Genetic basis for the synthesis of the immunomodulatory mannose caps of lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Genetic basis for the synthesis of the immunomodulatory mannose caps of lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Abstract
Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a high molecular weight, heterogenous lipoglycan present in abundant quantities in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and many other actinomycetes. In M. tuberculosis, the non-reducing arabinan termini of the LAM are capped with alpha1-->2 mannose residues; in some other species, the arabinan of LAM is not capped or is capped with inositol phosphate. The nature and extent of this capping plays an important role in disease pathogenesis. MT1671 in M. tuberculosis CDC1551 was identified as a glycosyltransferase that could be involved in LAM capping. To determine the function of this protein a mutant strain of M. tuberculosis CDC1551 was studied, in which MT1671 was disrupted by transposition. SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the LAM of the mutant strain migrated more rapidly than that of the wild type and did not react with concanavalin A as did wild-type LAM. Structural analysis using NMR, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, endoarabinanase digestion, Dionex high pH anion exchange chromatography, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry demonstrated that the LAM of the mutant strain was devoid of mannose capping. Since an ortholog of MT1671 is not present in Mycobacterium smegmatis mc(2)155, a recombinant strain was constructed that expressed this protein. Analysis revealed that the LAM of the recombinant strain was larger than that of the wild type, had gained concanavalin A reactivity, and that the arabinan termini were capped with a single mannose residue. Thus, MT1671 is the mannosyltransferase involved in deposition of the first of the mannose residues on the non-reducing arabinan termini and the basis of much of the interaction between the tubercle bacillus and the host cell.
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