling and downstream upregulation of the integrated stress response (ISR). These phenotypes were linked, as incubation of the Mtb lipid mycolic acid with Mtb-infected Tollip-/- AM activated the ISR and increased Mtb replication. Correspondingly, the ISR inhibitor, ISRIB, reduced Mtb numbers in AM and improved Mtb control, overcoming the inflammatory phenotype. In conclusion, targeting the ISR offers a promising target for host-directed anti-TB therapy towards improved Mtb control and reduced immunopathology.


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Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Tuberculosis , Animals , Mice , Macrophages, Alveolar/microbiology , Tuberculosis/microbiology , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/physiology , Macrophages/microbiology , Lipids , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
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