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This phenomenon is traditionally attributed to the activity of its two Type III Secretion Systems (T3SS) and their associated effectors. A critical challenge for these bacteria is acquiring nutrients from inside the host cell. Thus, they modulate the metabolism of host cells to replicate. Given the metabolic plasticity of macrophages, a key unresolved question is how their metabolic heterogeneity shapes intracellular\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    replication. By using human primary macrophages and live-cell imaging to monitor bacterial dynamics at the single-cell level, we revealed that\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    does not replicate in all infected cells. However, supplementation with specific carbon sources used by\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    during infection accelerated bacterial replication and increased the proportion of macrophages harboring replicative bacteria. Remarkably, this occurred even in the absence of functional T3SSs, as a \u0394\n                    <jats:italic>prgH<\/jats:italic>\n                    \/\u0394\n                    <jats:italic>ssaV<\/jats:italic>\n                    double mutant was able to replicate in a subset of infected cells under favorable nutrient conditions. These phenotypes are further amplified in macrophages with higher glycolytic activity, such as the murine RAW 264.7 cell line. Further analyses demonstrated that enhanced\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    replication is not strictly dependent on host glycolytic activity but is instead driven by the ability of the host cell to take up the nutrients\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    prefers for its replication early during infection. In summary, our findings suggest that the dependence of\n                    <jats:italic>Salmonella<\/jats:italic>\n                    on its T3SSs for intracellular replication can be compensated, at least partially, when host cells provide optimal access to key nutrients. This underscores the role of host cell metabolism in shaping intracellular bacterial replication and highlights the crucial functions of T3SS effectors in remodelling macrophage metabolism and endosomal trafficking to establish nutrient-permissive niches. When equivalent metabolic conditions are achieved by other means\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    , dependence on T3SSs for intracellular replication can be partially compensated in macrophages.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.ppat.1014348","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T17:23:59Z","timestamp":1783617839000},"page":"e1014348","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.ppat.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Provision of preferred nutrients to macrophages promotes Salmonella intracellular replication without relying on Type III secretion 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