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However, recent reports of lipoglycan-and lipoprotein-containing membrane-bound bacterial extracellular vesicles EV produced by MTB and involved in host pathogen interactions [ 26 ] such as by directly regulating T cell activity through exosomes released by macrophages [ 27 ], raises the question of whether the HMW A60 may be associated with EVs.
The study of EVs in mycobacteria was historically neglected due to their lack of outer membrane and distinctive thick cell wall, precluding the possibility that membrane-derived vesicles would be released from such walls. However, production of EVs ranging from 50— nm in size are now accepted to be a conserved phenomenon across the Mycobacterium genus, observed in both medically important species such as MTB and BCG, as well as non-pathogenic environmental mycobacteria [ 28 , 29 ].
Proteomically, MTB and BCG EVs are known to be enriched in lipoproteins such as LpqH, LppX, LprA and PstS1 [ 29 ], a group of virulence-associated proteins able to interfere with antigen presentation, which increasingly appear to serve as MTB emissaries sent to modulate T cells of infected hosts towards less protective responses [ 27 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ]. A key gap in characterization of A60, and addressing whether it is an artefact of cell lysis or instead has biological associations with EVs, is the fact that previous investigations relied on gel-based immunological methods, which were limited by available monoclonal antibodies.
As a first step towards better understanding the origins and potential application of this antigenic preparation on future biomarker and vaccine discovery, this article highlights findings from a shotgun proteomic analysis of commercial BCG-derived A60, corresponding predictive protein—protein interactions between member antigens and evaluation of antigenicity using patient serum, which together indicate presence of functional protein—protein interactions within the A60 complex, including several proteins that have been described in mycobacterial EVs.
Briefly, proteins were precipitated in ice-cold acetone overnight, then reduced using 10 mM tris 2-carboxyethyl phosphine Sigma Aldrich, St. The eluents used for the LC were 0. High mass accuracy MS data were obtained in a data-dependent acquisition mode with the Orbitrap resolution set at 75, and the top-ten multiply charged species selected for fragmentation by higher-energy collisional dissociation HCD single-charged and double-charged species were ignored. The capillary electrophoresis CE voltage was set to The resolution was set to , at MS1 with lock mass of Top 3 s method was used to select species for fragmentation.
CE voltage was set to 1. Serum samples were collected between July to December in Vietnam, before initiation of treatment.
All human samples used in this study are from repositories for which subjects gave their informed consent for inclusion and are non-identifiable. Membranes were washed thrice in PBS Data were tabulated and visualized using Microsoft Excel. Overall, the proteins identified in the A60 represents approximately A Venn diagram of proteins identified using two samples of A60 as well as comparison of A60 of M. Further analysis were conducted on the proteins shared between A60 S1 and S2. Boxes show a cluster of chaperone proteins and b cluster of ribosomal proteins.
Node colors indicate functional enrichments based on GO growth green , GO protein binding red , and GO plasma membrane purple. Based on highest number of peptides with significant matches as well as experimental detection and available literature, 27 proteins of interest were also analyzed in greater detail Table 1. The PPI enrichment analysis suggests significant functional interaction between the proteins p -value 9.
The highest scores obtained for predicted interaction were of rpoC with rpoB 0. Correspondingly, the top functional enrichments for these proteins were predicted to be protein folding FDR: 1. Molecular and functional characteristics of proteins proteomically identified in A Note: Proteins 1—21 were selected and listed in order of decreasing number of significant peptide matches average for A60 S1 and S2 , while proteins 22—27 were selected based on importance according to existing literature.
Asterisks indicate proteins that have been commonly found in proteomic analysis of all PPDs analyzed in Prasad et. Electrophoresed and blotted A60 probed with rabbit polyclonal anti-WCL antibodies showed several bands of varying intensity between 20 kDa and 75 kDa, with smeared bands approximately 50 kDa and higher, while clear bands were seen in lower molecular weight MW proteins between 20—37 kDa Figure 3 a. This pattern of antigenicity in rabbit antiserum appears similar when A60 was probed with patient sera samples. A60 is a large antigenic complex that has been consistently purified from lysate of log-phase grown BCG using a Sepharose 6B SEC column [ 34 ], albeit with some antigenic variation between batches.
Despite its extended history, the origins of A60 and the reason this complex consistently appears upon cell lysis has not been investigated given that the micelle-forming complex was presumed to be an artefact of cell lysis. However, in recent years, there have been emerging interest in re-evaluation of classical mycobacterial antigen preparations using global approaches such as mass spectrometry, which may provide more insights into their characteristics to inform research in biomarkers and vaccine development.
Given the crude nature of the PPD and A60, it is unsurprising that the two preparations reportedly share several similar antigens [ 25 ].
However, this is the first study known at present to proteomically characterize the A60 complex of M. Our MS results, identifying hundreds of different proteins, appear consistent with previous proteomic studies on complexes such as PPD reporting identification of [ 39 ], [ 38 ] and [ 42 ] different proteins, and cellular component proteome studies such as M. Of the proteins in A60, proteins with MTB H37Rv homology were largely found to have significant enrichment for cell wall and membrane components, and functional enrichment for metabolic and cellular processes.
These findings suggest that despite assumptions that A60 complexes are artefacts of cell lysis and extraction methods, several proteins present in these heterogeneous complexes may possess physical or functional biological associations. This raises further questions whether the micellar structures that contain A60 proteins may be associated with proteins released extracellularly into EVs, since a total of proteins identified in the A60 were also reported in Lee et al.
The latter of which has been implicated as a novel immune activator capable of interacting with dendritic cells to generate Th1-biased memory T cells [ 48 ] and shown to confer better protection compared to that of DnaK-immunization [ 49 ]. Additionally, because DnaK and other chaperone proteins present in A60, such as HspX, and GroEL, are known to be highly homologous and conserved in different mycobacteria [ 52 ], it is unsurprising that attempts at using crude preparation such as A60 and PPD for diagnostic purposes have given rise to many false positive results [ 41 ].
Besides the presence of a chaperone protein cluster, other significant interactions found among 27 proteins of interest highlight clustering of protein synthesis-associated RpoB, RpoC, RpsA, Tuf, AtpA, and AtpD, and interaction between ligand transport proteins LpqH and LprG, which have been observed in EVs. While less is known about the latter three proteins, RpoB is well-described due to its association with resistance to the first-line TB drug rifampicin, with mutations in rpoC recently also found to influence RpoB-related resistance [ 53 ], while mutations for RpsA-coding genes is known to confer resistance against another first-line TB drug, pyrazinamide [ 54 ].
LpqH is a well-described protein consistently found in EVs, which has been observed to be overexpressed when EV production is increased [ 55 ], while LprG translocates lipoarabinomannan to the cell surface and transports triacylglycerides across the inner cell membrane into the periplasm [ 56 ]. Together these co-occurring ligand transport proteins are both virulence factors recognized by toll-like receptor 2 TLR2 known to enhance TLR2-associated inflammation responses [ 47 , 57 ].
When A60 was probed with TB patient sera samples, reactivity was most consistently observed against proteins approximately between 37—50 kDa and 20 kDa. However, these were also the same bands recognized by a single non-TB control serum sample. This cross-reactivity may reflect the presence of conserved proteins such as DnaK and GroEL, and population exposure to environmental mycobacteria as is common in TB-endemic countries such as Vietnam, from which the serum samples were collected [ 59 ], although it is also possible that this patient may have had ETB that was not detected through the diagnostics methods utilised.
The major limitations of the data presented relate to batch-to-batch variation of A60 and BCG, and the influence of sample processing for MS, which may hamper exact reproducibility of data. Although the analysis focussed on consistently detected proteins, as with many native antigenic preparations including for EVs , contaminating proteins may be present which may result in artefacts.
The STRING analysis is predictive and the interactions illustrated have yet to be experimentally validated, largely due to limitations in antibodies available against proteins detected, and lack of reactivity of available antibodies against certain proteins such as DnaK data not shown due to unknown reasons, which complicates attempts to verify predicted interactions through immunological methods such as Western blot and co-immunoprecipitation.
Furthermore, due to limited databases available for M. Finally, this analysis of A60 neglects the many glycolipid antigens that are not detectable by MS, and due to its qualitative nature, the proteins identified and their respective significant peptide matches provide limited information on protein abundance and distribution in the complex.
Hence, in-depth quantitative studies are important to determine the abundance and presence of up- or down-regulated proteins in A60 especially for EV-associated proteins. Particularly striking is the signal intensity detected for LpqH on Western blot, a bonafide EV-associated protein, despite being detected with lower numbers of significant peptide matches—underscoring the qualitative nature of the MS analysis.
Atom Visualizer brings science home and to the classroom - what is everything around us made of? I like examining and I conceive this website got some really utilitarian stuff on it! Recent Activity. Read article at publisher's site DOI : Parra J. These findings suggest that despite assumptions that A60 complexes are artefacts of cell lysis and extraction methods, several proteins present in these heterogeneous complexes may possess physical or functional biological associations. Jamieson F.
This study remains a first attempt to identify and characterize proteins present in A60 complex using a global proteomic bioinformatics approach, which has identified several proteins associated with MTB growth, survival and interaction with host immunity. Such characterization may bring us closer to isolation of more consistent preparations of immunogenic and antigenic proteins which are specific to pathogenic MTB and possess reduced cross-reactivity with non-pathogenic mycobacteria, to inform the burgeoning research in mycobacterial EVs and impel progress in TB biomarker and vaccine development.
We are also grateful to the reviewers of the manuscript for suggestions that were incorporated into the data analysis. Conceptualization, D.
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