title: PPARγ-mediated increase in glucose availability sustains chronic Brucella abortus infection in alternatively activated macrophages.
abstract: Eradication of persistent intracellular bacterial pathogens with antibiotic therapy is often slow or incomplete. However, strategies to augment antibiotics are hampered by our poor understanding of the nutritional environment that sustains chronic infection. Here we show that the intracellular pathogen Brucella abortus survives and replicates preferentially in alternatively activated macrophages (AAMs), which are more abundant during chronic infection. A metabolic shift induced by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), which increases intracellular glucose availability, is identified as a causal mechanism promoting enhanced bacterial survival in AAMs. Glucose uptake was crucial for increased replication of B. abortus in AAMs, and for chronic infection, as inactivation of the bacterial glucose transporter gluP reduced both intracellular survival in AAMs and persistence in mice. Thus, a shift in intracellular nutrient availability induced by PPARγ promotes chronic persistence of B. abortus within AAMs, and targeting this pathway may aid in eradicating chronic infection.
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
authors: Mariana N
authors: MN
authors: Xavier
authors: Maria G
authors: MG
authors: Winter
authors: Alanna M
authors: AM
authors: Spees
authors: Andreas B
authors: AB
authors: den Hartigh
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: Nguyen
authors: Christelle M
authors: CM
authors: Roux
authors: Teane M A
authors: TM
authors: Silva
authors: Vidya L
authors: VL
authors: Atluri
authors: Tobias
authors: T
authors: Kerrinnes
authors: A Marijke
authors: AM
authors: Keestra
authors: Denise M
authors: DM
authors: Monack
authors: Paul A
authors: PA
authors: Luciw
authors: Richard A
authors: RA
authors: Eigenheer
authors: Andreas J
authors: AJ
authors: Bäumler
authors: Renato L
authors: RL
authors: Santos
authors: Renée M
authors: RM
authors: Tsolis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D051379:Mice; D050296:Microbial Viability; D047495:PPAR gamma / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D047495:PPAR gamma; D005947:Glucose
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