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JOURNAL OF INNATE IMMUNITY
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 522-533Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000319864
Keywords
Burkholderia; Macrophage; Phagosome; Rab7; Cystic fibrosis
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- Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [7075]
- National Institutes of Health [HL090669]
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL090669] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Strains of the Burkholderia cepacia complex can survive within macrophages by arresting the maturation of phagocytic vacuoles. The bacteria preclude fusion of the phagosome with lysosomes by a process that is poorly understood. Using murine macrophages, we investigated the stage at which maturation is arrested and analyzed the underlying mechanism. Vacuoles containing B. cenocepacia strain J2315, an isolate of the transmissible ET12 clone, recruited Rab5 and synthesized phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate, indicating progression to the early phagosomal stage. Despite the fact that the B. cenocepacia-containing vacuoles rarely fused with lysosomes, they could nevertheless acquire the late phagosomal markers CD63 and Rab7. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and use of a probe that detects Rab7-guanosine triphosphate indicated that activation of Rab7 was impaired by B. cenocepacia, accounting at least in part for the inability of the vacuole to merge with lysosomes. The Rab7 defect was not due to excessive cholesterol accumulation and was confined to the infected vacuoles. Jointly, these experiments indicate that B. cenocepacia express virulence factors capable of interfering with Rab7 function and thereby with membrane traffic. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
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