Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, National Capital Region Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad 121001, India.
Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections, LRII IPT02, Tunis 1002, Tunisia.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Jan 9;121(2):e2309664121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2309664121. Epub 2024 Jan 3.
Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is primarily synthesized by Polyphosphate Kinase-1 (PPK-1) and regulates numerous cellular processes, including energy metabolism, stress adaptation, drug tolerance, and microbial pathogenesis. Here, we report that polyP interacts with acyl CoA carboxylases, enzymes involved in lipid biosynthesis in . We show that deletion of in results in transcriptional and metabolic reprogramming. In comparison to the parental strain, the Δ mutant strain had reduced levels of virulence-associated lipids such as PDIMs and TDM. We also observed that polyP deficiency in is associated with enhanced phagosome-lysosome fusion in infected macrophages and attenuated growth in mice. Host RNA-seq analysis revealed decreased levels of transcripts encoding for proteins involved in either type I interferon signaling or formation of foamy macrophages in the lungs of Δ mutant-infected mice relative to parental strain-infected animals. Using target-based screening and molecular docking, we have identified raloxifene hydrochloride as a broad-spectrum PPK-1 inhibitor. We show that raloxifene hydrochloride significantly enhanced the activity of isoniazid, bedaquiline, and pretomanid against in macrophages. Additionally, raloxifene inhibited the growth of in mice. This is an in-depth study that provides mechanistic insights into the regulation of mycobacterial pathogenesis by polyP deficiency.
无机多聚磷酸盐(polyP)主要由多聚磷酸盐激酶-1(PPK-1)合成,调节多种细胞过程,包括能量代谢、应激适应、药物耐受性和微生物发病机制。在这里,我们报告 polyP 与酰基辅酶 A 羧化酶相互作用,酰基辅酶 A 羧化酶是参与脂质生物合成的酶。我们表明,在 中缺失 会导致转录和代谢重编程。与亲本菌株相比,Δ突变菌株的毒力相关脂质(如 PDIMs 和 TDM)水平降低。我们还观察到, 中的 polyP 缺乏与感染巨噬细胞中吞噬体-溶酶体融合增强以及在小鼠中生长减弱有关。宿主 RNA-seq 分析显示,与亲本菌株感染动物相比,Δ突变体感染小鼠的肺部中参与 I 型干扰素信号转导或泡沫巨噬细胞形成的蛋白编码基因的转录物水平降低。通过基于靶标的筛选和分子对接,我们确定盐酸雷洛昔芬为广谱 PPK-1 抑制剂。我们表明,盐酸雷洛昔芬可显著增强异烟肼、贝达喹啉和普托马尼在巨噬细胞中的活性。此外,盐酸雷洛昔芬抑制了小鼠中 的生长。这是一项深入的研究,为多聚磷酸盐缺乏调节分枝杆菌发病机制提供了机制见解。