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Rajwani R, Galata C, Lee AWT, So PK, Leung KSS, Tam KKG, Shehzad S, Ng TTL, Zhu L, Lao HY, Chan CTM, Leung JSL, Lee LK, Wong KC, Yam WC, Siu GKH. A multi-omics investigation into the mechanisms of hyper-virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Virulence 2022; 13:1088-1100. [PMID: 35791449 PMCID: PMC9262360 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2022.2087304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Clinical manifestations of tuberculosis range from asymptomatic infection to a life-threatening disease such as tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Recent studies showed that the spectrum of disease severity could be related to genetic diversity among clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Certain strains are reported to preferentially invade the central nervous system, thus earning the label “hypervirulent strains”.However, specific genetic mutations that accounted for enhanced mycobacterial virulence are still unknown. We previously identified a set of 17 mutations in a hypervirulent Mtb strain that was from TBM patient and exhibited significantly better intracellular survivability. These mutations were also commonly shared by a cluster of globally circulating hyper-virulent strains. Here, we aimed to validate the impact of these hypervirulent-specific mutations on the dysregulation of gene networks associated with virulence in Mtb via multi-omic analysis. We surveyed transcriptomic and proteomic differences between the hyper-virulent and low-virulent strains using RNA-sequencing and label-free quantitative LC-MS/MS approach, respectively. We identified 25 genes consistently differentially expressed between the strains at both transcript and protein level, regardless the strains were growing in a nutrient-rich or a physiologically relevant multi-stress condition (acidic pH, limited nutrients, nitrosative stress, and hypoxia). Based on integrated genomic-transcriptomic and proteomic comparisons, the hypervirulent-specific mutations in FadE5 (g. 295,746 C >T), Rv0178 (p. asp150glu), higB (p. asp30glu), and pip (IS6110-insertion) were linked to deregulated expression of the respective genes and their functionally downstream regulons. The result validated the connections between mutations, gene expression, and mycobacterial pathogenicity, and identified new possible virulence-associated pathways in Mtb.
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- Rahim Rajwani
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- University Research Facility in Life Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong, China
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Benítez-Guzmán A, Esquivel-Solís H, Romero-Torres C, Arriaga-Díaz C, Gutiérrez-Pabello JA. Genetically Related Mycobacterium bovis Strains Displayed Differential Intracellular Growth in Bovine Macrophages. Vet Sci 2019; 6:vetsci6040081. [PMID: 31635257 PMCID: PMC6958473 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci6040081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Molecular typing of bacterial isolates provides a powerful approach for distinguishing Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) genotypes. It is known that M. bovis strain virulence plays a role in prevalence and spread of the disease, suggesting that strain virulence and prevailing genotypes are associated. However, it is not well understood whether strain virulence correlates with particular genotypes. In this study, we assessed the in vitro intracellular growth of 18 M. bovis isolates in bovine macrophages as an indicator of bacterial virulence and sought a relationship with the genotype identified by spoligotyping. We found 14 different spoligotypes—11 were already known and three spoligotypes had never been reported before. We identified 2 clusters that were phylogenetically related, containing 10 and 6 strains, respectively, and 2 orphan strains. Intracellular growth and phagocytic rates of 18 M. bovis strains were heterogeneous. Our results suggest that M. bovis intracellular growth and phagocytosis are independent of the bacterial lineage identified by spoligotyping.
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- Alejandro Benítez-Guzmán
- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico.
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- Biotecnología Médica y Farmacéutica, Centro de Investigación y Asistencia en Tecnología y Diseño del Estado de Jalisco (CIATEJ), Guadalajara 44270, Mexico.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, CENID Microbiología, Ciudad de México 05110, Mexico.
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias, CENID Microbiología, Ciudad de México 05110, Mexico.
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- Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico.
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Ravan P, Nejad Sattari T, Siadat SD, Vaziri F. Evaluation of the expression of cytokines and chemokines in macrophages in response to rifampin-monoresistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and H37Rv strain. Cytokine 2018; 115:127-134. [PMID: 30594437 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 11/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Macrophages are the primary phagocytes in the lungs and a part of the host defense system against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), involved in the primary immune response. While several studies have assessed the effects of resistance to rifampin on Mtb physiology, the consequences of mutations in genes encoding the beta subunit of RNA polymerase (rpoB) for host-pathogen interactions remain poorly understood. In this study, rifampin-monoresistant (RMR) Mtb and H37Rv strains were used to infect the THP-1-derived macrophages. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR assay was carried out to determine mRNA expression in 84 cytokine and chemokine genes. Production of specific cytokines and chemokines was measured by ELISA assay. In conclusion, the current study shed more light on the fitness cost of RMR strain and the potential effects of rpoB gene mutations on Mtb-host interactions. These results initially demonstrate that the Mtb carrying the rpoB-S450L can modulate macrophage responses to mediate bacterial survival.
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- Parvaneh Ravan
- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran; Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
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Tram TTB, Nhung HN, Vijay S, Hai HT, Thu DDA, Ha VTN, Dinh TD, Ashton PM, Hanh NT, Phu NH, Thwaites GE, Thuong NTT. Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates Is Associated With Sputum Pre-treatment Bacterial Load, Lineage, Survival in Macrophages, and Cytokine Response. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:417. [PMID: 30538956 PMCID: PMC6277702 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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It is uncertain whether differences in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) virulence defined in vitro influence clinical tuberculosis pathogenesis, transmission, and mortality. We primarily used a macrophage lysis model to characterize the virulence of Mtb isolates collected from 153 Vietnamese adults with pulmonary tuberculosis. The virulence phenotypes were then investigated for their relationship with sputum bacterial load, bacterial lineages, bacterial growth, and cytokine responses in macrophages. Over 6 days of infection, 34 isolates (22.2%) showed low virulence (< 5% macrophages lysed), 46 isolates (30.1%) showed high virulence (≥90% lysis of macrophages), and 73 isolates (47.7%) were of intermediate virulence (5–90% macrophages lysed). Highly virulent isolates were associated with an increased bacterial load in patients' sputum before anti-tuberculosis therapy (P = 0.02). Isolate-dependent virulence phenotype was consistent in both THP-1 and human monocyte-derived macrophages. High virulence isolates survived better and replicated in macrophages one hundred fold faster than those with low virulence. Macrophages infected with high virulence isolates produced lower concentrations of TNF-α and IL-6 (P = 0.002 and 0.0005, respectively), but higher concentration of IL-1β (P = 5.1 × 10−5) compared to those infected with low virulence isolates. High virulence was strongly associated with East Asian/Beijing lineage [P = 0.002, Odd ratio (OR) = 4.32, 95% confident intervals (CI) 1.68–11.13]. The association between virulence phenotypes, bacterial growth, and proinflammatory cytokines in macrophages suggest the suppression of certain proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) but not IL-1β allows better intracellular survival of highly virulent Mtb. This could result in rapid macrophage lysis and higher bacterial load in sputum of patients infected with high virulence isolates, which may contribute to the pathogenesis and success of the Beijing lineage.
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- Trinh T B Tram
- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.,Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Ufimtseva EG, Eremeeva NI, Petrunina EM, Umpeleva TV, Bayborodin SI, Vakhrusheva DV, Skornyakov SN. Mycobacterium tuberculosis cording in alveolar macrophages of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis is likely associated with increased mycobacterial virulence. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018; 112:1-10. [PMID: 30205961 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an infectious agent that causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans. A study of the volume of Mtb population and the detection of Mtb virulence in the lungs of patients with pulmonary TB are of great importance for understanding the infectious process and the outcome of the disease. We analyzed the functional state of Mtb and their number in alveolar macrophages obtained from the resected lungs of patients with TB in ex vivo culture and determined that the number of Mtb, referred mainly to the Beijing genotype family (A0 and B0/W148 clusters), were significantly different in cells between different patients. Only single Mtb were found in alveolar macrophages of some patients, while Mtb were actively replicated in colonies in alveolar macrophages of other patients, including cord morphology of Mtb growth (the indicator of Mtb virulence). Our data demonstrated association between the formation of Mtb cording in alveolar macrophages of patients and increased virulence of Mtb from the lungs of these patients in guinea pig TB model. The find of cording formation by replicating Mtb in human alveolar macrophages may be used for preliminary quick estimation of increased Mtb virulence in individual patients with pulmonary TB.
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- Elena G Ufimtseva
- The Research Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center of Fundamental and Translation Medicine, 2 Timakova Street, 630117, Novosibirsk, Russia; Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, 10 Lavrentyeva Prospect, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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- Ural Research Institute for Phthisiopulmonology, National Medical Research Center of Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, 50 XXII Partsyezda, 620039, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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Sharma K, Verma R, Advani J, Chatterjee O, Solanki HS, Sharma A, Varma S, Modi M, Ray P, Mukherjee KK, Sharma M, Dhillion MS, Suar M, Chatterjee A, Pandey A, Prasad TSK, Gowda H. Whole Genome Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates From Extrapulmonary Sites. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2018; 21:413-425. [PMID: 28692415 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2017.0070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) constitutes around 15-20% of TB cases in immunocompetent individuals. Extrapulmonary sites that are affected by TB include bones, lymph nodes, meningitis, pleura, and genitourinary tract. Whole genome sequencing has emerged as a powerful tool to map genetic diversity among Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates and identify the genomic signatures associated with drug resistance, pathogenesis, and disease transmission. Several pulmonary isolates of MTB have been sequenced over the years. However, availability of whole genome sequences of MTB isolates from extrapulmonary sites is limited. Some studies suggest that genetic variations in MTB might contribute to disease presentation in extrapulmonary sites. This can be addressed if whole genome sequence data from large number of extrapulmonary isolates becomes available. In this study, we have performed whole genome sequencing of five MTB clinical isolates derived from EPTB sites using next-generation sequencing platform. We identified 1434 nonsynonymous single nucleotide variations (SNVs), 143 insertions and 105 deletions. This includes 279 SNVs that were not reported before in publicly available datasets. We found several mutations that are known to confer resistance to drugs. All the five isolates belonged to East-African-Indian lineage (lineage 3). We identified 9 putative prophage DNA integrations and 14 predicted clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) in MTB genome. Our analysis indicates that more work is needed to map the genetic diversity of MTB. Whole genome sequencing in conjunction with comprehensive drug susceptibility testing can reveal clinically relevant mutations associated with drug resistance.
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- Kusum Sharma
- 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER , Chandigarh, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,3 School of Biotechnology, KIIT University , Bhubaneswar, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,4 Manipal University , Manipal, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,5 School of Biotechnology , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,3 School of Biotechnology, KIIT University , Bhubaneswar, India
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- 6 Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- 6 Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- 7 Department of Neurology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER , Chandigarh, India
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- 1 Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER , Chandigarh, India
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- 3 School of Biotechnology, KIIT University , Bhubaneswar, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,10 YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine , Mangalore, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,11 McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.,12 Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.,13 Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.,14 Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,10 YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine , Mangalore, India .,15 NIMHANS-IOB Proteomics and Bioinformatics Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences , Bangalore, India
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- 2 Institute of Bioinformatics , International Technology Park, Bangalore, India .,10 YU-IOB Center for Systems Biology and Molecular Medicine , Mangalore, India
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Ranaivomanana P, Raberahona M, Rabarioelina S, Borella Y, Machado A, Randria MJDD, Rakotoarivelo RA, Rasolofo V, Rakotosamimanana N. Cytokine Biomarkers Associated with Human Extra-Pulmonary Tuberculosis Clinical Strains and Symptoms. Front Microbiol 2018. [PMID: 29515555 PMCID: PMC5826350 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background: The primary site of infection for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the alveolar macrophages. However, Mtb can disseminate into other organs and causes extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). The diagnosis of EPTB is challenging due to relatively inaccessible infectious sites that may be paucibacillary and with clinical symptoms varying by site that are similar to those seen in other diseases. Hence, we sought to identify the expression patterns of a variety of cytokines that may be specific to EPTB from in vitro infections and in the plasma of TB patients. Methods: To define those cytokine secretions associated with EPTB, human THP-1 derived macrophages were first infected with Mtb clinical isolates from pulmonary and EPTB. Infected macrophages supernatants were harvested at different time points and cytokines known to play key roles in TB immune responses including TNF-α, IL-6, IL-10, IFN-γ, and VEGF-A were measured by ELISA. Those cytokines that were in vitro associated to EPTB were also measured in the plasma from patients with PTB, EPTB, non-EPTB-confirmed-like symptoms and healthy controls. Results: While all of the studied cytokine secretions varied after in vitro infection, higher levels of TNF-α and VEGF secretions were observed in vitro in the infected macrophages respectively in the PTB and EPTB infecting clinical isolates. Similar trends were observed from the plasma of patients where patients with PTB showed significantly higher level of TNF-α compared to EPTB and healthy control groups. The patients with EPTB showed higher plasma level of VEGF compared to those patients with the non-EPTB (p < 0.01) and to healthy controls group (p < 0.0001). Using Receiver Operating Curves (ROC), we showed that TNF-α and VEGF concentrations could distinguish EPTB from non-confirmed EPTB with high sensitivity and specificity. Conclusion: Pulmonary and extrapulmonary Mtb clinical isolates showed different cytokine induction pattern in human macrophages that is also found in the plasma level of the EPTB patients. Further investigations are needed to define cytokine secretions that can lead to the definition of bio-signatures to differentiate EPTB from other pathologies with confusing symptoms that hampered the diagnosis of TB.
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- Paulo Ranaivomanana
- Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Infectious Diseases, Joseph Raseta Befelatanana University Hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Infectious Diseases, Joseph Raseta Befelatanana University Hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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- Infectious Diseases, Joseph Raseta Befelatanana University Hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar.,Faculté de Médecine, University of Fianarantsoa, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
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- Unité des Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Rajwani R, Yam WC, Zhang Y, Kang Y, Wong BKC, Leung KSS, Tam KKG, Tulu KT, Zhu L, Siu GKH. Comparative Whole-Genomic Analysis of an Ancient L2 Lineage Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reveals a Novel Phylogenetic Clade and Common Genetic Determinants of Hypervirulent Strains. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 7:539. [PMID: 29376038 PMCID: PMC5770396 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2017.00539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background: Development of improved therapeutics against tuberculosis (TB) is hindered by an inadequate understanding of the relationship between disease severity and genetic diversity of its causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We previously isolated a hypervirulent M. tuberculosis strain H112 from an HIV-negative patient with an aggressive disease progression from pulmonary TB to tuberculous meningitis—the most severe manifestation of tuberculosis. Human macrophage challenge experiment demonstrated that the strain H112 exhibited significantly better intracellular survivability and induced lower level of TNF-α than the reference virulent strain H37Rv and other 123 clinical isolates. Aim: The present study aimed to identify the potential genetic determinants of mycobacterial virulence that were common to strain H112 and hypervirulent M. tuberculosis strains of the same phylogenetic clade isolated in other global regions. Methods: A low-virulent M. tuberculosis strain H54 which belonged to the same phylogenetic lineage (L2) as strain H112 was selected from a collection of 115 clinical isolates. Both H112 and H54 were whole-genome-sequenced using PacBio sequencing technology. A comparative genomics approach was adopted to identify mutations present in strain H112 but absent in strain H54. Subsequently, an extensive phylogenetic analysis was conducted by including all publically available M. tuberculosis genomes. Single-nucleotide-polymorphisms (SNPs) and structural variations (SVs) common to hypervirulent strains in the global collection of genomes were considered as potential genetic determinants of hypervirulence. Results:Sequencing data revealed that both H112 and H54 were identified as members of the same sub-lineage L2.2.1. After excluding the lineage-related mutations shared between H112 and H54, we analyzed the phylogenetic relatedness of H112 with global collection of M. tuberculosis genomes (n = 4,338), and identified a novel phylogenetic clade in which four hypervirulent strains isolated from geographically diverse regions were clustered together. All hypervirulent strains in the clade shared 12 SNPs and 5 SVs with H112, including those affecting key virulence-associated loci, notably, a deleterious SNP (rv0178 p. D150E) within mce1 operon and an intergenic deletion (854259_ 854261delCC) in close-proximity to phoP. Conclusion: The present study identified common genetic factors in a novel phylogenetic clade of hypervirulent M. tuberculosis. The causative role of these mutations in mycobacterial virulence should be validated in future study.
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- Rahim Rajwani
- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Carranza-Rosales P, Carranza-Torres IE, Guzmán-Delgado NE, Lozano-Garza G, Villarreal-Treviño L, Molina-Torres C, Villarreal JV, Vera-Cabrera L, Castro-Garza J. Modeling tuberculosis pathogenesis through ex vivo lung tissue infection. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2017; 107:126-132. [PMID: 29050759 PMCID: PMC7106348 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2017] [Accepted: 09/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. Several in vitro and in vivo experimental models have been used to study TB pathogenesis and induction of immune response during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Precision cut lung tissue slices (PCLTS) is an experimental model, in which all the usual cell types of the organ are found, the tissue architecture and the interactions amongst the different cells are maintained. PCLTS in good physiological conditions, monitored by MTT assay and histology, were infected with either virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv or the TB vaccine strain Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Histological analysis showed that bacilli infecting lung tissue slices were observed in the alveolar septa, alveolar light spaces, near to type II pneumocytes, and inside macrophages. Mycobacterial infection of PCLTS induced TNF-α production, which is consistent with previous M. tuberculosis in vitro and in vivo studies. This is the first report of using PCLTS as a system to study M. tuberculosis infection. The PCLTS model provides a useful tool to evaluate the innate immune responses and other aspects during the early stages of mycobacterial infection.
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- Pilar Carranza-Rosales
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2 de Abril 501 ote, Col. Independencia, 64720, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2 de Abril 501 ote, Col. Independencia, 64720, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico; Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Avenida Pedro de Alba y Manuel L, Barragán s/n, Cd. Universitaria, 66450, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico.
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- Departamento de Patología, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad # 34, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, N.L. 64730, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2 de Abril 501 ote, Col. Independencia, 64720, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Avenida Pedro de Alba y Manuel L, Barragán s/n, Cd. Universitaria, 66450, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L., Mexico.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario "José E. González", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Madero y Gonzalitos, Col. Mitras Centro, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2 de Abril 501 ote, Col. Independencia, 64720, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
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- Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Universitario "José E. González", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Madero y Gonzalitos, Col. Mitras Centro, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 2 de Abril 501 ote, Col. Independencia, 64720, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
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Zheng L, Leung ET, Wong H, Lui G, Lee N, To KF, Choy K, Chan RC, Ip M. Unraveling methylation changes of host macrophages in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2016; 98:139-48. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Tang J, Yam WC, Chen Z. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and vaccine development. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2016; 98:30-41. [PMID: 27156616 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Following HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the second most deadly infectious disease in humans. The global TB prevalence has become worse in recent years due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug resistant (XDR) strains, as well as co-infection with HIV. Although Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has nearly been used for a century in many countries, it does not protect adult pulmonary tuberculosis and even causes disseminated BCG disease in HIV-positive population. It is impossible to use BCG to eliminate the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) infection or to prevent TB onset and reactivation. Consequently, novel vaccines are urgently needed for TB prevention and immunotherapy. In this review, we discuss the TB prevalence, interaction between M. tb and host immune system, as well as recent progress of TB vaccine research and development.
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- Jiansong Tang
- AIDS Institute and Department of Microbiology, Research Centre for Infection and Immunity, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- Department of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- AIDS Institute and Department of Microbiology, Research Centre for Infection and Immunity, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; HKU-AIDS Institute Shenzhen Research Laboratory and AIDS Clinical Research Laboratory, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Guangdong Medical College, Shenzhen, PR China.
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Vargas-Romero F, Guitierrez-Najera N, Mendoza-Hernández G, Ortega-Bernal D, Hernández-Pando R, Castañón-Arreola M. Secretome profile analysis of hypervirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis CPT31 reveals increased production of EsxB and proteins involved in adaptation to intracellular lifestyle. Pathog Dis 2016; 74:ftv127. [PMID: 26733498 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftv127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Epidemiological information and animal models have shown various Mycobacterium tuberculosis phenotypes ranging from hyper- to hypovirulent forms. Recent genomic and proteomic studies suggest that the outcome of infection depends on the M. tuberculosis fitness, which is a direct consequence of its phenotype. However, little is known about the molecular and cellular mechanisms used by mycobacteria to survive, replicate and persist during infection. The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive proteomic analysis of culture filtrate from hypo- (CPT23) and hypervirulent (CPT31) M. tuberculosis isolates. Using two-dimensional electrophoresis we observed that 70 proteins were unique, or more abundant in culture filtrate of CPT31, and 15 of these were identified by mass spectrometry. Our analysis of protein expression showed that most of the proteins identified are involved in lipid metabolism (FadA3, FbpB and EchA3), detoxification and adaptation (GroEL2, SodB and HspX) and cell wall processes (LprA, Tig and EsxB). These results suggest that overrepresented proteins in M. tuberculosis CPT31 secretome could facilitate mycobacterial infection and persistence.
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- Medical Proteomics Unit, National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), 14610, Mexico
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- Department of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), 14080, Mexico
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Zheng L, Leung E, Lee N, Lui G, To KF, Chan RCY, Ip M. Differential MicroRNA Expression in Human Macrophages with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection of Beijing/W and Non-Beijing/W Strain Types. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126018. [PMID: 26053546 PMCID: PMC4460131 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Objectives The role of microRNAs in association with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and the immunology regulated by microRNAs upon MTB infection have not been fully unravelled. We examined the microRNA profiles of THP-1 macrophages upon the MTB infection of Beijing/W and non-Beijing/W clinical strains. We also studied the microRNA profiles of the host macrophages by microarray in a small cohort with active MTB disease, latent infection (LTBI), and from healthy controls. Results The results revealed that 14 microRNAs differentiated infections of Beijing/W from non-Beijing/W strains (P<0.05). A unique signature of 11 microRNAs in human macrophages was identified to differentiate active MTB disease from LTBI and healthy controls. Pathway analyses of these differentially expressed miRNAs suggest that the immune-regulatory interactions involving TGF-β signalling pathway take part in the dysregulation of critical TB processes in the macrophages, resulting in active expression of both cell communication and signalling transduction systems. Conclusion We showed for the first time that the Beijing/W TB strains repressed a number of miRNAs expressions which may reflect their virulence characteristics in altering the host response. The unique signatures of 11 microRNAs may deserve further evaluation as candidates for biomarkers in the diagnosis of MTB and Beijing/W infections.
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- Lin Zheng
- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Anatomical & Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Cationic amphipathic D-enantiomeric antimicrobial peptides with in vitro and ex vivo activity against drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2014; 94:678-89. [PMID: 25154927 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2014.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of bacterial death worldwide. Due to the emergence of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), and the persistence of latent infections, a safe and effective TB therapy is highly sought after. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have therapeutic potential against infectious diseases and have the ability to target microbial pathogens within eukaryotic cells. In the present study, we investigated the activity of a family of six AMPs containing all-D amino acids (D-LAK peptides) against MDR and XDR clinical strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) both in vitro and, using THP-1 cells as a macrophage model, cultured ex vivo. All the D-LAK peptides successfully inhibited the growth of Mtb in vitro and were similarly effective against MDR and XDR strains. D-LAK peptides effectively broke down the heavy clumping of mycobacteria in broth culture, consistent with a 'detergent-like effect' that could reduce the hydrophobic interactions between the highly lipidic cell walls of the mycobacteria, preventing bacteria cell aggregation. Furthermore, though not able to eradicate the intracellular mycobacteria, D-LAK peptides substantially inhibited the intracellular growth of drug-resistant Mtb clinical isolates at concentrations that were well tolerated by THP-1 cells. Finally, combining D-LAK peptide with isoniazid could enhance the anti-TB efficacy. D-LAK peptide, particularly D-LAK120-A, was effective as an adjunct agent at non-toxic concentration to potentiate the efficacy of isoniazid against drug-resistant Mtb in vitro, possibly by facilitating the access of isoniazid into the mycobacteria by increasing the surface permeability of the pathogen.
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Garbaccio S, Macias A, Shimizu E, Paolicchi F, Pezzone N, Magnano G, Zapata L, Abdala A, Tarabla H, Peyru M, Caimi K, Zumárraga M, Canal A, Cataldi A. Association between spoligotype-VNTR types and virulence of Mycobacterium bovis in cattle. Virulence 2014; 5:297-302. [PMID: 24398919 DOI: 10.4161/viru.27193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis, a disease that affects approximately 5% of Argentine cattle. The aim of this research was to study if it is possible to infer the degree of virulence of different M. bovis genotypes based on scorified observations of tuberculosis lesions in cattle. In this study, we performed association analyses between several parameters with tuberculosis lesions: M. bovis genotype, degree of progression of tuberculosis, and animal age. For this purpose, the genotype was determined by spoligotyping and the degree of bovine tuberculosis gross lesion was quantified with a score based on clinical observations (number, size, and location of granulomas along with histopathologic features). This study was performed with naturally infected cattle of slaughterhouses from three provinces in Argentina. A total of 265 M. bovis isolates were obtained from 378 pathological lesion samples and 192 spoligotyping and VNTR (based on ETR sequences) typing patterns were obtained. SB0140 was the most predominant spoligotype, followed by SB0145. The spoligotype with the highest lesion score was SB0273 (median score of 27 ± 4.46), followed by SB0520 (18 ± 5.8). Furthermore, the most common spoligotype, SB0140, had a median score of 11 ± 0.74. Finally, the spoligotype with the lowest score was SB0145 (8 ± 1.0). ETR typing of SB0140, SB0145, SB0273, and SB0520 did not subdivide the lesion scores in those spoligotypes. In conclusion, SB0273 and SB0520 were the spoligotypes with the strongest association with hypervirulence and both spoligotypes were only found in Río Cuarto at the south of Córdoba province. Interestingly, there is no other report of any of these spoligotyes in Latin America.
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- Sergio Garbaccio
- Pathobiology Institute; CICVyA-INTA; Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- School of Agronomy and Veterinary; National University of Río Cuarto; Córdoba, Argentina
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- Bacteriology Laboratory; EEA-INTA Balcarce; School of Agricultural Sciences; National University of Mar del Plata; Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Bacteriology Laboratory; EEA-INTA Balcarce; School of Agricultural Sciences; National University of Mar del Plata; Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Basic Pathology; School of Veterinaries Sciences; National University of the Littoral; Santa Fe, Argentina
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- School of Agronomy and Veterinary; National University of Río Cuarto; Córdoba, Argentina
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- School of Agronomy and Veterinary; National University of Río Cuarto; Córdoba, Argentina
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- General Direction of Animal Production; Secretary of Production; Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Biotechnology Institute; CICVyA-INTA; Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Biotechnology Institute; CICVyA-INTA; Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Basic Pathology; School of Veterinaries Sciences; National University of the Littoral; Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Biotechnology Institute; CICVyA-INTA; Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Rivero-Lezcano OM. In vitro infection of human cells with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 93:123-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2012.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2012] [Revised: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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To KK, Hung IF, Xu T, Poon RW, Ip WC, Li PT, Li CP, Lau SK, Yam WC, Chan KH, Yuen KY. Clinical significance of Pneumocystis jiroveci in patients with active tuberculosis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 2013; 75:260-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Yokobori N, Sabio y García CA, Geffner L, Schierloh P, López B, Ritacco V, Barrera L, de la Barrera S, del Carmen Saisiain M. Differential induction of macrophage cell death by antigens of a clustered and a non-clustered multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain from Haarlem family. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 66:363-71. [PMID: 22889125 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2012.01024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 07/03/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Some multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) genotypes are the cause of large outbreaks, including strain M identified in Argentina. In contrast, its kin strain 410 has only caused a single case to date. Cell wall antigens from Mtb were associated with the modulation of macrophage (MΦ) cell death, and the ability to inhibit of MΦ apoptosis is considered a virulence mechanism. In this study, the ability these two clinical isolates with divergent epidemiology to induce MΦ cell death was evaluated using whole inactivated bacteria. We showed that gamma-irradiated (I-) strains induced MΦ necrosis, the strongest inducer being I-410. Cell death biased towards apoptosis with the heat-killed (hk) strains, both hk-MDR strains being poorer inducers of MΦ apoptosis than was H37Rv. These effects were partly due to their ability to induce anti-apoptotic mechanisms which were not related to the lack of tumor necrosis factor alpha induction or a compensatory effect of interleukin-10. The most noticeable difference between strain M and strain 410 was the ability shown by hk-M to interfere with apoptosis induced by hk-H37Rv. Thus, heat-stable and heat-labile antigens from these epidemiologically divergent Mtb strains differ in their ability to manipulate MΦ death.
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- Noemí Yokobori
- Instituto de Medicina Experimental-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Modern lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exhibit lineage-specific patterns of growth and cytokine induction in human monocyte-derived macrophages. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43170. [PMID: 22916219 PMCID: PMC3420893 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis vary in virulence. Strains that have caused outbreaks in the United States and United Kingdom have been shown to subvert the innate immune response as a potential immune evasion mechanism. There is, however, little information available as to whether these patterns of immune subversion are features of individual strains or characteristic of broad clonal lineages of M. tuberculosis. Methods Strains from two major modern lineages (lineage 2 [East-Asian] and lineage 4 [Euro-American]) circulating in the Western Cape in South Africa as well as a comparator modern lineage (lineage 3 [CAS/Delhi]) were identified. We assessed two virulence associated characteristics: mycobacterial growth (in liquid broth and monocyte derived macrophages) and early pro-inflammatory cytokine induction. Results In liquid culture, Lineage 4 strains grew more rapidly and reached higher plateau levels than other strains (lineage 4 vs. lineage 2 p = 0.0024; lineage 4 vs. lineage 3 p = 0.0005). Lineage 3 strains were characterized by low and early plateau levels, while lineage 2 strains showed an intermediate growth phenotype. In monocyte-derived macrophages, lineage 2 strains grew faster than lineage 3 strains (p<0.01) with lineage 4 strains having an intermediate phenotype. Lineage 2 strains induced the lowest levels of pro-inflammatory TNF and IL-12p40 as compared to other lineages (lineage 2: median TNF 362 pg/ml, IL-12p40 91 pg/ml; lineage 3: median TNF 1818 pg/ml, IL-12p40 123 pg/ml; lineage 4: median TNF 1207 pg/ml, IL-12p40 205 pg/ml;). In contrast, lineage 4 strains induced high levels of IL-12p40 and intermediate level of TNF. Lineage 3 strains induced high levels of TNF and intermediate levels of IL-12p40. Conclusions Strains of M. tuberculosis from the three major modern strain lineages possess distinct patterns of growth and cytokine induction. Rapid growth and immune subversion may be key characteristics to the success of these strains in different human populations.
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Iona E, Pardini M, Gagliardi MC, Colone M, Stringaro AR, Teloni R, Brunori L, Nisini R, Fattorini L, Giannoni F. Infection of human THP-1 cells with dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbes Infect 2012; 14:959-67. [PMID: 22546526 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dormant, non-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain cultured in hypoxic conditions was used to infect THP-1 cells. CFUs counting, Kinyoun staining and electron microscopy showed that dormant bacilli infected THP-1 cells at a rate similar to replicating M. tuberculosis, but failed to grow during the first 6 days of infection. The absence of growth was specific to the intracellular compartment, as demonstrated by efficient growth in liquid medium. Quantification of β-actin mRNA recovered from infected cells showed that, in contrast with log-phase bacteria, infection with dormant bacilli determined a reduced THP-1 cell death. Gene expression of intracellular non-replicating bacteria showed a pattern typical of a dormant state. Intracellular dormant bacteria induced the activation of genes associated to a proinflammatory response in THP-1 cells. Though, higher levels of TNFα, IL-1β and IL-8 mRNAs compared to aerobic H37Rv infected cells were not paralleled by increased cytokine accumulation in the supernatants. Moreover, dormant bacilli induced a higher expression of inducible cox-2 gene, accompanied by increased PGE2 secretion. Overall, our data describe a new model of in vitro infection using dormant M. tuberculosis that could provide the basis for understanding how non-replicating bacilli survive intracellularly and influence the maintenance of the hypoxic granuloma.
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- Elisabetta Iona
- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie e Immunomediate, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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Wiseman CA, Gie RP, Starke JR, Schaaf HS, Donald PR, Cotton MF, Hesseling AC. A proposed comprehensive classification of tuberculosis disease severity in children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2012; 31:347-52. [PMID: 22315002 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e318243e27b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) in children has conventionally been classified as pulmonary TB (PTB) and extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) disease, including disseminated TB (TB meningitis and miliary disease). There is no existing approach that comprehensively characterizes the spectrum and severity of pediatric TB. This limits accurate classification of patients and comparison across cohorts. AIMS To develop a classification of pediatric TB that reflects the spectrum and severity of clinical disease better than currently available approaches. METHODS We propose a framework for the standard classification of TB disease severity in children. From a literature search, the following sources of information were used: clinical data, bacteriologic, histopathologic, and imaging data (including information from chest radiography, computerized tomography, and bronchoscopy). Each individual disease entity was systematically considered. Based on the extent and the presence of complications, each entity was then classified as "severe" or "nonsevere." As an initial application, we compared the proposed classification with the convention (PTB, EPTB) in a cohort of HIV-infected and -uninfected infants with culture-confirmed TB. Agreement between the 2 systems was poor. CONCLUSIONS The proposed comprehensive disease classification system may more accurately reflect the clinical TB disease spectrum in children, is relevant to clinical management, and may be valuable to inform research on diagnostic tools and TB treatment strategies in children. Prospective studies are required to evaluate this approach in representative pediatric populations, correlating TB disease severity with diagnostic yield, treatment response, and application in existing and novel treatment strategies.
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- Catherine A Wiseman
- Desmond Tutu TB Centre, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Hanekom M, Gey van Pittius N, McEvoy C, Victor T, Van Helden P, Warren R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype: A template for success. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011; 91:510-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 07/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Krishnan N, Malaga W, Constant P, Caws M, Thi Hoang Chau T, Salmons J, Thi Ngoc Lan N, Bang ND, Daffé M, Young DB, Robertson BD, Guilhot C, Thwaites GE. Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage influences innate immune response and virulence and is associated with distinct cell envelope lipid profiles. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23870. [PMID: 21931620 PMCID: PMC3169546 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The six major genetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are strongly associated with specific geographical regions, but their relevance to bacterial virulence and the clinical consequences of infection are unclear. Previously, we found that in Vietnam, East Asian/Beijing and Indo-Oceanic strains were significantly more likely to cause disseminated tuberculosis with meningitis than those from the Euro-American lineage. To investigate this observation we characterised 7 East Asian/Beijing, 5 Indo-Oceanic and 6 Euro-American Vietnamese strains in bone-marrow-derived macrophages, dendritic cells and mice. East Asian/Beijing and Indo-Oceanic strains induced significantly more TNF-α and IL-1β from macrophages than the Euro-American strains, and East Asian/Beijing strains were detectable earlier in the blood of infected mice and grew faster in the lungs. We hypothesised that these differences were induced by lineage-specific variation in cell envelope lipids. Whole lipid extracts from East Asian/Beijing and Indo-Oceanic strains induced higher concentrations of TNF-α from macrophages than Euro-American lipids. The lipid extracts were fractionated and compared by thin layer chromatography to reveal a distinct pattern of lineage-associated profiles. A phthiotriol dimycocerosate was exclusively produced by East Asian/Beijing strains, but not the phenolic glycolipid previously associated with the hyper-virulent phenotype of some isolates of this lineage. All Indo-Oceanic strains produced a unique unidentified lipid, shown to be a phenolphthiocerol dimycocerosate dependent upon an intact pks15/1 for its production. This was described by Goren as the ‘attenuation indictor lipid’ more than 40 years ago, due to its association with less virulent strains from southern India. Mutation of pks15/1 in a representative Indo-Oceanic strain prevented phenolphthiocerol dimycocerosate synthesis, but did not alter macrophage cytokine induction. Our findings suggest that the early interactions between M. tuberculosis and host are determined by the lineage of the infecting strain; but we were unable to show these differences are driven by lineage-specific cell-surface expressed lipids.
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- Nitya Krishnan
- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, Toulouse, France
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, Toulouse, France
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- Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, Toulouse, France
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- CNRS, IPBS (Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale), Toulouse, France
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, IPBS, Toulouse, France
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Kanji A, Hasan Z, Tanveer M, Mahboob R, Jafri S, Hasan R. Presence of RD149 deletions in M. tuberculosis Central Asian Strain 1 isolates affect growth and TNFα induction in THP-1 monocytes. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24178. [PMID: 21904612 PMCID: PMC3163664 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Central Asian Strain 1 (CAS1) is the prevalent Mycobacterium tuberculosis genogroup in South Asia. CAS1 strains carry deletions in RD149 and RD152 regions. Significance of these deletions is as yet unknown. We compared CAS1 strains with RD149 and concurrent RD149-RD152 deletions with CAS1 strains without deletions and with the laboratory reference strain, M. tuberculosis H37Rv for growth and for induction of TNFα, IL6, CCL2 and IL10 in THP-1 cells. Growth of CAS1 strains with deletions was slower in broth (RD149; p = 0.024 and RD149-RD152; p = 0.025) than that of strains without deletions. CAS1 strains with RD149 deletion strains further showed reduced intracellular growth (p = 0.013) in THP-1 cells as compared with strains without deletions, and also as compared with H37Rv (p = 0.007) and with CAS1 RD149-RD152 deletion strains (p = 0.029). All CAS1 strains induced higher levels of TNFα and IL10 secretion in THP-1 cells than H37Rv. Additionally, CAS1 strains with RD149 deletions induced more TNFα secretion than those without deletions (p = 0.013). CAS1 RD149 deletion strains from extrapulmonary sources showed more rapid growth and induced lower levels of TNFα and IL6 secretion in THP-1 cells than isolates from pulmonary sources. This data suggests that presence of RD149 reduces growth and increases the induction of TNFα in host cells by CAS1 strains. Differences observed for extrapulmonary strains may indicate an adaptation which increases potential for dissemination and tropism outside the lung. Overall, we hypothesise that RD149 deletions generate genetic diversity within strains and impact interactions of CAS1 strains with host cells with important clinical consequences.
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- Akbar Kanji
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Lam J, Yuen K, Ho P, Weng X, Zhang W, Chen S, Yam W. Truncated Rv2820c enhances mycobacterial virulence ex vivo and in vivo. Microb Pathog 2011; 50:331-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2010] [Revised: 02/21/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In a 2-year prospective study of tuberculosis (TB) patients in China, the prevalences of non-Beijing strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis varied between Shandong Province (20.6%), Shanghai (27.6%), and Sichuan Province (45.9%) (P < 0.005). These differences may be due to factors such as human migration, transmission, or diversification and adaptation of the mycobacteria to different hosts.
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Gallego B, Sintchenko V, Jelfs P, Coiera E, Gilbert GL. Three-year longitudinal study of genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a low prevalence population. Pathology 2010; 42:267-72. [PMID: 20350221 DOI: 10.3109/00313021003631346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis, temporal and spatial distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and associations between genotypes and clinical characteristics, in a low prevalence population. METHODS A total of 930 M. tuberculosis isolates referred to the New South Wales (NSW, Australia) Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory in 2004-2006 were characterised by mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU) and spacer oligonucleotide (spoligo) typing. Associations between genotypes, patient age, disease site and drug resistance were explored and the predictive power of molecular typing was analysed using Bayesian Belief Networks. RESULTS Among isolates from 855 NSW residents, there were 287 spoligotypes, 494 MIRU types and 643 unique spoligotype-MIRU type combinations. They formed 73 spoligotype, 104 MIRU type and 76 spoligo-MIRU clusters, most of which contained only two isolates. The majority (87.7%) of spoligotype clusters contained several MIRU profiles and 64.4% of MIRU clusters contained several spoligotypes. The three most common M. tuberculosis clades were Beijing (24.1%), East African Indian (11.8%) and Central Asian (6.5%); 6.9% and 0.7% isolates were resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, respectively. There was no proof of association between genotype and drug resistance but isoniazid resistance increased independently over time. Given the low rates of genotype clustering, statistical analysis of genotype-phenotype associations was limited. Potential associations were not confirmed by Bayesian classifiers. CONCLUSIONS Spoligo and MIRU typing demonstrated low levels of M. tuberculosis clustering in NSW; temporal and spatial changes in M. tuberculosis genotypes reflected migration patterns to Australia. No analytically significant associations between M. tuberculosis genotypes and clinical phenotypes were detected.
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- Blanca Gallego
- Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Alonso M, Alonso Rodriguez N, Garzelli C, Martínez Lirola M, Herranz M, Samper S, Ruiz Serrano MJ, Bouza E, García de Viedma D. Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates from the Mediterranean area. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:151. [PMID: 20500810 PMCID: PMC2894025 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2009] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The Beijing lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is causing concern due to its global distribution and its involvement in severe outbreaks. Studies focused on this lineage are mainly restricted to geographical settings where its prevalence is high, whereas those in other areas are scarce. In this study, we analyze Beijing isolates in the Mediterranean area, where this lineage is not prevalent and is mainly associated with immigrant cases. RESULTS Only 1% (N = 26) of the isolates from two population-based studies in Spain corresponded to Beijing strains, most of which were pan-susceptible and from Peruvian and Ecuadorian patients. Restriction fragment length polymorphism typing with the insertion sequence IS6110 identified three small clusters (2-3 cases). Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit-variable number tandem repeat typing (MIRU-15) offered low discriminatory power, requiring the introduction of five additional loci. A selection of the Beijing isolates identified in the Spanish sample, together with a sample of Beijing strains from Italy, to broaden the analysis context in the Mediterranean area, were assayed in an infection model with THP-1 cells. A wide range of intracellular growth rates was observed with only two isolates showing an increased intracellular replication, in both cases associated with contained production of TNF-alpha. No correlation was observed between virulence and the Beijing phylogenetic group, clustered/orphan status, or resistance. The Beijing strain responsible for extensive spread on Gran Canaria Island was also identified in Madrid, but did not lead to secondary cases and did not show high infectivity in the infection model. CONCLUSIONS The Beijing lineage in our area is a non-homogeneous family, with only certain highly virulent representatives. The specific characterization of Beijing isolates in different settings could help us to accurately identify the virulent representatives before making general assumptions about this lineage.
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- M Alonso
- Servicio de Microbiología Clínica y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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Esquivel-Solís H, Quiñones-Falconi F, Zarain-Herzberg A, Amieva-Fernández RI, López-Vidal Y. Impaired activation of Stat1 and c-Jun as a possible defect in macrophages of patients with active tuberculosis. Clin Exp Immunol 2009; 158:45-54. [PMID: 19737230 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.03985.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Studies of patients with active tuberculosis (TB) and infected healthy individuals have shown that interferon (IFN)-gamma is present in sites of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in comparable levels. This suggests that there is a deficiency in the macrophage response to IFN-gamma in TB patients. We used recombinant human IFN-gamma to stimulate adherent monocyte-derived macrophages from three groups of people: patients with active tuberculosis (TBP), their healthy household contacts (HHC) and healthy uninfected controls from the community (CC). We then evaluated the ability of the macrophages to inhibit the growth of M. tuberculosis H37Rv as well as their cytokine profile at early in infection (48 h). After IFN-gamma treatment, macrophages of healthy individuals (HHC and CC) controlled M. tuberculosis growth and produced mainly nitric oxide (NO) and interleukin (IL)-12p70, whereas TBP macrophages did not kill M. tuberculosis. Additionally, TBP macrophages produced low levels of NO and IL-12p70 and high levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and IL-10. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta levels were similar among all three groups. M. tuberculosis infection had little effect on the cytokine response after IFN-gamma stimulus, but infection alone induced more IL-10 and TGF-beta in TBP macrophages. There were no differences in Stat1 nuclear translocation and DNA binding between the groups. However, the phosphorylated Stat1 and c-Jun (AP-1) in nuclear protein extracts was diminished in TBP macrophages compared to macrophages of healthy individuals. These results indicate an impairment of Stat1-dependent and Stat1-independent IFN-gamma signalling in macrophages of people with active tuberculosis, suggesting a different molecular regulation that could impact macrophage functionality and disease outcome.
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- H Esquivel-Solís
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Tanveer M, Hasan Z, Kanji A, Hussain R, Hasan R. Reduced TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma responses to Central Asian strain 1 and Beijing isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in comparison with H37Rv strain. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2009; 103:581-7. [PMID: 19375139 DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2008] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pakistan ranks eighth in terms of tuberculosis burden worldwide, with an incidence of 181/100000. The predominant genotypes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are reported to be the Central Asian strain 1 (CAS1) and Beijing families.Mycobacteriumtuberculosis down-regulates host pro-inflammatory cytokines, which are essential for protection against infection. There is currently little information regarding the interaction of the CAS1 genotype with host cells. We studied the growth rates of CAS1 and Beijing clinical isolates, and their ability to induce cytokines compared with the laboratory reference strain H37Rv. Host responses were studied using a THP-1 monocytic cell line model and an ex vivo whole blood assay. Growth rates of CAS1 and Beijing isolates were significantly lower (P=0.011) compared with H37Rv. All clinical isolates induced significantly lower levels of TNF-alpha secretion (P=0.003) than H37Rv in THP-1 cells and in the whole blood assay of healthy donors (n=8). They also induced lower IFN-gamma secretion in the whole blood assay (P<0.001). A positive correlation was observed between the growth indices (GI) of H37Rv, Beijing and CAS1 strains and the TNF-alpha responses they induced [Pearson's correlation coefficient (R(2)): 0.936, 0.775 and 0.55, respectively], and also between GI and IFN-gamma production (R(2): 0.422, 0.946, 0.674). These findings suggest that reduced growth rate, together with down-modulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines, is a contributory mechanism for the predominance of the CAS genotype.
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- Mahnaz Tanveer
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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Lam THJ, Yuen KY, Ho PL, Wong KC, Leong WM, Law HKW, Weng XH, Zhang WH, Chen S, Yam WC. Differential fadE28 expression associated with phenotypic virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microb Pathog 2008; 45:12-7. [PMID: 18486437 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2007] [Revised: 01/24/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ability to persist in human macrophages is central to the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is not invariable among various strains. Differential gene expression that is associated with phenotypic virulence may provide additional information of virulent genes involved in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis, which is not fully elucidated. Three hypervirulent strains of M. tuberculosis isolated from patients suffering with tuberculous meningitis were shown to grow more rapidly inside human macrophages in a previous study. In the current investigation, expression of 7 mycobacterial genes (fadE28, mce1A, mymA, acr, sigA, sugC, and Rv3723) of these strains during ex vivo macrophage challenge and in vitro acid shock was quantified by real-time PCR. Using rrs gene as a normalisation gene, fadE28 gene exhibited differential gene expression that is associated with phenotypic virulence, whereas the other 6 genes showed indistinguishable expression patterns. Up-regulation of fadE28 gene in the hypervirulent strains may account for virulence by increasing the efficiency of beta-oxidation, which is important for the persistence in macrophages as M. tuberculosis uses fatty acids preferably inside phagosome of macrophages. The fadE28 gene, together with its adjacent genes may also be critical in the process of lipid modification that could facilitate parasitism in human macrophages.
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- T H J Lam
- Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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