Elevated mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling and increased macrophage activation in cells infected with a glycopeptidolipid-deficient Mycobacterium avium
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Cellular Microbiology
- Vol. 8 (1), 85-96
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2005.00602.x
Abstract
Mycobacterium avium is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients. M. avium can be isolated as three major morphotypes: smooth-transparent (SmT ), smooth-opaque (SmO) and rough (Rg). Studies indicate that many Rg isolates lack or have modified glycopeptidolipids (GPLs). GPLs are major surface constituents of the M. avium cell wall and heterogeneity in their carbohydrate moieties has been used to classify M. avium into different serotypes, with serotypes 1, 4 and 8 being isolated with high frequency from AIDS patients. However, it is unclear what role GPLs play in M. avium pathogenicity. To begin to address how the absence of GPLs affects M. avium-macrophage interaction, we used the well-characterized M. avium 2151 SmT and Rg isolates which differ in GPL expression. We found macrophages infected with the Rg compared with SmT M. avium 2151 showed prolonged activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) p38 and ERK1/2. Macrophages infected with the Rg 2151 also showed increased tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production. Interestingly, TNF-alpha secretion by macrophages infected with SmO or SmT 2151 was dependent on p38, ERK1/2 and NF-kappaB while TNF-alpha secretion by Rg 2151-infected macrophages was dependent on NF-kappaB but not the MAPKs. Rg 2151-infected macrophages also produced increased levels of IL-6, IL-12, MCP-1 and RANTES relative to macrophages infected with SmT 2151. These results indicate that M. avium 2151 deficient in GPLs promote increased macrophage activation. This disparity in cellular activation stems from a quantitative and qualitative difference in the macrophage signalling response to the Rg and SmT M. avium 2151.Keywords
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