10.3389/fcimb.2018.00385.s001
Garima Arora
Garima
Arora
Deepika Chaudhary
Deepika
Chaudhary
Saqib Kidwai
Saqib
Kidwai
Deepak Sharma
Deepak
Sharma
Ramandeep Singh
Ramandeep
Singh
Presentation_1_CitE Enzymes Are Essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Establish Infection in Macrophages and Guinea Pigs.PPTX
Frontiers
2018
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
reverse TCA
β-subunit of citrate lyase
virulence
oxidative stress
2018-11-06 04:19:13
Presentation
https://frontiersin.figshare.com/articles/presentation/Presentation_1_CitE_Enzymes_Are_Essential_for_Mycobacterium_tuberculosis_to_Establish_Infection_in_Macrophages_and_Guinea_Pigs_PPTX/7300712
<p>Bacterial citrate lyase activity has been demonstrated in various eukaryotes, bacteria and archaea, underscoring their importance in energy metabolism of the cell. While the bacterial citrate lyase comprises of three different subunits, M. tuberculosis genome lacks CitD and CitF subunits of citrate lyase complex but encodes for 2 homologs of CitE subunits, Rv2498c and Rv3075c. Using temperature sensitive mycobacteriophages, we were able to generate both single and double citE mutant strains of M. tuberculosis. The survival experiments revealed increased susceptibility of the double mutant strain to oxidative stress in comparison to the parental strain. Also, simultaneous deletion of both citE1 and citE2 in M. tuberculosis genome resulted in impairment of intracellular replication in macrophages. The double mutant strain displayed reduced growth in lungs and spleens of guinea pigs. This is the first study demonstrating that M. tuberculosis critically requires CitE subunits of citrate lyase for pathogenesis. Taken together, these findings position these enzymes as potential targets for development of anti-tubercular small molecules.</p>