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Multisystems analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals kinase-dependent remodeling of the pathogen-environment interface

ABSTRACT: Tuberculosis is the leading killer among infectious diseases worldwide. Increasing multi-drug resistance has prompted new approaches for tuberculosis drug development, including targeted inhibition of virulence determinants and of signaling cascades that control many downstream pathways. We used a multisystems approach to determine the effects of a potent small molecule inhibitor of the essential Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ser/Thr protein kinases PknA and PknB. We observed differential phosphorylation of many proteins and extensive changes in gene expression, protein abundance, cell wall lipids and intracellular metabolites. The patterns of these changes indicate regulation by PknA and PknB of several pathways required for cell growth, including ATP synthesis, DNA synthesis and translation. These data also highlight effects on pathways for remodeling of the mycobacterial cell envelope via control of peptidoglycan turnover, lipid content, a SigE-mediated envelope stress response, transmembrane transport systems, and protein secretion systems. Integrated analysis of phosphoproteins, transcripts, proteins, and lipids identified an unexpected pathway whereby threonine phosphorylation of the essential response regulator MtrA decreases its DNA binding activity. Inhibition of this phosphorylation is linked to decreased expression of genes for peptidoglycan turnover, and of genes for mycolyl transferases, with concomitant changes in mycolates and glycolipids in the cell envelope. These findings reveal novel roles for PknA and PknB in regulating multiple essential cell functions and confirm these kinases as potentially valuable targets for new anti-tuberculosis drugs. In addition, these linked multisystems data provide a valuable resource for future targeted investigations into the pathways regulated by these kinases in the M. tuberculosis cell.

ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

PROVIDER: GSE110508 | GEO | 2018/03/08

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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