多种Mycobacterium瘤O-乙转移酶影响糖脂结构和殖民地形态型
Morgane Illouz1, Louis-David Leclercq2, Clara Dessenne2
1Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
The Journal of biological chemistry
|June 30, 2023
概括
菌根菌O-乙化,对毒性至关重要,涉及冗余的O-乙转移酶. 乙化损失会改变葡萄糖脂结构并影响感染.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 葡萄糖生物学 葡萄糖生物学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
背景情况:
- 菌根杆菌疹会导致严重的肺部感染,其光滑 (S) 和粗 (R) 变体在细胞壁糖脂 (GPL) 中不同.
- 在S变体中丰富的6-deoxy-α-L-talose (6-dTal) 糖对毒性至关重要,其缺乏导致R形态.
- 6-dTal O-乙化在M.瘤毒性和GLP结构中的作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究M. abscessus O-乙转移酶 (atf1,atf2,MAB_1725c,MAB_3448) 在GPL.内6-dTal的乙化中的功能.
- 确定改变的GLP乙化对M. abscessus殖民地形态,毒性和宿主-病原体相互作用的影响.
主要方法:
- 在M. abscessus.中,为假定的O-乙转移酶 (atf1,atf2) 和它们的类似物 (MAB_1725c,MAB_3448) 创建了基因删除突变物.
- 使用质谱分析分析了GLP乙化概况.
- 殖民地形态学和巨细胞内部化试验是在突变菌株上进行的.
主要成果:
- 删除单个ATF基因并没有显著影响GPL乙化,这表明功能冗余.
- 三重 (atf1-atf2-MAB_1725c) 和四重 (atf1-atf2-MAB_1725c-MAB_3448) 突变分别显示了逐渐减少和缺失的GL乙化.
- 突变者积累了超甲基化GPL,并在殖民地形态上表现出微妙的变化,但巨细胞内部化没有受到影响.
结论:
- 多个功能冗余的O-乙转移酶负责M. abscessus GPL中的6-dTal乙化.
- GLP O-乙化影响糖甘生物合成,可能通过调节生物合成流量.
- 虽然对毒性至关重要,但O-乙化在M. abscessus巨相互作用中的直接作用需要进一步调查.
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