WhiB3 protects Mtb from Oxidative and Nitrosative stress.
Exponentially grown cells of Mtb,
MtbΔwhiB3 and whiB3 Comp
strains expressing Mrx1-roGFP2 were exposed to (A) 10 μM, 50
μM and 100 μM CHP, (B) 1 mM
H2O2, (C) 5 mM
H2O2, (D) 0.5 mM acidified (pH 5.5)
NaNO2 and (E) 50 μM sodium peroxynitrite
(OONO-) and survival was monitored by enumerating CFUs at indicated time
intervals. (F) Naïve RAW264.7 macrophages were infected with
Mtb, MtbΔwhiB3 and
whiB3 Comp and intramacrophage survival was monitored at
indicated time points. Error bars represent SD from the mean. * p < 0.05
(as compared to Mtb), + (p < 0.05 as compared to
whiB3 Comp), and ns (no significant difference). Data are
representative of at least three independent experiments.