The cell wall lipid PDIM mediates phagosomal escape and host cell exit of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

dc.contributor.advisorBriken, Volkeren_US
dc.contributor.authorQuigley, Jeffreyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCell Biology & Molecular Geneticsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-24T06:45:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-24T06:45:59Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has a complex interaction with host cell death signaling pathways. Mtb inhibits apoptosis at early stages of infection but transitions to promote necrosis at later stages of infection to allow for host cell exit. Mtb phagosomal escape has proven to be a crucial step in the transition to the pro-necrotic phase of infection. However, Mtb phagosomal escape is poorly understood. Previously, we described a transcriptional repressor, Rv3167c that regulates Mtb phagosomal escape and necrosis induction. MtbΔRv3167c demonstrates increased phagosomal escape accompanied by increased necrosis induction in infected macrophages. Here, we show that MtbΔRv3167c over expresses the Mtb virulence lipid phthiocerol dimycocerosates (PDIM) and the over expression of PDIM is responsible for the increased necrosis seen in MtbΔRv3167c. Further, we demonstrate that PDIM contributes to the phagosomal escape of Mtb. This work ascribes a novel, and crucial, role of PDIM in Mtb pathogenesis.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2QZ7G
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19000
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMolecular biologyen_US
dc.titleThe cell wall lipid PDIM mediates phagosomal escape and host cell exit of Mycobacterium tuberculosisen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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