Effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3717 on cell division and cell adhesion. (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Li, Xin; He, Jiajia; Fu, Weizhe; Cao, Pingping; Zhang, Siyi; Jiang, Tao
• Is Part Of: Microbial pathogenesis. Volume 117(2018)
• Page Start: 184
• Page End: 190
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- Rv371 -- Cell division -- Cell adhesion; Pathogenic microorganisms -- Periodicals; Pathology, Molecular -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable Diseases -- parasitology -- Periodicals; Micro-organismes pathogènes -- Périodiques; Pathologie moléculaire -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.02.034
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0882-4010

Abstract

Abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3717 has been identified as a zinc-dependent amidase which can hydrolyze peptidoglycan (PG). To demonstrate the relationship of Rv3717 and cell division, in this study, Rv3717 gene was first amplified and expressed and the resulting protein was purified by using a His-tagged approach. M. smegmatis mc 2 155, a fast-growing and nonpathogenic mycobacterium was used to evaluate the effect of Rv3717 on cell division. Scan electron microscope (SEM) results indicated that M. smegmatis with division site was more exhibited and some of the cells turned larger in size after Rv3717 treatment. Transmission electron microscope (TEM) results revealed that MSMEG_6281 gene knockout strain named M sm- ΔM_6281 (MSMEG_6281 in M. smegmatis mc 2 155 is the homologous gene of Rv3717) tended to have a division defect with a severely abnormal morphology, and division septa were distorted. Gene expression analysis indicated also that the gene involved in cell division such as M. smegmatis ftsZ was significantly up-regulated with treatment time. The findings demonstrated that physiological role of Rv3717 was related to cell division and regulated possibly division septum formation. Further, fibronectin (Fn) binding ability of Rv3717 was evaluated by protein binding experiment, and the results confirmed the interaction of Rv3717 with Fn in a dose dependent manner. We found also that the invasion rate of M. sm -ΔM_6281 to A549 cells was reduced by 59% compared to the control strain, and the invasion defect could be rescued by Rv3717 addition. RT-PCR results showed that M. smegmatis fbpC were up-regulated after Rv3717 addition. These clues may be significant to explore roles of Rv3717 in growth and colonization of mycobacteria. Highlights: Rv3717 affected cell division of M. smegmatis. Rv3717 increased the expression of ftsZ smeg related cell division. Rv3717 defective mutants showed a low invasion rate compared to wild type M. smegmatis.