Biosensor-integrated transposon mutagenesis reveals rv0158 as a coordinator of redox homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  1. Somnath Shee
  2. Reshma T Veetil
  3. Karthikeyan Mohanraj
  4. Mayashree Das
  5. Nitish Malhotra
  6. Devleena Bandopadhyay
  7. Hussain Beig
  8. Shalini Birua
  9. Shreyas Niphadkar
  10. Sathya Narayanan Nagarajan
  11. Vikrant Kumar Sinha
  12. Chandrani Thakur
  13. Raju S Rajmani
  14. Nagasuma Chandra
  15. Sunil Laxman
  16. Mahavir Singh
  17. Areejit Samal
  18. Aswin N Seshasayee
  19. Amit Singh  Is a corresponding author
  1. Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
  2. National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
  3. Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India
  4. Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, India
  5. Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, India

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is evolutionarily equipped to resist exogenous reactive oxygen species but shows vulnerability to an increase in endogenous ROS (eROS). Since eROS is an unavoidable consequence of aerobic metabolism, understanding how Mtb manages eROS levels is essential yet needs to be characterized. By combining the Mrx1-roGFP2 redox biosensor with transposon mutagenesis, we identified 368 genes (redoxosome) responsible for maintaining homeostatic levels of eROS in Mtb. Integrating redoxosome with a global network of transcriptional regulators revealed a hypothetical protein (Rv0158) as a critical node managing eROS in Mtb. Disruption of rv0158 (rv0158 KO) impaired growth, redox balance, respiration, and metabolism of Mtb on glucose but not on fatty acids. Importantly, rv0158 KO exhibited enhanced growth on propionate, and the Rv0158 protein directly binds to methylmalonyl-CoA, a key intermediate in propionate catabolism. Metabolite profiling, ChIP-Seq, and gene-expression analyses indicate that Rv0158 manages metabolic neutralization of propionate toxicity by regulating the methylcitrate cycle. Disruption of rv0158 enhanced the sensitivity of Mtb to oxidative stress, nitric oxide, and anti-TB drugs. Lastly, rv0158 KO showed poor survival in macrophages and persistence defect in mice. Our results suggest that Rv0158 is a metabolic integrator for carbon metabolism and redox balance in Mtb.

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All data generated or analysed during this study are included in the manuscript (in the materials and methods section). The TraDIS data has been submitted to NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus (Submission ID: SUB11081305; BioProject ID: PRJNA807454). RNA Sequencing data have been submitted to NCBI's Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO, accession number GSE196844). Source Data have been provided for all Figures. Source Data contain the numerical data used to generate the figures.

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  1. Somnath Shee

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  2. Reshma T Veetil

    National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
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  3. Karthikeyan Mohanraj

    Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
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  4. Mayashree Das

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  5. Nitish Malhotra

    National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
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  6. Devleena Bandopadhyay

    Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  7. Hussain Beig

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  8. Shalini Birua

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  9. Shreyas Niphadkar

    Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore, India
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  10. Sathya Narayanan Nagarajan

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  11. Vikrant Kumar Sinha

    Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  12. Chandrani Thakur

    Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  13. Raju S Rajmani

    Centre for Infectious Disease Research, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  14. Nagasuma Chandra

    Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  15. Sunil Laxman

    Regulation of Cell fate, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Bangalore, India
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  16. Mahavir Singh

    Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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  17. Areejit Samal

    Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
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  18. Aswin N Seshasayee

    National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
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  19. Amit Singh

    Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bangalore, India
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Funding

Wellcome Trust- DBT India Alliance (IA/S/16/2/502700)

  • Amit Singh

DBT (BT/PR13522/COE/34/27/2015)

  • Amit Singh

Indian Institute of Science (Graduate Student Fellowship)

  • Somnath Shee

DBT-IISc Partnership Program (grant 22-0905-0006-05-987 436)

  • Amit Singh

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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Animal experimentation: All animal studies were executed as per guidelines prescribed by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals, Government of India, with approval from the Institutional Animal Ethical Committee (CAF/Ethics/544/2017- Institute animal ethical clearance number) and Biosafety Level-3 Committee.

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  1. Somnath Shee
  2. Reshma T Veetil
  3. Karthikeyan Mohanraj
  4. Mayashree Das
  5. Nitish Malhotra
  6. Devleena Bandopadhyay
  7. Hussain Beig
  8. Shalini Birua
  9. Shreyas Niphadkar
  10. Sathya Narayanan Nagarajan
  11. Vikrant Kumar Sinha
  12. Chandrani Thakur
  13. Raju S Rajmani
  14. Nagasuma Chandra
  15. Sunil Laxman
  16. Mahavir Singh
  17. Areejit Samal
  18. Aswin N Seshasayee
  19. Amit Singh
(2023)
Biosensor-integrated transposon mutagenesis reveals rv0158 as a coordinator of redox homeostasis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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