NDLI: Identification of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Putative Classical Nitroreductase Gene Whose Expression Is Coregulated with That of the acr Gene within Macrophages, in Standing versus Shaking Cultures, and under Low Oxygen Conditions

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Author	Purkayastha, Anjan Mccue, Lee Ann Mcdonough, Kathleen A.
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	Tuberculosis remains a leading killer worldwide, and new approaches for its treatment and prevention are urgently needed. This effort will benefit greatly from a better understanding of gene regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, particularly with respect to this pathogen's response to its host environment. We examined the behavior of two promoters from the divergently transcribed M. tuberculosis genes acr/hspX/Rv2031c (α-crystallin homolog) and Rv2032/acg (acr-coregulated gene) by using a promoter-GFP fusion assay in Mycobacterium bovis BCG. We found that Rv2032 is a novel macrophage-induced gene whose expression is coregulated with that of acr. Relative levels of intracellular induction for both promoters were significantly affected by shallow standing versus shaking bacterial culture conditions prior to macrophage infection, and both promoters were strongly induced under low oxygen conditions. Deletion analyses showed that DNA sequences within a 43-bp region were required for expression of these promoters under all conditions. Multiple sequence alignment and database searches performed with PROBE indicated that Rv2032 is one of eight M. tuberculosis genes of previously unknown function that belong to an unusual superfamily of classical nitroreductases, which may have a role for bacteria within the host environment. These findings show that mycobacterial culture conditions can greatly influence the results and interpretation of subsequent gene regulation experiments. We propose that these differences might be exploited for dissection of the regulatory factors that affect mycobacterial gene expression within the host.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.70.3.1518-1529.2002
Starting Page	1518
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10985522
e-ISSN	10985522
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	70
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2002-03-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology

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