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JOURNAL OF INNATE IMMUNITY
Volume 2, Issue 6, Pages 534-545Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000317635
Keywords
Streptococcus pyogenes; Intracellular persistence; Macrophage; M protein; Host-pathogen interaction
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- Foundation of Ragnar
- Foundation of Torsten Soderberg
- Magn Bergvalls
- Svenska sallskapet for medicinsk forskning
- Swedish Research Council [16210, 7480]
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
- Karolinska University Hospital
- Karolinska Institutet
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Streptococcus pyogenes is an important human pathogen that causes a variety of diseases including life-threatening invasive diseases, such as toxic shock and deep tissue infections. Although S. pyogenes are classically considered extracellular pathogens, a clinical significance of an intracellular source has been emphasized. In patients with deep tissue infections, an intracellular reservoir of S. pyogenes within macrophages was shown to contribute to prolonged bacterial persistence. Here we demonstrate that intracellular survival of S. pyogenes in macrophages is associated with an M1 protein-dependent intracellular trafficking in the phagosomal-lysosomal pathway, which results in impaired fusion with lysosomes. The phagocytic vacuoles harbouring M1 protein-expressing bacteria not only served as a safe haven for the bacteria, but also as a replicating niche. An M1 protein-dependent modulation of macrophages was further supported by differences in NF-kappa B signalling between cells infected with either the wild-type or M1 protein-deficient strains, thereby indicating a suppressed inflammatory response when M1 protein was involved. Evidence of egress of bacteria out of their host cell and subsequent re-infection of new cells emphasize the importance of intracellular bacteria as a reservoir for dissemination of infection and continued tissue injury. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
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