The Vibrio vulnificus localization in the dendritic cells and its effect on dendritic cells cytoskeleton structure during infection / 中华微生物学和免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the invasion,internalization and the organelles damage of the cultured dendritic cells ( DC2.4 strain) during Vibrio vulnificus (Vv) infection.Methods The study model was the cultured DCs infected by Vv 1.1758 strain.Electron microscopy was used to observe the localization of bacteria in different time point of infection,cell morphology and the process of organelles changes.The cytoskeleton structure including the microfilaments and the microtubules rearrangement was examined by the fluorescence microscope.Results The Vv were pinocytosed into the DC cells through double-sides,and localized at 1-2 μm of the inner side membrane.It cost 1.27,1.87,3.43 hours reaching the infection ratio of 25％,50％,75％,respectively.Using electron microscopy,the DCs had been observed the phagosome formation within 1h,chromatin activation within 2 h,chromatin aggregation 4 h,and the significant cytoskeleton structure disruption within 6 h.Endoplasmic reticulum,mitochondria and lysosomes became swollen.In DCs,the protruding filaments gradually reduced,and their shape changed from the point-like to the linearlike aggregation at the inner side of the plasma membrane,extended microtubules disappeared,the microtubules at the outside nuclear membrane striking rearranged.Conclusion After DC was infected by Vv,the bacteria were pinocytosed into the inner side of DC membrane,and the microfilaments were observed to move from the cytoplasm to cell membrane.In addition,the microtubules moved from the synapse and the cell membrane to the nuclear membrane.The high lethality of Vv could provoke to the DCs cytoskeleton rearrangements.