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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 280, Issue 26, 24634-24641, July 1, 2005
Interaction of the Salmonella-containing Vacuole with the Endocytic Recycling System*
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| ABSTRACT |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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Early in the infection of epithelial cells (up to
15 min), trafficking of the SCV resembles that of model phagosomes (reviewed by Brumell and Grinstein) (6). Markers such as the early endosome antigen-1 (7) and the GTPase Rab5 (8) are transiently present on the SCV, indicative of interactions with early endosomes. These are rapidly removed, followed by the acquisition of several late endosome/lysosome markers, including Rab7 (9) and lysosomal membrane glycoproteins (10). Interestingly, acquisition of lysosomal associated membrane protein-1 (LAMP-1) is dependent on Rab7 activity (9); yet, despite the presence of active Rab7 on the early SCV (11), the bacteria avoid or delay fusion with late endosomes/lysosomes that carry LAMP-1. This is shown by the lack of mannose-6-phosphate receptor, cathepsin D, and lysobisphosphatidic acid on the SCV during the first 3 h post-infection (p.i.) (10, 12). Understanding the pathways behind these events may lead to an elucidation of the mechanisms Salmonella Typhimurium uses to direct its intracellular fate in host cells. To do this, it is necessary to characterize the interactions of the SCV with the host endocytic system from invasion onward.
The ruffling that occurs during Salmonella invasion induces the internalization of plasma membrane to form the SCV as well as other endosomes. These endosomes can be empty or they may contain nearby Salmonella or inert "bystander" particles (1315). Included on the SCV and surrounding endosomes are plasma membrane proteins that have been shown to aggregate at the site of invasion (16). Two such proteins are major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I, involved in the presentation of peptides to T cells (17), and CD44, the receptor for hyaluronic acid involved in adhesion (18). The presence of these proteins on the surface of the SCV decreases over time (16), suggesting that active recycling is taking place. Endocytic recycling is necessary for phagosomal maturation (19, 20), but its role in SCV maturation remains unclear.
Endocytic recycling is a complex process involving multiple compartments and trafficking events (reviewed by Maxfield and McGraw) (21). Regulation of this process involves many protein families including Rab proteins, small GTPases involved in vesicle trafficking. These proteins modulate four key processes, namely vesicle budding, targeting, docking, and fusion, by recruiting cellular effector proteins to a specific membrane microdomain (reviewed by Zerial and McBride) (22). Rab4 localizes to early endosomes and regulates early sorting events from there (23, 24). Rab11 localizes to the perinuclear region (23, 25) and is involved in recycling to the plasma membrane or the trans-Golgi network (24, 2628). The ARF (ADP ribosylation factor) protein family, another group of small GTPases, also function as regulators of membrane traffic (reviewed by Chavrier and Goud) (29). ARF6 functions in the peripheral plasma membrane/endosomal system (30, 31) and is involved in clathrin-independent recycling and transport to regions of the plasma membrane undergoing reorganization (3236). Syntaxins are soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) involved in vesicular tethering and fusion (reviewed by Chen and Scheller) (37). Syntaxin13 localizes to the perinuclear region and is involved in the fusion events required for recycling (19, 38). Collins et al. (19) have shown recently that active syntaxin13 is necessary for proper maturation of the phagosome.
Studies of endocytic recycling compartments have shown that specific cargo is able to move through different kinetic pathways (23, 24, 3941). However, it is often not clear which regulators are specific for which pathway or which cargo. Here we characterized the interaction of recycling proteins with the SCV. Moreover, we demonstrated that recycling from the SCV could occur through at least two independent, concurrent pathways that are influenced separately by syntaxin13 and Rab11. Finally, we showed that active recycling is required for efficient maturation of the SCV. These experiments revealed the utility of using Salmonella Typhimurium as a model for the study of membrane recycling events in mammalian cells.
| MATERIALS AND METHODS |
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Plasmids and TransfectionThe hemagglutinin (HA)-tagged ARF6 construct was generated as described previously (43, 44). EGFP-Rab4 and EGFP-Rab11 constructs have been previously described (45). EGFP-Rab11S25N was constructed using QuikChange (Stratagene) using EGFP-Rab11A as a template with the mutagenic 5' oligonucleotide (5'-GGTGTTGGAAAGAATAATCTCCTGTCTCG-3') and the mutagenic 3' oligonucleotide (5'-CGAGACAGGAGATTATTCTTTCCAACACC-3'). Syntaxin13-EGFP and syntaxin13
TM were gifts from Dr. William Trimble (University of Toronto and the Division of Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) (19). The Gene-Juice transfection reagent (Oncogene Research Products, San Diego, CA) was used for transient transfection of cells with plasmid DNA according to the manufacturer's instructions.
AntibodiesMurine monoclonal anti-human CD44 antibodies and rabbit polyclonal anti-Rab11 antibodies were obtained from Sigma. Murine monoclonal anti-human HLA-ABC antibodies were obtained from Serotec (Raleigh, NC). Rabbit polyclonal antibodies to Salmonella Typhimurium O antiserum group B were obtained from Difco (Kansas City, MO). Murine monoclonal anti-HA antibodies were obtained from Covance (Princeton, NJ). Murine monoclonal anti-human FK2 antibodies were obtained from Biomol (Plymouth Meeting, PA). Murine monoclonal anti-human LAMP-1 antibodies (clone H4A3) developed by T. August were obtained from the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank under the auspices of the NICHD, National Institutes of Health and maintained by The University of Iowa, Department of Biological Sciences, Iowa City, IA. The secondary antibodies used were Alexa 350-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG, Alexa 488-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG, Alexa 568-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG, Alexa 350-conjugated goat anti-murine IgG, Alexa 488-conjugated goat anti-murine IgG, and Alexa 568-conjugated goat anti-murine IgG, all obtained from Molecular Probes (Burlington, Ontario, Canada).
Bacterial Infection of Cell CulturesHeLa epithelial cells were seeded at 2.5 x 104 cells/well in 24-well tissue culture plates 4045 h before use. Epithelial cells were transfected 1620 h before use. Late log bacterial cultures were used for infecting HeLa cells and prepared using a method optimized for bacterial invasion (7). In brief, bacteria were grown for
16 h at 37 °C with shaking and then sub-cultured (1:33) in Luria-Bertani broth for 3 h. Bacterial inocula were prepared by pelleting at 10,000 x g for 2 min, directly resuspended, diluted in PBS (pH 7.2), and added to cells at a multiplicity of infection of
100:1 at 37 °C for 10 min. After infection, extracellular bacteria were removed by extensive washing with PBS and the addition of growth medium containing gentamicin (100 µg/ml). Following 75 min of bacterial infection, the gentamicin concentration was decreased to 10 µg/ml. Cells were fixed in 2.5% paraformaldehyde in PBS, pH 7.2, for 1015 min at 37 °C.
ImmunofluorescenceFixed cells were washed twice with PBS and permeabilized/blocked by treatment with 0.2% saponin (Calbiochem) in PBS containing 10% normal goat serum (SS-PBS) for 3060 min. Primary and secondary antibodies were overlaid on coverslips in SS-PBS for 30 min to 1 h, followed by three washes with PBS. Coverslips were mounted onto 1-mm glass sides using fluorescent mounting medium (DakoCytomation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada). Samples were analyzed using a Zeiss Axiovert confocal microscope (63x objective). Confocal sections were imported into Adobe Photoshop in RGB format and assembled in Adobe Illustrator.
A Leica DMIRE2 fluorescence microscope was used to enumerate the association of different proteins with the SCV. The percentage of SCV co-localizing with each host cell protein was calculated as the ratio between bacteria exhibiting the host cell protein and the total number of bacteria. Co-localization was determined visually, with a distinct signal surrounding the bacteria considered positive. This was determined for at least 100 bacteria. The average ± S.D. for at least three experiments is presented.
For live cell imaging, HeLa cells were transfected with EGFP-Rab11 and then infected as described above with Salmonella Typhimurium expressing the DsRed protein from the plasmid pIZ1590, generously provided by Dr. Francisco Ramos-Morales (Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain) (46). Cells were then mounted on a Leica DMIRE2 fluorescence microscope with a heated stage. Images were acquired every 30 s through the duration of the experiment. All images were obtained with cells kept at 37 °C in RPMI media buffered to pH 7.2 with HEPES.
For bacterial replication, a Leica DMIRE2 fluorescence microscope was used to enumerate the number of bacteria per cell. The number of intracellular bacteria was counted for at least 100 cells. The average ± S.D. for three experiments is presented.
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Other recycling regulators include syntaxin13 and Rab11. To examine the SNARE syntaxin13, cells transiently transfected with syntaxin13-EGFP were infected, fixed, and analyzed microscopically. Prior to invasion, syntaxin13-EGFP was distributed in the perinuclear region and in vesicles throughout the cytoplasm (Fig. 2G), consistent with previous reports (19, 38). However, cells fixed 30 min p.i. showed that syntaxin13-EGFP clustered around intracellular bacteria (Fig. 2H) with clear co-localization with the SCV (Fig. 2H, inset, and M). After 180 min the aggregation had dispersed (Fig. 2I), and the majority of SCVs no longer co-localized with syntaxin13-EGFP (Fig. 2I, inset, and M). Similarly, Rab11 exhibited perinuclear and vesicular localization in HeLa cells immunostained with a monoclonal antibody (Fig. 2J), consistent with previous reports (23, 25). Cells fixed at 30 min post-invasion displayed an aggregation of Rab11 around the bacteria (Fig, 2K) as well as co-localization with the SCV (Fig. 2K, inset). After 180 min the aggregation was no longer present (Fig. 2L), and co-localization with the SCV had diminished (Fig. 2L, inset). The kinetics of Rab11 co-localization with the SCV showed maximum association (>50%) 60 min p.i. and declined to
35% by 180 min p.i. (Fig. 2M). Our data indicate multiple interactions of the SCV with recycling regulators, each having distinct kinetics of dynamic association with the SCV.
Both syntaxin13 and Rab11 displayed a rapid recruitment of protein away from the perinuclear region to the area around the SCV (Fig. 2, H and K). Fig. 3 shows still images taken from live imaging of EGFP-Rab11 transfected cells (supplemental movie 1, available in the on-line version of this article). The majority of EGFP-Rab11 was in the perinuclear region 15 min p.i. By 18 min p.i., EGFP-Rab11 began to relocate to the site of bacterial entry. After 30 min the majority of EGFP-Rab11 was aggregated around the bacteria, and this continued up to 60 min. Thus, our findings demonstrate that a massive reorganization of the endosomal system occurs during infection, characterized by localized recruitment of recycling factors to the SCV and surrounding endosomes at the site of bacterial entry.
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TM, a cytoplasmic portion of which is thought to form a stable complex with endogenous SNAREs, thereby competing off the wild-type SNARE) (19) was co-transfected with EGFP. Co-transfection with EGFP allows determination of transfected cells when one construct lacks a visualization tag (syntaxin13
TM). After invasion, cells were fixed and immunostained for bacteria and for either MHC class I or CD44. Aggregation of MHC class I was present in control cells and in cells expressing syntaxin13
TM at 30 min p.i. (Fig. 4, A and B). However, unlike control cells (Fig. 4A), the aggregation of MHC class I proteins in syntaxin13
TM-expressing cells continued up to 180 min p.i. (Fig. 4B) in some cells. Thus, a dominant negative form of syntaxin13 leads to an inhibition of recycling, as shown by the continued aggregation of MHC class I proteins.
To quantify this inhibition, we took advantage of the large, well defined vacuole created by Salmonella Typhimurium. The presence or absence of MHC class I on the SCV was a clear indicator of recycling from a specific vacuole. Quantification of association showed MHC class I co-localized equally (
70%) with control cells after 30 min, but cells expressing the syntaxin13
TM construct had
15% more SCVs co-localized with MHC class I at 60 and 120 min (Fig. 6A). Co-localization was the same in control cells and in those expressing syntaxin13
TM at 180 min (Fig. 6A). These findings are consistent with the effect of this construct on the aggregation of MHC class I proteins near the SCV. A small change in the recycling rate would be expected to delay the removal of cell surface markers from the large amounts of endosomal membrane near the SCV, and detection of these markers in aggregates would persist. Therefore, syntaxin13 played a role in the recycling of MHC class I.
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TM-transfected cells (Fig. 6A). This suggests that syntaxin13 plays little or no role in the recycling of CD44.
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TM decreased the rate of LAMP-1 accumulation compared with EGFP-transfected control cells (Fig. 7D). Co-transfection of both dominant negative constructs had an additive effect, lowering the rate of LAMP-1 accumulation to approximately half the level of controls in cells fixed at 60 min (Fig. 7, C and D). To ensure that our transfection protocol or the expression of dominant negative constructs did not increase the number of bacteria in the cytosol, thus reducing LAMP-1 positive bacteria, we performed a 60-min infection and immunostained for FK2, a marker of cytosolic bacteria (49). We did not find an increase of bacteria in the cytosol (data not shown). In our study, the difference in LAMP-1 accumulation is due to the decreased recycling activity and not to decreased stability of the SCV. Thus, our findings demonstrate that recycling activity is required for efficient maturation of the SCV.
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The association of recycling regulators with the SCV is reminiscent of their association with endosomes/phagosomes. Rab4 has been shown to interact with early endosomes and regulate rapid recycling to the plasma membrane (23, 24). Our data show an interaction of Rab4 with the SCV early in infection (10 min), followed by a loss from the membrane. These data coincide with maturation of the SCV as characterized by loss of early endosome antigen 1 (7). ARF6, also present on the SCV early in infection, is involved in regulating recycling to areas of membrane reorganization (35, 36). The interaction of ARF6 with the SCV may be a response to the membrane rearrangements occurring because of internalization of Salmonella Typhimurium. Indeed, the presence of ARF6 on membrane ruffles coincides with a previous report detailing the role of ARF6 in a signal transduction pathway initiated by Salmonella (55). A report has described a role for ARF6 in the recycling of MHC class I through a pathway separate from the perinuclear recycling complex (33). Because the level of ARF6 on the membrane of the SCV during the time of MHC class I recycling was low, we suspect that it does not play a significant role in the recycling of MHC class I from the SCV in HeLa cells. At this point it is not clear what Rab4 and ARF6 control in terms of recycling from the SCV.
Syntaxin13 and Rab11 have both been shown to regulate recycling through the perinuclear recycling complex (19, 24, 2628, 38). In our study, both proteins displayed significant interaction with the SCV 30 min p.i., which corresponds with a previous report showing Rab11 interaction with endosomes containing transferrin 30 min after internalization (28). However, this contradicts a study demonstrating syntaxin13 interaction with nascent phagosomes 510 min after internalization (19). This difference in kinetics may be due to differences in cell type (HeLa versus RAW) and/or mechanism of entry (bacterial invasion versus phagocytosis).
We have shown that MHC class I and CD44 were recycled in a syntaxin13- and Rab11-dependent manner, respectively. Previously, three distinct kinetic pathways for recycling of cargo from endosomes have been described, namely recycling directly from the sorting endosome mediated by Rab4 (23, 24), a rapid recycling pathway through the perinuclear recycling compartment (41), and a "slow pathway" through the perinuclear recycling compartment (39, 40). Movement through the slow pathway has a t
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30 min (39), corresponding to the timing of both MHC class I and CD44 recycling from the SCV (this study). Therefore, our data suggest that the slow pathway encompasses two distinct pathways of recycling occurring simultaneously and regulated, at least in part, by syntaxin13 and Rab11.
The association of the SCV with MHC class I may suggest a role for syntaxin13 in antigen presentation. A proteasome- and TAP (transporter associated with antigen processing)-independent MHC class I loading pathway involving processing of peptides in an endosomal/phagosomal compartment has been reported (5661). Peptides can be exchanged within endosomes (62, 63), and MHC class I can recycle back to the cell surface (64). Based on the internalization of MHC class I upon infection with Salmonella Typhimurium, it is possible that bacterial antigens are being loaded as MHC class I is interacting with the SCV and are then recycled to the plasma membrane for presentation. Our study demonstrates that syntaxin13 plays a role in MHC class I recycling to the cell surface.
The accumulation of LAMP-1 has been used to mark the maturation of the SCV to a late endosome-like compartment (9, 10, 48). Our findings showed dominant negative recycling constructs that interfere with proper recycling inhibit maturation of the SCV, as characterized by a delay in LAMP-1 accumulation. This is consistent with previous results demonstrating the inhibitory effects of dominant negative syntaxin13 on maturation of latex bead-containing phagosomes in macrophages (19). Although there is an effect on maturation, it is clearly not one of complete inhibition. Throughout the study, the inhibitory effects of dominant negative constructs caused only a partial reduction in recycling or maturation. This suggests the presence of redundant recycling pathways or regulators. When we examined the replication of Salmonella Typhimurium in inhibited cells, we saw no change in replication (data not shown), implying that redundant pathways are able to complete the necessary recycling in order for replication to take place.
In summary, our study demonstrated that the SCV interacts with multiple recycling regulators. Importantly, we showed that Rab11 and syntaxin13 regulate specific, concurrent pathways. We have also shown that recycling and maturation are linked. Together with the aggregation of cell surface markers upon invasion, we believe that early trafficking of the SCV can be used as a good model of endocytic recycling. There are still many questions to be answered regarding the trafficking of the SCV, and a broad study to determine a more complete set of interactions with the cellular machinery is needed to provide these answers.
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The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental material in the form of a movie depicting the accumulation of EGFP-Rab11 around the SCV upon invasion. ![]()
¶ Recipient of a University of Toronto open scholarship, a studentship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the Toronto Star student bursary through The Hospital for Sick Children Research Training Centre. ![]()

Supported by the Samuel Lunenfeld Summer Student Program. ![]()
|||| Recipient of a New Investigator award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Premier's Research Excellence Award from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade and to whom correspondence should be addressed: IIIR Program, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. Tel.: 416-813-7654 (ext. 3555); Fax: 416-813-5028; E-mail: john.brumell{at}sickkids.ca.
1 The abbreviations used are: SPI, Salmonella pathogenicity island; ARF, ADP ribosylation factor; EGFP, enhanced green fluorescent protein; HA, hemagglutinin; LAMP, lysosomal associated membrane protein; MHC, major histocompatability complex; NSF, N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; p.i., post-infection; SCV, Salmonella-containing vacuole; SNARE, soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor attachment protein receptor. ![]()
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