Amino Acid Uptake and Metabolism of Legionella pneumophila Hosted by Acanthamoeba castellanii

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作者
Schunder, Eva [1 ]
Gillmaier, Nadine [2 ]
Kutzner, Erika [2 ]
Herrmann, Vroni [1 ]
Lautner, Monika [1 ]
Heuner, Klaus [1 ]
Eisenreich, Wolfgang [2 ]
机构
[1] Robert Koch Inst, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
[2] Tech Univ Munich, Lehrstuhl Biochem, D-85747 Garching, Germany
关键词
INTRACELLULAR MULTIPLICATION; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SHIKIMATE PATHWAY; LIQUID-MEDIUM; EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE; GROWTH; MACROPHAGES; ADAPTATION; INFECTION;
D O I
10.1074/jbc.M114.570085
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Legionella pneumophila survives and replicates within a Legionella-containing vacuole (LCV) of amoebae and macrophages. Less is known about the carbon metabolism of the bacteria within the LCV. We have now analyzed the transfer and usage of amino acids from the natural host organism Acanthamoeba castellanii to Legionella pneumophila under in vivo (LCV) conditions. For this purpose, A. castellanii was C-13-labeled by incubation in buffer containing [U-C-13(6)] glucose. Subsequently, these C-13-prelabeled amoebae were infected with L. pneumophila wild type or some mutants defective in putative key enzymes or regulators of carbon metabolism. C-13-Isotopologue compositions of amino acids from bacterial and amoebal proteins were then determined by mass spectrometry. In a comparative approach, the profiles documented the efficient uptake of Acanthamoeba amino acids into the LCV and further into L. pneumophila where they served as precursors for bacterial protein biosynthesis. More specifically, A. castellanii synthesized from exogenous [U-C-13(6)] glucose unique isotopologue mixtures of several amino acids including Phe and Tyr, which were also observed in the same amino acids from LCV-grown L. pneumophila. Minor but significant differences were only detected in the isotopologue profiles of Ala, Asp, and Glu from the amoebal or bacterial protein fractions, respectively, indicating partial de novo synthesis of these amino acids by L. pneumophila. The similar isotopologue patterns in amino acids from L. pneumophila wild type and the mutants under study reflected the robustness of amino acid usage in the LCV of A. castellannii.
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页码:21040 / 21054
页数:15
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