Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence?
<h4>Background</h4>Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), has the ability to persist in its human host for exceptionally long periods of time. However, little is known about the location of the bacilli in latently infected individuals. Long-term mycobacte...
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doaj-e5f9f15889cb49fc812cf2eb6ca316402021-03-03T22:19:51ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032006-12-011e4310.1371/journal.pone.0000043Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence?Olivier NeyrollesRogelio Hernández-PandoFrance Pietri-RouxelPaul FornèsLudovic TailleuxJorge Alberto Barrios PayánElisabeth PivertYann BordatDiane AguilarMarie-Christine PrévostCaroline PetitBrigitte Gicquel<h4>Background</h4>Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), has the ability to persist in its human host for exceptionally long periods of time. However, little is known about the location of the bacilli in latently infected individuals. Long-term mycobacterial persistence in the lungs has been reported, but this may not sufficiently account for strictly extra-pulmonary TB, which represents 10-15% of the reactivation cases.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We applied in situ and conventional PCR to sections of adipose tissue samples of various anatomical origins from 19 individuals from Mexico and 20 from France who had died from causes other than TB. M. tuberculosis DNA could be detected by either or both techniques in fat tissue surrounding the kidneys, the stomach, the lymph nodes, the heart and the skin in 9/57 Mexican samples (6/19 individuals), and in 8/26 French samples (6/20 individuals). In addition, mycobacteria could be immuno-detected in perinodal adipose tissue of 1 out of 3 biopsy samples from individuals with active TB. In vitro, using a combination of adipose cell models, including the widely used murine adipose cell line 3T3-L1, as well as primary human adipocytes, we show that after binding to scavenger receptors, M. tuberculosis can enter within adipocytes, where it accumulates intracytoplasmic lipid inclusions and survives in a non-replicating state that is insensitive to the major anti-mycobacterial drug isoniazid.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Given the abundance and the wide distribution of the adipose tissue throughout the body, our results suggest that this tissue, among others, might constitute a vast reservoir where the tubercle bacillus could persist for long periods of time, and avoid both killing by antimicrobials and recognition by the host immune system. In addition, M. tuberculosis-infected adipocytes might provide a new model to investigate dormancy and to evaluate new drugs for the treatment of persistent infection.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000043 |
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Olivier Neyrolles Rogelio Hernández-Pando France Pietri-Rouxel Paul Fornès Ludovic Tailleux Jorge Alberto Barrios Payán Elisabeth Pivert Yann Bordat Diane Aguilar Marie-Christine Prévost Caroline Petit Brigitte Gicquel |
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Olivier Neyrolles Rogelio Hernández-Pando France Pietri-Rouxel Paul Fornès Ludovic Tailleux Jorge Alberto Barrios Payán Elisabeth Pivert Yann Bordat Diane Aguilar Marie-Christine Prévost Caroline Petit Brigitte Gicquel Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? PLoS ONE |
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Olivier Neyrolles Rogelio Hernández-Pando France Pietri-Rouxel Paul Fornès Ludovic Tailleux Jorge Alberto Barrios Payán Elisabeth Pivert Yann Bordat Diane Aguilar Marie-Christine Prévost Caroline Petit Brigitte Gicquel |
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Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? |
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Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? |
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Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? |
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Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? |
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Is adipose tissue a place for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? |
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is adipose tissue a place for mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence? |
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<h4>Background</h4>Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), has the ability to persist in its human host for exceptionally long periods of time. However, little is known about the location of the bacilli in latently infected individuals. Long-term mycobacterial persistence in the lungs has been reported, but this may not sufficiently account for strictly extra-pulmonary TB, which represents 10-15% of the reactivation cases.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>We applied in situ and conventional PCR to sections of adipose tissue samples of various anatomical origins from 19 individuals from Mexico and 20 from France who had died from causes other than TB. M. tuberculosis DNA could be detected by either or both techniques in fat tissue surrounding the kidneys, the stomach, the lymph nodes, the heart and the skin in 9/57 Mexican samples (6/19 individuals), and in 8/26 French samples (6/20 individuals). In addition, mycobacteria could be immuno-detected in perinodal adipose tissue of 1 out of 3 biopsy samples from individuals with active TB. In vitro, using a combination of adipose cell models, including the widely used murine adipose cell line 3T3-L1, as well as primary human adipocytes, we show that after binding to scavenger receptors, M. tuberculosis can enter within adipocytes, where it accumulates intracytoplasmic lipid inclusions and survives in a non-replicating state that is insensitive to the major anti-mycobacterial drug isoniazid.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Given the abundance and the wide distribution of the adipose tissue throughout the body, our results suggest that this tissue, among others, might constitute a vast reservoir where the tubercle bacillus could persist for long periods of time, and avoid both killing by antimicrobials and recognition by the host immune system. In addition, M. tuberculosis-infected adipocytes might provide a new model to investigate dormancy and to evaluate new drugs for the treatment of persistent infection. |
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