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Title: Mycobacterial Metabolic Syndrome: LprG and Rv1410 Regulate Triacylglyceride Levels, Growth Rate and Virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal Article · · PLoS Pathogens
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  1. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (United States)
  2. Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
  3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States)
  4. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
  5. SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (United States)
  6. National Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) mutants lacking rv1411c, which encodes the lipoprotein LprG, and rv1410c, which encodes a putative efflux pump, are dramatically attenuated for growth in mice. Here we show that loss of LprG-Rv1410 in Mtb leads to intracellular triacylglyceride (TAG) accumulation, and overexpression of the locus increases the levels of TAG in the culture medium, demonstrating a role of this locus in TAG transport. LprG binds TAG within a large hydrophobic cleft and is sufficient to transfer TAG from donor to acceptor membranes. Further, LprG-Rv1410 is critical for broadly regulating bacterial growth and metabolism in vitro during carbon restriction and in vivo during infection of mice. The growth defect in mice is due to disrupted bacterial metabolism and occurs independently of key immune regulators. The in vivo essentiality of this locus suggests that this export system and other regulators of metabolism should be considered as targets for novel therapeutics.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
SUNY Health Now Network of Excellence
Grant/Contract Number:
U19 AI076217; R01 049313; P01 AI074805
OSTI ID:
1252767
Journal Information:
PLoS Pathogens, Vol. 12, Issue 1; ISSN 1553-7374
Publisher:
Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 64 works
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