PMID- 31078419 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200129 LR - 20200129 IS - 1873-281X (Electronic) IS - 1472-9792 (Linking) VI - 116S DP - 2019 May TI - Utility of OhrR-Ohr system for the expression of recombinant proteins in mycobacteria and for the delivery of M. tuberculosis antigens to the phagosomal compartment. PG - S19-S27 LID - S1472-9792(19)30146-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.007 [doi] AB - We have recently reported that in vitro and intracellular organic peroxide stress oxidizes OhrR of Mycobacterium smegmatis and that the oxidized OhrR consequently derepresses the expression of Ohr. Here we demonstrate that the OhrR-Ohr system is highly useful for the expression of recombinant mycobacterial proteins and also for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) antigens to the phagosomal compartments. Recombinant M. smegmatis strains, which bear plasmid constructs to express Ohr(2)-T85BCFP and Ohr(2)-MtrA, showed expression of fusion proteins upon induction with t-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP) in a dose dependent manner. The M. smegmatis expressed Ohr(2)-T85BCFP fusion could be affinity purified by adding a 9x histidine tag to the C-terminal end of the fusion protein. Further, mouse bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) infected with either recombinant M. smegmatis or BCG strains with ohr(2)-T85BCFP construct showed expression of T85BCFP protein without any exogenously added inducer. In addition, BMDMs infected with either recombinant BCG or Mtb with ohr(2)-T85BCFP construct could effectively deliver the antigens to T-cells at higher levels than strains bearing the control plasmid alone. Altogether, these results suggest that the OhrR-Ohr system is a novel inducible system to study the biology and pathogenesis of mycobacteria. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Das, Kishore AU - Das K AD - Center of Emphasis in Infectious Diseases and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA. FAU - Garnica, Omar AU - Garnica O AD - Center of Emphasis in Infectious Diseases and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA. FAU - Dhandayuthapani, Subramanian AU - Dhandayuthapani S AD - Center of Emphasis in Infectious Diseases and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, El Paso, TX 79905, USA. Electronic address: s.dhandayuthapani@ttuhsc.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190427 PL - Scotland TA - Tuberculosis (Edinb) JT - Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) JID - 100971555 RN - 0 (ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters) RN - 0 (Antigens, Bacterial) RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (MtrA protein, Bacteria) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (peroxide repressor proteins) RN - 144058-44-6 (Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens) RN - 4QD397987E (Histidine) SB - IM MH - ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/genetics/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Bacterial/genetics/*metabolism MH - Bacterial Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial MH - Histidine/metabolism MH - Macrophages/metabolism/microbiology MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mycobacterium bovis/genetics/metabolism MH - Mycobacterium smegmatis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Oligopeptides/metabolism MH - Phagosomes/genetics/*metabolism MH - Protein Transport MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism MH - Repressor Proteins/genetics/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antigen OT - Delivery OT - Expression OT - Inducible OT - Macrophages OT - Peroxide OT - Phagosomes OT - Protein OT - Regulator EDAT- 2019/05/13 06:00 MHDA- 2020/01/30 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/13 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/05/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/01/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/05/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1472-9792(19)30146-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2019 May;116S:S19-S27. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Apr 27.