Article ; Online: The ubiquitin ligase TRIM32 promotes the autophagic response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in macrophages.
2023 Volume 14, Issue 8, Page(s) 505
Abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is known to evade host immune responses and persist in macrophages for long periods. A mechanism that the host uses to combat Mtb is xenophagy, a selective form of autophagy that targets intracellular pathogens for ... ...
| Abstract | Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is known to evade host immune responses and persist in macrophages for long periods. A mechanism that the host uses to combat Mtb is xenophagy, a selective form of autophagy that targets intracellular pathogens for degradation. Ubiquitination of Mtb or Mtb-containing compartments is a key event to recruit the autophagy machinery and mediate the bacterial delivery to the lysosome. This event relies on the coordinated and complementary activity of different ubiquitin ligases, including PARKIN, SMURF1, and TRIM16. Because each of these factors is responsible for the ubiquitination of a subset of the Mtb population, it is likely that additional ubiquitin ligases are employed by macrophages to trigger a full xenophagic response during Mtb infection. In this study, we investigated the role TRIM proteins whose expression is modulated in response to Mtb or BCG infection of primary macrophages. These TRIMs were ectopically expressed in THP1 macrophage cell line to assess their impact on Mtb replication. This screening identified TRIM32 as a novel player involved in the intracellular response to Mtb infection, which promotes autophagy-mediated Mtb degradation. The role of TRIM32 in xenophagy was further confirmed by silencing TRIM32 expression in THP1 cells, which causes increased intracellular growth of Mtb associated to impaired Mtb ubiquitination, reduced recruitment of the autophagy proteins NDP52/CALCOCO2 and BECLIN 1/BECN1 to Mtb and autophagosome formation. Overall, these findings suggest that TRIM32 plays an important role in the host response to Mtb infection through the induction of autophagy, representing a promising target for host-directed tuberculosis therapies. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Ubiquitin/metabolism ; Macrophages/metabolism ; Tuberculosis/genetics ; Autophagy/physiology ; Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; Tripartite Motif Proteins/genetics ; Tripartite Motif Proteins/metabolism ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/genetics ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism |
| Chemical Substances | Ubiquitin ; TRIM16 protein, human (EC 2.3.2.27) ; Tripartite Motif Proteins ; Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases (EC 2.3.2.27) ; TRIM32 protein, human (EC 2.3.2.27) ; Transcription Factors ; SMURF1 protein, human (EC 2.3.2.26) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-08-05 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 2541626-1 |
| ISSN | 2041-4889 ; 2041-4889 |
| ISSN (online) | 2041-4889 |
| ISSN | 2041-4889 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41419-023-06026-1 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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