Lung microenvironments harbor Mycobacterium tuberculosis phenotypes with distinct treatment responses
Walter, N. D.; Ernest, J. P.; Dide-Agossou, C.; Bauman, A. A.; Ramey, M. E.; Rossmassler, K.; Massoudi, L. M.; Pauly, S.; Al Mubarak, R.; Voskuil, M. I.; Kaya, F.; Sarathy, J. P.; Zimmerman, M. D.; Dartois, V.; Podell, B. K.; Savic, R. M.; Robertson, G. T.
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Tuberculosis lung lesions are complex and harbor heterogeneous microenvironments that influence antibiotic effectiveness. Major strides have been made recently in understanding drug pharmacokinetics in pulmonary lesions, but the bacterial phenotypes that arise under these conditions and their contribution to drug tolerance is poorly understood. A pharmacodynamic marker called the RS ratio quantifies ongoing rRNA synthesis based on the abundance of newly-synthesized precursor rRNA relative to mature structural rRNA. Application of the RS ratio in the C3HeB/FeJ mouse model demonstrated that Mycobacterium tuberculosis populations residing in different tissue microenvironments are phenotypically distinct and respond differently to drug treatment with rifampin, isoniazid or bedaquiline. This work provides a foundational basis required to address how anatomic and pathologic microenvironmental niches may contribute to the long treatment duration and drug tolerance during treatment of human tuberculosis.
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