TY - JOUR A1 - Rodríguez, Jimmy E. A1 - Ramírez, Ana S. A1 - Salas, Laura P. A1 - Helguera-Repetto, Cecilia A1 - Gonzalez y Merchand, Jorge A1 - Soto, Carlos Y. A1 - Hernández-Pando, Rogelio T1 - Transcription of Genes Involved in Sulfolipid and Polyacyltrehalose Biosynthesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Experimental Latent Tuberculosis Infection T2 - PLoS One N2 - he Influence of trehalose-based glycolipids in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is recognised; however, the actual role of these cell-wall glycolipids in latent infection is unknown. As an initial approach, we determined by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography the sulfolipid (SL) and diacyltrehalose/polyacyltrehalose (DAT/PAT) profile of the cell wall of hypoxic Mtb. Then, qRT-PCR was extensively conducted to determine the transcription profile of genes involved in the biosynthesis of these glycolipids in non-replicating persistent 1 (NRP1) and anaerobiosis (NRP2) models of hypoxia (Wayne model), and murine models of chronic and progressive pulmonary tuberculosis. A diminished content of SL and increased amounts of glycolipids with chromatographic profile similar to DAT were detected in Mtb grown in the NRP2 stage. A striking decrease in the transcription of mmpL8 and mmpL10 transporter genes and increased transcription of the pks (polyketidesynthase) genes involved in SL and DAT biosynthesis were detected in both the NRP2 stage and the murine model of chronic infection. All genes were found to be up-regulated in the progressive disease. These results suggest that SL production is diminished during latent infection and the DAT/PAT precursors can be accumulated inside tubercle bacilli and are possibly used in reactivation processes. Y1 - 2013 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/25705 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-257051 SN - 1932-6203 N1 - Copyright: © 2013 Rodríguez et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. VL - 8 IS - (3): e58378 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - PLoS CY - Lawrence, Kan. ER -