title: Identification of Francisella novicida mutants that fail to induce prostaglandin E(2) synthesis by infected macrophages.
abstract: Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia. We have previously shown that infection with F. tularensis Live Vaccine Strain (LVS) induces macrophages to synthesize prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)). Synthesis of PGE(2) by F. tularensis infected macrophages results in decreased T cell proliferation in vitro and increased bacterial survival in vivo. Although we understand some of the biological consequences of F. tularensis induced PGE(2) synthesis by macrophages, we do not understand the cellular pathways (neither host nor bacterial) that result in up-regulation of the PGE(2) biosynthetic pathway in F. tularensis infected macrophages. We took a genetic approach to begin to understand the molecular mechanisms of bacterial induction of PGE(2) synthesis from infected macrophages. To identify F. tularensis genes necessary for the induction of PGE(2) in primary macrophages, we infected cells with individual mutants from the closely related strain F. tularensis subspecies novicida U112 (U112) two allele mutant library. Twenty genes were identified that when disrupted resulted in U112 mutant strains unable to induce the synthesis of PGE(2) by infected macrophages. Fourteen of the genes identified are located within the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI). Genes in the FPI are required for F. tularensis to escape from the phagosome and replicate in the cytosol, which might account for the failure of U112 with transposon insertions within the FPI to induce PGE(2). This implies that U112 mutant strains that do not grow intracellularly would also not induce PGE(2). We found that U112 clpB::Tn grows within macrophages yet fails to induce PGE(2), while U112 pdpA::Tn does not grow yet does induce PGE(2). We also found that U112 iglC::Tn neither grows nor induces PGE(2). These findings indicate that there is dissociation between intracellular growth and the ability of F. tularensis to induce PGE(2) synthesis. These mutants provide a critical entrée into the pathways used in the host for PGE(2) induction.
authors: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport Shreveport, LA, USA.
authors: Matthew D
authors: MD
authors: Woolard
authors: Lydia M
authors: LM
authors: Barrigan
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Fuller
authors: Adam S
authors: AS
authors: Buntzman
authors: Joshua
authors: J
authors: Bryan
authors: Colin
authors: C
authors: Manoil
authors: Thomas H
authors: TH
authors: Kawula
authors: Jeffrey A
authors: JA
authors: Frelinger
keywords: Francisella; prostaglandin E
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