title: Phosphoinositides and phagocytosis.
abstract: Phosphoinositide 3 kinases (PI3Ks)*Abbreviation used in this paper: PI3K, phosphoinositide 3 kinase. are known as regulators of phagocytosis. Recent results demonstrate that class I and III PI3Ks act consecutively in phagosome formation and maturation, and that their respective products, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PI[3,4,5]P(3)) and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI[3]P), accumulate transiently at different stages. Phagosomes containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis do not acquire the PI(3)P-binding protein EEA1, which is required for phagosome maturation. This suggests a possible mechanism of how this microorganism evades degradation in phagolysosomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gillooly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stenmark
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000378:metabolism; D010586:Phagocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D010588:Phagosomes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins; C093846:early endosome antigen 1; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases