PMID- 27763806 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180522 LR - 20240327 IS - 2150-5608 (Electronic) IS - 2150-5594 (Print) IS - 2150-5594 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Aug 18 TI - RNAseq reveals hypervirulence-specific host responses to M. tuberculosis infection. PG - 848-858 LID - 10.1080/21505594.2016.1250994 [doi] AB - The distinguishing factors that characterize the host response to infection with virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) are largely confounding. We present an infection study with 2 genetically closely related M.tb strains that have vastly different pathogenic characteristics. The early host response to infection with these detergent-free cultured strains was analyzed through RNAseq in an attempt to provide information on the subtleties which may ultimately contribute to the virulent phenotype. Murine bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) were infected with either a hyper- (R5527) or hypovirulent (R1507) Beijing M. tuberculosis clinical isolate. RNAseq revealed 69 differentially expressed host genes in BMDMs during comparison of these 2 transcriptomes. Pathway analysis revealed activation of the stress-induced and growth inhibitory Gadd45 signaling pathway in hypervirulent infected BMDMs. Upstream regulators of interferon activation such as and IRF3 and IRF7 were predicted to be upregulated in hypovirulent-infected BMDMs. Additional analysis of the host immune response through ELISA and qPCR included the use of human THP-1 macrophages where a robust proinflammatory response was observed after infection with the hypervirulent strain. RNAseq revealed 2 early-response genes (ier3 and saa3) and 2 host-defense genes (oasl1 and slpi) that were significantly upregulated by the hypervirulent strain. The role of these genes under M.tb infection conditions are largely unknown but here we provide validation of their presence with use of qPCR and Western blot. Further analysis into their biological role during infection with virulent M.tb is required. FAU - Leisching, Gina AU - Leisching G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4764-4781 AD - a SA MRC Center for TB Research , DST/NRF Center of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg , South Africa. FAU - Pietersen, Ray-Dean AU - Pietersen RD AD - a SA MRC Center for TB Research , DST/NRF Center of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg , South Africa. FAU - van Heerden, Carel AU - van Heerden C AD - b Central Analytical Facility (CAF) , DNA Sequencing Unit, Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa. FAU - van Helden, Paul AU - van Helden P AD - a SA MRC Center for TB Research , DST/NRF Center of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg , South Africa. FAU - Wiid, Ian AU - Wiid I AD - a SA MRC Center for TB Research , DST/NRF Center of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg , South Africa. FAU - Baker, Bienyameen AU - Baker B AD - a SA MRC Center for TB Research , DST/NRF Center of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research, Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University , Tygerberg , South Africa. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161020 PL - United States TA - Virulence JT - Virulence JID - 101531386 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Gadd45a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interferon Regulatory Factor-3) RN - 0 (Interferon Regulatory Factor-7) RN - 0 (Irf3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Irf7 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) SB - IM CIN - Virulence. 2017 Aug 18;8(6):632-634. PMID: 27820666 MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing MH - *Host-Pathogen Interactions MH - Humans MH - Interferon Regulatory Factor-3/genetics MH - Interferon Regulatory Factor-7/genetics MH - Macrophages/microbiology MH - Mice MH - Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics/immunology/*pathogenicity MH - Nuclear Proteins/genetics MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tuberculosis/*microbiology MH - Virulence PMC - PMC5626229 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RNAseq OT - host-response OT - infection OT - mycobacterium tuberculosis OT - virulence EDAT- 2016/10/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/05/23 06:00 PMCR- 2016/10/20 CRDT- 2016/10/21 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/05/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/10/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1250994 [pii] AID - 10.1080/21505594.2016.1250994 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virulence. 2017 Aug 18;8(6):848-858. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2016.1250994. Epub 2016 Oct 20.