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ArticleBMC genomics2016

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional landscape under genotoxic stress.

Amine Namouchi, Marta Gómez-Muñoz, Stephan A Frye, Line Victoria Moen, Torbjørn Rognes, Tone Tønjum, Seetha V Balasingham

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Article in BMC genomics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amine NamouchiDepartment of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4950, NO-0424, Oslo, Norway.
Marta Gómez-MuñozDepartment of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Stephan A FryeDepartment of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4950, NO-0424, Oslo, Norway.
Line Victoria MoenDepartment of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Torbjørn RognesDepartment of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4950, NO-0424, Oslo, Norway.
Tone TønjumDepartment of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4950, NO-0424, Oslo, Norway.
Seetha V BalasinghamDepartment of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Postboks 4950, NO-0424, Oslo, Norway. sbala@rr-research.no.
University of Oslo · NOOslo University Hospital · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs an intracellular human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is facing multiple stressful stimuli inside the macrophage and the granuloma. Understanding Mtb responses to stress is essential to identify new virulence factors and pathways that play a role in the survival of the tubercle bacillus. The main goal of this study was to map the regulatory networks of differentially expressed (DE) transcripts in Mtb upon various forms of genotoxic stress. We exposed Mtb cells to oxidative (H

resultsThe most significant transcriptomic alteration with more than 700 DE genes was seen under nitrosative stress. In addition to genes that belong to the replication, recombination and repair (3R) group, mainly found under mitomycin C stress, we identified DE genes important for bacterial virulence and survival, such as genes of the type VII secretion system (T7SS) and the proline-glutamic acid/proline-proline-glutamic acid (PE/PPE) family. By predicting the structures of hypothetical proteins (HPs) encoded by DE genes, we found that some of these HPs might be involved in mycobacterial genome maintenance. We also applied a state-of-the-art method to predict potential target genes of the identified ncRNAs and found that some of these could regulate several genes that might be directly involved in the response to genotoxic stress.

conclusionsOur study reflects the complexity of the response of Mtb in handling genotoxic stress. In addition to genes involved in genome maintenance, other potential key players, such as the members of the T7SS and PE/PPE gene family, were identified. This plethora of responses is detected not only at the level of DE genes encoding mRNAs but also at the level of ncRNAs and their potential targets.

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DNA DamageTranscriptomeCluster AnalysisGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansHydrogen PeroxideMethylnitronitrosoguanidineMycobacterium tuberculosisType VII Secretion SystemsHydrogen PeroxideMethylnitronitrosoguanidineType VII Secretion SystemsGenotoxic stressMycobacterium tuberculosisNon-coding RNA (ncRNA)RNA deep-sequencingTranscriptomics

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