p53 signalling controls cell cycle arrest and caspase-independent apoptosis in macrophages infected with pathogenic Leptospira species.
Cell Microbiol
; 15(10): 1642-59, 2013 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Pathogenic Leptospira species, the causative agents of leptospirosis, have been shown to induce macrophage apoptosis through caspase-independent, mitochondrion-related apoptosis inducing factor (AIF) and endonuclease G (EndoG), but the signalling pathway leading to AIF/EndoG-based macrophage apoptosis remains unknown. Here we show that infection of Leptospira interrogans caused a rapid increase in reactive oxygen species (ROS), DNA damage, and intranuclear foci of 53BP1 and phosphorylation of H2AX (two DNAdamage indicators) in wild-type p53-containing mouse macrophages and p53-deficient human macrophages. Most leptospire-infected cells stayed at the G1 phase, whereas depletion or inhibition of p53 caused a decrease of the G1 -phase cells and the early apoptotic ratios. Infection with spirochaetes stimulated a persistent activation of p53 and an early activation of Akt through phosphorylation. The intranuclear translocation of p53, increased expression of p53-dependent p21(Cip) (1/) (WAF) (1) and pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family proteins (Bax, Noxa and Puma), release of AIF and EndoG from mitochondria, and membrane translocation of Fas occurred during leptospire-induced macrophage apoptosis. Thus, our study demonstrated that ROS production and DNA damage-dependent p53-Bax/Noxa/Puma-AIF/EndoG signalling mediates the leptospire-induced cell cycle arrest and caspase-independent apoptosis of macrophages.
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Asunto principal:
Transducción de Señal
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Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor
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Apoptosis
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Interacciones Huésped-Patógeno
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Puntos de Control del Ciclo Celular
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Leptospira interrogans
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Macrófagos
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Animals
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Humans
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Revista:
Cell Microbiol
Asunto de la revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Año:
2013
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Article
País de afiliación:
China