Visualizing pyrazinamide action by live single cell imaging of phagosome acidification and Mycobacterium tuberculosis pH homeostasis
P. Santucci, B. Aylan, L. Botella, E. M. Bernard, C. Bussi, E. Pellegrino, N. Athanasiadi, M. G. Gutierrez
This paper uses live-cell imaging to show that pyrazinamide disrupts Mycobacterium tuberculosis intracellular pH homeostasis, unlike other antibiotics, and that this effect depends on host endolysosomal acidification and PncA activity.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2021Microbiology