Mycobacterial p(1)-type ATPases mediate resistance to zinc poisoning in human macrophages.

ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis thrives within macrophages by residing in phagosomes and preventing them from maturing and fusing with lysosomes. A parallel transcriptional survey of intracellular mycobacteria and their host macrophages revealed signatures of heavy metal poisoning. In particular, mycobacterial genes encoding heavy metal efflux P-type ATPases CtpC, CtpG, and CtpV, and host cell metallothioneins and zinc exporter ZnT1, were induced during infection. Consistent with this pattern of gene modulation, we observed a burst of free zinc inside macrophages, and intraphagosomal zinc accumulation within a few hours postinfection. Zinc exposure led to rapid CtpC induction, and ctpC deficiency caused zinc retention within the mycobacterial cytoplasm, leading to impaired intracellular growth

ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SUBMITTER: Adam Witney 

PROVIDER: E-BUGS-122 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress