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Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional responses to acidic pH and carbon source

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to examine how Mtb integrates acidic pH and available carbon sources as environmental cues to regulate its metabolism and growth rate. RNA-seq transcriptional profiling of M. tuberculosis growing at acidic or neutral pH, in pyruvate or glycerol, was examined. These studies identified carbon source-dependent and -independent pH-dependent adaptations. Mtb strain CDC1551 was grown in standing T-75 flasks in 40 mL of medium seeded an initial OD of 0.1. We examined medium in four conditions pH 7.0 10 mM glycerol, pH 5.7 10 mM glycerol, pH 7.0 10 mM pyruvate, pH 5.7 10 mM pyruvate. Following 3 days of incubation at 37C, RNA was isolated from the bacterial cultures and used for RNA-seq.

ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SUBMITTER: Robert Abramovitch

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-52020 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Slow growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at acidic pH is regulated by phoPR and host-associated carbon sources.

Baker Jacob J JJ Johnson Benjamin K BK Abramovitch Robert B RB

Molecular microbiology 20140713 1

During pathogenesis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) colonizes environments, such as the macrophage or necrotic granuloma, that are acidic and rich in cholesterol and fatty acids. The goal of this study was to examine how acidic pH and available carbon sources interact to regulate Mtb physiology. Here we report that Mtb growth at acidic pH requires host-associated carbon sources that function at the intersection of glycolysis and the TCA cycle, such as pyruvate, acetate, oxaloacetate and choles ...[more]

PMID: 24975990

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional responses to acidic pH and carbon source

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Slow growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at acidic pH is regulated by phoPR and host-associated carbon sources.

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