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Exposure of Mycobacterium marinum to low-shear modeled microgravity: effect on growth, the transcriptome and survival under stress.


ABSTRACT: Waterborne pathogenic mycobacteria can form biofilms, and certain species can cause hard-to-treat human lung infections. Astronaut health could therefore be compromised if the spacecraft environment or water becomes contaminated with pathogenic mycobacteria. This work uses Mycobacterium marinum to determine the physiological changes in a pathogenic mycobacteria grown under low-shear modeled microgravity (LSMMG). M. marinum were grown in high aspect ratio vessels (HARVs) using a rotary cell culture system subjected to LSMMG or the control orientation (normal gravity, NG) and the cultures used to determine bacterial growth, bacterium size, transcriptome changes, and resistance to stress. Two exposure times to LSMMG and NG were examined: bacteria were grown for ~40?h (short), or 4 days followed by re-dilution and growth for ~35?h (long). M. marinum exposed to LSMMG transitioned from exponential phase earlier than the NG culture. They were more sensitive to hydrogen peroxide but showed no change in resistance to gamma radiation or pH 3.5. RNA-Seq detected significantly altered transcript levels for 562 and 328 genes under LSMMG after short and long exposure times, respectively. Results suggest that LSMMG induced a reduction in translation, a downregulation of metabolism, an increase in lipid degradation, and increased chaperone and mycobactin expression. Sigma factor H (sigH) was the only sigma factor transcript induced by LSMMG after both short and long exposure times. In summary, transcriptome studies suggest that LSMMG may simulate a nutrient-deprived environment similar to that found within macrophage during infection. SigH is also implicated in the M. marinum LSMMG transcriptome response.

SUBMITTER: Abshire CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5515531 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exposure of <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> to low-shear modeled microgravity: effect on growth, the transcriptome and survival under stress.

Abshire Camille F CF   Prasai Kanchanjunga K   Soto Israel I   Shi Runhua R   Concha Monica M   Baddoo Melody M   Flemington Erik K EK   Ennis Don G DG   Scott Rona S RS   Harrison Lynn L  

NPJ microgravity 20161201


Waterborne pathogenic mycobacteria can form biofilms, and certain species can cause hard-to-treat human lung infections. Astronaut health could therefore be compromised if the spacecraft environment or water becomes contaminated with pathogenic mycobacteria. This work uses <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> to determine the physiological changes in a pathogenic mycobacteria grown under low-shear modeled microgravity (LSMMG). <i>M. marinum</i> were grown in high aspect ratio vessels (HARVs) using a rot  ...[more]

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