Leticia Lázaro-Antón, Maria Veiga-da-Cunha, Aitor Elizalde-Bielsa, Nathalie Chevalier, Raquel Conde-Álvarez, Maite Iriarte, Jean Jacques Letesson, Ignacio Moriyón, Emile Van Schaftingen, Amaia Zúñiga-Ripa
Brucellosis is a worldwide extended zoonosis caused by pathogens of the genus Brucella . While most B. abortus , B. melitensis , and B. suis biovars grow slowly in complex media, they multiply intensely in livestock genitals and placenta indicating high metabolic capacities. Mutant analyses in vitro and in infection models emphasize that erythritol (abundant in placenta and genitals) is a preferred substrate of brucellae, and suggest hexoses, pentoses, and gluconeogenic substrates use in host cells. While Brucella sugar and erythritol catabolic pathways are known, growth on 3-4 carbon substrates persists in Fbp- and GlpX-deleted mutants, the canonical gluconeogenic fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (F1,6bP) bisphosphatases...
2024: Frontiers in Veterinary Science