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INTRACELLULAR MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE UTILIZES HOST GLUCOSE AS A CARBON SOURCE IN SCHWANN CELLS
Células de Schwann
Glicose
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Macrófago
Fosfoenolpiruvato carboxilase
Metabolismo do carbono
Schwann cells
Glucose
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Macrophage
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
Carbon metabolism
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University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Surrey. Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Guildford, United Kingdom.
Abstract
New approaches are needed to control leprosy, but understanding of the biology of the causative agent Mycobacterium leprae remains rudimentary, principally because the pathogen cannot be grown in axenic culture. Here, we applied 13C isotopomer analysis to measure carbon metabolism of M. leprae in its primary host cell, the Schwann cell. We compared the results of this analysis with those of a related pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, growing in its primary host cell, the macrophage. Using 13C isotopomer analysis with glucose as the tracer, we show that whereas M. tuberculosis imports most of its amino acids directly from the host macrophage, M. leprae utilizes host glucose pools as the carbon source to biosynthesize the majority of its amino acids. Our analysis highlights the anaplerotic enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase required for this intracellular diet of M. leprae, identifying this enzyme as a potential antileprosy drug target.IMPORTANCE Leprosy remains a major problem in the world today, particularly affecting the poorest and most disadvantaged sections of society in the least developed countries of the world. The long-term aim of research is to develop new treatments and vaccines, and these aims are currently hampered by our inability to grow the pathogen in axenic culture. In this study, we probed the metabolism of M. leprae while it is surviving and replicating inside its primary host cell, the Schwann cell, and compared it to a related pathogen, M. tuberculosis, replicating in macrophages. Our analysis revealed that unlike M. tuberculosis, M. leprae utilized host glucose as a carbon source and that it biosynthesized its own amino acids, rather than importing them from its host cell. We demonstrated that the enzyme phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase plays a crucial role in glucose catabolism in M. leprae Our findings provide the first metabolic signature of M. leprae in the host Schwann cell and identify novel avenues for the development of antileprosy drugs.
Keywords in Portuguese
Mycobacterium lepraeCélulas de Schwann
Glicose
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Macrófago
Fosfoenolpiruvato carboxilase
Metabolismo do carbono
Keywords
Mycobacterium lepraeSchwann cells
Glucose
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Macrophage
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
Carbon metabolism
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