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Infect Immun, August 1998, p. 3727-3735, Vol. 66, No. 8
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Phospholipid Composition of Purified Chlamydia trachomatis Mimics That of the Eucaryotic Host Cell

Grant M. Hatch1 and Grant McClarty2 *

Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics1 and Medical Microbiology,2 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0W3

Received 10 March 1998/Returned for modification 30 April 1998/Accepted 29 May 1998

Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular eubacterial parasite capable of infecting a wide range of eucaryotic host cells. Purified chlamydiae contain several lipids typically found in eucaryotes, and it has been established that eucaryotic lipids are transported from the host cell to the parasite. In this report, we examine the phospholipid composition of C. trachomatis purified from host cells grown under a variety of conditions in which the cellular phospholipid composition was altered. A mutant CHO cell line, with a thermolabile CDP-choline synthetase, was used to show that decreased host cell phosphatidylcholine levels had no significant effect on C. trachomatis growth. However, less phosphatidylcholine was transported to the parasite and purified elementary bodies contained decreased levels of phosphatidylcholine. Brefeldin A, fumonisin B1, and exogenous sphingomyelinase were used to alter levels of host cell sphingomyelin. None of the agents had a significant effect on C. trachomatis replication. Treatment with fumonisin B1 and exogenous sphingomyelinase resulted in decreased levels of host cell sphingomyelin. This had no effect on glycerophospholipid trafficking to chlamydiae; however, sphingomyelin trafficking was reduced and elementary bodies purified from treated cells had reduced sphingomyelin content. Exposure to brefeldin A, which had no adverse effect on chlamydia growth, resulted in an increase in cellular levels of sphingomyelin and a concomitant increase in the amount of sphingomyelin in purified chlamydiae. Under the experimental conditions used, brefeldin A treatment had only a small effect on sphingomyelin trafficking to the host cell surface or to C. trachomatis. Thus, the final phospholipid composition of purified C. trachomatis mimics that of the host cell in which it is grown.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Room 504, Basic Medical Sciences Building, University of Manitoba, 730 William Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0W3. Phone: (204) 789-3307. Fax: (204) 789-3926. E-mail: mcclart{at}cc.umanitoba.ca.

Infect Immun, August 1998, p. 3727-3735, Vol. 66, No. 8
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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