Abstract
Studies about in vitro pellicle formation by slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria has just gained a new momentum, and in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cells growing in this environment showed enhanced tolerance to antitubercular drugs. c-di-GMP, an ubiquitous bacterial second messenger, regulates phenotypes such as motility, biofilm formation and expression of acute virulence factors in several microorganisms. Recently, enzymes encoded by Rv1354c and Rv1357c were shown to produce and degrade c-di-GMP in vitro, respectively. Here we review the processes in which c-di-GMP regulates biofilm production and virulence in some human pathogens, discuss the possibility of these same processes existing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and how these mechanisms could impact the outcome of tuberculosis infection.
Keywords: Biofilm, c-di-GMP, EAL, GGDEF, virulence.
Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews
Title:Formation of Mycobacterial Pellicles In Vitro and their Possible Impact on Tuberculosis Infection
Volume: 10 Issue: 2
Author(s): Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez, Michel de Jesus Aceves-Sanchez, Saira Alejandra Montero-Perez, Perla Jazmín Vega-Dominguez and Cesar Pedroza-Roldan
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Keywords: Biofilm, c-di-GMP, EAL, GGDEF, virulence.
Abstract: Studies about in vitro pellicle formation by slow-growing, pathogenic mycobacteria has just gained a new momentum, and in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, cells growing in this environment showed enhanced tolerance to antitubercular drugs. c-di-GMP, an ubiquitous bacterial second messenger, regulates phenotypes such as motility, biofilm formation and expression of acute virulence factors in several microorganisms. Recently, enzymes encoded by Rv1354c and Rv1357c were shown to produce and degrade c-di-GMP in vitro, respectively. Here we review the processes in which c-di-GMP regulates biofilm production and virulence in some human pathogens, discuss the possibility of these same processes existing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and how these mechanisms could impact the outcome of tuberculosis infection.
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Flores-Valdez Alberto Mario, Aceves-Sanchez de Jesus Michel, Montero-Perez Alejandra Saira, Vega-Dominguez Jazmín Perla and Pedroza-Roldan Cesar, Formation of Mycobacterial Pellicles In Vitro and their Possible Impact on Tuberculosis Infection, Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews 2014; 10 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573398X10666140717185630
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573398X10666140717185630 |
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