Paired analysis of host and pathogen genomes identifies determinants of human tuberculosis

  • Yang Luo
  • , Chuan Chin Huang
  • , Nicole C. Howard
  • , Xin Wang
  • , Qingyun Liu
  • , Xinyi Li
  • , Junhao Zhu
  • , Tiffany Amariuta
  • , Samira Asgari
  • , Kazuyoshi Ishigaki
  • , Roger Calderon
  • , Sahadevan Raman
  • , Alexandrea K. Ramnarine
  • , Jacob A. Mayfield
  • , D. Branch Moody
  • , Leonid Lecca
  • , Sarah M. Fortune
  • , Megan B. Murray
  • , Soumya Raychaudhuri

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Abstract

Infectious disease is the result of interactions between host and pathogen and can depend on genetic variations in both. We conduct a genome-to-genome study of paired human and Mycobacterium tuberculosis genomes from a cohort of 1556 tuberculosis patients in Lima, Peru. We identify an association between a human intronic variant (rs3130660, OR = 10.06, 95%CI: 4.87 − 20.77, P = 7.92 × 10−8) in the FLOT1 gene and a subclavaluee of Mtb Lineage 2. In a human macrophage infection model, we observe hosts with the rs3130660-A allele exhibited stronger interferon gene signatures. The interacting strains have altered redox states due to a thioredoxin reductase mutation. We investigate this association in a 2020 cohort of 699 patients recruited during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the prevalence of the interacting strain almost doubled between 2010 and 2020, its infection is not associated with rs3130660 in this recent cohort. These findings suggest a complex interplay among host, pathogen, and environmental factors in tuberculosis dynamics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number10393
JournalNature Communications
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

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