Legionella pneumophila inhibits protein synthesis in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

AUTOR(ES)

McCusker, K T

RESUMO

Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative facultative intracellular parasite that causes Legionnaires disease. To explore the interactions between L. pneumophila and host cells, we have developed a continuous cell line model of infection. We show that about 80% of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were associated with L. pneumophila after incubation for 3 h at a multiplicity of infection of 20 bacteria per cell. Within 3 to 4 h of incubation with L. pneumophila, protein synthesis of CHO cells was markedly inhibited, as shown by the reduction of incorporation of radiolabeled amino acids into proteins. L. pneumophila did not inhibit transport of amino acids or cause degradation of newly synthesized proteins in CHO cells. Cytochalasin D blocked internalization of L. pneumophila by CHO cells, yet CHO cell protein synthesis was inhibited. These results indicated that L. pneumophila could inhibit host protein synthesis from the cell exterior. L. pneumophila that had been killed with antibiotics prior to incubation with CHO cells still inhibited protein synthesis, indicating that the inhibition of CHO cell protein synthesis occurred in the absence of de novo protein synthesis by L. pneumophila.

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