Deletion of a Dehydratase Important for Intracellular Growth and Cording
Deletion of a dehydratase important for intracellular PNAS PLUS growth and cording renders rough Mycobacterium abscessus avirulent Iman Hallouma, Séverine Carrère-Kremerb,c, Mickael Blaisea, Albertus Viljoena, Audrey Bernuta, Vincent Le Moigned, Catherine Vilchèzee,f, Yann Guérardelg, Georges Lutfallah, Jean-Louis Herrmannd, William R. Jacobs Jr.e,f,1, and Laurent Kremera,i,1 aCentre d’études d’agents Pathogènes et Biotechnologies pour la Santé (CPBS), CNRS Formation de Recherche en Evolution 3689, 34293 Montpellier, France; bINSERM U1058, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier 34095, France; cDepartment of Bacteriology–Virology, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier 34095, France; dUMR1173, INSERM, Université de Versailles St. Quentin, 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux, France; eDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461; fHoward Hughes Medical Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461; gUniversity of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576, Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle (UGSF), 59000 Lille, France; hLaboratoire de Dynamique des Interactions Membranaires Normales et Pathologiques, CNRS UMR5235, Université Montpellier, 34293 Montpellier, France; and iINSERM, CPBS, 34293 Montpellier, France Contributed by William R. Jacobs Jr., June 2, 2016 (sent for review February 17, 2016; reviewed by R. Andres Floto and Todd A. Gray) Mycobacterium abscessus (Mabs) is a rapidly growing Mycobacterium lungs of patients with underlying lung disorders such as cystic and an emerging pathogen in humans. Transitioning from a smooth fibrosis (10) but also causes skin and soft tissue infections in (S) high-glycopeptidolipid (GPL) producer to a rough (R) low-GPL immunocompetent individuals (11). Mabs can exhibit a rough producer is associated with increased virulence in zebrafish, which in- (R) or a smooth (S) morphotype, depending on the absence or volves the formation of massive serpentine cords, abscesses, and rapid presence of surface-associated glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) (12, 13).
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