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Early Events During Invasion of J774 Cells by Listeria Monocytogenes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

Paul Webster
Paul Webster*
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House Ear Institute, 2100 West Third Street, Los Angeles, CA , 90057
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Abstract

The gram positive bacillus, Listeria monocytogenesis a contaminant of the food we eat and although it is a common pathogen in farm animals L. monocytogenesdoes not normally infect humans. However, immunocompromised individuals, infants and the elderly are susceptible to infection. The bacteria, taken into membrane bound phagosomes, use a thiol-activated cytolysin listeriolysin O to disrupt the membrane (LLO) and gain access to the cell cytoplasm. Subsequent actin polymerizations on the bacterial surface induce motility in the cell and long cytoplasmic protrusions at the cell surface that spread bacteria to neighboring cells.

L. monocytogenesenters cells by phagocytosis. By using short infection times of 5 min or less, it was possible to examine early interactions between J774 cells and L. monocytogenes.This study shows that during the early stages of internalization the bacteria are able to modify the protein composition of the forming phagosome membrane.

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Microscopy, Microanalysis and Imaging in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Organized by S. Samuelsson and B. Maleeff)
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 7 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis 2001, Microscopy Society of America 59th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 35th Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California August 5-9, 2001 , August 2001 , pp. 628 - 629
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2001

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