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SUBMITTER: Vergne I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC554822 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vergne Isabelle I Chua Jennifer J Lee Hwang-Ho HH Lucas Megan M Belisle John J Deretic Vojo V
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050307 11
Live Mycobacterium tuberculosis persists in macrophage phagosomes by interfering with phagolysosome biogenesis. Here, using four-dimensional microscopy and in vitro assays, we report the principal difference between phagosomes containing live and dead mycobacteria. Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3P), a membrane trafficking regulatory lipid essential for phagosomal acquisition of lysosomal constituents, is retained on phagosomes harboring dead mycobacteria but is continuously eliminated from ...[more]