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ArticlePLoS neglected tropical diseases2020

The macrophage microtubule network acts as a key cellular controller of the intracellular fate of Leishmania infantum.

Sandrine Cojean, Valérie Nicolas, Vanessa Lievin-Le Moal

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Article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sandrine CojeanUniversité Paris-Saclay, CNRS, UMR 8076 BioCis, Châtenay-Malabry, France.
Valérie NicolasUniversité Paris-Saclay, Institut Paris-Saclay d'Innovation Thérapeutique (UMS-IPSIT), Unité Mixte de Services, Microscopy Facility, Châtenay-Malabry, France.
Vanessa Lievin-Le MoalUniversité Paris-Saclay, Inserm, UMR-S 996 Inflammation, Microbiome and Immunosurveillance, Clamart, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1395-1740
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRInserm · FRUniversité Paris-Saclay · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The parasitophorous vacuoles (PVs) that insulate Leishmania spp. in host macrophages are vacuolar compartments wherein promastigote forms differentiate into amastigote that are the replicative form of the parasite and are also more resistant to host responses. We revisited the biogenesis of tight-fitting PVs that insulate L. infantum in promastigote-infected macrophage-like RAW 264.7 cells by time-dependent confocal laser multidimensional imaging analysis. Pharmacological disassembly of the cellular microtubule network and silencing of the dynein gene led to an impaired interaction of L. infantum-containing phagosomes with late endosomes and lysosomes, resulting in the tight-fitting parasite-containing phagosomes never transforming into mature PVs. Analysis of the shape of the L. infantum parasite within PVs, showed that factors that impair promastigote-amastigote differentiation can also result in PVs whose maturation is arrested. These findings highlight the importance of the MT-dependent interaction of L. infantum-containing phagosomes with the host macrophage endolysosomal pathway to secure the intracellular fate of the parasite.

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AnimalsEndosomesHumansLeishmania infantumLeishmaniasis, VisceralMacrophagesMiceMicrotubulesPhagosomesRAW 264.7 Cells

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PMID32722702
PMCPMC7386624
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