Journal: Nature Communications
Article Title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis modulates phosphorylation of host ATP6V1E1 to promote intracellular survival
doi: 10.1038/s41467-026-69331-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: a Detection ATP6V1E1 phosphorylation in macrophages infected with H37Rv or H37RvΔChp2 (MOI = 5) for indicated times. ratio: p-ATP6V1E1 Y56/57 /ATP6V1E1. b Immunoblotting of the lysates of macrophages transfected with scrambled or Bmx -specific siRNA and infected with H37Rv or H37RvΔChp2 (MOI = 5) for the indicated times by p-ATP6V1E1 Y56/Y57 antibody. ratio: p-ATP6V1E1 Y56/57 /ATP6V1E1. c Immunoblot analysis of ATP6V1E1 phosphorylation in peritoneal macrophages isolated from wild-type or Bmx +/- mice infected with H37Rv or H37RvΔChp2 for the indicated times (MOI = 5). ratio: p-ATP6V1E1 Y56/57 /ATP6V1E1. d In vitro phosphorylation assay of purified GFP-BMX and Flag-ATP6V1E1, which were overexpressed in HEK293T cells and treated with recombinant Chp2 protein(1 μg). e Peritoneal macrophages were infected with H37Rv or H37RvΔChp2 (MOI = 5) for 6 h, and changes of V-ATPase subunit abundance in the cytosolic (C) and membrane (M) fractions were analyzed by western blot. f Quantification of Western blots described in ( e ) (mean ± SEM). g , h Intracellular CFU and bacterial survival in macrophages transfected with scrambled or Bmx -specific siRNA and infected with H37Rv or H37RvΔRv1184c for the indicated times (MOI = 5) or then treat with NH 4 Cl (20 μM) (mean ± SEM), g P = 4.8736E-06 (Ctrl, si-Ctrl, 24 h). h P = 4.86583E-05 (Ctrl, si-Ctrl). ( i ) Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) assay of the direct interaction of ATP6V1E1 with BMX. BMX captured on a carboxy (COOH) chip can bind ATP6V1E1 with an affinity constant of 190 nM as determined in a localized surface plasmonic resonance (LSPR) assay. j Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation of lysates from HEK293T cells transfected with plasmids for 48 h were performed and detected using the p-ATP6V1E1 Y56/Y57 antibody. k Endogenous interaction of ATP6V1E1 with BMX in mice peritoneal macrophages infected with H37Rv or H37RvΔRv1184c (MOI = 5) for the indicated times. l The predicted structural model of Rv1184c-BMX-V-ATPase complex by AlphaFold3 Server. Yellow represents ATP6V1G1, gray represents ATP6V1E1, blue represents Rv1184c, light purple represents BMX, dark purple represents the catalytic region of BMX, and red box represents the Y56/57 site of ATP6V1E1. Data in ( a–k ) are representative of one experiment with at least three independent biological replicates ( f–h , n = 3). Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t test ( f–h ) was used for statistical analysis.
Article Snippet: The siRNA targeting mouse Bmx (sc-38942) and control scrambled siRNA (sc-37007) were obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, and a siRNA pool specifically targeting mouse Atp6v1e1 was obtained from RiboBio (Guangzhou, China).
Techniques: Phospho-proteomics, Infection, Western Blot, Transfection, Isolation, In Vitro, Purification, Recombinant, Membrane, SPR Assay, Immunoprecipitation, Two Tailed Test