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Mycobacterium marinum antagonistically induces an autophagic response while repressing the autophagic flux in a TORC1- and ESX-1-dependent manner.

ABSTRACT: Autophagy is a eukaryotic catabolic process also participating in cell-autonomous defence. Infected host cells generate double-membrane autophagosomes that mature in autolysosomes to engulf, kill and digest cytoplasmic pathogens. However, several bacteria subvert autophagy and benefit from its machinery and functions. Monitoring infection stages by genetics, pharmacology and microscopy, we demonstrate that the ESX-1 secretion system of Mycobacterium marinum, a close relative to M. tuberculosis, upregulates the transcription of autophagy genes, and stimulates autophagosome formation and recruitment to the mycobacteria-containing vacuole (MCV) in the host model organism Dictyostelium. Antagonistically, ESX-1 is also essential to block the autophagic flux and deplete the MCV of proteolytic activity. Activators of the TORC1 complex localize to the MCV in an ESX-1-dependent manner, suggesting an important role in the manipulation of autophagy by mycobacteria. Our findings suggest that the infection by M. marinum activates an autophagic response that is simultaneously repressed and exploited by the bacterium to support its survival inside the MCV.

SUBMITTER: Cardenal-Munoz E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5407849 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mycobacterium marinum antagonistically induces an autophagic response while repressing the autophagic flux in a TORC1- and ESX-1-dependent manner.

Cardenal-Muñoz Elena E Arafah Sonia S López-Jiménez Ana Teresa AT Kicka Sébastien S Falaise Alexandra A Bach Frauke F Schaad Olivier O King Jason S JS Hagedorn Monica M Soldati Thierry T

PLoS pathogens 20170417 4

Autophagy is a eukaryotic catabolic process also participating in cell-autonomous defence. Infected host cells generate double-membrane autophagosomes that mature in autolysosomes to engulf, kill and digest cytoplasmic pathogens. However, several bacteria subvert autophagy and benefit from its machinery and functions. Monitoring infection stages by genetics, pharmacology and microscopy, we demonstrate that the ESX-1 secretion system of Mycobacterium marinum, a close relative to M. tuberculosis, ...[more]

PMID: 28414774

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Project description:Mycobacterium marinum is a nontuberculous pathogen of poikilothermic fish and an opportunistic human pathogen. Like tuberculous mycobacteria, the M. marinum M strain requires the ESX-1 (ESAT-6 system 1) secretion system for virulence in host cells. EsxB and EsxA, two major virulence factors exported by the ESX-1 system, are encoded by the esxBA genes within the ESX-1 locus. Deletion of the esxBA genes abrogates ESX-1 export and attenuates M. marinum in ex vivo and in vivo models of infection. Interestingly, there are several duplications of the esxB and esxA genes (esxB_1, esxB_2, esxA_1, esxA_2, and esxA_3) in the M. marinum M genome located outside the ESX-1 locus. We sought to understand if this region, known as ESX-6, contributes to ESX-1-mediated virulence. We found that deletion of the esxB_1 gene alone or the entire ESX-6 locus did not impact ESX-1 export or function, supporting the idea that the esxBA genes present at the ESX-1 locus are the primary contributors to ESX-1-mediated virulence. Nevertheless, overexpression of the esxB_1 locus complemented ESX-1 function in the ?esxBA strain, signifying that the two loci are functionally equivalent. Our findings raise questions about why duplicate versions of the esxBA genes are maintained in the M. marinum M genome and how these proteins, which are functionally equivalent to virulence factors, contribute to mycobacterial biology.IMPORTANCEMycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of the human disease tuberculosis (TB). There are 10.4 million cases and 1.7 million TB-associated deaths annually, making TB a leading cause of death globally. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) cause chronic human infections that are acquired from the environment. Despite differences in disease etiology, both tuberculous and NTM pathogens use the ESX-1 secretion system to cause disease. The nontubercular mycobacterial species, Mycobacterium marinum, has additional copies of specific ESX-1 genes. Our findings demonstrate that the duplicated genes do not contribute to virulence but can substitute for virulence factors in M. marinum These findings suggest that the duplicated genes may play a specific role in NTM biology.

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Mycobacterium marinum antagonistically induces an autophagic response while repressing the autophagic flux in a TORC1- and ESX-1-dependent manner.

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Mycobacterium marinum antagonistically induces an autophagic response while repressing the autophagic flux in a TORC1- and ESX-1-dependent manner.

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