Teysseire N, Boudier J A, Raoult D
Unité des Rickettsies, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique EP J 0054, Faculté de Médecine, la Timone, France.
Infect Immun. 1995 Jan;63(1):366-74. doi: 10.1128/iai.63.1.366-374.1995.
The entry of rickettsiae into eukaryotic cells is mediated by an induced phagocytosis, but rickettsiae have never been observed in a closed phagocytic vacuole. In this study, Rickettsia conorii entry into Vero cells was observed by transmission electron microscopy during a period of 3 to 20 min after bacterium-cell contact. The entry occurred within 3 min after bacterium-cell contact, and R. conorii was observed in the process of engulfment, within a phagocytic vacuole, or free in the cytosol. Escape from the phagosome is a very rapid step since phagosome lysis was only occasionally observed. By 12 min, 90% of bacteria were internalized and half were free in the cytosol. This report confirms that rickettsiae penetrate nonphagocytic cells by induced phagocytosis and is the first demonstration of rickettsiae within a complete phagocytic vacuole.
立克次氏体进入真核细胞是由诱导吞噬作用介导的,但从未在封闭的吞噬泡中观察到立克次氏体。在本研究中,通过透射电子显微镜观察了在细菌与细胞接触后3至20分钟内,康氏立克次氏体进入Vero细胞的过程。进入发生在细菌与细胞接触后的3分钟内,观察到康氏立克次氏体处于吞噬过程中、吞噬泡内或胞质溶胶中自由存在。从吞噬体逃逸是一个非常迅速的步骤,因为仅偶尔观察到吞噬体裂解。到12分钟时,90%的细菌被内化,一半在胞质溶胶中自由存在。本报告证实立克次氏体通过诱导吞噬作用穿透非吞噬细胞,并且首次证明了立克次氏体存在于完整的吞噬泡中。