Integration of chemical and rnai multiparametric profiles identifies triggers of intracellular mycobacterial killing
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Integration of Chemical and RNAiMultiparametric Profiles IdentifiesTriggers of Intracellular Mycobacterial Killing
Varadharajan Rico Nikolay Giovanni Jerome Gilleron,Inna Kalaidzidis,Felix Meyenhofer,Marc Yannis Kalaidzidis,and Marino 1Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, 108 Pfotenhauerstrasse, 01307 Dresden, Germany2Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia*Correspondence:
Exploiting host processes to fight against infectious diseases
is currently an underexplored approach. Yet, it presents
Pharmacological modulators of host-microbial inter-
several advantages. First, the host processes exploited by
actions can in principle be identified using high-
pathogens are well studied from both a mechanistic and
content screens. However, a severe limitation of
a physiological perspective ). Second, host
this approach is the lack of insights into the mode
kinase and phosphatase inhibitors that kill intracellular myco-
of action of compounds selected during the primary
bacteria have been successfully identified, thus validating the
screen. To overcome this problem, we developed a
approach (;Third, it could better prevent the emergence
combined experimental and computational ap-
of drug-resistant strains (
proach. We designed a quantitative multiparametric
). Additionally, critical host cellular responses are con-
image-based assay to measure intracellular myco-
served across diverse mycobacterial strains, including drug-
bacteria in primary human macrophages, screened
resistant ones (Given the complexity of
a chemical library containing FDA-approved drugs,
mycobacteria-host interactions, we reasoned that the target
and validated three compounds for intracellular
space for perturbations acting upon the host could be signifi-
killing of M. tuberculosis. By integrating the multi-
cantly larger than so far explored.
parametric profiles of the chemicals with those of
Since mycobacteria block phagosome maturation
siRNAs from a genome-wide survey on endocytosis,
; a substantial target
we predicted and experimentally verified that two
space could be related to endosomal/phagosomal trafficking.
compounds modulate autophagy, whereas the third
This could be explored by cell-based small molecule screensmonitoring intracellular mycobacterial survival. However, a
accelerates endosomal progression. Our findings
severe constraint is that the primary assay typically does not
demonstrate the value of integrating small molecules
have the resolution to provide insights into the mode of function
and genetic screens for identifying cellular mecha-
of the selected hits ().
nisms modulated by chemicals. Furthermore, selec-
In this study, we addressed this challenge by exploiting our
tive pharmacological modulation of host trafficking
knowledge of the molecular regulation of the endocytic path-
pathways can be applied to intracellular pathogens
way. We recently performed a cell-based genome-wide RNAi
screen on endocytosis capturing various features of the endo-cytic system by quantitative multiparametric image analysis(QMPIA) (The QMPIA uncovered general
principles governing endocytic trafficking that can also beapplied to the analysis of phagosome maturation. Here, we
Tuberculosis is a disease characterized by an extensive array of
first established a high-content assay to quantify intracellular
interactions between mycobacteria and the host. To maintain
mycobacterial survival and screened a library of pharmacologi-
their intracellular niche, mycobacteria influence a variety of
cally active compounds to identify host-specific modulators.
fundamental host cell processes including apoptosis (
Second, we developed an integrated experimental and com-
putational pipeline to compare the multiparametric profiles
(), trafficking (
from the chemical screen with those from the genome-wide
; ), and signaling ().
siRNA screen (This approach identified
Therefore, a pharmacological modulation of the host cell mech-
chemicals capable of overpowering intracellular mycobacterial
anisms that are hijacked by the bacteria could, on the one hand,
survival by modulating the cellular trafficking processes. Our
be used to explore the processes altered during the infection
results highlight the value of multiparametric phenotypic anal-
and, on the other hand, lead to development of anti-TB
ysis to extract functional information from combined chemical
and genomic screens.
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Validation of Three Compounds on M. tuberculosisTo validate the results from the screen, we selected three com-
High-Content Chemical Screen to Identify Modulators of
pounds within the cluster M5, namely Nortriptyline, Prochlorper-
azine edisylate (PE), and Haloperidol on
We developed an integrated experimental and computational
the basis of (1) amplitude of the phenotypes (
strategy for screening, selecting and validating compounds en-
showing reduced bacterial intensity, fewer bacteria,
dowed with antimycobacterial activity by acting on the host
and infected cells; and (2) lack of effect in the alamar blue screen.
machinery (A). We first established a high-content
Additionally, these compounds did not show bacteriostatic
assay in a human primary macrophage infection model
activity on M. bovis BCG-GFP at neutral and acidic pH
see the online).
B and S2C), or plate assay of M. tuberculosis (data not
Briefly, cells were infected with M. bovis BCG expressing
GFP and were incubated with
To determine whether the phenotype observed on M. bovis
chemicals for 48 hr. Since our primary interest was to identify
BCG-GFP was reproducible on pathogenic M. tuberculosis, we
chemical modulators disrupting the host-mycobacteria equilib-
performed a colony-forming unit (CFU) assay on M. tuberculosis
rium, chemicals were added after the infection. Cells were
strain H37Rv and two clinical strains using the three selected
then fixed and nuclei and cytoplasm stained and imaged using
an automated spinning disc confocal microscope. We devel-
Rapamycin ), and H89
oped further the QMPIA platform previously used to auto-
as controls. All three selected compounds caused a significant
matically identify cells, endosomes, and nuclei
reduction in bacterial colonies in all the strains F), con-
) by implementing automated algo-
firming that they impair intracellular survival of M. tuberculosis.
rithms to detect various features of intracellular bacteria andhost cell simultaneously ().
Integration of Multiparametric Chemical and Genetic
We screened a bioactive library (Microsource Discovery
Data Sets to Identify Cellular Processes Modulated by
Inc., Spectrum collection, 2,000 compounds) comprising
most FDA-approved drugs. The compounds produced repro-
Since we aimed to identify compounds restoring mycobacteria-
ducible alterations of various parameters such as bacterial
arrested phagosome maturation, we explored the effects of the
number, intensity, and bacterial and host cell morphology
selected compounds on mycobacterial trafficking. We quantified
the colocalization of M. bovis BCG-GFP with lysobisphosphati-
We performed cluster analysis using an improvement of the
dic acid (LBPA), a marker of late endocytic compartments (
method previously used ) based on density
estimation (N.S., T. Galvez, C. Collinet, G.M., M.Z., and Y.K.,
and D and S2E). Infected cells treated with the
unpublished data; The compounds
selected compounds showed significantly higher colocalization
grouped into six distinct clusters, each with a distinct pattern,
than control cells G), indicating that the arrest in phag-
i.e., phenotypic profile (and 1D, Table S1). The
osome maturation was reverted.
strength of the phenotype is given by its phenoscore. Due to
A significant challenge in phenotypic chemical screens is to
the multiparametric nature of our screening output, we expected
gain insights into the mechanism of action of the selected
each cluster to capture distinct phenotypic features of mycobac-
compounds. Multiparametric profiles are specific signatures of
teria and the host. Cluster M5 (containing 115 compounds) was
either chemical or genetic perturbations because they capture
of particular interest, as it was characterized by a strong reduc-
multiple facets of a biological system. Since random matches
tion of bacterial parameters but relatively weak changes in host
between such profiles are unlikely, clues into the molecular
parameters reflecting toxicity, suggesting that the compounds in
processes targeted by the chemicals could be obtained in
this cluster are detrimental to bacteria but not significantly toxic
principle by systematically searching for genetic alterations pro-
to the host.
ducing similar phenotypes. Hence, we aimed to match the multi-
Since we aimed to identify compounds that act upon the host,
parametric profiles of the compounds from the mycobacteria
we counterselected those directly killing mycobacteria by
screen with those of the siRNAs from the genome-wide endocy-
screening the MSD library using the alamar blue assay (see
tosis screen (However, the two screens are
the Interestingly, only six com-
not directly comparable due to their distinct characteristics, i.e.,
pounds were shared with cluster M5, suggesting that most
a chemical screen on intracellular mycobacterial survival in
compounds in this cluster are not bacteriostatic. Additionally,
human primary macrophages versus a functional genomics
compounds functionally annotated as ‘‘antibacterial'' were not
screen on endocytosis in HeLa cells. To overcome this problem,
enriched in cluster M5 despite scoring in the alamar blue screen
we bridged the two data sets via an intermediate screen, where
(B). Standard antimycobacterial drugs were not en-
the compounds from cluster M5 were screened on the endocy-
riched in any particular cluster and yielded weak phenotypes
tosis assay in HeLa cells (A). HeLa cells were pretreated
(C–S1F, ). This is probably
with the compounds prior to the internalization of fluorescently
because our cell-based assay measures the reduction in GFP
labeled epidermal growth factor (EGF) and Transferrin (Tfn) for
fluorescence and therefore primarily reflects modulation of lyso-
10 min (), imaged, and multiple parameters
somal degradation. Thus, the compounds of cluster M5 could
extracted ().
modulate cellular processes at the host-pathogen interface
Density estimation-based clustering separated the com-
rather than acting directly on the bacteria.
pounds into two subclusters, E1 and E2 (Table S2),
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Figure 1. High-Content Image-Based Screen for Intracellular Mycobacteria Survival(A) Flowchart of the experimental and computational pipeline used in this study.
(B) (Ba) Representative example of a human primary monocyte-derived macrophage infected with M. bovis BCG-GFP with cell contours (dashed line). (Bb)Segmentation of macrophage: intensity distribution of nuclear and cytoplasmic regions used to draw the contours of the cell. (Bc) Segmentation of bacteria:intensity distribution of bacteria in the region marked in the green square used for fitting the bacteria model.
(C) Heatmap representation of the mycobacteria high-content chemical screen after density estimation-based clustering. Rows denote cluster IDs and number ofcompounds. Columns are parameters of the high-content assay (). M5 is the cluster analyzed in this study.
(D) Representative images from clusters M1–M6.
See also and Table S1.
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DAPI/Cell Mask Blue
M. bovis BCG-GFP
M. bovis BCG-GFP with LBPA
Colocalisation coef 0.1
Colocalisation threshold
Figure 2. Validation of Three Selected Compounds for Intracellular Mycobacterial Survival(A–D) Representative images of infected cells treated with DMSO (A), Nortriptyline (B), prochlorperazine edisylate (PE) (C), and Haloperidol (D) at a concentrationof 10 mM for 48 hr after infection. Arrowheads indicate GFP-positive structures that are identified as ‘‘bacteria'' by the QMPIA. Scale bar, 10 mm.
(E) Quantitative multiparametric profiles of the phenotypes in (A)–(D) with the Z score (y axis) of the parameters (1–30) showing, e.g., decrease in number andintensity of intracellular mycobacteria. Error bars represent SEM.
(F) CFU analysis of human primary monocyte-derived macrophages infected with virulent M. tuberculosis H37Rv or two different clinical isolates CS1 and CS2and treated with the indicated compounds for 48 hr (pooled data from two independent biological replicates with at least three technical replicates each). Errorbars represent SD. D (DMSO 0.01%), Rf (Rifampin 2 mM), Rp (Rapamycin, 5.5 mM), PE (Prochlorperazine edisylate, 10 mM), N (Nortriptyline, 10 mM), H (Haloperidol,10 mM), H89 (H89, 10 mM). p values for all compounds tested (except H89) were <0.0001 and <0.01, for H37Rv and the two clinical strains, respectively.
(G) Colocalization of M. bovis BCG-GFP and LBPA in cells treated with the indicated drugs. Number of cells analyzed per condition is indicated. Error bars areSEM. Data are representative of at least two independent experiments. Abbreviations and concentrations are as in (F). See also
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Figure 3. Integration of Chemical and RNAi Screen Data Sets(A) Scheme illustrating the integration of the primary chemical (green) and RNAi (blue) screen datasets via an intermediate screen on the chemicals fromcluster M5.
(B and C) Endocytosis (B) and autophagy(C) profiles of subclusters E1 and E2 from cluster M5. The profiles are average representations of Z scores of theindividual compounds within each subcluster. Parameters are grouped into different phenotype classes.
(D and E) Dose-response curves of mean integral intensities of M. bovis BCG-GFP (blue) and LC3 (magenta) for Nortryptyline (D) and prochlorperazine edisylate(E). Error bars are SEM, number of images is 25, data are representative of at least two independent experiments.
(F) Summary of IC50 values calculated from curves in (D) and (E). See also , Table S2, and Table S3.
suggesting that the compounds may act by at least two distinct
sets of genes that are most likely to show similar phenotypes
mechanisms. To identify them, we compared the multiparamet-
(). We computed their representation
ric profiles of the subclusters E1 and E2 to the genome-wide
in KEGG pathways and GO terms (Table S3) and found that
RNAi screen data set (and identified the
‘‘mTOR regulation'' and ‘‘regulation of autophagy and mTOR''
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were significantly enriched in the E1 (p = 1.2 3 104 and
tion (autophagic flux) (). To distinguish
9 3 104, respectively) but not the E2 (p = 0.15 and 0.4, respec-
between these possibilities, we used two approaches. First,
tively) subcluster.
we tested whether blockers of lysosomal degradation, e.g.,inhibitors of acidification (BafilomycinA1 or Chloroquine) that
High-Content Autophagy Chemical Screen
inhibit autophagic flux, had an additive effect with the com-
Autophagy is a key process regulated by mTOR (
pounds on autophagosome accumulation (
and a known mediator of intracellular mycobac-
). HeLa cells were treated with Nortriptyline and PE in the
terial survival ; The inte-
presence or absence of BafilomycinA1, and LC3 lipidation
gration approach predicted that compounds from E1 modulate
(LC3-II band) was assessed by immunoblotting. Whereas both
autophagy. To test it, we treated HeLa cells with the compounds,
Nortriptyline and PE showed significant increase in the LC3-II
immunostained for the autophagosome marker LC3, and
band, additive effects of BafilomycinA1 were seen only upon
extracted multiple parameters reporting diverse facets of auto-
Nortriptyline, but not PE, treatment In addition,
phagosomes ). The compounds of
we generated HeLa cells stably expressing LC3 fused to GFP
subcluster E1, but not E2, had a strong effect on autophagy
under the control of the endogenous promoter through BAC re-
(A), thus validating the prediction from the
combineering (HeLa BAC LC3-GFP; The
integration analysis. Of the three compounds validated in intra-
results B and S5C) confirmed that Nortriptyline, but
cellular mycobacterial killing, Nortriptyline and PE belong to
not PE, had an additive effect with BafilomycinA1 and Chloro-
subcluster E1, whereas Haloperidol belongs to E2. Consistent
quine in increasing LC3-GFP vesicles.
with the data of Nortriptyline and PE, similar to Rapa-
Second, we used an established assay for measuring auto-
mycin or serum starvation (by HBSS), showed a strong effect on
phagic flux based on a tandem mRFP-GFP-LC3 construct
autophagy, whereas Haloperidol did not (and S3C).
(). Since GFP is quenched in the acidic envi-
Human primary macrophages treated with Nortriptyline and PE
ronment of autophagolysosomes whereas mRFP remains
resembled HeLa cells in showing an increase in both number
stable, a block in autophagy flux results in higher colocalization
and integral intensity of LC3 vesicles (D and S3E),
of mRFP and GFP compared to induction of autophagy. HeLa
indicating that their effect of increasing autophagosomes is not
cells stably expressing mRFP-GFP-LC3 (
) were treated with the compounds, and the colocalization
To determine whether the accumulation of autophagosomes
between mRFP and GFP was quantified. Nortriptyline, similar
is related to intracellular mycobacterial killing by Nortriptyline
to starvation-induced autophagy (HBSS), showed a low mRFP
and PE, we first computed their IC50 values in the two assays.
to GFP colocalization, whereas PE, similar to BafilomycinA1
For both compounds, the IC50 values for increased LC3 integral
and Chloroquine, yielded higher colocalization A and
intensity correlated well with decreased M. bovis BCG-GFP
5B). Similar results were obtained for the colocalization of LC3-
(D–3F), arguing that the two phenotypes are linked.
GFP with LBPA in HeLa-LC3-GFP cells Based on
Second, if autophagy modulation were involved in intracellular
previous studies these results can be in-
mycobacterial killing, we should visualize mycobacteria within
terpreted as indicating that Nortriptyline induces autophagy
autophagosomes. To test this, we analyzed mycobacteria-
whereas PE inhibits autophagic flux.
infected cells by electron microscopy. Whereas in control cells
In principle, blockers of autophagy flux should not have a detri-
mycobacteria resided within single-membrane phagosomes
mental effect on mycobacteria. Indeed, inhibitors of autophagy
(cells treated with Nortriptyline and PE clearly
flux that abrogate the function of lysosomes by blocking acidifi-
showed the presence of mycobacteria within autophagosomes,
cation did not affect the intensity of intracellular M. bovis
defined as vesicles containing multiple membrane whorls
BCG-GFP (E). In order to determine whether PE has
and delimited by double membrane Haloper-
a similar effect on lysosomal pH, we quantified the intensity of
idol-treated cells, as expected, did not show this effect
the acidotropic dye Lysotracker red over time. Unlike classical
(A). Finally, we tested the effect of an inhibitor of auto-
blockers of autophagy flux, PE did not have a negative effect
phagy, 3-methyladenine (3MA) ). Upon
on the acidity of lysosomes, but quite the contrary, it significantly
treatment with Nortriptyline and PE in the presence of 3-MA,
increased it (Moreover, this effect correlated with the
mycobacteria were observed not in autophagosomes but in
presence of mycobacteria within the lysotracker red-positive
phagosomes (Additionally, 3-MA reverted
vesicles C) and a concomitant reduction in bacterial
the effect of Nortriptyline on mycobacterial survival in both
intensity D).
CFU and image-based assays (data not shown), arguing that
The increased acidification by PE is in apparent contradiction
the effect of the compounds on mycobacteria is related to
with the inhibition of autophagic flux. To solve this discrepancy,
we treated HeLa cells stably expressing mRFP-GFP-LC3 withthe compounds for different periods of time. If autophagy flux
Nortriptyline and PE Modulate Autophagy by Different
were completely blocked, the colocalization between mRFP
and GFP (corresponding to nonacidic autophagosomes) should
Autophagy is a multistep process consisting of autophagosome
increase with time, whereas if the flux were slowed down, then
formation, maturation, and eventual degradation by fusion with
the colocalization would be expected to decrease (i.e., autopha-
lysosomes (autophagolysosomes). The increase in autophago-
gosomes become acidic). The colocalization of mRFP and GFP
somes mediated by Nortriptyline and PE could be due to either
increased over time in cells treated with BafilomycinA1 (
a higher rate of formation or a block in maturation and degrada-
E) or Chloroquine (data not shown). In contrast, in
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<0.0001 <0.0001
Autophagosome area
Figure 4. Ultrastructural Analysis of Autophagy and Intracellular Mycobacterial Survival(A–C) Electron micrographs of M. bovis BCG-GFP-infected human primary monocyte-derived macrophages treated with DMSO (A), 10 mM N (B), or PE (C) for 4 hr.
Black arrows indicate mycobacterial phagosomes, and black and white arrowheads indicate autophagosomes with and without mycobacteria, respectively.
Mitochondria (Mi), nucleus (Nuc), mycobacterial phagosome (MP), autophagosomes (AP), mycobacteria containing autophagosome (MAP).
(D–F) Quantification of number of autophagosomes (D) (n = 30), autophagosome area as percentage of total cell area (E) and total cell area (F) (n = 6) from theelectron micrographs. D (DMSO, 0.01%), N (Nortriptyline, 10 mM), PE (Prochlorperazine edisylate, 10 mM). Numbers denote p values in comparison to DMSO. Seealso
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Figure 5. Nortriptyline and PE Modulate Autophagy Differently(A) Representative images of HeLa cells stably expressing mRFP-GFP-LC3 treated with the indicated chemicals for 2 hr. DAPI/CMB denotes the cell nucleus andcytoplasm. Scale bar, 10 mm.
(B) Quantification of colocalization between the mRFP and GFP signals. The number of cells analyzed per condition is indicated. Results are representative of fourexperiments. Error bars are SEM. Abbreviations and concentrations are as in (A).
(C and D) Quantification of integral intensity of lysotracker red-labeled vesicles (C) and M. bovis BCG-GFP (D) in infected human primary macrophages treatedwith either DMSO or PE (10 mM) for the indicated periods of time. Total and bacterial LTR refer to integral intensity of all acidic compartments and those containingbacteria, respectively. Data are averaged from 45 images/condition/time point and normalized to DMSO to represent fold change (representative of twoindependent experiments).
(E) Colocalization between the mRFP and GFP signals in HeLa cells stably expressing mRFP-GFP-LC3 treated with the indicated drugs for different periodsof time. Colocalization at a single threshold of 0.35 was used to generate the time response curves. Data are from 50 images per condition and from fourexperiments. For (A), (B), and (E), D (DMSO, 0.01%), Hb (HBSS), N (Nortriptyline,10 mM), ChQ (Chloroquine, 25 mM), Baf (BafilomycinA1, 100 nM), PE(10 mM).
(F) Mean integral intensity of M. bovis BCG-GFP upon treatment of infected human primary macrophages with different concentrations of IFN-g for 4 hr prior totreatment with either 1 mM or 10 mM N or PE, for 48 hr. Significance was calculated by Student's t test. NS p > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001. Data areaveraged from 16 images/condition and are representative of four experiments. For (B)–(F), error bars indicate SEM. See also
PE-treated cells the colocalization increased within the first hour
induction. PE instead exerted a much weaker effect, providing
but then progressively decreased (E), showing that the
additional evidence that the two compounds interact differently
autophagosomes acidify over time.
with the autophagy machinery.
To further characterize the effects of Nortriptyline and PE on
autophagy, we tested whether they could synergize with an es-
Haloperidol Accelerates Endolysosomal Trafficking
tablished physiological inducer of autophagy, Interferon-gamma
Haloperidol kills intracellular mycobacteria by a mechanism
distinct from autophagy. Haloperidol belongs to subcluster E2
preactivated infected cells with IFN-g and assessed the effect
(This subcluster is characterized by a strong alter-
of the compound addition on mycobacterial survival. The results
ation of the endocytic profile exemplified by an increase in
were striking (F) and showed that Nortriptyline
EGF and Tfn content, increased colocalization of EGF to Tfn
synergized strongly with IFN-g, supporting its role in autophagy
(reduced sorting), and accumulation of EGF in large endosomes
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Figure 6. Analysis of Endocytosis Traf-ficking by Haloperidol(A and B) The kinetics of endocytic trafficking werequantified using a cell-based LDL traffickingassay. (A) Integral intensity of LDL in early endo-somes and (B) late endosomes. Values are Htreatment (10 mM) subtracted from DMSO andderived from an average of 1,200 cells/time point.
Error bars are SEM of number of images (averageof 40 per condition). Data are representative of twoexperiments.
(C and D) A431 cells stably expressing Rab5-GFPwere treated with either DMSO or Haloperidol(10 mM) for 2 hr and imaged live. Velocities ofminus-end (toward cell center) (C) and plus-end-
directed movement (away from cell center) areshown for DMSO-treated cells (black line) andH-treated cells (green line). For curves in (B)–(D),the p value is for points denoted by asterisks (seethe ). For (C) and (D),error bars are standard deviations, n = 37 (DMSO),n = 29 (H).
(E) Mean square displacement curves for themovies (and 6D) were computed asdescribed in the . Thesecond part of the biphasic curve indicating longtimescale movements was fitted using linear least-square fit. Diffusion coefficient is derived from theslope of the fitted curves. See also Movie S1, and Movie S2.
results confirm the prediction that Halo-peridol leads to acceleration of traffickingalong the degradative pathway.
Phagosome maturation depends on
the fusion with early, late endosomesand lysosomes (;) and is regu-lated by the motility of endocytic organ-elles along the cytoskeleton and therecruitment of the membrane tetheringfusion machinery. Both processes couldbe enhanced by Haloperidol. We first
in the cell center. In accordance with the design principles of the
tested the influence of Haloperidol on endosome motility.
endocytic system (; ), the
Increasing concentration of Rab5 and displacement of early en-
alterations observed argue for a faster degradation. Hence, we
dosomes toward cell center are predictive of progression from
hypothesized that Haloperidol could positively modulate endo-
early to late endosomes (
cytic trafficking along the degradative route. To test this hypoth-
). We therefore quantified endosome motility in cells
esis, we monitored the kinetics of transport of low-density
stably expressing GFP-Rab5, as previously described (
lipoprotein (LDL) from early to late endosomes, using Rab5
) (Movie S1 and Movie S2), and computed the velocity
(and LBPA ) as markers,
toward the cell center (minus end microtubule directed) and
respectively (A). HeLa cells stably expressing GFP-
periphery (plus end) as a function of GFP-Rab5 intensity. Halo-
Rab5 from the endogenous promoter (HeLa BAC GFP-Rab5c)
peridol-treated cells showed a much higher motility of early en-
() were treated with Haloperidol and allowed
dosomes harboring high levels of Rab5, and this enhancement
to internalize LDL for different times prior to immunostaining
was higher toward the cell center (and 6D). Next,
with anti-Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) (to detect LDL) and LBPA anti-
we computed the mean square displacement of endosomes
bodies. Haloperidol significantly increased the intensity of LDL in
over time, an established way to characterize motility patterns
late, but not early, endosomes (and 6B). Similarly,
(). In Haloperidol-treated cells, long, but not
LDL-containing late, but not early, endosomes were larger,
short, timescale movements of GFP-Rab5 endosomes were
more numerous, and closer to the cell center in Haloperidol-
significantly accelerated E). Thus, Haloperidol acceler-
treated compared to control cells (B–S6G). These
ates the centripetal movement of early endosomes.
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M. bovis BCG with EEA1
(Haloperidol minus DMSO)
Colocalisation coef
M. bovis BCG with LBPA
p value = 0.00011
(Haloperidol minus DMSO)
Colocalisation coef
Figure 7. Haloperidol Induces Alterations in Intracellular Mycobacterial Trafficking(A and C) Representative images of M. bovis BCG-GFP-infected human primary macrophages treated with 10 mM Haloperidol for the indicated times andimmunostained for EEA1 (A) and LBPA (C). The outline of infected cells is shown in dashed lines. Scale bar, 10 mm. The presence of EEA1 and LBPA onmycobacterial phagosome, as indicated by arrows and arrowheads (at 20 min), respectively, is mutually exclusive.
(B and D) Quantification of colocalization of M. bovis BCG-GFP with EEA1 (B) and LBPA (D). A stringency threshold of 0.35 was used. Data are averaged fromabout 1,000 infected cells and are representative of at least two independent experiments. Error bars are SEM. The p value denotes significance for theconsecutive points of the time series denoted by asterisks (see the
Second, we tested whether Haloperidol could lead to
increased delivery of the membrane-tethering and fusionmachinery to the arrested mycobacterial phagosome. Myco-
In this study, we developed a pipeline of experimental and
bacterial phagosomes contain Rab5, but not Rab7 (
computational methods to identify pharmacological modulators
and lack PI(3)P ),
of host cellular processes that trigger killing of intracellular myco-
which mediates the recruitment of various Rab5 effectors,
bacteria. First, we established a multiparametric image-based
including the membrane tethering factor early endosomal
assay to quantify mycobacterial survival in human primary
antigen 1 (EEA1) ). Therefore, myco-
macrophages. Second, we used a pharmacological approach
bacterial phagosomes lack EEA1 ). If Haloper-
to disrupt the host-pathogen equilibrium in favor of the host.
idol could restore such machinery, one would expect to see
Third, we developed computational methods to compare the
a small, transient increase in EEA1 on mycobacterial phago-
multiparametric profiles of chemicals with those of siRNAs, to
somes. We treated M. bovis BCG-infected cells with Haloper-
identify the cellular mechanisms underlying the antibacterial
idol for different times and quantified the colocalization of
activities of the compounds. Fourth, we validated the predictions
mycobacteria with EEA1 and LBPA. Whereas in control cells,
from such comparison on the three selected compounds and es-
as expected, mycobacterial phagosomes were devoid of
tablished that two of them modulate autophagy via distinct
EEA1 at all times (upper panels; B), in Halo-
mechanisms and the third one accelerates endocytic trafficking.
peridol-treated cells a small but significant fraction of EEA1
Our results demonstrate the predictive value of comparing quan-
localized to mycobacterial phagosomes 20–30 min posttreat-
titative multiparametric profiles from chemical and genetic
ment A, lower panels; Such an effect was
screens to decipher the cellular mechanisms of chemical action.
specific for Haloperidol, as it was not observed in cells treated
They further show that trafficking pathways can be modulated
with Nortriptyline and PE (data not shown). Moreover, in Halo-
pharmacologically to stimulate intracellular mycobacteria killing.
peridol-treated cells the colocalization of mycobacteria and
The key feature of our intracellular mycobacterial survival
LBPA increased with time C and 7D). Altogether,
assay is the multiplicity and reliability of parameters capturing
these data indicate that Haloperidol restores the delivery of crit-
various features of bacteria and host at high resolution. Interest-
ical components of the membrane-tethering machinery to the
ingly, most compounds in the selected hit cluster (M5) are not
mycobacterial phagosomes, thereby delivering mycobacteria
directly antimycobacterial. Although we cannot rule out
to lysosomes.
completely the possibility that the compounds may kill bacteria
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directly within infected cells, we favor the interpretation that they
). PE may act at different stages, e.g., on the fusion
act by modulating the host for the following reasons. First, the
with lysosomes. Detailed characterization of the interactions of
M5 cluster showed very little overlap with the compounds which
Nortriptyline and PE with the autophagy machinery will lead to
act directly on bacteria. Second, the three selected compounds
a more precise understanding of their mode of action.
do not kill mycobacteria outside the host cell under the different
The identification of Haloperidol as an antimycobacterial
conditions tested. Third, they show similar effects on uninfected
compound provides proof of principle for the pharmacological
cells. Fourth, the effect of Nortriptyline and PE can be reverted by
modulation of endocytic trafficking as a means of boosting the
inhibiting a host cellular process (autophagy). Fifth, Nortriptyline
host defense system to clear intracellular pathogens. Most
showed strong phenotypic correlation with a structural analog,
importantly, our data imply that such an approach is feasible
Amitriptyline, in mycobacteria as well as endocytosis and auto-
without inducing overt toxicity to cells. Haloperidol leads to
phagy screens. Here, only structural analogs having a Tanimoto
faster degradation of cargo by accelerating transport from early
distance >0.9 were considered and
to late endocytic compartments. Previous work has identified
F–S2I). Sixth, Nortriptyline and PE enhance the acidity
both general design principles and molecular details of the
of lysosomes. This correlates with delivery of mycobacteria to
machinery underlying endosome biogenesis and progression
lysosomes and their survival. Additionally, standard antimyco-
that are relevant to the pharmacological properties of Haloper-
bacterial drugs showed weaker phenotypes compared to the
idol. First, transport of cargo (LDL) along the degradative route
selected compounds. Most likely, this is because our assay
entails a conversion from Rab5- to Rab7-positive endosomes
measures GFP fluorescence from mycobacteria that decays at
(). Such conversion is based on a cut-out switch
different rates, depending on whether the host degradation
() that requires the endosomal levels
machinery can be accelerated or not. In support of this, Rifam-
of Rab5 to pass a threshold value prior to triggering a feedback
picin did not show enhanced lysosomal acidity. Thus, our
loop causing its removal and substitution with Rab7. Second, our
screening platform has a bias for compounds that boost host
recent systems survey on endocytosis has revealed that the
mechanisms. Importantly, our data argue that such compounds
centripetal movement of endosomes previously observed by
are likely to be missed in a screen for antimycobacterial
quantitative live-cell imaging is a master
compounds outside the context of infected cells.
parameter that regulates several other properties of the early en-
Whereas cell-based high-content screens have several
dosome network, including cargo progression (
advantages over traditional target-based HT screens, under-
). Mycobacterium interferes with such a switch, keeping
standing the mechanism of action of the identified compounds
the phagosome in an arrested state. Remarkably, Haloperidol
is a critical bottleneck (One
exerts a positive influence on both centripetal movement of en-
possible approach is to identify genes that when silenced
dosomes and membrane recruitment of the Rab5 machinery.
produce a phenotype similar to that of small inhibitory molecules
By shifting the molecular composition of the mycobacterial
(However, there are significant caveats to
phagosome, Haloperidol counteracts the fine balance between
this approach: for example, small molecules usually act rapidly,
phagosome activity and maturation arrest, restoring maturation.
whereas RNAi is gradual and requires longer times, possibly
Thus, relatively subtle alterations in the general endocytic traf-
allowing the system to adapt to a new steady state. Moreover,
ficking machinery are sufficient to cause dramatic effects on
the biological activity of small molecules may result from the
intracellular mycobacterial survival.
modulation of multiple targets rather than
Our results revealed antimycobacterial properties for three ex-
specific ones as in RNAi, excluding off-target effects. We
isting drugs. While Nortriptyline is an antidepressant, PE and
reasoned that although it may prove difficult to identify targets
Haloperidol are antipsychotics. The serum concentrations
of small molecules by comparing the phenotypic profiles of
achieved in patients for these drugs are lower than the in vitro
chemicals and silenced genes, this approach may nevertheless
antibacterial IC50 (). In principle, they would
allow the identification of the cellular pathways affected, as long
have to be made significantly more potent or achieve signifi-
as the phenotypes are described with sufficient detail and spec-
cantly higher serum levels to be effective in antimycobacterial
ificity. Therefore, we captured the phenotypes through QMPIA,
therapy. However, it is difficult to compare the effectiveness of
and, by integrating chemical and functional genomics data
the drugs under the particular conditions used in vitro with their
sets, we differentiated hit compounds of the mycobacteria
pharmacokinetics properties in patients, and further studies are
screen into distinct groups on the basis of their phenotypes on
necessary to corroborate their antimycobacterial activity in vivo.
endocytosis. Using this strategy, we could show both computa-
Nevertheless, our work demonstrates that it is possible to find
tionally and experimentally that one of the groups is significantly
existing compounds with previously unrecognized antimyco-
enriched for modulators of autophagy, a well-known antimyco-
bacterial activity and mode of action. Interestingly, PE is also
bacterial cell-defense mechanism (
used as antiemetic and administered in patients with MDR-TB
). Remarkably, autophagy phenotypes could thus be
to alleviate ancillary symptoms of nausea and vomiting
identified using a general endocytosis assay.
The finding that three neuromodulators are en-
Nortriptyline and PE influence autophagy differently. Whereas
dowed with membrane trafficking and antimycobacterial activity
Nortriptyline induces the formation of autophagosomes, PE
suggests that compounds can exert diverse biological effects
slows down autophagic flux. The basal rate of autophagy may
depending on the cellular context analyzed. Such influences
be sufficient to accumulate autophagosomes in the presence
are typically neglected in target-based screenings. Repurposing
of PE. These autophagosomes progressively acidify over time
existing drugs for additional applications could thus open new
and become competent for mycobacteria degradation (
avenues and lead to rapid therapeutic advances
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However, it is not excluded that the effects on intracellular
score >3 were considered hits. The screen was repeated twice (Z0 factors
transport highlighted in this study may even be part of the mech-
are 0.85 and 0.9 for each run). Hits from both runs were combined.
anism of action of the compounds in neuromodulation. The
High-Content Autophagy Assay
mechanistic clues obtained here open the possibility of exploring
HeLa cells were treated with the compounds at a final concentration of 10 mM,
the role of cellular processes, i.e., autophagy and modulation of
incubated for 4 hr, fixed with 3.7% PFA, and immunostained with anti-LC3
endocytic trafficking, in the context of their original therapeutic
antibody (clone PM036, MBL Labs). Cells were counterstained by DAPI and
use. Indeed, many tricyclic antidepressants, regarded as medi-
Cell Mask blue, imaged, and analyzed as described above.
ators of neurotransmitter signaling, show significant effects onautophagy (). Synergistic
Dose-Response Curves
activities of such compounds with other antibacterial and
To calculate IC50 for mycobacterial survival, human primary monocyte-derivedmacrophages were infected with M. bovis BCG-GFP, treated with different
immune modulators, such as IFN-g, could be exploited to yield
concentrations of the compounds for 48 hr, and fixed. For autophagy assay,
more potent pharmacological interventions. Finally, the methods
the same preparation of cells was treated with the compounds for 2 hr, fixed,
described here can be adapted to other diseases where host cell
and immunostained for LC3. Cells were imaged and analyzed as described.
processes need to be targeted. The compounds identified maytherefore also be effective against pathogens using similar
M. tuberculosis CFU Assay
Human primary macrophages were infected with virulent M. tuberculosis strainH37Rv and two different clinical isolates (CS1 and CS2) for 1 hr at moi 1:10,washed, treated with Amikacin (200 mg/ml) for 45 min, washed again, and
EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES
treated with the compounds. Cells were lysed after 48 hr with 0.05% SDSand plated in multiple dilutions on 7H11 agar plates. Colonies were counted
High-Content Screen for Intracellular Mycobacteria Survival
after incubation at 37C for 3 weeks.
Human primary monocyte-derived macrophages were infected with M. bovisBCG-GFP for 1 hr at moi of 1:10, washed extensively (Biotec EL406). After
Electron Microscopy
adding the compounds (10 mM) (Beckman Fxp automatic workstation), cells
Cells were fixed with 2.5% glutaraldehyde followed by postfixation in ferrocy-
were incubated for 48 hr, fixed with 3.7% PFA (Sigma), stained with 1 mg/ml
anide-reduced osmium following standard protocols ()
DAPI and 3 mg/ml Cell Mask Blue (Invitrogen), and imaged using the automated
and embedded with epon. Then 70 nm thin sections were cut on a Leica ultra-
spinning disk confocal Opera (Perkin Elmer). See the
microtome, stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate following classical
for details.
procedures, and imaged on a 100 kV Tecnai 12 TEM microscope. For areameasurements, several overlapping high-magnification images covering the
Data Analysis: Density-Based Clustering
whole cell were acquired, and a montage was generated using ImageJ.
Multiparametric profiles from the chemical screen were clustered usingdensity-based clustering algorithm with von Mises-Fisher kernel used for
Live-Cell Imaging
density estimate (N.S., T. Galvez, C. Collinet, G.M., M.Z., and Y.K., unpub-
A431 cells stably expressing GFP-Rab5 were treated with 10 mM Haloperidol
lished data). Clustering was performed varying the kernel concentration
for 2 hr and imaged live using Zeiss Duo scan microscope at 0.098 s/frame for
parameter k. For every data set, the number of clusters obtained stabilized
2 min. Individual endosomes were identified and tracked over time as
within a k range of 10–150. Further increase of k would not lead to an increase
described (). To calculate mean square displacement, endoso-
in the number of clusters. For each data set, a cluster was manually selected at
mal tracks were first iteratively divided into nonoverlapping equal time intervals
the first value of k that produced clusters that were stable in number and size.
from 0.1 to 70 s, and their displacements were computed for each interval.
k values for the mycobacteria and endocytosis screens were 30 and 90,
Next, the square of displacement for all endosomal tracks for a given condition
was averaged and plotted as a function of the time interval. In such a curve,early endosomes show a characteristic biphasic behavior, which we refer to
Integrating Chemical and Genetic Screens
as short timescale and long timescale movements.
Representative profiles of the two endocytosis subclusters were generated byaveraging the profiles of individual compounds in each subcluster. For these
Estimation of p Value for Time Series
two profiles, we assembled a list of genes from the endocytosis screen (
The null hypothesis tested is that deviation of a sequence of N measurements
) that had a Phenoscore >0.95 and a Pearson correlation of 0.7.
from zero is the result of normally distributed noise. Given that every measure-
These lists were subjected to gene annotation enrichment analysis using
ment i in the series has a value Di and variance s2i, we computed the probability
a standard hypergeometric test. Gene annotations were obtained from Gene
of the null hypothesis (p value) as
Ontology and KEGG Pathway databases.
Intracellular Mycobacterial Trafficking Assay
pvalue = 1 B
2 @1 erf@ 2@P
Human primary monocyte-derived macrophages were infected with M. bovis
BCG-GFP and stained for lysotracker red or LBPA as markers of lateendosomes and lysosomes (Colocalizations were scored over a range of stringency thresholds
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