title: Infection of macrophage-like THP-1 cells with Mycobacterium avium results in a decrease in their ability to phosphorylate nucleolin.
abstract: This study of the phosphorylation ability of macrophage-like cells upon infection with Mycobacterium avium was undertaken to establish potential targets of the interference with host response mechanisms. Cytosolic and membrane fractions from noninfected and infected cells were incubated with [gamma-(32)P]ATP, in the presence of Mg(2+) and the absence of Ca(2+), and the patterns of phosphoproteins synthesized were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Lower levels of a 110-kDa phosphoprotein were observed in association with cytosolic fractions from mycobacterium-infected cells compared to noninfected cells or cells treated with lipopolysaccharide or having ingested Escherichia coli or killed M. avium. The 110-kDa phosphoprotein was present in the soluble fraction (230,000 x g supernatant) after the kinase incubation, from where it was partially purified and identified as phosphonucleolin by amino acid sequencing. The decrease in nucleolin phosphorylation observed was not related to changes in the cytosolic or membrane levels of this protein, and was detected also in the cytosolic fraction of (32)P-labeled intact cells.
authors.affiliation: Leukocyte Biology Unit, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Area Science Park, 34012 Trieste, Italy. garcia@icgeb.trieste.it
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Banfi
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pittis
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002474:Cell-Free System; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000097796:Nucleolin
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000097796:Nucleolin