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对宿主维生素B12的依赖已经塑造了Mycobacterium结核病复杂的进化
Elena Campos-Pardos1,2, Santiago Uranga1,2, Ana Picó1,2
1Grupo de Genética de Micobacterias, Departamento de Microbiología. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain.
Nature communications
|March 9, 2024
概括
结核病细菌 (MTBC) 不能产生维生素B12,依赖于外部来源. 降低宿主维生素B12水平降低了M.结核病的毒性,揭示了一种新的宿主-病原体相互作用.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 宿主-病原体相互作用
背景情况:
- 人类和动物结核病是由Mycobacterium结核综合体 (MTBC) 引起的.
- MTBC已经经历了可巴胺 (维生素B12) 生物合成基因的基因分解.
- 与环境菌株不同,MTBC菌株缺乏内源维生素B12的生产,但可以外源地吸收维生素B12.
研究的目的:
- 调查可巴胺 (维生素B12) 在Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) 毒性的作用.
- 探索与维生素B12相关的宿主-病原体交叉交谈的机制.
- 评估宿主维生素B12水平对Mtb感染结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了一种感染Mtb.的维生素B12贫血小鼠模型 (免疫功能低下和免疫能力低下).
- 对比B12贫血小鼠与非贫血小鼠的感染结果 (生存率,细菌负载).
- 分析了MTBC菌株中对维生素B12敏感的转录组,专注于L-氨酸合成基因 (metE和metH).
- 为metE和metH生成了mtb删除突变,以评估它们在不同宿主B12条件下的毒性.
主要成果:
- 与非贫血对照相比,感染Mtb的B12贫血小鼠的生存率提高,细菌负载降低.
- 在使用M. canettii (保留B12生物合成) 在B12贫血小鼠和非贫血小鼠中时,没有观察到感染结果的显著差异.
- 对metE (被B12抑制) 和metH (需要B12辅因子) 的表达对L-氨酸合成至关重要.
- 在贫血小鼠中,删除metE主要减弱了Mtb,而在非贫血对照中,metH无活化只减弱了Mtb.
结论:
- 宿主体内的亚生理维生素B12水平对抗了Mtb的毒性.
- 主体维生素B12状态影响mtb对特定代谢途径 (metE与metH) 的依赖.
- 确定了一种新的宿主-病原体交叉交谈机制,对维生素B12缺乏的人群有潜在的影响.
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