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ArticleNPJ systems biology and applications2025

Cross-species transcriptomics translation reveals a role for the unfolded protein response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Krista M Pullen, Ryan Finethy, Seung-Hyun B Ko, Charlotte J Reames, Christopher M Sassetti, Douglas A Lauffenburger

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Krista M Pullen *Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4857-8907
Ryan Finethy *Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Seung-Hyun B KoDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Charlotte J ReamesDepartment of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5579-5881
Christopher M SassettiDepartment of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. christopher.sassetti@umassmed.edu.
Douglas A LauffenburgerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. lauffen@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0050-989X

Funding

IMMUNE MECHANISMS OF PROTECTION AGAINST MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS CENTER (IMPAC-TB)75N93019C00071 · NIAID · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI FORTUNE, SARAH · 2019 to 2025
$57.3M
Systems Genetics of TuberculosisP01AI181898 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI SAMUEL M BEHAR · 2024 to 2026
$10.5M
Unfolded Protein Response Activation as a Determinant of the Host Response to M. tuberculosisF32AI176787 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FINETHY, RYAN HAROLD · 2023 to 2024
$155k
National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship 1745302NIAID NIH HHS 75N93019C00071NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI176787NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI181898NIEHS NIH HHS 27398C0007U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Contract 75N93019C0007U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) Contract 75N93019C00071U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) NRSA fellowship AI176787
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous studies have identified similarities in blood transcriptomic signatures of tuberculosis (TB) phenotypes between mice and humans, including type 1 interferon production and innate immune cell activation. However, murine infection pathophysiology is distinct from human disease. We hypothesized that this is partly due to differences in the relative importance of biological pathways across species. To address this animal-to-human gap, we applied a systems modeling framework, Translatable Components Regression, to identify the axes of variation in the preclinical data most relevant to human TB disease state. Among the pathways our cross-species model pinpointed as highly predictive of human TB phenotype was the infection-induced unfolded protein response. To validate this mechanism, we confirmed that this cellular stress pathway modulates immune functions in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected mouse macrophages. Our work demonstrates how systems-level computational models enhance the value of animal studies for elucidating complex human pathophysiology.

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Mycobacterium tuberculosisTranscriptomeTuberculosisUnfolded Protein ResponseAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGene Expression ProfilingHumansMacrophagesMiceSpecies Specificity

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PMID39955299
PMCPMC11830044

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