1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Endocytic recycling and vesicular transport systems mediate transcytosis of Leptospira interrogans across cell monolayer

  1. Yang Li
  2. Kai-Xuan Li
  3. Wei-Lin Hu
  4. David M Ojcius
  5. Jia-Qi Fang
  6. Shi-Jun Li
  7. Xu'ai Lin  Is a corresponding author
  8. Jie Yan  Is a corresponding author
  1. Zhejiang University, China
  2. Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
  3. University of the Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, United States
  4. Guizhou Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, China
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44594
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  1. Yang Li
  2. Kai-Xuan Li
  3. Wei-Lin Hu
  4. David M Ojcius
  5. Jia-Qi Fang
  6. Shi-Jun Li
  7. Xu'ai Lin
  8. Jie Yan
(2019)
Endocytic recycling and vesicular transport systems mediate transcytosis of Leptospira interrogans across cell monolayer
eLife 8:e44594.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44594
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Abstract

Many bacterial pathogens can cause septicemia and spread from the bloodstream into internal organs. During leptospirosis, individuals are infected by contact with Leptospira-containing animal urine-contaminated water. The spirochetes invade internal organs after septicemia to cause disease aggravation, but the mechanism of leptospiral excretion and spreading remains unknown. Here, we demonstrated that Leptospira interrogans entered human/mouse endothelial and epithelial cells and fibroblasts by caveolae/integrin-β1-PI3K/FAK-mediated microfilament-dependent endocytosis to form Leptospira (Lep)-vesicles that did not fuse with lysosomes. Lep-vesicles recruited Rab5/Rab11 and Sec/Exo-SNARE proteins in endocytic recycling and vesicular transport systems for intracellular transport and release by SNARE-complex/FAK-mediated microfilament/microtubule-dependent exocytosis. Both intracellular leptospires and infected cells maintained their viability. Leptospiral propagation was only observed in mouse fibroblasts. Our study revealed that L. interrogans utilizes endocytic recycling and vesicular transport systems for transcytosis across endothelial or epithelial barrier in blood vessels or renal tubules, which contributes to spreading in vivo and transmission of leptospirosis.

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  1. Yang Li

    Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  2. Kai-Xuan Li

    Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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  3. Wei-Lin Hu

    Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  4. David M Ojcius

    Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of the Pacific, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, United States
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  5. Jia-Qi Fang

    Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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  6. Shi-Jun Li

    Institute of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Guizhou Provincial Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Guiyang, China
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  7. Xu'ai Lin

    Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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  8. Jie Yan

    Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81671974)

  • Jie Yan

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81471907)

  • Jie Yan

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81501713)

  • Wei-Lin Hu

National Natural Science Foundation of China (81760366)

  • Shi-Jun Li

Program of High Level Creative Talents Cultivation in Guizhou Province of China (Qian Ke He Talent (2016) 4021)

  • Shi-Jun Li

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animals were handled in strict accordance with good animal practice as defined by the National Regulations for the Administration of Experimental Animals of China (1988-002) and the National Guidelines for Experimental Animal Welfare of China (2006-398).

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© 2019, Li et al.

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  1. Yang Li
  2. Kai-Xuan Li
  3. Wei-Lin Hu
  4. David M Ojcius
  5. Jia-Qi Fang
  6. Shi-Jun Li
  7. Xu'ai Lin
  8. Jie Yan
(2019)
Endocytic recycling and vesicular transport systems mediate transcytosis of Leptospira interrogans across cell monolayer
eLife 8:e44594.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44594

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