机械形态型切换作为一个适应性反应在真菌细菌
Haig Alexander Eskandarian1,2, Yu-Xiang Chen1, Chiara Toniolo3
1Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Science advances
|January 3, 2024
概括
菌根菌可以改变它们的细胞表面刚度,以在巨细胞内的恶劣条件下生存. 这种"机械形态型切换"增强了细菌对宿主防御和某些治疗方法的抵抗力.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 细胞采用物理和化学机制来消除入侵的微生物.
- 细胞内细菌病原体对宿主压力的适应策略仍然不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 研究细胞内细菌病原体如何适应宿主细胞施加的物理压力.
- 识别与微生物细胞表面特性相关的新型毒性机制.
主要方法:
- 长期时隔原子力显微镜被用来观察菌根菌的机械性质.
- 在宿主细胞内压力条件下细菌生存和机械形态型切换的分析.
主要成果:
- 菌根菌表现出一种"机械形态型切换",以应对宿主细胞内压力.
- 一种"软"的机械形态型可以增强对巨细胞施加的压力的耐受性,包括cathelicidin.
- 药物治疗 (bedaquiline) 和基因突变 (uvrA删除) 诱导了软机械形态,改善了巨细胞的存活率.
结论:
- 微生物细胞的机械适应是生存宿主介导的压力因素的关键因素.
- 调节细胞表面刚度代表了细胞内病原体的新型毒性策略.
- 针对机械性质可以提供新的治疗途径,对抗菌根菌感染.
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