Naslov
Regulation of apopotis and anti-apoptosis signaling by Francisella tularensis

Autori
Šantić, Marina ; Pavoković, Gordana ; Jones, Snake ; Asare, Rexford ; Abu Kwaik, Yousef

Izvornik
Microbes and infection (1286-4579) 12 (2010), 2; 126-134

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Tularemia; iglC; cell death
(Tularemia; iglC; Cell deathc)

Sažetak
Francisella tularensis induces apoptosis within macrophages but the temporal and spatial modulation through activation of caspase-1, caspase-3, and the anti-apoptosis nuclear transcription factor B (NF-κB) is not known. Whether escape of the bacteria into the cytosol is sufficient and/or essential for activation of NF-κB is not known. Our results show that F. tularensis subsp. novicida induces sustained nuclear translocation of NF-κB at early time points after infection of human monocytes derived macrophages (hMDMs). The sustained nuclear translocation of NF-κB is defective in the iglC mutant that fails to escape into the cytosol of macrophages. Nuclear translocation of NF-κB by the wild type strain is abolished upon treatment with the NF-κB inhibitor caffein acid phenyl ester. While the wild type strain triggers caspase-3 and caspase-1 activation by 6 h post-infection the iglC mutant is defective in triggering both caspases. In hMDMs treated with the apoptosis-inducing agent, staurosporin, there is an induction of cell death in the iglC mutant-infected macrophages despite reduced frequency of caspase-1 and caspase-3 activity. The wt-infected macrophages are resistant to cell death-induced agent. We conclude that although caspase-1 and capsase-3 are triggered within F. tularensis-infected hMDMs during early stages of infection, cell death is delayed, which is correlated with simultaneous activation of NF-κB.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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