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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 70, 期 3, 页码 1657-1663出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1657-1663.2002
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI043965, R01AI043987] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01AI43965, R01AI43987, R01 AI043965, R01 AI043987] Funding Source: Medline
We have previously shown that Legionella pneumophila induces caspase 3-dependent apoptosis in mammalian cells during early stages of infection. In this report, we show that nine L. pneumophila strains with mutations in the dotA, dotDCB, icmT, icmGCD, and icmjB loci are completely defective in the induction of apoptosis, in addition to their severe defects in intracellular replication and pore formation-mediated cytotoxicity. Importantly, all nine dot/icm mutants were complemented for all their defective phenotypes with the respective wild-type loci. We show that the role of the Dot/Icm type IV secretion system in the induction of apoptosis is independent of the RtxA toxin, the dot/icm-regulated pore-forming toxin, and the type II secretion system. However, the pore-forming toxin, which is triggered upon entry into the postexponential growth phase, enhances the ability of L. pneumophila to induce apoptosis. Our data provide the first example of the role of a type IV secretion system of a bacterial pathogen in the induction of apoptosis in the host cell.
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