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Infect. Immun., Nov 1997, 4813-4821, Vol 65, No. 11
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Interaction of Yersinia enterocolitica with macrophages leads to macrophage cell death through apoptosis

K Ruckdeschel, A Roggenkamp, V Lafont, P Mangeat, J Heesemann and B Rouot
INSERM U431, Universite Montpellier II, France.

Suppression of the host defense is one of the hallmarks of Yersinia enterocolitica infection. This enteric pathogen resists phagocytosis and interferes with macrophage functions from an extracellular localization (oxidative-burst generation and tumor necrosis factor alpha production). In this study, we investigated the fate of the Y. enterocolitica-infected macrophage. We found that murine J774A.1 macrophages and macrophages derived from human monocytes were killed by infection with Y. enterocolitica. Analysis of cellular morphology and DNA fragmentation revealed that macrophage cell death occurs through the induction of apoptosis. A total of 92% +/- 5% (mean +/- standard deviation) of murine J774A.1 macrophages and 74% +/- 6% of human monocyte-derived macrophages underwent apoptosis upon Yersinia infection after 4 and 20 h, respectively. The broad-spectrum caspase inhibitor Z-Val-Ala-DL-Asp-fluoromethylketone blocked completion of the Yersinia-induced apoptotic program but not the surface exposure of phosphatidylserine as an early-stage apoptotic event. Analysis of different Yersinia mutants showed that macrophage apoptosis depends on a functional Y. enterocolitica type III protein secretion system. Apoptotic cell death of macrophages was not related to the YopE- mediated cytotoxic effect of Yersinia, since disruption of actin microfilaments by a Y. enterocolitica strain expressing a restricted repertoire of yop genes, including YopE, did not result in macrophage apoptosis. Furthermore, Yersinia-induced cytotoxic alterations in epithelial HeLa cells, which are conferred by YopE, did not lead to apoptosis. Our data demonstrate for the first time that Y. enterocolitica promotes the apoptosis of macrophages, an effect which is clearly distinct from the morphological alterations mediated by Yersinia on epithelial HeLa cells.

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