title: The ESX-3 secretion system is necessary for iron and zinc homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: ESX-3 is one of the five type VII secretion systems encoded by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome. We recently showed the essentiality of ESX-3 for M. tuberculosis viability and proposed its involvement in iron and zinc metabolism. In this study we confirmed the role of ESX-3 in iron uptake and its involvement in the adaptation to low zinc environment in M. tuberculosis. Moreover, we unveiled functional differences between the ESX-3 roles in M. tuberculosis and M. smegmatis showing that in the latter ESX-3 is only involved in the adaptation to iron and not to zinc restriction. Finally, we also showed that in M. tuberculosis this secretion system is essential for iron and zinc homeostasis not only in conditions in which the concentrations of these metals are limiting but also in metal sufficient conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Agnese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pisu
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palù
authors.forename: G Marcela
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manganelli
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D058947:Bacterial Secretion Systems / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000187:drug effects; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D006427:Hemin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D020102:Mycobacterium smegmatis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000378:metabolism; D010539:Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D013308:Streptonigrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D015032:Zinc / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D058947:Bacterial Secretion Systems; D010080:Oxazoles; D013308:Streptonigrin; D006427:Hemin; D007501:Iron; D015032:Zinc