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PLOS ONE
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121042
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资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal (FCT)
- FEDER [PTDC/SAU-MII/100964/2008, PEst-OE/EQB/LA0004/2011, Pest-OE/EME/LA0022]
- FCT [SFRH/BD/46997/2008, SFRH/47702/2008, SFRH/BD/97415/2013, IF/00653/2012]
- FEBS
- European Research Council [337399-PneumoCell]
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO-ALW) [864.12.001]
- European Social Fund (ESF) through the Operational Program Human Potential (POPH)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/46997/2008, SFRH/BD/97415/2013] Funding Source: FCT
- MRC [G0501416] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0501416] Funding Source: researchfish
The human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae is a strictly fermentative organism that relies on glycolytic metabolism to obtain energy. In the human nasopharynx S. pneumoniae encounters glycoconjugates composed of a variety of monosaccharides, which can potentially be used as nutrients once depolymerized by glycosidases. Therefore, it is reasonable to hypothesise that the pneumococcus would rely on these glycan-derived sugars to grow. Here, we identified the sugar-specific catabolic pathways used by S. pneumoniae during growth on mucin. Transcriptome analysis of cells grown on mucin showed specific upregulation of genes likely to be involved in deglycosylation, transport and catabolism of galactose, mannose and N acetylglucosamine. In contrast to growth on mannose and N-acetylglucosamine, S. pneumoniae grown on galactose re-route their metabolic pathway from homolactic fermentation to a truly mixed acid fermentation regime. By measuring intracellular metabolites, enzymatic activities and mutant analysis, we provide an accurate map of the biochemical pathways for galactose, mannose and N-acetylglucosamine catabolism in S. pneumoniae. Intranasal mouse infection models of pneumococcal colonisation and disease showed that only mutants in galactose catabolic genes were attenuated. Our data pinpoint galactose as a key nutrient for growth in the respiratory tract and highlights the importance of central carbon metabolism for pneumococcal pathogenesis.
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