Role of magnesium and a phagosomal P-type ATPase in intracellular bacterial killing
Autor: | Lelong-Favre Alborini, Emmanuelle, Marchetti, Anna, Gueho, Aurélie, Lima, Wanessa Cristina, Sattler, Natascha, Molmeret, Maëlle, Hagedorn, Monica, Soldati, Thierry, Cosson, Pierre |
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Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adenosine Triphosphatases
Microbial Viability Protozoan Proteins/genetics/metabolism Microbial Viability/drug effects Protozoan Proteins Membrane Transport Proteins Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism Klebsiella pneumoniae/drug effects/growth & development Klebsiella pneumoniae Dictyostelium/metabolism/microbiology Phagosomes/metabolism/microbiology Phagosomes ddc:540 Mycobacterium marinum Mycobacterium marinum/drug effects/growth & development Dictyostelium Magnesium Magnesium/metabolism Membrane Transport Proteins/genetics/metabolism ddc:612 |
Zdroj: | Cellular microbiology Cellular Microbiology, Vol. 13, No 2 (2011) pp. 246-58 |
ISSN: | 1462-5822 1462-5814 |
Popis: | Bacterial ingestion and killing by phagocytic cells are essential processes to protect the human body from infectious microorganisms. However, only few proteins implicated in intracellular bacterial killing have been identified to date. We used Dictyostelium discoideum, a phagocytic bacterial predator, to study intracellular killing. In a random genetic screen we identified Kil2, a type V P-ATPase as an essential element for efficient intracellular killing of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria. Interestingly, kil2 knockout cells still killed efficiently several other species of bacteria, and did not show enhanced susceptibility to Mycobacterium marinum intracellular replication. Kil2 is present in the phagosomal membrane, and its structure suggests that it pumps cations into the phagosomal lumen. The killing defect of kil2 knockout cells was rescued by the addition of magnesium ions, suggesting that Kil2 may function as a magnesium pump. In agreement with this, kil2 mutant cells exhibited a specific defect for growth at high concentrations of magnesium. Phagosomal protease activity was lower in kil2 mutant cells than in wild-type cells, a phenotype reversed by the addition of magnesium to the medium. Kil2 may act as a magnesium pump maintaining magnesium concentration in phagosomes, thus ensuring optimal activity of phagosomal proteases and efficient killing of bacteria. |
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