FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of human tuberculosis, is the world’s leading cause of death from an infectious disease. One of the main features of this pathogen is the complex and dynamic lipid composition of the cell envelope, which adapts to the variable host environment an...

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Autores principales: Mondino, Sonia Soledad, Vázquez, Cristina L., Cabruja, Matías Ezequiel, Sala, Claudia, Cazenave-Gassiot, Amaury, Blanco, Federico C., Wenk, Markus R., Bigi, Fabiana, Cole, Stewart T., Gramajo, Hugo Cesar, Gago, Gabriela
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Frontiers Media 2021
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20529
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20529
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topic Tuberculosis
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
Lipid Homeostasis
Mycobacteria
Virulence
Mycobacterial Cell Envelope
spellingShingle Tuberculosis
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
Lipid Homeostasis
Mycobacteria
Virulence
Mycobacterial Cell Envelope
Mondino, Sonia Soledad
Vázquez, Cristina L.
Cabruja, Matías Ezequiel
Sala, Claudia
Cazenave-Gassiot, Amaury
Blanco, Federico C.
Wenk, Markus R.
Bigi, Fabiana
Cole, Stewart T.
Gramajo, Hugo Cesar
Gago, Gabriela
FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
topic_facet Tuberculosis
Fatty Acid Biosynthesis
Lipid Homeostasis
Mycobacteria
Virulence
Mycobacterial Cell Envelope
description Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of human tuberculosis, is the world’s leading cause of death from an infectious disease. One of the main features of this pathogen is the complex and dynamic lipid composition of the cell envelope, which adapts to the variable host environment and defines the fate of infection by actively interacting with and modulating immune responses. However, while much has been learned about the enzymes of the numerous lipid pathways, little knowledge is available regarding the proteins and metabolic signals regulating lipid metabolism during M. tuberculosis infection. In this work, we constructed and characterized a FasR-deficient mutant in M. tuberculosis and demonstrated that FasR positively regulates fas and acpS expression. Lipidomic analysis of the wild type and mutant strains revealed complete rearrangement of most lipid components of the cell envelope, with phospholipids, mycolic acids, sulfolipids, and phthiocerol dimycocerosates relative abundance severely altered. As a consequence, replication of the mutant strain was impaired in macrophages leading to reduced virulence in a mouse model of infection. Moreover, we show that the fasR mutant resides in acidified cellular compartments, suggesting that the lipid perturbation caused by the mutation prevented M. tuberculosis inhibition of phagolysosome maturation. This study identified FasR as a novel factor involved in regulation of mycobacterial virulence and provides evidence for the essential role that modulation of lipid homeostasis plays in the outcome of M. tuberculosis infection.
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author Mondino, Sonia Soledad
Vázquez, Cristina L.
Cabruja, Matías Ezequiel
Sala, Claudia
Cazenave-Gassiot, Amaury
Blanco, Federico C.
Wenk, Markus R.
Bigi, Fabiana
Cole, Stewart T.
Gramajo, Hugo Cesar
Gago, Gabriela
author_facet Mondino, Sonia Soledad
Vázquez, Cristina L.
Cabruja, Matías Ezequiel
Sala, Claudia
Cazenave-Gassiot, Amaury
Blanco, Federico C.
Wenk, Markus R.
Bigi, Fabiana
Cole, Stewart T.
Gramajo, Hugo Cesar
Gago, Gabriela
author_sort Mondino, Sonia Soledad
title FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_short FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_full FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_fullStr FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed FasR regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
title_sort fasr regulates fatty acid biosynthesis and is essential for virulence of mycobacterium tuberculosis
publisher Frontiers Media
publishDate 2021
url http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20529
http://hdl.handle.net/2133/20529
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