Dokl Biochem Biophys, 2020, 493(1):185-189

Use of Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Aptamers for Visualization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Small RNA MTS1338 in Infected Macrophages.

The possibility to visualize small bacterial RNAs inside macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis was demonstrated for the first time. A macrophage cell line was infected with the M. tuberculosis strain expressing small noncoding mycobacterial RNA MTS1338 fused with an RNA aptamer, which could bind a fluorophore and trigger its fluorescence. As a result, treatment of the infected macrophages with the DFHBI-1T fluorophore allowed fluorescence-based detection of the aptamer-labeled MTS1338 both in mycobacteria and in the host cell cytoplasm. This system can significantly aid in revealing the role of small M. tuberculosis RNAs in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis through identification of their secretion routes and eukaryotic targets and elucidation of the associated molecular pathways.

IBCH: 8759
Ссылка на статью в журнале: http://link.springer.com/10.1134/S1607672920040055
Кол-во цитирований на 09.2023: 2
Данные статьи проверены модераторами 2020-09-10

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