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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 109, 期 9, 页码 3481-3486出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121286109
关键词
vacuole stability; type IV secretion; innate immune sensing
资金
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Legionella pneumophila directs the formation of a specialized vacuole within host cells, dependent on protein substrates of the Icm/Dot translocation system. Survival of the host cell is essential for intracellular replication of L. pneumophila. Strains lacking the translocated substrate SdhA are defective for intracellular replication and activate host cell death pathways in primary macrophages. To understand how SdhA promotes evasion of death pathways, we performed a mutant hunt to identify bacterial suppressors of the Delta sdhA growth defect. We identified the secreted phospholipase PlaA as key to activation of death pathways by the Delta sdhA strain. Based on homology between PlaA and SseJ, a Salmonella protein associated with vacuole degradation, we determined the roles of SdhA and PlaA in controlling vacuole integrity. In the absence of sdhA, the Legionella-containing vacuole was unstable, resulting in access to the host cytosol. Both vacuole disruption and host cell death were largely dependent on PlaA. Consistent with these observations, the Delta sdhA strain colocalized with galectin - 3, a marker of vacuole rupture, in a PlaA - dependent process. Access of Delta sdhA strains to the macrophage cytosol triggered multiple responses in the host cell, including degradation of bacteria, induction of the type I IFN response, and activation of inflammasomes. Therefore, we have demonstrated that the Legionella - containing vacuole is actively stabilized by the SdhA protein during intracellular replication. This vacuolar niche affords the bacterium protection from cytosolic host factors that degrade bacteria and initiate immune responses.
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