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TUBERCULOSIS
Volume 84, Issue 3-4, Pages 263-274Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2003.12.005
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis; innate drug resistance; microarray; isoniazid; isoxyl; tetrahydrolipstatin
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- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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The response of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to six anti-microbial agents was determined by microarray analysis in an attempt to define mechanisms of innate resistance in M. tuberculosis. The gene expression profiles of M. tuberculosis after treatment at the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) for 4h with isoniazid, isoxyl, tetrahydrolipstatin, SRI#221, SR1#967 and SR1#9190 were compared to untreated M. tuberculosis. A common response to drug exposure was defined, and this expression profile overlapped with a number of other mycobacterial stress responses recently identified by microarray analysis. Compound-specific responses were also distinguished including a number of putative transcriptional regulators and translocation-related genes. These genes may contribute to the intrinsic resistance of M. tuberculosis to anti-microbial compounds. Further investigation into these mechanisms may elucidate novel pathways contributing to mycobacterial drug resistance and influence anti-mycobacterial drug development strategies. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. ALL rights reserved.
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