Trehalose polyphleates participate in Mycobacterium abscessus fitness and pathogenesis.

Autor:	Malmsheimer S; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France., Daher W; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.; INSERM, IRIM, Montpellier, France., Tasrini Y; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France., Hamela C; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France., Aguilera-Correa JJ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France., Chalut C; Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Toulouse, France., Hatfull GF; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA., Kremer L; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 9004, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.; INSERM, IRIM, Montpellier, France.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	MBio [mBio] 2024 Dec 11; Vol. 15 (12), pp. e0297024. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 30.
DOI:	10.1128/mbio.02970-24
Abstrakt:	Mycobacteria produce a large repertoire of surface-exposed lipids with major biological functions. Among these lipids, trehalose polyphleates (TPPs) are instrumental in the infection of Mycobacterium abscessus by the therapeutic phage BPs. However, while the biosynthesis and transport of TPPs across the membrane by MmpL10 have been reported, the role of TPPs in host infection remains enigmatic. Here, we addressed whether the loss of TPPs influences interactions with macrophages and the virulence of M. abscessus . As anticipated, the deletion of mmpL10 in smooth (S) and rough (R) variants of M. abscessus abrogated TPP production, which was rescued upon gene complementation. Importantly, infection of human THP-1 cells with the mmpL10 mutants was associated with decreased intramacrophage survival and a reduced proportion of infected cells. The rough mmpL10 mutant showed an impaired capacity to block phagosomal acidification and was unable to co-localize with Galectin-3, a marker of phagosomal membrane damage. This suggests that TPPs participate, directly or indirectly, in phagolysosomal fusion and in phagosomal membrane damage to establish cytosolic communication. The TPP defect that affects the fitness and virulence of M. abscessus was further demonstrated in zebrafish embryos using a rough clinical strain resistant to phage BPs and harboring a frameshift mutation in mmpL10 . Infection with this strain was correlated with a slight decrease in embryo survival and a reduced bacterial burden as compared to the corresponding parental and complemented derivatives. Together, these results indicate that TPPs are important surface lipids contributing to the pathogenicity of M. abscessus .IMPORTANCETrehalose polyphleates (TPPs) are complex lipids associated with the mycobacterial cell surface and were identified 50 years ago. While the TPP biosynthetic pathway has been described recently, the role of these lipids in the biology of mycobacteria remains yet to be established. The wide distribution of TPPs across mycobacterial species suggests that they may exhibit important functions in these actinobacteria. Here, we demonstrate that Mycobacterium abscessus, an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen that causes severe lung diseases in cystic fibrosis patients, requires TPPs for survival in macrophages and virulence in a zebrafish model of infection. These findings support the importance of this underexplored family of lipids in mycobacterial pathogenesis. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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