Metabolomics reveals that the cAMP receptor protein regulates nitrogen and peptidoglycan synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Author(s)
Yi, liu
Rebollo-Ramirez, Sonia
Larrouy-Maumus, Gerald
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires extensive sensing and response to environment for its successful survival and pathogenesis, and signalling by cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate (cAMP) is an important mechanism. cAMP regulates expression of target genes via interaction with downstream proteins, one of which is cAMP receptor protein (CRP), a global transcriptional regulator. Previous genomic works had identified regulon of CRP and investigated transcriptional changes in crp deletion mutant, however a link to downstream metabolomic events were lacking, which would help better understand roles of CRP. This work aims at investigating changes at metabolome level in M. tuberculosis crp deletion mutant combining untargeted LC-MS analysis and 13C isotope tracing analysis. The results were compared with previously published RNA sequencing data. We identified increasing abundances of metabolites related to nitrogen metabolism including ornithine, citrulline and glutamate derivatives, while 13C isotope labelling analysis further showed changes in turnover of these metabolites and amino acids, suggesting regulatory roles of CRP in nitrogen metabolism. Upregulation of diaminopimelic acid and its related genes also suggested role of CRP in regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis. This study provides insights on metabolomic aspects of cAMP-CRP regulatory pathway in M. tuberculosis and links to previously published transcriptomic data drawing a more complete map.
Date Issued
2020-07-10
Date Acceptance
2020-07-07
Citation
RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences, 2020, 10 (44), pp.26212-26219
ISSN
2046-2069
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Start Page
26212
End Page
26219
Journal / Book Title
RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
Volume
10
Issue
44
Copyright Statement
© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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Sponsor
Wellcome Trust
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
105603/Z/14/Z
EP/M027007/1
EP/M027007/1
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-07-10