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PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftv127
Keywords
secretome profile; hypervirulent; lifestyle; Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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- Science and Technology Institute of Mexico City (ICyT-DF) [PIFUTP08-101]
- National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) [86802, 253053, 215444]
- Universidad Autonoma de la Ciudad de Mexico
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Epidemiological information and animal models have shown various Mycobacterium tuberculosis phenotypes ranging from hyper- to hypovirulent forms. Recent genomic and proteomic studies suggest that the outcome of infection depends on the M. tuberculosis fitness, which is a direct consequence of its phenotype. However, little is known about the molecular and cellular mechanisms used by mycobacteria to survive, replicate and persist during infection. The aim of this study was to perform a comprehensive proteomic analysis of culture filtrate from hypo-(CPT23) and hypervirulent (CPT31) M. tuberculosis isolates. Using two-dimensional electrophoresis we observed that 70 proteins were unique, or more abundant in culture filtrate of CPT31, and 15 of these were identified by mass spectrometry. Our analysis of protein expression showed that most of the proteins identified are involved in lipid metabolism (FadA3, FbpB and EchA3), detoxification and adaptation (GroEL2, SodB and HspX) and cell wall processes (LprA, Tig and EsxB). These results suggest that overrepresented proteins in M. tuberculosis CPT31 secretome could facilitate mycobacterial infection and persistence.
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