Abstract
Cell death or senescence is a fundamental event that helps maintain cellular homeostasis, shapes the growth of organism, and provides protective immunity against invading pathogens. Decreased or increased cell death is detrimental both in infectious and non-infectious diseases. Cell death is executed both by regulated enzymic reactions and non-enzymic sudden collapse. In this brief review we have tried to summarize various cell death modalities and their impact on the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Introduction
Cell death is a primordial event in embryogenesis, metamorphosis, and in innate immune response against the invading pathogens. Cell death as a defense mechanism is also documented in the plant kingdom (Kabbage et al., ). Cell death is executed in a series of ordered biochemical cascades and is referred as programmed cell death or PCD.
Till early 2000, cell death was discussed as dichotomy in terms of either apoptosis or necrosis. However, with the growth of science many distinct modes of cell death with well-organized signaling cascades were unraveled. Currently, there exists nine different forms of cell death namely apoptosis (Fink and Cookson, ), autophagy (Fink and Cookson, ), mitoptosis (Chaabane et al., ), necrosis (Fink and Cookson, ), necroptosis (Galluzzi and Kroemer, ), netosis (Remijsen et al., 2011), oncosis (Fink and Cookson, ), pyroptosis (Fink and Cookson, ), and pyronecrosis (Willingham et al., 2007). It is still a puzzle whether these pathways are different features of the same response or physiologically distinct responses. Apoptosis as an defense mechanism initiates both innate and adaptive immunity (Behar et al., ). However, pathogenic organisms have developed mechanisms to modulate apoptosis for their survival. Apoptosis of the infected cells have been reported to be a favorable outcome for the dissemination of infections like Yersinia, Francisella, etc. (Ruckdeschel et al., 1997; Wickstrum et al., 2009). On the contrary, impairment of apoptosis provides a survival niche to many intracellular pathogens including Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Behar et al., ), leads to auto immunity, cancer and degenerative disorders (Elmore, ). Studies in M. tuberculosis have identified a causal relationship between virulence of the strain and induction of apoptosis. Inhibition of apoptosis favors M. tuberculosis survival in many ways like preventing bactericidal effects, T-cell priming, etc. (Velmurugan et al., 2007). In contrast, a recent report states that apoptosis inducing strains could disseminate M. tuberculosis infection (Aguilo et al., ). Necrotic cell death of burdened M. tuberculosis infected cells was shown to pave way for re-infection (Butler et al., ). In here, we summarize various apoptotic modalities and their role in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. Furthermore, we share our experience in analyzing these responses in M. tuberculosis infection.
Models of cell death
Apoptosis
First represented in the article by Kerr, Wyllie, and Currie in 1972 (Elmore, ). Apoptosis is an energy dependent regulatory process that disintegrates the dying cell by enclosing the cytoplasmic contents inside membrane bound vesicles called apoptotic bodies. These apoptotic bodies are engulfed by the phagocytic cells by a process called efferocytosis thereby efficiently clearing the dying cell without any inflammatory responses (Lee et al., 2009). Three pathways namely extrinsic/ligand-mediated pathway, intrinsic/mitochondrial pathway, and the granzyme B-mediated pathway regulate the process of apoptosis upon activation by physiological or pathological conditions (Elmore, ). The major players in apoptosis are caspases, adaptor proteins, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor (TNF-R) super family, and Bcl-2 family of proteins (Strasser et al., 2000). There are three categories of caspases; initiators (caspase-2,-8,-9,-10), effectors or executioners (caspase-3,-6,-7), and inflammatory caspases (caspase-1,-4,-5) (Elmore, ). Caspase-activated DNases activate endonuclease that produce the typical internucleosomal DNA cleavage during apoptosis (Strasser et al., 2000). Adapter proteins play a major role in apoptosis as a link between caspases and the TNF-R by mediating homotypic interactions between the domains death domain, the death effector domain, and the caspase recruitment domains (Strasser et al., 2000).
Bcl-2 family of proteins are classified into three types that fall into pro-survival and pro-apoptotic categories based on the amino acid sequence homology to Bcl-2 homology regions BH1–BH4. Pro -survival Bcl-xL, Bcl-w, A1/Bfl-1, Mcl-1, and Boo/Diva have three or four bcl-2 homology regions while the pro-apoptotic members called Bax-like death factors Bax, Bcl-xS, Bak, and Bok/Mtd contain two or three homology regions (Pecina-Slaus, 2010). The third group of proteins Bad, Bik/Nbk, Bid, Hrk/DP5, Bim/Bod, and Blk, etc. that possess only a BH3 region are potent inducers of apoptosis (Strasser et al., 2000).
Apoptotic pathways
Extrinsic pathway is initiated by binding of the ligands like TNF-α, FasL, CD95L, TRAIL, etc. to their respective receptors TNFR, Fas/CD95, and DR3 on the cell surface. This activates the initiator caspases such as caspases 8 and 10 that results in the formation and activation of death inducing signaling complex (DISC) that activates caspase 3 (Pecina-Slaus, 2010; Kalimuthu and Se-Kwon, ). Caspase 3 activation leads to cleavage of various death substrates that results in the characteristic hallmarks of apoptosis like DNA fragmentation, membrane blebbing, etc. (Kalimuthu and Se-Kwon, ).
Intrinsic pathway of apoptosis is trigged due to the intracellular death signals. Mitochondrial enzyme endonuclease G, Bcl-2 family of proteins like Bax, Bid, and other mitochondrial proteins AIF, DIABLO [SMAC (second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases)], and cytochrome C plays a major role in this response (Kalimuthu and Se-Kwon, ). Upon the stimulus, the BH3-only protein Bid activates Bax and Bak that results in conformational change and oligomerization, forming an oligomeric pore in the outer mitochondrial membrane called permeability transition pores (Ferri and Kroemer, ; Kalimuthu and Se-Kwon, ). This results in the release of cytochrome C and other pro-apoptotic factors from the mitochondria into the cytosol. Cytochrome C interacts with Apaf and activates caspase-9 forming a multi-protein subunit complex called casposome (apoptosome) comprising cytochrome C, Apaf-1, procaspase-9, and ATP. In the absence of death stimulus, inhibitor of apoptosis family proteins (IAP) inactivates the caspase activity by direct binding. However, upon apoptotic stimuli IAPs are negatively regulated by SMAC and that leads to the activation of caspase-3 (Pecina-Slaus, 2010; Kalimuthu and Se-Kwon, ). Furthermore, extrinsic pathway was found to influence the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis by truncation of Bid (Cillessen et al., ).
Granzyme B-mediated pathway utilizing the extrinsic mode of apoptosis is used by cytotoxic T lymphocytes as a mechanism to kill its target. Besides this, the secretion of pore forming granules containing serine proteases granzyme A and granzyme B also execute apoptosis that is both dependent and independent of caspase activation (Elmore, ).
Autophagy
It is a regulated homeostatic response conserved in all living cells degrading their own cytoplasm. Autophagy is a predominant cell survival response that is involved either in nutrient turnover or energy production during stress or removal of long lived cells or to protect against invading intracellular pathogens (Chaabane et al., ). Three forms of autophagy namely macroautophagy, microautophagy, and chaperone-mediated autophagy exist. During the autophagy, damaged organelle is lined with an isolation membrane called the phagophore that enlarges forming the double membrane structure called autophagosome. The autophagosome fuses either with late endosomes or lysosomes causing cell death (Levine and Deretic, 2007; Remijsen et al., 2011). Autophagy is regulated by autophagy-related proteins, serine/threonine kinase, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), class I and class III phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) (Levine and Deretic, 2007; Su et al., 2013).
Mitoptosis
Apoptotic changes inside the mitochondria are called mitoptosis. Mitoptosis is still in infancy and no specific factors have been identified. The identification is based on morphological changes like disintegrating cristae, swollen mitochondria, etc. (Chaabane et al., ).
Necrosis
Accidental cell death induced due to pathological or physiological conditions are called necrosis. During necrosis, swelling of organelles like endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria occurs thereby rupturing the plasma membrane. This leaks the intracellular contents of the necrotic cell into the intercellular space causing inflammatory responses (Fink and Cookson, ; Chaabane et al., ).
Necroptosis
In the year 2008, Hitomi et al. reported that necrosis could be a regulated process of cell death. The activation of serine/threonine kinase RIP1, BH3 only protein Bmf, and mitochondrial dysfunction executes necroptosis (Galluzzi and Kroemer, ).
NETosis
In 2004, the findings of Brinkman group unveiled another cell death program named by Steinberg in 2007 called NETosis (Mesa and Vasquez, 2013). One among the defense mechanisms used by neutrophils is the extrusion of intracellular material in the form of extracellular traps (ETs) to the surrounding extracellular medium. This concentrates the microbicidal substances to trap and kill pathogens (Mesa and Vasquez, 2013). Release of ETs by neutrophils is called NETs and mast cells as MCETs. NETs are composed of DNA and histones, and they are resistant to degradation by proteases, insensitive to caspase inhibition and necrostatins (cytoprotective agents) (Mesa and Vasquez, 2013). During NETosis both the nuclear and granular membranes disintegrate leaving the plasma membrane intact (Remijsen et al., 2011). NETosis is activated by pathogens, platelets activated with LPS and in eosinophils (Remijsen et al., 2011). Formation of NET is both nuclear and mitochondrial in origin.
Oncosis
It is the swelling of cells that involves rapid plasma membrane breakdown, and swollen nuclei without internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. Oncosis depletes cellular energy and leads to failure of the ionic pumps in the plasma membrane. It is elicited by agents that disrupt the ATP production of the cell (Fink and Cookson, ).
Pyroptosis
Apoptosis in general does not induce an inflammatory response. However, apoptosis in Shigella, Salmonella, Francisella, and Legionella infections produce inflammatory responses that are called as pyroptosis (Carneiro et al., ; Lee et al., 2011). Pyroptosis is executed by the formation of inflammasomes by bacterial products involving NLRC 4 (Nod-like receptor—NLR), that activates caspase-1 and the processing of IL-1β and IL-18 cytokines promoting cell death (Fink and Cookson, ; Carneiro et al., ).
Pyronecrosis
Cathepsin B-dependent apoptosis that is independent of caspase-1 activation and inflammasome formation is called pyronecrosis. This mode of apoptosis is observed in shigellosis (Willingham et al., 2007; Carneiro et al., ).
Other apoptotic models
Tumor suppressor protein 53 (TP53) induced apoptosis involves the transcriptional induction of redox proteins, generation of reactive oxygen species, and oxidative degradation of mitochondrial components that results in cell death. TP53 was shown to transcriptionally regulate proapoptotic proteins like Bax and NOXA (Yamada et al., 2002).
NF-kB expression is implicated in the survival of living cells. NF-kB family contains five proteins namely c-Rel, RelA, RelB, p50/p105, and p52/p100. NF-kB as a homo or hetero dimers bind to the kB sites on their target DNA and regulate their expression (Barkett and Gilmore, ). NF-kB is activated by various stimuli like pathogens, mitogens, proinflammatory cytokines, etc. It plays a major role in immune responses and affects the expression of genes c-IAP-1 and c-IAP-2, Fas ligand, c-myc, p53, etc. involved in apoptosis (Zhang and Ghosh, 2001). Two TNF receptors TNFRSF8 and TNFRSF9 were shown to promote apoptosis, former activating, and latter inactivating NF-kB expression (Wang et al., 2008).
Apoptosis and mycobacterium tuberculosis
M. tuberculosis infections with virulent strains have been reported to inhibit macrophage apoptosis (Behar et al., ). Varied mechanisms of apoptotic suppression have been reported in M. tuberculosis infections (Table 1) unraveling the tactics of this pathogen to generate a protective niche inside the host. Among the various cell death modalities described above, only three apoptotic responses were documented in M. tuberculosis infection namely apoptosis (nuoG, SecA2, pknE, lpqH, esxA (ESAT-6), PE_PGRS33, pstS-1, Rv3654c, and Rv3655c), pyroptosis (zmp1, Rv3364c), and autophagy (eis) (Hinchey et al., ; Velmurugan et al., 2007; Jayakumar et al., ; Master et al., 2008; Sanchez et al., 2009, 2012; Danelishvili et al., , ; Shin et al., 2010).
Table 1
| S.no | Mechanisms of apoptosis | Year | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Treatment of macrophages post-infection with exogenous ATP reduces viability | 1994 | Molloy et al., 1994 |
| 2 | Extrinsic apoptosis | 1997 | Keane et al., |
| 3 | Virulent strains induce IL-10-dependent sTNFR2 forming inactive TNF-α-TNFR2 complex | 1998 | Fratazzi et al., |
| 4 | Granulysin and perforin reduce the viability of M. tuberculosis | 1998 | Stenger et al., 1998 |
| 5 | Treatment of Fas ligand post-infection reduces the viability | 1998 | Oddo et al., 1998 |
| 6 | Degree of apoptosis is strain-dependent | 2000 | Keane et al., |
| 7 | ManLam prevents apoptosis by altering Ca2+ levels | 2000 | Rojas et al., 2000 |
| 8 | M. tuberculosis apoptosis down regulates CD14 | 2000 | Santucci et al., 2000 |
| 9 | Apoptosis of avirulent strains dependent on group IV cytosolic phospholipase A2 and TNF-α | 2001 | Duan et al., |
| 10 | Reduced viability using exogenous ATP is executed using P2X7 receptor | 2001 | Fairbairn et al., |
| 11 | Anti-apoptotic Mcl-1expression by virulent strains decreases apoptosis | 2003 | Sly et al., 2003 |
| 12 | Detour pathway of antigen presentation | 2003 | Schaible et al., 2003 |
| 13 | 19 kDa lipoprotein induces apoptosis by TLR2 signaling | 2003 | Lopez et al., 2003 |
| 14 | Virulent strains induce necrosis | 2006 | Park et al., 2006 |
| 15 | Methyl glyoxal plays role in apoptosis | 2006 | Rachman et al., 2006 |
| 16 | TLR-2-mediated activation of NF-kB and c-FLIP protects infected cells from FasL-induced apoptosis | 2006 | Loeuillet et al., 2006 |
| 17 | PE_PGRS33 induces TNF-α secretion using TLR-2 signaling and genetic alterations in PE_PGRS33 decreases TNF-α secretion | 2006 | Basu et al., |
| 18 | High MOI induces TNF-α independent apoptosis leading to mycobacterial spread | 2007 | Lee et al., 2006 |
| 19 | Higher MOI leads to caspase independent apoptosis involving both mitochondria and lysosymes | 2007 | O'Sullivan et al., 2007 |
| 20 | ESAT-6 induces apoptosis | 2007 | Derrick and Morris, |
| 21 | Bystander apoptosis elicited by avirulent strains are independent of TNF-α,Fas,TRAIL, TGF-β, TLR2, and MyD88 | 2008 | Kelly et al., |
| 22 | Virulent strains prevents apoptotic envelope formation leading to necrosis | 2008 | Gan et al., |
| 23 | Virulent strains produce more lipoxinA4 promoting necrosis and avirulent strain induces PGE2 that prevents necrosis | 2008 | Chen et al., |
| 24 | Formation of NETs unable to kill M. tuberculosis | 2008 | Ramos-Kichik et al., 2009 |
| 25 | Prevents pyroptosis using zmp1 by inhibiting inflammasome formation required for IL-1β secretion | 2008 | Master et al., 2008 |
| 26 | pstS1 induces TNF-α, FasL,Fas TNFR1, TNFR2, and TLR-2 mediated apoptosis | 2008 | Sanchez et al., 2009 |
| 27 | TNF-α-mediated caspase-8 apoptosis by p38MAPK, ASK-1, and FLIPS degradation | 2009 | Kundu et al., |
| 28 | Virulent strains inhibit plasma membrane repair promoting necrosis | 2009 | Divangahi et al., |
| 29 | Neutrophil activation leads to ectososme release | 2010 | Gonzalez-Cano et al., |
| 30 | nuoG neutralize NOX2 derived ROS inhibiting extrinsic apoptosis | 2010 | Miller et al., 2010 |
| 31 | Rv3654c and Rv3655c genes prevent extrinsic apoptosis | 2010 | Danelishvili et al., |
| 32 | eis is involved in suppressing autophagy in a redox dependent JNK activation | 2010 | Shin et al., 2010 |
| 33 | Higher MOI induces host cell lipolysis and PHOPR kinase plays a role in this response | 2011 | Divangahi et al., |
| 34 | PE_PGRS33 interacts with host mitochondria and probably involved in primary necrosis | 2011 | Cadieux et al., |
| 35 | Dendritic cells undergo caspase independent apoptosis | 2011 | Ryan et al., 2011 |
| 36 | ROS mediated necrosis as a survival strategy in neutrophils | 2012 | Corleis et al., |
| 37 | ESAT-6 induced apoptosis is regulated by BAT3 | 2012 | Grover and Izzo, |
| 38 | Rv3364c prevents pyroptosis by inhibiting cathepsinG | 2012 | Danelishvili et al., |
| 39 | pknE inhibits various modes of apoptosis in response to nitric oxide stress of the macrophages | 2012 | Kumar and Narayanan, |
| 40 | nuoG mutant reveals decreased neutrophil apoptosis reduces CD4 T cell activation | 2012 | Blomgran et al., |
| 41 | Virulence determines cytotoxicity whereas strain characteristics determine the mode of cell death | 2012 | Butler et al., |
| 42 | ESAT-6 is involved in inhibiting autophagy | 2012 | Romagnoli et al., 2012 |
| 43 | sigH or its regulated genes suppresses apoptosis, modulates innate immune responses, and reduces chemotaxis | 2012 | Dutta et al., |
| 44 | Infection with avirulent mycobacteria induces mitochondrial exhaustion while virulent promotes mitochondrial function thereby increasing ATP synthesis | 2012 | Jamwal et al., |
| 45 | LpqH induces both extrinsic and intrinsic apoptosis | 2012 | Sanchez et al., 2012 |
| 46 | Virulent Mycobacterial strains induce apoptosis by ESX-1 system and colonize new cells | 2013 | Aguilo et al., |
| 47 | Validation of burst size hypothesis in in vivo model | 2013 | Repasy et al., 2013 |
| 48 | pknE involved in the copathogenesis of HIV/TB coinfection | 2014 | Parandhaman et al., 2014 |
Apoptotic mechanisms in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis.
This table illustrates varied apoptotic mechanisms identified in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. The abbreviations MOI denote multiplicity of infection, ManLam, mannosylated lipoarabinomannan; PGE2, prostaglandinE2; ROS, reactive oxygen species; ATP, adenosine tri phosphate.
Serine/threonine protein kinases (STPK)
Two component signaling systems were considered as the standalone mechanism of signaling in prokaryotes in response to environmental cues. However with the availability of various molecular techniques serine, threonine, and tyrosine mediated phosphorylation events unique to eukaryotes were documented in pathogenic prokaryotes like M. tuberculosis, Streptococcus species, Staphylococcus spp, Pseudomonas spp, etc. (Chao et al., ; Chakraborti et al., ). Among the 11 STPKs that M. tuberculosis encodes, only five of them pknE, pknG, pknH, pknI, and pknK were reported to support intracellular survival (Walburger et al., 2004; Papavinasasundaram et al., 2005; Jayakumar et al., ; Gopalaswamy et al., ; Malhotra et al., 2010). Our data for the first time proved that PknE was the only STPK to inhibit apoptosis (Jayakumar et al., ).
pknE in innate immunity
The function of pknE was established from our studies using the deletion mutant ΔpknE generated using specialized transduction. Deletion of pknE had reduced intracellular survival, increased apoptosis, and reduced proinflammatory responses (Jayakumar et al., ). Subsequent molecular pathogenesis studies revealed that the deletion of pknE promotes macrophage cell death dependent on intrinsic pathway of apoptosis, TP53, and Arg2. This apoptosis was independent of TNF-α, iNOS, Akt, Arg1, and pro-inflammatory cytokines (Kumar and Narayanan, ). M. tuberculosis encounters reactive nitrogen and oxygen intermediates inside the macrophages as one among the host defenses. Characterization of the promoter of the pknE gene showed its elevated expression during nitric oxide (NO) stress (Jayakumar et al., ). Macrophage experiments performed using NO donor sodium nitroprusside to mimic the host microbicidal activity confirmed that, pknE in response to NO stress suppresses innate immune responses (Kumar and Narayanan, ). In vitro studies carried with the deletion mutant showed defective growth in pH 7.0 and lysozyme (a cell wall-damaging agent) with better survival in pH 5.5, SDS (surfactant stress), and kanamycin (a second-line anti-tuberculosis drug). ΔpknE was reduced in cell size during growth in liquid media and exhibited hypervirulence in a guinea pig model of infection (Kumar et al., ). The data from the in vitro studies highlighted the role of pknE in adaptive responses of M. tuberculosis. Recently we reported that, deletion of pknE results in defective phosphorylation kinetics of MAPKs (p38MAPK, Erk½, and SAPK/JNK) and their transcription factors ATF-2 and c-JUN. Deletion of pknE also revealed crosstalks in the host macrophages where Erk½ signaling was found to be influenced by SAPK/JNK and p38 pathways independently. Modulations in intra cellular signaling altered the expression of coreceptors CCR5 and CXCR4 in macrophages infected with the deletion mutant of pknE that were authenticated using HIV tropic strains (Parandhaman et al., 2014). For the first time, our data showed that difference in apoptosis and intracellular signaling events, and the virulence capacity of the M. tuberculosis strain could influence the copathogenesis of HIV infection (Parandhaman et al., 2014). Collectively the reports show that pknE has a role suppression of innate immunity and help M. tuberculosis to adapt to the different environmental condition that it encounters.
Conclusion
Molecular techniques have revolutionized our understanding of pathogenic organisms and their interactions with the immune system. Pathogenic organisms have evolved host mimicking properties and utilize the host responses for their own survival and propagation. This review has addressed the various mechanisms of cell death that is vital for initiating an innate and adaptive immunity against the invading pathogen. As novel cell death paradigms evolve, it adds to the complexity of how temporally and spatially the immune system coordinates these responses. Most of the cell death models described here disrupt the energy source of the cell, mitochondria indicating whether these paradigms are interconnected response of a single biochemical event and this still remains a puzzle. Adding complexity to this conundrum is that, pathogenic organisms like M. tuberculosis is able to inhibit the various apoptotic models that were discovered so far. This arise the question whether M. tuberculosis by educating itself avoids cell death or has antigens that are poor inducers of cell death and that await further studies.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Summary
Keywords
apoptosis, pyroptosis, intrinsic pathway, extrinsic pathway, autophagy, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Citation
Parandhaman DK and Narayanan S (2014) Cell death paradigms in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 4:31. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00031
Received
20 December 2013
Accepted
17 February 2014
Published
05 March 2014
Volume
4 - 2014
Edited by
Yongqun “Oliver” He, University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Reviewed by
Dario S. Zamboni, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Subramanian Dhandayuthapani, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, USA
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*Correspondence: Sujatha Narayanan, Department of Immunology, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Formerly Tuberculosis Research Centre), Indian Council of Medical Research, Mayor Sathayamoorthy Road, Chetpet, Chennai 600031, Tamilnadu, India e-mail: sujatha.sujatha36@gmail.com
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