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Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo
Rickettsiae can cause life-threatening infections in humans. Macrophages are one of the initial targets for rickettsiae after inoculation by ticks. However, it remains poorly understood how rickettsiae remain free in macrophages prior to establishing their infection in microvascular endothelial cell...
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2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30297526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00651-18 |
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author | Bechelli, Jeremy Vergara, Leoncio Smalley, Claire Buzhdygan, Tetyana P. Bender, Sean Zhang, William Liu, Yan Popov, Vsevolod L. Wang, Jin Garg, Nisha Hwang, Seungmin Walker, David H. Fang, Rong |
author_facet | Bechelli, Jeremy Vergara, Leoncio Smalley, Claire Buzhdygan, Tetyana P. Bender, Sean Zhang, William Liu, Yan Popov, Vsevolod L. Wang, Jin Garg, Nisha Hwang, Seungmin Walker, David H. Fang, Rong |
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description | Rickettsiae can cause life-threatening infections in humans. Macrophages are one of the initial targets for rickettsiae after inoculation by ticks. However, it remains poorly understood how rickettsiae remain free in macrophages prior to establishing their infection in microvascular endothelial cells. Here, we demonstrated that the concentration of Rickettsia australis was significantly greater in infected tissues of Atg5(flox/flox) mice than in the counterparts of Atg5(flox/flox) Lyz-Cre mice, in association with a reduced level of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in serum. The greater concentration of R. australis in Atg5(flox/flox) bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) than in Atg5(flox/flox) Lyz-Cre BMMs in vitro was abolished by exogenous treatment with recombinant IL-1β. Rickettsia australis induced significantly increased levels of light chain 3 (LC3) form II (LC3-II) and LC3 puncta in Atg5-competent BMMs but not in Atg5-deficient BMMs, while no p62 turnover was observed. Further analysis found the colocalization of LC3 with a small portion of R. australis and Rickettsia-containing double-membrane-bound vacuoles in the BMMs of B6 mice. Moreover, treatment with rapamycin significantly increased the concentrations of R. australis in B6 BMMs compared to those in the untreated B6 BMM controls. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Atg5 favors R. australis infection in mouse macrophages in association with a suppressed level of IL-1β production but not active autophagy flux. These data highlight the contribution of Atg5 in macrophages to the pathogenesis of rickettsial diseases. |
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spelling | pubmed-63006212018-12-28 Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo Bechelli, Jeremy Vergara, Leoncio Smalley, Claire Buzhdygan, Tetyana P. Bender, Sean Zhang, William Liu, Yan Popov, Vsevolod L. Wang, Jin Garg, Nisha Hwang, Seungmin Walker, David H. Fang, Rong Infect Immun Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions Rickettsiae can cause life-threatening infections in humans. Macrophages are one of the initial targets for rickettsiae after inoculation by ticks. However, it remains poorly understood how rickettsiae remain free in macrophages prior to establishing their infection in microvascular endothelial cells. Here, we demonstrated that the concentration of Rickettsia australis was significantly greater in infected tissues of Atg5(flox/flox) mice than in the counterparts of Atg5(flox/flox) Lyz-Cre mice, in association with a reduced level of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in serum. The greater concentration of R. australis in Atg5(flox/flox) bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) than in Atg5(flox/flox) Lyz-Cre BMMs in vitro was abolished by exogenous treatment with recombinant IL-1β. Rickettsia australis induced significantly increased levels of light chain 3 (LC3) form II (LC3-II) and LC3 puncta in Atg5-competent BMMs but not in Atg5-deficient BMMs, while no p62 turnover was observed. Further analysis found the colocalization of LC3 with a small portion of R. australis and Rickettsia-containing double-membrane-bound vacuoles in the BMMs of B6 mice. Moreover, treatment with rapamycin significantly increased the concentrations of R. australis in B6 BMMs compared to those in the untreated B6 BMM controls. Taken together, our results demonstrate that Atg5 favors R. australis infection in mouse macrophages in association with a suppressed level of IL-1β production but not active autophagy flux. These data highlight the contribution of Atg5 in macrophages to the pathogenesis of rickettsial diseases. American Society for Microbiology 2018-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6300621/ /pubmed/30297526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00651-18 Text en Copyright © 2018 Bechelli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions Bechelli, Jeremy Vergara, Leoncio Smalley, Claire Buzhdygan, Tetyana P. Bender, Sean Zhang, William Liu, Yan Popov, Vsevolod L. Wang, Jin Garg, Nisha Hwang, Seungmin Walker, David H. Fang, Rong Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo |
title | Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo |
title_full | Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo |
title_fullStr | Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo |
title_full_unstemmed | Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo |
title_short | Atg5 Supports Rickettsia australis Infection in Macrophages In Vitro and In Vivo |
title_sort | atg5 supports rickettsia australis infection in macrophages in vitro and in vivo |
topic | Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30297526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00651-18 |
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