Article ; Online: Francisella tularensis Exploits AMPK Activation to Harvest Host-Derived Nutrients Liberated from Host Lipolysis.
2022 Volume 90, Issue 8, Page(s) e0015522
Abstract: Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic, facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that replicates in a variety of cell types during infection. Following entry into the cell and phagosome escape, the bacterium replicates rapidly in the cytoplasm. F. ... ...
Abstract | Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic, facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that replicates in a variety of cell types during infection. Following entry into the cell and phagosome escape, the bacterium replicates rapidly in the cytoplasm. F. tularensis intracellular growth depends on the availability of metabolizable essential nutrients to support replication. However, the mechanism by which metabolizable nutrients become available to the bacterium in the intracellular environment is not fully understood. We found that F. tularensis-infected cells had significantly smaller and fewer lipid droplets than uninfected cells. Inhibition of triacylglycerol degradation significantly reduced bacterial growth, whereas inhibition of triacylglycerol formation did not reduce bacterial growth, suggesting that triacylglycerols sequestered within lipid droplets are important nutrient sources for F. tularensis. We found that F. tularensis-infected cells had increased activation of lipolysis and the upstream regulatory protein AMP protein kinase (AMPK). These data suggest that F. tularensis exploits AMPK activation and lipid metabolism to use host-derived nutrients. Finally, we found that AMPK activation is correlated with an increased bacterial burden, which suggests that it is a host-mediated response to nutrient starvation that results from increased bacterial replication. Altogether, we conclude that F. tularensis exploits AMPK activation to access nutrients sequestered in lipid droplets, specifically glycerol and fatty acids, to undergo efficient bacterial replication and cause successful infection. |
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MeSH term(s) | AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Francisella tularensis ; Humans ; Lipolysis ; Nutrients ; Phagosomes/microbiology ; Triglycerides/metabolism ; Tularemia/microbiology |
Chemical Substances | Triglycerides ; AMP-Activated Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.11.31) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-08-02 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 218698-6 |
ISSN | 1098-5522 ; 0019-9567 |
ISSN (online) | 1098-5522 |
ISSN | 0019-9567 |
DOI | 10.1128/iai.00155-22 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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