Project description:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis acyl-CoA carboxylases provide the building blocks for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis by fatty acid synthase (FAS) I and for the elongation of FAS I end-products by the FAS II complex to produce meromycolic acids. M. tuberculosis genome contains three biotin carboxylase subunits (AccA1-3) and 6 carboxyltransferase subunits (AccD1-6) of which AccD6 is located in a genetic locus that contains members of the FAS II complex. We found by microarray and quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis that the transcripts of AccA3, AccD4, AccD5 and AccD6 are expressed at high levels during exponential growth phases of M. tuberculosis in vitro. Keywords: Time course, developmental stages
Project description:Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a major global health threat, particularly due to the rise of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB). Current treatment limitations highlight the urgent need for new therapeutics to improve efficacy and shorten therapy duration. Through high-throughput screening, we identified Questiomycin A (QM), a phenoxazinone compound with promising anti-tuberculosis activity against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant Mtb strains. Transcriptomic profiling indicated disruption of cell wall-associated pathways, while thermal proteome profiling (TPP) identified fabD (malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase, MCAT), a key enzyme in mycolic acid biosynthesis, as a potential target. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR), enzymatic assays, and genetic manipulation confirmed QM directly binds to and inhibits fabD. QM disrupts cell wall integrity, increases permeability, and causes pH imbalance, proton motive force collapse, ultimately resulting in bactericidal effects. These findings reveal that QM targets fabD to compromise cell wall homeostasis in Mtb, providing a foundation for developing novel anti-tubercular agents targeting fabD.
Project description:De novo fatty acid synthesis produces the acyl units needed to generate phospholipids, lipoproteins, enzyme prosthetic factors, polyketides, and mycolic acids in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Here, we identifed sALT629, a novel butoxyphenyl-tetrazole-acetamide compound that inhibits de novo lipid synthesis in Mtb. This compound disrupts the Mtb lipidome and prevents incorporation of metabolic tracers into acyl chains of Mtb lipids. Unexpectedly, we also found that sALT629 treatment significantly depleted triacylglycerol (TAG) pools as a metabolic compensation mechanism when de novo fatty acid synthesis was inhibited. Resistance to sALT629 was mediated by loss of function mutations in HadC, the non-essential hydroxyacyl-ACP-dehydratase subunit involved in the synthesis of long-chain oxygenated mycolic acids. Inactivating HadC rescued sALT629-mediated inhibition by sustaining TAG pools to fulfill Mtb’s biosynthetic demand for acyl chains. Lastly, loss of function HadC resistance mutations resulted in cell wall perturbations that confer fitness defects in vitro and in vivo suggesting that this specific resistance mechanism is unlikely to arise in Mtb in a clinical setting.
Project description:Comparison of gene expression profile of the whiB4 mutant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the wild type Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RV Mtb WhiB4 mutant mRNA was compared with the mRNA of wtMtb H37RV under aerobic conditons
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE36341: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis under aerobic conditions GSE36342: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium smegmatis under aerobic conditions GSE36343: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis during cold and hypoxic stress GSE36344: mRNA degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis with DosR ectopically induced Refer to individual Series
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strains comparing control DMSO treated strains with Lupulone treated strains. Goal was to determine the effects of Lupulone against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strains.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strains comparing control DMSO treated strains with Linezolid treated strains. Goal was to determine the effects of Linezolid against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strains.
Project description:We analyzed the genes expressed, or the transcriptome, of bacilli (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) growing in fatty acids as sole carbon source. Using new technologies to massively sequence of RNA molecules we identified a group of genes that provides novel insight regarding the metabolic pathways and transcriptional regulation of latent M. Tuberculosis.
Project description:RNA-seq analysis of total RNA was conducted on wild-type and ΔsubI Mycobacterium tuberculosis (H37Rv strain) to uncover transcriptomic adaptations resulting from the deletion of subI, the gene encoding the sulfate-binding subunit of the SubI-CysTWA sulfate transporter.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra::pTetR-yidC (Test) compared with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra::pTetR (Control) bacteria after 4 days of treatment with 50ng/ml ATc with shaking at 200rpm at 37°C.