Phospholipases C are involved in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Abstract:

:Phospholipases C play a role in the pathogenesis of several bacteria. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, possesses four genes encoding putative phospholipases C, plcA, plcB, plcC and plcD. However, the contribution of these genes to virulence is unknown. We constructed four single mutants of M. tuberculosis each inactivated in one of the plc genes, a triple plcABC mutant and a quadruple plcABCD mutant. The mutants all exhibited a lower phospholipase C activity than the wild-type parent strain, demonstrating that the four plc genes encode a functional phospholipase C in M. tuberculosis. Functional complementation of the Delta plcABC triple mutant with the individual plcA, plcB and plcC genes restored in each case about 20% of the total Plc activity detected in the parental strain, suggesting that the three enzymes contribute equally to the overall Plc activity of M. tuberculosis. RT-PCR analysis of the plc genes transcripts showed that the expression of these genes is strongly upregulated during the first 24 h of macrophage infection. Moreover, the growth kinetics of the triple and quadruple mutants in a mouse model of infection revealed that both mutants are attenuated in the late phase of the infection emphasizing the importance of phospholipases C in the virulence of the tubercle bacillus.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Raynaud C,Guilhot C,Rauzier J,Bordat Y,Pelicic V,Manganelli R,Smith I,Gicquel B,Jackson M

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03009.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-07-01 00:00:00

pages

203-17

issue

1

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

3009

journal_volume

45

pub_type

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