Title |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes genomic instability in macrophages
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Published in |
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, March 2018
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DOI | 10.1590/0074-02760170281 |
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Authors |
Jorge Castro-Garza, Miriam Lorena Luévano-Martínez, Licet Villarreal-Treviño, Jaime Gosálvez, José Luis Fernández, Martha Imelda Dávila-Rodríguez, Catalina García-Vielma, Silvia González-Hernández, Elva Irene Cortés-Gutiérrez |
Abstract |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen, which may either block cellular defensive mechanisms and survive inside the host cell or induce cell death. Several studies are still exploring the mechanisms involved in these processes. To evaluate the genomic instability of M. tuberculosis-infected macrophages and compare it with that of uninfected macrophages. We analysed the possible variations in the genomic instability of Mycobacterium-infected macrophages using the DNA breakage detection fluorescence in situ hybridisation (DBD-FISH) technique with a whole human genome DNA probe. Quantitative image analyses showed a significant increase in DNA damage in infected macrophages as compared with uninfected cells. DNA breaks were localised in nuclear membrane blebs, as confirmed with DNA fragmentation assay. Furthermore, a significant increase in micronuclei and nuclear abnormalities were observed in infected macrophages versus uninfected cells. Genomic instability occurs during mycobacterial infection and these data may be seminal for future research on host cell DNA damage in M. tuberculosis infection. |
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