Inhibition of apoptosis by Escherichia coli K1 is accompanied by increased expression of BclXL and blockade of mitochondrial cytochrome c release in macrophages

Infection and Immunity
Sunil K SukumaranNemani V Prasadarao

Abstract

Escherichia coli K1 survival in the blood is a critical step for the onset of meningitis in neonates. Therefore, the circulating bacteria are impelled to avoid host defense mechanisms by finding a niche to survive and multiply. Our recent studies have shown that E. coli K1 enters and survives in both monocytes and macrophages in the newborn rat model of meningitis as well as in macrophage cell lines. Here we demonstrate that E. coli K1 not only extends the survival of human and murine infected macrophage cell lines but also renders them resistant to apoptosis induced by staurosporine. Macrophages infected with wild-type E. coli expressing outer membrane protein A (OmpA), but not with OmpA- E. coli, are resistant to DNA fragmentation and phosphatidylserine exposure induced by staurosporine. Infection with OmpA+ E. coli induces the expression of Bcl(XL), an antiapoptotic protein, both at the mRNA level as assessed by gene array analysis and at the protein level as evaluated by immunoblotting. OmpA- E. coli infection of macrophages induced the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol and the activation of caspases 3, 6, and 9, events that were significantly blocked in OmpA+ E. coli-infected macrophages. In additi...Continue Reading

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