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      NF-κB translocation prevents host cell death after low-dose challenge by Legionella pneumophila

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          Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, grows within macrophages and manipulates target cell signaling. Formation of a Legionella-containing replication vacuole requires the function of the bacterial type IV secretion system (Dot/Icm), which transfers protein substrates into the host cell cytoplasm. A global microarray analysis was used to examine the response of human macrophage-like U937 cells to low-dose infections with L. pneumophila. The most striking change in expression was the Dot/Icm-dependent up-regulation of antiapoptotic genes positively controlled by the transcriptional regulator nuclear factor κB (NF-κB). Consistent with this finding, L. pneumophila triggered nuclear localization of NF-κB in human and mouse macrophages in a Dot/Icm-dependent manner. The mechanism of activation at low-dose infections involved a signaling pathway that occurred independently of the Toll-like receptor adaptor MyD88 and the cytoplasmic sensor Nod1. In contrast, high multiplicity of infection conditions caused a host cell response that masked the unique Dot/Icm-dependent activation of NF-κB. Inhibition of NF-κB translocation into the nucleus resulted in premature host cell death and termination of bacterial replication. In the absence of one antiapoptotic protein, plasminogen activator inhibitor–2, host cell death increased in response to L. pneumophila infection, indicating that induction of antiapoptotic genes is critical for host cell survival.

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                Journal
                J Exp Med
                The Journal of Experimental Medicine
                The Rockefeller University Press
                0022-1007
                1540-9538
                4 September 2006
                : 203
                : 9
                : 2177-2189
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Howard Hughes Medical Institute and [2 ]Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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                CORRESPONDENCE Ralph R. Isberg: Ralph.Isberg@ 123456tufts.edu

                Article
                20060766
                10.1084/jem.20060766
                2118400
                16940169
                6bc84ea5-2670-447c-956e-7f241523112b
                Copyright © 2006, The Rockefeller University Press
                History
                : 7 April 2006
                : 2 August 2006
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