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Roth AT, Philips JA, Chandra P. The role of cholesterol and its oxidation products in tuberculosis pathogenesis. IMMUNOMETABOLISM (COBHAM, SURREY) 2024; 6:e00042. [PMID: 38693938 PMCID: PMC11060060 DOI: 10.1097/in9.0000000000000042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis (TB), one of the world's most deadly infections. Lipids play an important role in M. tuberculosis pathogenesis. M. tuberculosis grows intracellularly within lipid-laden macrophages and extracellularly within the cholesterol-rich caseum of necrotic granulomas and pulmonary cavities. Evolved from soil saprophytes that are able to metabolize cholesterol from organic matter in the environment, M. tuberculosis inherited an extensive and highly conserved machinery to metabolize cholesterol. M. tuberculosis uses this machinery to degrade host cholesterol; the products of cholesterol degradation are incorporated into central carbon metabolism and used to generate cell envelope lipids, which play important roles in virulence. The host also modifies cholesterol by enzymatically oxidizing it to a variety of derivatives, collectively called oxysterols, which modulate cholesterol homeostasis and the immune response. Recently, we found that M. tuberculosis converts host cholesterol to an oxidized metabolite, cholestenone, that accumulates in the lungs of individuals with TB. M. tuberculosis encodes cholesterol-modifying enzymes, including a hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, a putative cholesterol oxidase, and numerous cytochrome P450 monooxygenases. Here, we review what is known about cholesterol and its oxidation products in the pathogenesis of TB. We consider the possibility that the biological function of cholesterol metabolism by M. tuberculosis extends beyond a nutritional role.
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- Andrew T. Roth
- Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Zhao YQ, Liu YJ, Song L, Yu D, Liu K, Liu K, Gao B, Tao XY, Xiong LB, Wang FQ, Wei DZ. Unravelling and engineering an operon involved in the side-chain degradation of sterols in Mycolicibacterium neoaurum for the production of steroid synthons. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2023; 16:121. [PMID: 37533054 PMCID: PMC10398937 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-023-02376-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Harnessing engineered Mycolicibacteria to convert cheap phytosterols into valuable steroid synthons is a basic way in the industry for the production of steroid hormones. Thus, C-19 and C-22 steroids are the two main types of commercial synthons and the products of C17 side chain degradation of phytosterols. During the conversion process of sterols, C-19 and C-22 steroids are often produced together, although one may be the main product and the other a minor byproduct. This is a major drawback of the engineered Mycolicibacteria for industrial application, which could be attributed to the co-existence of androstene-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD) and 22-hydroxy-23,24-bisnorchol-4-ene-3-one (HBC) sub-pathways in the degradation of the sterol C17 side chain. Since the key mechanism underlying the HBC sub-pathway has not yet been clarified, the above shortcoming has not been resolved so far. RESULTS The key gene involved in the putative HBC sub-pathway was excavated from the genome of M. neoaurum by comparative genomic analysis. Interestingly, an aldolase- encoding gene, atf1, was identified to be responsible for the first reaction of the HBC sub-pathway, and it exists as a conserved operon along with a DUF35-type gene chsH4, a reductase gene chsE6, and a transcriptional regulation gene kstR3 in the genome. Subsequently, atf1 and chsH4 were identified as the key genes involved in the HBC sub-pathway. Therefore, an updated strategy was proposed to develop engineered C-19 or C-22 steroid-producing strains by simultaneously modifying the AD and HBC sub-pathways. Taking the development of 4-HBC and 9-OHAD-producing strains as examples, the improved 4-HBC-producing strain achieved a 20.7 g/L production titer with a 92.5% molar yield and a 56.4% reduction in byproducts, and the improved 9-OHAD producing strain achieved a 19.87 g/L production titer with a 94.6% molar yield and a 43.7% reduction in byproduct production. CONCLUSIONS The excellent performances of these strains demonstrated that the primary operon involved in the HBC sub-pathway improves the industrial strains in the conversion of phytosterols to steroid synthons.
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- Yun-Qiu Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shanghai, 201318, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Newworld Institute of Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Lobastova T, Fokina V, Pozdnyakova-Filatova I, Tarlachkov S, Shutov A, Donova M. Insight into Different Stages of Steroid Degradation in Thermophilic Saccharopolyspora hirsuta VKM Ac-666 T Strain. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232416174. [PMID: 36555813 PMCID: PMC9782250 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232416174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Steroids are abundant molecules in nature, and various microorganisms evolved to utilize steroids. Thermophilic actinobacteria play an important role in such processes. However, very few thermophiles have so far been reported capable of degrading or modifying natural sterols. Recently, genes putatively involved in the sterol catabolic pathway have been revealed in the moderately thermophilic actinobacterium Saccharopolyspora hirsuta VKM Ac-666T, but peculiarities of strain activity toward sterols are still poorly understood. S. hirsuta catalyzed cholesterol bioconversion at a rate significantly inferior to that observed for mesophilic actinobacteria (mycobacteria and rhodococci). Several genes related to different stages of steroid catabolism increased their expression in response to cholesterol as was shown by transcriptomic studies and verified by RT-qPCR. Sequential activation of genes related to the initial step of cholesterol side chain oxidation (cyp125) and later steps of steroid core degradation (kstD3, kshA, ipdF, and fadE30) was demonstrated for the first time. The activation correlates with a low cholesterol conversion rate and intermediate accumulation by the strain. The transcriptomic analyses revealed that the genes involved in sterol catabolism are linked functionally, but not transcriptionally. The results contribute to the knowledge on steroid catabolism in thermophilic actinobacteria and could be used at the engineering of microbial catalysts.
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- Tatyana Lobastova
- Laboratory of Bioengineering of Microbial Producers, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAS, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Bioengineering of Microbial Producers, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAS, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAS, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Bioengineering of Microbial Producers, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAS, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Bioengineering of Microbial Producers, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAS, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Bioengineering of Microbial Producers, G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, RAS, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, 142290 Pushchino, Russia
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Identification of the EdcR Estrogen-Dependent Repressor in Caenibius tardaugens NBRC 16725: Construction of a Cellular Estradiol Biosensor. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12121846. [PMID: 34946795 PMCID: PMC8700777 DOI: 10.3390/genes12121846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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In this work, Caenibius tardaugens NBRC 16725 (strain ARI-1) (formerly Novosphingobium tardaugens) was isolated due to its capacity to mineralize estrogenic endocrine disruptors. Its genome encodes the edc genes cluster responsible for the degradation of 17β-estradiol, consisting of two putative operons (OpA and OpB) encoding the enzymes of the upper degradation pathway. Inside the edc cluster, we identified the edcR gene encoding a TetR-like protein. Genetic studies carried out with C. tardaugens mutants demonstrated that EdcR represses the promoters that control the expression of the two operons. These genetic analyses have also shown that 17β-estradiol and estrone, the second intermediate of the degradation pathway, are the true effectors of EdcR. This regulatory system has been heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, foreseeing its use to detect estrogens in environmental samples. Genome comparisons have identified a similar regulatory system in the edc cluster of Altererythrobacter estronivorus MHB5, suggesting that this regulatory arrangement has been horizontally transferred to other bacteria.
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Mycolicibacterium cell factory for the production of steroid-based drug intermediates. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 53:107860. [PMID: 34710554 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Revised: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Steroid-based drugs have been developed as the second largest medical category in pharmaceutics. The well-established route of steroid industry includes two steps: the conversion of natural products with a steroid framework to steroid-based drug intermediates and the synthesis of varied steroid-based drugs from steroid-based drug intermediates. The biosynthesis of steroid-based drug intermediates from phytosterols by Mycolicibacterium cell factories bypasses the potential undersupply of diosgenin in the traditional steroid chemical industry. Moreover, the biosynthesis route shows advantages on multiple steroid-based drug intermediate products, more ecofriendly processes, and consecutive reactions carried out in one operation step and in one pot. Androsta-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD), androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione (ADD) and 9-hydroxyandrostra-4-ene-3,17-dione (9-OH-AD) are the representative steroid-based drug intermediates synthesized by mycolicibacteria. Other steroid metabolites of mycolicibacteria, like 4-androstene-17β-ol-3-one (TS), 22-hydroxy-23,24-bisnorchol-4-ene-3-one (4-HBC), 22-hydroxy-23,24-bisnorchol-1,4-diene-3-one (1,4-HBC), 9,22-dihydroxy-23,24-bisnorchol-4-ene-3-one (9-OH-HBC), 3aα-H-4α-(3'-propionic acid)-7aβ-methylhexahydro-1,5-indanedione (HIP) and 3aα-H-4α-(3'-propionic acid)-5α-hydroxy-7aβ-methylhexahydro-1-indanone-δ-lactone (HIL), also show values as steroid-based drug intermediates. To improve the bio-production efficiency of the steroid-based drug intermediates, mycolicibacterial strains and biotransformation processes have been continuously studied in the past decades. Many mycolicibacteria that accumulate steroid drug intermediates have been isolated, and subsequently optimized by conventional mutagenesis and genetic engineering. Especially, with the clarification of the mycolicibacterial steroid metabolic pathway and the developments on gene editing technologies, rational design is becoming an important measure for the construction and optimization of engineered mycolicibacteria strains that produce steroid-based drug intermediates. Hence, by reviewing researches in the past two decades, this article updates the overall process of steroid metabolism in mycolicibacteria and provides comprehensive schemes for the rational construction of mycolicibacterial strains that accumulate steroid-based drug intermediates. In addition, the special strategies for the bioconversion of highly hydrophobic steroid in aqueous media are discussed as well.
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Further Studies on the 3-Ketosteroid 9α-Hydroxylase of Rhodococcus ruber Chol-4, a Rieske Oxygenase of the Steroid Degradation Pathway. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9061171. [PMID: 34072338 PMCID: PMC8228715 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The biochemistry and genetics of the bacterial steroid catabolism have been extensively studied during the last years and their findings have been essential to the development of biotechnological applications. For instance, metabolic engineering of the steroid-eater strains has allowed to obtain intermediaries of industrial value. However, there are still some drawbacks that must be overcome, such as the redundancy of the steroid catabolism genes in the genome and a better knowledge of its genetic regulation. KshABs and KstDs are key enzymes involved in the aerobic breakage of the steroid nucleus. Rhodococcus ruber Chol-4 contains three kshAs genes, a single kshB gene and three kstDs genes within its genome. In the present work, the growth of R. ruber ΔkshA strains was evaluated on different steroids substrates; the promoter regions of these genes were analyzed; and their expression was followed by qRT-PCR in both wild type and ksh mutants. Additionally, the transcription level of the kstDs genes was studied in the ksh mutants. The results show that KshA2B and KshA1B are involved in AD metabolism, while KshA3B and KshA1B contribute to the cholesterol metabolism in R. ruber. In the kshA single mutants, expression of the remaining kshA and kstD genes is re-organized to survive on the steroid substrate. These data give insight into the fine regulation of steroid genes when several isoforms are present.
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Ma H, Liu WB, Zhang XP, Hu HQ, Gu SD, Yuan H, Ye BC. GlnR-mediated regulation of KstR controls cholesterol catabolism in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2021; 69:1209-1216. [PMID: 34008246 DOI: 10.1002/bab.2197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Tuberculosis, caused by mycobacteria, continues to pose a substantial public health threat. Mycobacteria typically use cholesterol from the membranes of host macrophages as a carbon and energy source. Most genes that control cholesterol degradation are regulated by KstR, which is highly conserved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis. Through bioinformatic analysis, we found a typical global nitrogen regulator (GlnR)-binding motif (CCGAC-AACAGT-GACAC) in the promoter region of kstR of M. smegmatis, and we determined its binding activity in vitro using electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Using RT-qPCR, we found that nine genes involved in side-chain or sterol-ring oxidation were upregulated in a ΔglnR M. smegmatis strain compared to the WT strain and glnR-complemented strains under nitrogen limitation. ATP assays in macrophages revealed that coordinated GlnR-KstR regulation significantly reduced the viability of M. smegmatis in macrophages. Thus, we found that various genes involved in cholesterol catabolism are regulated by GlnR via KstR in response to environmental nitrogen, and that they further affect the invasive ability of M. smegmatis. These findings revealed a novel regulatory mechanism of cholesterol catabolism, which may be useful in the development of new strategies for controlling tuberculosis.
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- Heng Ma
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China
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- Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shihezi University, Xinjiang, China.,Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Shtratnikova VY, Sсhelkunov MI, Fokina VV, Bragin EY, Shutov AA, Donova MV. Different genome-wide transcriptome responses of Nocardioides simplex VKM Ac-2033D to phytosterol and cortisone 21-acetate. BMC Biotechnol 2021; 21:7. [PMID: 33441120 PMCID: PMC7807495 DOI: 10.1186/s12896-021-00668-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacterial degradation/transformation of steroids is widely investigated to create biotechnologically relevant strains for industrial application. The strain of Nocardioides simplex VKM Ac-2033D is well known mainly for its superior 3-ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenase activity towards various 3-oxosteroids and other important reactions of sterol degradation. However, its biocatalytic capacities and the molecular fundamentals of its activity towards natural sterols and synthetic steroids were not fully understood. In this study, a comparative investigation of the genome-wide transcriptome profiling of the N. simplex VKM Ac-2033D grown on phytosterol, or in the presence of cortisone 21-acetate was performed with RNA-seq. RESULTS Although the gene patterns induced by phytosterol generally resemble the gene sets involved in phytosterol degradation pathways in mycolic acid rich actinobacteria such as Mycolicibacterium, Mycobacterium and Rhodococcus species, the differences in gene organization and previously unreported genes with high expression level were revealed. Transcription of the genes related to KstR- and KstR2-regulons was mainly enhanced in response to phytosterol, and the role in steroid catabolism is predicted for some dozens of the genes in N. simplex. New transcription factors binding motifs and new candidate transcription regulators of steroid catabolism were predicted in N. simplex. Unlike phytosterol, cortisone 21-acetate does not provide induction of the genes with predicted KstR and KstR2 sites. Superior 3-ketosteroid-Δ1-dehydrogenase activity of N. simplex VKM Ac-2033D is due to the kstDs redundancy in the genome, with the highest expression level of the gene KR76_27125 orthologous to kstD2, in response to cortisone 21-acetate. The substrate spectrum of N. simplex 3-ketosteroid-Δ1-dehydrogenase was expanded in this study with progesterone and its 17α-hydroxylated and 11α,17α-dihydroxylated derivatives, that effectively were 1(2)-dehydrogenated in vivo by the whole cells of the N. simplex VKM Ac-2033D. CONCLUSION The results contribute to the knowledge of biocatalytic features and diversity of steroid modification capabilities of actinobacteria, defining targets for further bioengineering manipulations with the purpose of expansion of their biotechnological applications.
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- Victoria Yu Shtratnikova
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory, h. 1, b. 40, Moscow, Russian Federation 119991
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Nobelya str., 3, Moscow, Russian Federation 121205
- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bolshoy Karetny per., h. 19, b. 1, Moscow, Russian Federation 127994
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, pr. Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
- Pharmins, Ltd., R&D, Institutskaya str, 4, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, pr. Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, pr. Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
- Pharmins, Ltd., R&D, Institutskaya str, 4, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
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- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Federal Research Center “Pushchino Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, pr. Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
- Pharmins, Ltd., R&D, Institutskaya str, 4, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russian Federation 142290
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Luo JM, Cui HL, Jia HC, Li F, Cheng HJ, Shen YB, Wang M. Identification, Biological Characteristics, and Active Site Residues of 3-Ketosteroid Δ 1-Dehydrogenase Homologues from Arthrobacter simplex. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:9496-9512. [PMID: 32786835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c03360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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3-Ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenase (KsdD) is the key enzyme responsible for Δ1-dehydrogenation, which is one of the most valuable reactions for steroid catabolism. Arthrobacter simplex has been widely used in the industry due to its superior bioconversion efficiency, but KsdD information is not yet fully clear. Here, five KsdD homologues were identified in A. simplex CGMCC 14539. Bioinformatic analysis indicated their distinct properties and structures. Each KsdD was functionally confirmed by transcriptional response, overexpression, and heterologous expression. The substantial difference in substrate profiles might be related to the enzyme loop structure. Two promising enzymes (KsdD3 and KsdD5) were purified and characterized, exhibiting strong organic solvent tolerance and clear preference for 4-ene-3-oxosteroids. KsdD5 seemed to be more versatile due to good activity on substrates with or without a substituent at C11 and high optimal temperature and also possessed unique residues. It is the first time that KsdDs have been comprehensively disclosed in the A. simplex industrial strain.
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- Jian-Mei Luo
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Fermentation Microbiology (Tianjin University of Science & Technology), Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Industrial Microbiology, Tianjin Engineering Research Center of Microbial Metabolism and Fermentation Process Control, College of Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, 89 P.O. Box, No. 29, Street No. 13, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA), Tianjin 30057, P. R. China
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Kreit J. Aerobic catabolism of sterols by microorganisms: key enzymes that open the 3-ketosteroid nucleus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2020; 366:5544764. [PMID: 31390014 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Aerobic degradation of the sterol tetracyclic nucleus by microorganisms comprises the catabolism of A/B-rings, followed by that of C/D-rings. B-ring rupture at the C9,10-position is a key step involving 3-ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenase (KstD) and 3-ketosteroid 9α-hydroxylase (KstH). Their activities lead to the aromatization of C4,5-en-containing A-ring causing the rupture of B-ring. C4,5α-hydrogenated 3-ketosteroid could be produced by the growing microorganism containing a 5α-reductase. In this case, the microorganism synthesizes, in addition to KstD and KstH, a 3-ketosteroid Δ4-(5α)-dehydrogenase (Kst4D) in order to produce the A-ring aromatization, and consequently B-ring rupture. KstD and Kst4D are FAD-dependent oxidoreductases. KstH is composed of a reductase and a monooxygenase. This last component is the catalytic unit; it contains a Rieske-[2Fe-2S] center with a non-haem mononuclear iron in the active site. Published data regarding these enzymes are reviewed.
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- Joseph Kreit
- Mohammed V University, Laboratory of Biology of Human Pathologies, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn-Batouta Avenue, P.O. Box 1014, Rabat, Morocco
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Grazon C, Baer RC, Kuzmanović U, Nguyen T, Chen M, Zamani M, Chern M, Aquino P, Zhang X, Lecommandoux S, Fan A, Cabodi M, Klapperich C, Grinstaff MW, Dennis AM, Galagan JE. A progesterone biosensor derived from microbial screening. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1276. [PMID: 32152281 PMCID: PMC7062782 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14942-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bacteria are an enormous and largely untapped reservoir of biosensing proteins. We describe an approach to identify and isolate bacterial allosteric transcription factors (aTFs) that recognize a target analyte and to develop these TFs into biosensor devices. Our approach utilizes a combination of genomic screens and functional assays to identify and isolate biosensing TFs, and a quantum-dot Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) strategy for transducing analyte recognition into real-time quantitative measurements. We use this approach to identify a progesterone-sensing bacterial aTF and to develop this TF into an optical sensor for progesterone. The sensor detects progesterone in artificial urine with sufficient sensitivity and specificity for clinical use, while being compatible with an inexpensive and portable electronic reader for point-of-care applications. Our results provide proof-of-concept for a paradigm of microbially-derived biosensors adaptable to inexpensive, real-time sensor devices.
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- Chloé Grazon
- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- University Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, LCPO, UMR 5629, F-33600, Pessac, France
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
- Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
- National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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Liu M, Xiong LB, Tao X, Liu QH, Wang FQ, Wei DZ. Integrated Transcriptome and Proteome Studies Reveal the Underlying Mechanisms for Sterol Catabolism and Steroid Production in Mycobacterium neoaurum. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:9147-9157. [PMID: 30075077 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Integrated transcriptome and proteome studies were performed to investigate sterol biotransformation in wild-type Mycobacterium neoaurum ATCC 25795 ( Mn) and the mutant strains producing steroid intermediates. Transcriptome and proteome studies indicated that several metabolic activities were noticeably dynamic, including cholesterol degradation, central carbon metabolism, cell envelope biosynthesis, glycerol metabolism, and transport. Interestingly, a poor overall correlation between mRNA and translation profiles was found, which might contribute to the metabolic adaptation in cholesterol catabolism. A gene cluster covering 111 genes was discovered to encode for cholesterol catabolism in Mn. Generally, transcription and/or translation of the genes in KstR1 regulon was upregulated, and the induction of genes in KstR2 regulon was not as significant as that of KstR1 regulon. Several induced genes showing potential roles for cholesterol catabolism were found. Further identification of these genes and investigation of the correlation among key metabolic activities could help for the development of efficient steroid-producing strains.
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- Min Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, New World Institute of Biotechnology , East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237 , People's Republic of China
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Guevara G, Fernández de Las Heras L, Perera J, Navarro Llorens JM. Functional differentiation of 3-ketosteroid Δ 1-dehydrogenase isozymes in Rhodococcus ruber strain Chol-4. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:42. [PMID: 28288625 PMCID: PMC5348764 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0657-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background The Rhodococcus ruber strain Chol-4 genome contains at least three putative 3-ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenase ORFs (kstD1, kstD2 and kstD3) that code for flavoenzymes involved in the steroid ring degradation. The aim of this work is the functional characterization of these enzymes prior to the developing of different biotechnological applications. Results The three R. ruber KstD enzymes have different substrate profiles. KstD1 shows preference for 9OHAD and testosterone, followed by progesterone, deoxy corticosterone AD and, finally, 4-BNC, corticosterone and 19OHAD. KstD2 shows maximum preference for progesterone followed by 5α-Tes, DOC, AD testosterone, 4-BNC and lastly 19OHAD, corticosterone and 9OHAD. KstD3 preference is for saturated steroid substrates (5α-Tes) followed by progesterone and DOC. A preliminary attempt to model the catalytic pocket of the KstD proteins revealed some structural differences probably related to their catalytic differences. The expression of kstD genes has been studied by RT-PCR and RT-qPCR. All the kstD genes are transcribed under all the conditions assayed, although an additional induction in cholesterol and AD could be observed for kstD1 and in cholesterol for kstD3. Co-transcription of some correlative genes could be stated. The transcription initiation signals have been searched, both in silico and in vivo. Putative promoters in the intergenic regions upstream the kstD1, kstD2 and kstD3 genes were identified and probed in an apramycin-promoter-test vector, leading to the functional evidence of those R. ruber kstD promoters. Conclusions At least three putative 3-ketosteroid Δ1-dehydrogenase ORFs (kstD1, kstD2 and kstD3) have been identified and functionally confirmed in R. ruber strain Chol-4. KstD1 and KstD2 display a wide range of substrate preferences regarding to well-known intermediaries of the cholesterol degradation pathway (9OHAD and AD) and other steroid compounds. KstD3 shows a narrower substrate range with a preference for saturated substrates. KstDs differences in their catalytic properties was somehow related to structural differences revealed by a preliminary structural modelling. Transcription of R. ruber kstD genes is driven from specific promoters. The three genes are constitutively transcribed, although an additional induction is observed in kstD1 and kstD3. These enzymes have a wide versatility and allow a fine tuning-up of the KstD cellular activity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12934-017-0657-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Govinda Guevara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Microbial Physiology-Gron Inst Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Transcription factors (TFs) play a central role in regulating gene expression in all bacteria. Yet until recently, studies of TF binding were limited to a small number of factors at a few genomic locations. Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-Seq) provides the ability to map binding sites globally for TFs, and the scalability of the technology enables the ability to map binding sites for every DNA binding protein in a prokaryotic organism. We have developed a protocol for ChIP-Seq tailored for use with mycobacteria and an analysis pipeline for processing the resulting data. The protocol and pipeline have been used to map over 100 TFs from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, as well as numerous TFs from related mycobacteria and other bacteria. The resulting data provide evidence that the long-accepted spatial relationship between TF binding site, promoter motif, and the corresponding regulated gene may be too simple a paradigm, failing to adequately capture the variety of TF binding sites found in prokaryotes. In this article we describe the protocol and analysis pipeline, the validation of these methods, and the results of applying these methods to M. tuberculosis.
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Garay CD, Dreyfuss JM, Galagan JE. Metabolic modeling predicts metabolite changes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2015; 9:57. [PMID: 26377923 PMCID: PMC4574064 DOI: 10.1186/s12918-015-0206-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the causal agent of the disease tuberculosis (TB). Metabolic adaptations are thought to be critical to the survival of MTB during pathogenesis. Computational tools that can be used to study MTB metabolism in silico and prioritize resource-intensive experimental work could significantly accelerate research. RESULTS We have developed E-Flux-MFC, an enhancement of our original E-Flux method that enables the prediction of changes in the production of external and internal metabolites corresponding to gene expression measurements. We have used this method to simulate the changes in the metabolic state of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). We have validated the accuracy of E-Flux-MFC for predicting changes in lipids and metabolites during a hypoxia time course using previously published metabolomics and transcriptomics data. We have further validated the accuracy of the method for predicting changes in MTB lipids following the deletion and induction of two well-studied transcription factors (TFs). We have applied the method to predict the metabolic impact of the induction of each of the approximately 180 MTB TFs using a previously generated and publically available expression data set. CONCLUSIONS E-flux-MFC can be used to study global changes in MTB metabolites from gene expression data associated with environmental and genetic perturbations. The application of this method to a data set of MTB TF perturbations provides a resource for studying the large number of TFs whose functions remain unknown. Most TFs impact metabolites indirectly through the propagation of gene expression changes through the regulatory network rather than through their direct regulons. E-Flux-MFC is also applicable to any organism for which accurate metabolic models are available.
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- Christopher D Garay
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. .,Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. .,Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. .,National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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Mustafa S, Pai RS, Singh G, Kusum Devi V. Nanocarrier-based interventions for the management of MDR/XDR-TB. J Drug Target 2015; 23:287-304. [PMID: 25766078 DOI: 10.3109/1061186x.2015.1009076] [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: 11/13/2022]
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Emergence of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB over the past decade presents an unprecedented public health challenge to which countries of concern are responding far too slowly. Global Tuberculosis Report 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance, indicating the highest global level of drug-resistance ever recorded detection of 97 000 patients with MDR-TB resulting in 170 000 deaths in 2013. Treatment of MDR-TB is expensive, complex, prolonged (18-24 months) and associated with a higher incidence of adverse events. In this context, nanocarrier delivery systems (NDSs) efficiently encapsulating considerable amounts of second-line anti tubercular drugs ((s)ATDs), eliciting controlled, sustained and more profound effect to trounce the need to administer (s)ATDs at high and frequent doses, would assist in improving patient compliance and avoid hepatotoxicity and/or nephrotoxicity/ocular toxicity/ototoxicity associated with the prevalent (s)ATDs. Besides, NDSs are also known to inhibit the P-glycoprotein efflux, reduce metabolism by gut cytochrome P-450 enzymes and circumnavigate the hepatic first-pass effect, facilitating absorption of drugs via intestinal lymphatic pathways. This review first provides a holistic account on MDR-TB and discusses the molecular basis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to anti-tubercular drugs. It also provides an updated bird's eye view on current treatment strategies and laboratory diagnostic test for MDR-TB. Furthermore, a relatively pithy view on patent studies on second-line chemotherapy using NDSs will be discussed.
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- Sanaul Mustafa
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy , Bangalore, Karnataka , India
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García-Fernández J, Galán B, Medrano FJ, García JL. Characterization of the KstR2 regulator responsible of the lower cholesterol degradative pathway in Mycobacterium smegmatis. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2015; 7:155-163. [PMID: 25511435 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The interaction of KstR2-dependent promoters of the divergon constituted by the MSMEG_6000-5999 and MSMEG_6001-6004 operons of Mycobacterium smegmatis which encode the genes involved in the lower cholesterol degradative pathway has been characterized. Footprint analyses have demonstrated experimentally for the first time that KstR2 specifically binds to an operator region of 29 nucleotides containing the palindromic sequence AAGCAAGNNCTTGCTT. This region overlaps with the -10 and -35 boxes of the putative P(6000) and P(6001) divergent promoters, suggesting that KstR2 represses their transcription by preventing the binding of the ribonucleic acid polymerase. A three-dimensional model of the KstR2 protein revealed a typical TetR-type regulator folding with two domains, a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-binding N-terminal domain and a regulator-binding C-terminal domain composed by three and six helices respectively. KstR2 is an all alpha protein as confirmed by circular dichroism. We have determined that M. smegmatis is able to grow using sitolactone (HIL) as the only carbon source and that this compound induces the kstR2 regulon in vivo. HIL or its open form 5OH-HIP were unable to release in vitro the KstR2-DNA operator interaction, suggesting that 5OH-HIP-CoA or a further derivative would induce the lower cholesterol catabolic pathway.
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- Julia García-Fernández
- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Rienksma RA, Suarez-Diez M, Spina L, Schaap PJ, Martins dos Santos VAP. Systems-level modeling of mycobacterial metabolism for the identification of new (multi-)drug targets. Semin Immunol 2014; 26:610-22. [PMID: 25453232 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2014.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Revised: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Systems-level metabolic network reconstructions and the derived constraint-based (CB) mathematical models are efficient tools to explore bacterial metabolism. Approximately one-fourth of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) genome contains genes that encode proteins directly involved in its metabolism. These represent potential drug targets that can be systematically probed with CB models through the prediction of genes essential (or the combination thereof) for the pathogen to grow. However, gene essentiality depends on the growth conditions and, so far, no in vitro model precisely mimics the host at the different stages of mycobacterial infection, limiting model predictions. These limitations can be circumvented by combining expression data from in vivo samples with a validated CB model, creating an accurate description of pathogen metabolism in the host. To this end, we present here a thoroughly curated and extended genome-scale CB metabolic model of Mtb quantitatively validated using 13C measurements. We describe some of the efforts made in integrating CB models and high-throughput data to generate condition specific models, and we will discuss challenges ahead. This knowledge and the framework herein presented will enable to identify potential new drug targets, and will foster the development of optimal therapeutic strategies.
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MESH Headings
- Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Carbon Isotopes
- Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Genome, Bacterial
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Humans
- Metabolic Networks and Pathways/genetics
- Models, Statistical
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/drug effects
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis/metabolism
- Systems Biology
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/drug therapy
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/metabolism
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant/pathology
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/drug therapy
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/pathology
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- Rienk A Rienksma
- Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dreijenplein 10, Wageningen 6703 HB, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dreijenplein 10, Wageningen 6703 HB, The Netherlands
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- Centre National de la Rescherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (UMR 5089), Department of Tuberculosis and Infection Biology and Université de Toulouse (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III), IPBS, 205 Route de Narbonne, BP 64182, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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- Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dreijenplein 10, Wageningen 6703 HB, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Dreijenplein 10, Wageningen 6703 HB, The Netherlands; Lifeglimmer GmbH, Markelstrasse 38, 12163 Berlin, Germany.
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Wipperman MF, Sampson NS, Thomas ST. Pathogen roid rage: cholesterol utilization by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 49:269-93. [PMID: 24611808 PMCID: PMC4255906 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.895700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The ability of science and medicine to control the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires an understanding of the complex host environment within which it resides. Pathological and biological evidence overwhelmingly demonstrate how the mammalian steroid cholesterol is present throughout the course of infection. Better understanding Mtb requires a more complete understanding of how it utilizes molecules like cholesterol in this environment to sustain the infection of the host. Cholesterol uptake, catabolism and broader utilization are important for maintenance of the pathogen in the host and it has been experimentally validated to contribute to virulence and pathogenesis. Cholesterol is catabolized by at least three distinct sub-pathways, two for the ring system and one for the side chain, yielding dozens of steroid intermediates with varying biochemical properties. Our ability to control this worldwide infectious agent requires a greater knowledge of how Mtb uses cholesterol to its advantage throughout the course of infection. Herein, the current state of knowledge of cholesterol metabolism by Mtb is reviewed from a biochemical perspective with a focus on the metabolic genes and pathways responsible for cholesterol steroid catabolism.
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
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García-Fernández E, Medrano FJ, Galán B, García JL. Deciphering the transcriptional regulation of cholesterol catabolic pathway in mycobacteria: identification of the inducer of KstR repressor. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:17576-88. [PMID: 24802756 PMCID: PMC4067193 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.545715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2013] [Revised: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cholesterol degradation plays a prominent role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection; therefore, to develop new tools to combat this disease, we need to decipher the components comprising and regulating the corresponding pathway. A TetR-like repressor (KstR) regulates the upper part of this complex catabolic pathway, but the induction mechanism remains unknown. Using a biophysical approach, we have discovered that the inducer molecule of KstR in M. smegmatis mc(2)155 is not cholesterol but 3-oxo-4-cholestenoic acid, one of the first metabolic intermediates. Binding this compound induces dramatic conformational changes in KstR that promote the KstR-DNA interaction to be released from the operator, retaining its dimeric state. Our findings suggest a regulatory model common to all cholesterol degrading bacteria in which the first steps of the pathway are critical to its mineralization and explain the high redundancy of the enzymes involved in these initial steps.
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- Chemical and Physical Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid 28040, Spain
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Kaur IP, Singh H. Nanostructured drug delivery for better management of tuberculosis. J Control Release 2014; 184:36-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2014] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Newton-Foot M, Gey van Pittius NC. The complex architecture of mycobacterial promoters. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2012; 93:60-74. [PMID: 23017770 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 07/31/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The genus Mycobacterium includes a variety of species with differing phenotypic properties, including growth rate, pathogenicity and environment- and host-specificity. Although many mycobacterial species have been extensively studied and their genomes sequenced, the reasons for phenotypic variation between closely related species remain unclear. Variation in gene expression may contribute to these characteristics and enable the bacteria to respond to changing environmental conditions. Gene expression is controlled primarily at the level of transcription, where the main element of regulation is the promoter. Transcriptional regulation and associated promoter sequences have been studied extensively in E. coli. This review describes the complex structure and characteristics of mycobacterial promoters, in comparison to the classical E. coli prokaryotic promoter structure. Some components of mycobacterial promoters are similar to those of E. coli. These include the predominant guanine residue at the transcriptional start point, conserved -10 hexamer, similar interhexameric distances, the use of ATG as a start codon, the guanine- and adenine-rich ribosome binding site and the presence of extended -10 (TGn) motifs in strong promoters. However, these components are much more variable in sequence in mycobacterial promoters and no conserved -35 hexamer sequence (clearly defined in E. coli) can be identified. This may be a result of the high G+C content of mycobacterial genomes, as well as the large number of sigma factors present in mycobacteria, which may recognise different promoter sequences. Mycobacteria possess a complex transcriptional regulatory network. Numerous regulatory motifs have been identified in mycobacterial promoters, predominantly in the interhexameric region. These are bound by specific transcriptional regulators in response to environmental changes. The combination of specific promoter sequences, transcriptional regulators and a variety of sigma factors enables rapid and specific responses to diverse conditions and different stages of infection. This review aims to provide an overview of the complex architecture of mycobacterial transcriptional regulation.
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- Mae Newton-Foot
- DST/NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research/MRC Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, PO Box 19063, Francie van Zijl Drive, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.
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Donova MV, Egorova OV. Microbial steroid transformations: current state and prospects. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 94:1423-47. [PMID: 22562163 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4078-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Revised: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Studies of steroid modifications catalyzed by microbial whole cells represent a well-established research area in white biotechnology. Still, advances over the last decade in genetic and metabolic engineering, whole-cell biocatalysis in non-conventional media, and process monitoring raised research in this field to a new level. This review summarizes the data on microbial steroid conversion obtained since 2003. The key reactions of structural steroid functionalization by microorganisms are highlighted including sterol side-chain degradation, hydroxylation at various positions of the steroid core, and redox reactions. We also describe methods for enhancement of bioprocess productivity, selectivity of target reactions, and application of microbial transformations for production of valuable pharmaceutical ingredients and precursors. Challenges and prospects of whole-cell biocatalysis applications in steroid industry are discussed.
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- Marina V Donova
- G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.
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García JL, Uhía I, Galán B. Catabolism and biotechnological applications of cholesterol degrading bacteria. Microb Biotechnol 2012; 5:679-99. [PMID: 22309478 PMCID: PMC3815891 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2012.00331.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cholesterol is a steroid commonly found in nature with a great relevance in biology, medicine and chemistry, playing an essential role as a structural component of animal cell membranes. The ubiquity of cholesterol in the environment has made it a reference biomarker for environmental pollution analysis and a common carbon source for different microorganisms, some of them being important pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This work revises the accumulated biochemical and genetic knowledge on the bacterial pathways that degrade or transform this molecule, given that the characterization of cholesterol metabolism would contribute not only to understand its role in tuberculosis but also to develop new biotechnological processes that use this and other related molecules as starting or target materials.
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- J L García
- Environmental Biology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, C/ Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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