PUBLICATION

Lysosomal Disorders Drive Susceptibility to Tuberculosis by Compromising Macrophage Migration

Authors
Berg, R.D., Levitte, S., O'Sullivan, M.P., O'Leary, S.M., Cambier, C.J., Cameron, J., Takaki, K.K., Moens, C.B., Tobin, D.M., Keane, J., Ramakrishnan, L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-160326-2
Date
2016
Source
Cell   165: 139-152 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Berg, Russell, Cambier, CJ, Cameron, James, Moens, Cecilia, Ramakrishnan, Lalita, Takaki, Kevin, Tobin, David
Keywords
none
Datasets
GEO:GSE74196
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Disease Susceptibility*
  • Granuloma/metabolism
  • Lysosomes/metabolism*
  • Macrophages/cytology
  • Macrophages/immunology*
  • Macrophages/pathology*
  • Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology
  • Mycobacterium Infections/immunology*
  • Mycobacterium Infections/pathology*
  • Mycobacterium marinum
  • Pulmonary Alveoli/immunology
  • Smoking
  • Transcription Factors/genetics
  • Transcription Factors/metabolism
  • Transport Vesicles/metabolism
  • Tuberculosis/immunology
  • Tuberculosis/pathology
  • Zebrafish
  • Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
  • Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
PubMed
27015311 Full text @ Cell
Abstract
A zebrafish genetic screen for determinants of susceptibility to Mycobacterium marinum identified a hypersusceptible mutant deficient in lysosomal cysteine cathepsins that manifests hallmarks of human lysosomal storage diseases. Under homeostatic conditions, mutant macrophages accumulate undigested lysosomal material, which disrupts endocytic recycling and impairs their migration to, and thus engulfment of, dying cells. This causes a buildup of unengulfed cell debris. During mycobacterial infection, macrophages with lysosomal storage cannot migrate toward infected macrophages undergoing apoptosis in the tuberculous granuloma. The unengulfed apoptotic macrophages undergo secondary necrosis, causing granuloma breakdown and increased mycobacterial growth. Macrophage lysosomal storage similarly impairs migration to newly infecting mycobacteria. This phenotype is recapitulated in human smokers, who are at increased risk for tuberculosis. A majority of their alveolar macrophages exhibit lysosomal accumulations of tobacco smoke particulates and do not migrate to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The incapacitation of highly microbicidal first-responding macrophages may contribute to smokers' susceptibility to tuberculosis.
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