Characterization of Salmonella‐Induced Filaments (Sifs) Reveals a Delayed Interaction Between Salmonella‐Containing Vacuoles and Late Endocytic Compartments
- 18 September 2001
- Vol. 2 (9), 643-653
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0854.2001.20907.x
Abstract
Salmonella typhimurium is a facultative intracellular pathogen that colonizes host cells throughout the course of infection. A unique feature of this pathogen is its ability to enter into (invade) epithelial cells and elongate the vacuole within which it resides into tubular structures called Salmonella‐induced filaments (Sifs). In this study we sought to characterize the mechanism of Sif formation by immunofluorescence analysis using subcellular markers. The late endosomal lipid lysobisphosphatidic acid associated in a punctate pattern with the Salmonella‐containing vacuole, starting 90 min after infection and increasing thereafter. Lysobisphosphatidic acid‐rich vesicles were also found to interact with Sifs, at numerous sites along the tubules. Similarly, cholesterol‐rich vesicles were also found in association with intracellular bacteria and Sifs. The lysosomal hydrolase cathepsin D was present in Sifs, both in a punctate pattern and, at later times, predominantly in an uninterrupted linear pattern. Rab7 associated with Sifs and expression of the N125I dominant negative mutant of this GTPase inhibited Sif formation. Transfection of HeLa cells with a vector encoding SifA fused to the green fluorescent protein caused swelling and aggregation of lysobisphosphatidic acid‐containing compartments, suggesting that this virulence factor directs membrane fusion events involving late endosomes. Our findings demonstrate that Sif formation involves fusion of late endocytic compartments with the Salmonella‐containing vacuole, and suggest that SifA modulates this event.Keywords
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