VapC toxin inhibition as a method for prevention of the formation of resting forms of mycobacteria

Resumo

It has been shown that inactivation of the VapC toxin from the VapВС toxin-antitoxin system prevents mycobacterial cells from transitioning to an ovoid state that meets the criteria of dormancy. The results indicate a potential target for medicines that prevent the development of latent tuberculosis infection and provide a basis to obtain bacterial cells for the testing of compounds that are active towards dormant forms of mycobacteria.