Magnesium depletion triggers production of an immune modulating diterpenoid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of the human disease Tuberculosis, and remains a worldwide health threat responsible for ∼1.7 million deaths annually. During infection, Mtb prevents acidification of the engulfing phagosome, thus blocking endocytic progression and eventually leading to stable residence. The diterpenoid metabolite isotuberculosinol (isoTb) exhibits biological activity indicative of a role in this early arrest of phagosome maturation. Presumably, isoTb production should be induced by phagosomal entry. However, the relevant enzymatic genes are not transcriptionally upregulated during engulfment. Previous examination of the initial biosynthetic enzyme (Rv3377c/MtHPS) involved in isoTb biosynthesis revealed striking inhibition by its Mg(2+) cofactor, leading to the hypothesis that the depletion of Mg(2+) observed upon phagosomal engulfment may act to trigger isoTb biosynthesis. While Mtb is typically grown in relatively high levels of Mg(2+) (0.43 mM), shifting Mtb to media with phagosomal levels (0.1 mM) led to a significant (∼10-fold) increase in accumulation of the MtHPS product, halimadienyl diphosphate, as well as easily detectable amounts of the derived bioactive isoTb. These results demonstrate isoTb production by Mtb specifically under conditions that mimic phagosomal cation concentrations, and further support a role for isoTb in the Mtb infection process.
Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Francis M
FM
Mann
Brian C
BC
VanderVen
Reuben J
RJ
Peters
D002460:Cell Line; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
D004224:Diterpenes; D007155:Immunologic Factors; C547162:edaxadiene; D008274:Magnesium
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