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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
Ehrlichia are obligately intracellular bacteria that reside in a vacuole in the cytoplasm of phagocytes. We determined by confocal microscopy the interaction between Ehrlichia and mitochondria in DH82 cells to investigate the mechanism of Ehrlichia survival inside the phagocyte. The most remarkable finding of our study was that Ehrlichia morulae interacted with mitochondria and inhibited mitochondrial metabolism. We showed that in Ehrlichia chaffeensis-infected DH82 cells, mitochondria did not incorporate BrdU and transcriptional level of the mitochondrial gene NADPH2 was significantly reduced, indicating the inhibition of mitochondrial metabolism. This study demonstrates that Ehrlichia are able to inhibit mitochondrial activities, and it opens up a new avenue for the study of Ehrlichia pathogenesis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1769-714X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
232-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Aphidicolin, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Bromodeoxyuridine, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Cell Membrane Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Ehrlichia, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Ehrlichiosis, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Histiocytes, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Host-Parasite Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Life Cycle Stages, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Mitochondrial Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Mitochondrial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21070861-Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Obligate intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia inhibiting mitochondrial activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0609, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural