Lack of lysosomal fusion with phagosomes containing Ehrlichia risticii in P388D1 cells: abrogation of inhibition with oxytetracycline.

AUTOR(ES)

Wells, M Y

RESUMO

Fusion of lysosomes with phagosomes containing Ehrlichia risticii, an obligate intracellular parasite, was evaluated in P388D1 murine macrophagelike cells. Lysosomes in cells ranging in infectivity from 30 to 70% were labeled cytochemically with acid phosphatase or via endocytosis of thorium dioxide or cationized ferritin to document phagosome-lysosome (P-L) fusion in untreated cells and cells treated with oxytetracycline. Regardless of the marker used, P-L fusion was generally not observed in E. risticii-containing vacuoles in untreated cells, while significantly greater P-L fusion with ehrlichia-containing vacuoles was observed after oxytetracycline treatment. When latex beads were introduced into uninfected cell cultures, P-L fusion was observed with vacuoles containing latex. Fusion of lysosomes with latex-containing vacuoles in cells was significantly greater than fusion of lysosomes with ehrlichia-containing vacuoles in the same infected cells. These findings indicate that E. risticii is able to inhibit P-L fusion, whereas oxytetracycline deprives organisms of this ability.

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