Silencing essential gene expression in Mycobacterium abscessus during infection.

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Mycobacterium abscessus represents the most common rapidly growing mycobacterial pathogen in cystic fibrosis and is extremely difficult to eradicate. Essential genes are required for growth, often participate in pathogenesis, and encode valid drug targets for further chemotherapeutic developments. However, assessing the function of essential genes in M. abscessus remains challenging due to the limited spectrum of efficient genetic tools. Herein, we generated a Tet-OFF-based system allowing to knock down the expression of mmpL3, encoding the mycolic acid transporter in mycobacteria. Using this conditional mutant, we confirm the essentiality of mmpL3 in planktonic cultures, in biofilms, and during infection in zebrafish embryos. Thus, in this st

SUBMITTER: Boudehen Y-M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714871 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature