Mvubu Nontobeko Eunice, Govender Divenita, Pillay Manormoney
School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
School of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Dec 30;26(1):217. doi: 10.3390/ijms26010217.
Coding and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are potential novel markers that can be exploited for TB diagnostics in the fight against . The current study investigated the mechanisms of transcript regulation and ncRNA signatures through Total RNA Seq and small (smRNA) RNA Seq followed by Bioinformatics analysis in Beijing and F15/LAM4/KZN (KZN) clinical strains compared to the laboratory strain. Total RNA Seq revealed differential regulation of RNA transcripts in Beijing (n = 1095) and KZN (n = 856) strains compared to the laboratory H37Rv strain. The KZN vs. H37Rv coding transcripts uniquely enriched fatty acids, steroid degradation, fructose, and mannose metabolism as well as a bacterial secretion system. In contrast, Tuberculosis and biosynthesis of siderophores KEGG pathways were enriched by the Beijing vs. H37Rv-specific transcripts. Novel sense and antisense ncRNAs, as well as the expression of these transcripts, were observed, and these targeted RNA transcripts are involved in cell wall synthesis and bacterial metabolism in a strain-specific manner. RNA transcripts identified in the current study offer insights into gene regulation of transcripts involved in the growth and metabolism of the clinically relevant KZN and Beijing strains compared to the laboratory H37Rv strain and thus can be exploited in the fight against Tuberculosis.
编码RNA和非编码RNA(ncRNAs)是潜在的新型标志物,可用于结核病诊断以对抗结核病。本研究通过全RNA测序和小RNA(smRNA)测序,随后进行生物信息学分析,研究了北京和F15/LAM4/KZN(KZN)临床菌株与实验室菌株相比的转录调控机制和ncRNA特征。全RNA测序显示,与实验室H37Rv菌株相比,北京菌株(n = 1095)和KZN菌株(n = 856)中的RNA转录本存在差异调控。KZN与H37Rv的编码转录本独特地富集了脂肪酸、类固醇降解、果糖和甘露糖代谢以及细菌分泌系统。相比之下,北京与H37Rv特异性转录本富集了结核和铁载体生物合成的KEGG途径。观察到了新的正义和反义ncRNAs以及这些转录本的表达,并且这些靶向RNA转录本以菌株特异性方式参与细胞壁合成和细菌代谢。与实验室H37Rv菌株相比,本研究中鉴定的RNA转录本为临床相关KZN和北京菌株生长和代谢中涉及的转录本的基因调控提供了见解,因此可用于对抗结核病。