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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 79, 期 9, 页码 3683-3696出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01344-10
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- Swedish Research Council [2006-3426, 2006-2877, 2009-5026]
- Medical Faculty, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
The Gram-negative bacterium Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia, a disease intimately associated with the multiplication of the bacterium within host macrophages. This in turn requires the expression of Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI) genes, believed to encode a type VI secretion system. While the exact functions of many of the components have yet to be revealed, some have been found to contribute to the ability of Francisella to cause systemic infection in mice as well as to prevent phagolysosomal fusion and facilitate escape into the host cytosol. Upon reaching this compartment, the bacterium rapidly multiplies, inhibits activation of the inflammasome, and ultimately causes apoptosis of the host cell. In this study, we analyzed the contribution of the FPI-encoded proteins IglG, IglI, and PdpE to the aforementioned processes in F. tularensis LVS. The Delta pdpE mutant behaved similarly to the parental strain in all investigated assays. In contrast, Delta iglG and Delta iglI mutants, although they were efficiently replicating in J774A. 1 cells, both exhibited delayed phagosomal escape, conferred a delayed activation of the inflammasome, and exhibited reduced cytopathogenicity as well as marked attenuation in the mouse model. Thus, IglG and IglI play key roles for modulation of the intracellular host response and also for the virulence of F. tularensis.
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