By
From the * Département d'anatomie,Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7;
and the Institut Armand-Frappier, Centre de recherche en immunologie, Laval, Québec, Canada
H7N 4Z3
Whereas amastigotes of the protozoan parasite Leishmania proliferate inside acidic phagolysosomal vacuoles of the macrophage, vacuoles induced by Leishmania donovani promastigotes during initiation of infection are poorly characterized. Here, evidence is presented that interaction of these parasitophorous vacuoles with endocytic organelles is very limited. In contrast, vacuoles formed around L. donovani mutants lacking the cell surface lipophosphoglycan (LPG) fuse extensively with endosomes and lysosomes. The role of LPG repeating units in the inhibition of phagosome-endosome fusion was demonstrated using two different approaches. First, genetic complementation of the LPG-defective C3PO mutant restored its ability to inhibit phagosome-endosome fusion to a degree similar to that of wild-type promastigotes. Second, opsonization of C3PO mutant cells with purified L. donovani LPG also conferred to this mutant the ability to inhibit phagosome-endosome fusion. Inasmuch as LPG is essential for infecting macrophages, these results suggest that inhibition of phagolysosomal biogenesis by LPG repeating units represents an intramacrophage survival strategy used by promastigotes to establish infection.
During their life cycle, protozoan parasites of the genus
Leishmania alternate between the midgut of their insect vector, where they exist as promastigotes, and a macrophage phagolysosomal compartment, where they proliferate as amastigotes. Over the past several years, evidence
was provided that Leishmania parasites succeed in avoiding
host immune defenses and destruction by expressing specialized stage-specific molecules (1, 2). The dominant cell
surface molecule of promastigotes is lipophosphoglycan
(LPG)1, a glycosylinositolphospholipid (GPI)-anchored polymer consisting, in L. donovani, of the repeating disaccharide-phosphate unit [Gal( Different properties of LPG repeating units are consistent with their protective role during the establishment of
infection, including efficient scavenging of toxic oxygen
metabolites generated during the oxidative burst (8, 21),
and modulation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase expression (22). In addition, the several million copies of LPG
at the promastigote surface form a dense glycocalyx that
may provide a physical barrier against the action of hydrolytic enzymes (10, 13). Recent in vitro studies demonstrated that incorporation of full-length LPG in lipid bilayers resulted in reduced fusogenic capacities (23). This finding
raised the possibility that LPG repeating units may protect
freshly phagocytized promastigotes by limiting the delivery of endosomal contents to the parasitophorous vacuoles, a
process requiring multiple fusion events (24, 25). Here, we
compared the ability of parasitophorous vacuoles induced
by either wild-type L. donovani promastigotes or LPG repeating units-defective mutants to interact with endocytic
organelles. We show that LPG repeating units enable Leishmania to inhibit the phagosome-endosome fusion process
efficiently, thereby suggesting a survival strategy during their differentiation into amastigotes.
Cell Culture.
The murine macrophage cell line J774 was passaged in DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS, 1% glutamine,
100 U/ml penicillin, and 100 µg/ml streptomycin at 37°C in a
5% CO2 atmosphere. J774 cells were plated in 3-cm dishes for
electron microscopy studies. All experiments were done with
subconfluent cultures.
Parasites and LPG.
Leishmania donovani wild-type strain 1S
(WT), the LPG-deficient mutants C3PO and RT5 (26), C3PO
overexpressing LPG2 (C3PO+LPG2) (27), and the LPG repeating unit-defective line created by targeted disruption of LPG2
(termed lpg2 Macrophage Infections, Electron Microscopy, and Morphological Studies.
Interactions and fusion between endocytic organelles and
either L. donovani-containing phagosomes or latex bead-containing phagosomes were studied using a morphological approach at
the electron microscope level. This in vivo fusion assay, based on the transfer of electron-dense tracers from endosomes to phagosomes, was used because of its simplicity over in vitro fusion assays and its sensitivity. Endocytic organelles were loaded by internalization of 5- and 16-nm gold particles coated with BSA (BSA-
gold) using standard procedures (28). Phagosomes were formed
by the addition of stationary-phase promastigotes at a parasiteto-host cell ratio of 10:1 in culture medium at 37°C for 60 min.
Excess parasites were removed by four washes with cold PBS. Infected cells were then further incubated in culture medium for 60 min to allow complete internalization of bound promastigotes.
Two types of loading procedures were used. In some cases, BSA-
gold was internalized first, followed by incubation in culture medium to allow the marker to fill various endosome populations.
Cells containing BSA-gold were then infected with L. donovani.
This approach allowed us to study the interaction of early endosomes and lysosomes with newly formed phagosomes. The second procedure consisted in infecting macrophages with L. donovani first for 60 min, followed by incubation in culture medium for either 60 min or 4 h to form early or late phagosomes, respectively. These macrophages were then fed BSA-gold particles for
30 min and were either processed immediately or further incubated in culture medium for 60 min. This approach allowed us to
study the interaction of preexisting phagosomes of various ages
with maturing endosomes. For some experiments, promastigotes
and 0.8-µm latex beads (Sigma, St. Louis, MO; diluted 1:200 in
culture medium) were cointernalized, to study the interaction of
endosomes with different phagosome populations. After all internalization steps, cells were washed thoroughly with cold PBS
three times for 5 min. At the end of each experiment, cells were
fixed in 1% glutaraldehyde, postfixed in OsO4, processed for embedding in Epon 812 resin as described previously (24), and observed by electron microscopy.
Table 1.
>Quantification of BSA-gold Particles Transferred
from Endosomes to Leishmania-containing Phagosomes
The transfer of BSA-gold particles from endosomes to
phagosomes containing either wild-type promastigotes or
the LPG repeating unit-defective C3PO mutant cells (26)
was first used to evaluate the interaction occurring between
these organelles. Very few gold particles were generally
transferred to WT-containing phagosomes despite the close
presence of BSA-gold particle-filled endosomes (Fig. 1 A).
In contrast, most phagosomes containing the LPG repeating units-defective C3PO mutant were filled with numerous
BSA-gold particles (Fig. 1 B). While only ~40% of WTphagosomes received BSA-gold particles, >90% of phagosomes induced by C3PO mutant cells fused with endocytic
organelles (Fig. 2 A). The difference in levels of fusion was
more striking when the number of gold particles transferred from endosomes to phagosomes was quantified. Indeed, a sixfold increase in the BSA-gold particle content of C3PO phagosomes over WT-phagosomes was observed
(Table 1). High levels of fusion were also observed with
phagosomes induced by lpg2 To demonstrate directly a role for LPG in the inhibition
of phagosome-endosome fusion, two distinct approaches
were taken. First, we assessed the fusogenic properties of
phagosomes induced by C3PO cells transfected with a LPG2
expression construct (C3PO+LPG2) (27). As expected,
phagosomes containing C3PO+LPG2 cells behaved similarly to WT-phagosomes with respect to their ability to
fuse with endocytic organelles (Fig. 2 A; and Table 1).
Thus, restoration of full-length LPG repeating units synthesis by genetic complementation enabled C3PO to inhibit phagosome-endosome fusion. Because LPG2 expression in C3PO also restores repeating units addition on
secreted molecules, including the secreted acid phosphatase
(27), the possibility existed that such repeating unit addition
could have accounted for the ability of C3PO+LPG2 cells
to inhibit phagosome-endosome fusion. Therefore, in a second approach, C3PO cells were opsonized with purified L. donovani LPG (8) before infection of J774 macrophages. Effectiveness of the opsonization procedure was confirmed by immunofluorescence (data not shown) with the antirepeating units mAb CA7AE (29). Electron microscopy
analysis revealed that phagosomes containing LPG-opsonized
C3PO cells displayed low fusion properties similar to that
of WT-phagosomes (Fig. 2 A; Fig. 3). This data provided a
direct evidence that the sole presence of LPG repeating
units at the promastigote surface is sufficient to inhibit phagosome-endosome fusion. Therefore, repeating unit modification of the secreted acid phosphatase, which is not required for both secretion and activity (27, 30), appears to
be without apparent effect on phagosomal fusogenic properties.
We also assessed the ability of newly formed phagosomes
to fuse with two distinct endosome populations. Here, BSA-
gold particles were first internalized for 30 min, followed
by either a 15-min or 4-h chase. The first population is
considered as early endosomes and the second as lysosomes.
At the end of the chase period, macrophages were infected
with either WT promastigotes or C3PO mutant cells for 1 h.
Increased fusion between early endosomes and C3PO/phagosomes with respect to WT-phagosomes was observed (see
Fig. 2 B). Interestingly, WT-phagosomes consistently displayed lower fusogenicity with lysosomes (35% fusion) than
with early endosomes (55% fusion), suggesting that, similar
to Mycobacterium phagosomes (31), fusion with the various endosomal populations might be selective, albeit to a
lesser extent.
To evaluate the specificity of the LPG repeating units-
induced alteration(s) of phagosome fusion properties, J774
macrophages were coinfected with latex beads and the various Leishmania lines. Latex beads and promastigotes were
present in distinct phagosomal compartments (Fig. 4). Regardless of the cointernalized Leishmania line, the fusion
rate between endocytic organelles and latex bead phagosomes was around 90% (see Fig. 2 C). Thus, in a given
macrophage, fusion can occur between endosomes and latex bead phagosomes but not with WT-phagosomes. This
observation indicated that (a) inhibition of fusion by LPG
repeating unit is selective, (b) the general host cell fusion
machinery remains operational during infection, and (c)
LPG repeating units selectively alter local phagosomal fusogenic properties. From a mechanistic point of view, the
following models can be considered. First, WT promastigotes and the repeating unit-defective mutants use distinct
receptors for attachment and entry, resulting in the formation of phagosomes with different biochemical composition
and fusion properties (35). However, the observation
that promastigote-to-amastigote transformation, which is paralleled by the loss of LPG, restores phagosome-endosome fusion argues against this idea (12). In the second model,
LPG may inhibit activation of phagosome-associated protein kinase C (PKC) (38). Although the precise function of PKC in phagosome-endosome interaction remains
speculative, it is known to phosphorylate MARCKS, a membrane protein associated with actin-based motility (41) and
with membrane trafficking (42). In this regard, PKC-dependent phosphorylation of phagosome-associated MARCKS
results in its displacement from the membrane to Lamp1positive lysosomes (42) and may therefore participate in the
movement of both phagosomes and endosomes on microtubules. Inhibition of PKC-dependent MARCKS phosphorylation by LPG (43) may block this movement.
However, this model is not consistent with the inhibition
of PKC-dependent processes by C3PO and amastigotes
during infection (43, 45, 46), both of which induce phagosomes that fuse freely with endocytic organelles (see Figs. 1
and 2 A; references 12). In a third model, LPG is transferred within minutes from the promastigote surface to the
macrophage membrane at the immediate area of internalization (29). Insertion of LPG in lipid-bilayer membranes
stabilizes the bilayer against the formation of an inverted
hexagonal structure, resulting in reduced fusogenic properties (23). As a consequence, LPG would give rise to an effective steric repulsion between phagosomal and endosomal membranes or reduce the negative curvature strain in
bilayers, increasing the energy barrier for forming highly curved fusion intermediates (23), thereby preventing fusion. Interestingly, truncated forms of LPG containing few
repeating units are ineffective in modifying the fusogenic
properties of membranes (23). This in vitro finding is in
agreement with our observation that RT5, a mutant expressing truncated forms of LPG with three to five repeating units (26), is unable to inhibit phagosome-endosome
fusion. Alternatively, the possibility exists that LPG inhibits
phagosome-endosome fusion indirectly. Indeed, LPG may
prevent parasite destruction by scavenging toxic oxygen radicals generated during the oxidative burst (8, 21), allowing for the production of a yet unidentified factor directly
responsible for preventing fusion. Regardless of the nature
of the exact underlying mechanism, our data have unequivocally demonstrated that expression of full-length
LPG enables promastigotes to inhibit phagosome-endosome fusion. The extent to which inhibition of fusion by
LPG contributes to promastigote survival remains to be determined.
In a study aimed at determining the position of L. mexicana parasitophorous vacuoles within the endocytic network of the host macrophage, Russell et al. (16) observed
that the transfer of endosomal content to parasitophorous
vacuoles induced by promastigotes increased in efficiency
with respect to the age of the infection. To explain this
phenomenon, the authors suggested that these vacuoles had
functionally translocated from a lysosomal to a late endosomal compartment, consistent with their increased content in mannose-6-phosphate receptors. In the light of the
findings reported herein, we suggest that the reduced fusogenicity of the parasitophorous vacuoles observed in early
infections (day 2) by Russell et al. (16) is caused by the
presence of promastigote-derived LPG. Indeed, LPG repeating units epitopes are maximally present in the macrophage membrane 1-2 d after infection, and by 5-6 d,
these epitopes are no longer detectable (29). Thus, the
transformation of promastigotes into amastigotes, associated
with the loss of LPG expression, occurs concomitently with
the release of phagosome-endosome fusion inhibition.
Inhibition of phagosome-endosome fusion is an intramacrophage survival strategy used by a variety of intracellular pathogens (35). Although the molecular bases of this
phenomenon are poorly understood, microbial surface components analogous to the Leishmania LPG may alter the fusion properties of the endocytic system (47). In this regard,
in vitro studies have shown that Cord factor ( The mechanisms and molecules involved in the regulation of phagosome fusion properties remain largely unknown. While proteins of the rab family were found to associate and dissociate from maturing phagosomes, their role
in phagosome fusion is still unclear (24). Phagosome maturation is also accompanied by the acquisition of Nramp1, a
molecule conferring resistance to a variety of intracellular microbes, including L. donovani (49), the sequential phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of some of their proteins, as well as modifications of their phospholipid content
(50, 51). Although no direct correlation between phagosome fusogenic properties and their lipid composition has
been demonstrated, the finding that LPG modifies the molecular structure of lipid bilayers (23) suggests a role for lipids in the fine tuning of membrane fusion events. In this regard, we expect that molecular and biochemical characterization of Leishmania-containing phagosomes will yield
novel insights on the mechanistic aspects of membrane fusion.
LPG repeating units are essential for the successful transition of Leishmania parasites from the sandfly midgut to the
inside of a macrophage phagolysosome (3). In the macrophage, LPG repeating units may contribute to promastigote survival through their capacity to scavenge oxygen
radicals (21), to inhibit PKC (40, 44), and to modulate nitric oxide synthase expression (22). Our data suggest a
novel function for LPG repeating units during the early phase of macrophage infection, where inhibition of phagolysosomal biogenesis may protect invading promastigotes
from hydrolytic degradation and provide an environment
propitious for their differentiation into amastigotes. Finally,
the anti-fusogenic properties of LPG repeating units provide a powerful probe to investigate the regulation of phagosome-endosome fusion during microbial invasion.
1,4)Man(
1-PO4
6)] (between
16 to 30 units) (1). This molecule, particularly the repeating units moiety, is essential for the interaction of promastigotes with both the insect vector and the mammalian host (1, 3). The requirement for LPG in the establishment of infection inside the macrophage was evidenced by the
demonstration that LPG repeating units-defective mutants
are rapidly destroyed after phagocytosis, and that passive
transfer of purified LPG significantly prolonged their survival (7, 8). This role for LPG repeating units for intramacrophage survival has also been genetically proven (11).
Thus, without LPG repeating units promastigotes are unable to withstand the conditions prevailing inside the maturing parasitophorous vacuole. This is in contrast with the
amastigotes, which proliferate inside acidic, hydrolase-rich vacuoles (12), despite the fact that they synthesize little or no detectable LPG (18). Thus, the role of this molecule in intramacrophage survival may be restricted to the
establishment of infection, during promastigote-to-amastigote
conversion (7, 11).
knockout) (27) were all grown at 26°C in modified
M199 medium as described (8). Opsonization of C3PO with purified L. donovani LPG (provided by S.J. Turco, University of
Kentucky) was performed as described (8). All lines were used in
stationary phase of growth.
Fig. 2.
Quantitative analysis of the fusion between phagosomes containing L. donovani parasites and endocytic organelles. (A) Parasites and
BSA-gold were internalized as described in Fig. 1. Macrophages were
prepared for electron microscopy and quantitative analysis of phagosome-
endosome fusion performed on thin sections. The presence of a single
gold particle in a parasitophorous vacuole was scored as a fusion event.
These results represent the average of three to six experiments. Ops
C3PO, LPG-opsonized C3PO. (B) Macrophages were fed a 5- and 16-nm
BSA-gold particles mixture for 30 min, followed by either a 15-min or a
4-h incubation period to fill endosomes and lysosomes, respectively. Labeled macrophages were then infected with promastigotes for 60 min and
further incubated for 60 min. Fusion was assessed as above. These results
represent the average of two experiments. (C) Fusion properties of latex bead-containing phagosomes present in cells coinfected with various parasites (see Fig. 4). Latex bead phagosomes were analyzed only in cells
showing the presence of a parasite on the section profile. These results
represent the average of three to four experiments.
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5-nm BSA-gold
particles
16-nm BSA-gold
particles
Wild type
57.3 ± 28.0
4.3 ± 2.7
C3PO
323.6 ± 142.5
23.6 ± 11.4
C3PO+LPG2
86.2 ± 34.4
8.2 ± 3.5
J774 macrophages were infected as described in the legend to Fig. 1.
Cells were then fed a 5-nm and 16-nm BSA-gold particles mixture for
30 min, followed by a chase period of 60 min, and processed for electron microscopy. The 5- and 16-nm gold particles present in the profile
section of phagosomes containing the various Leishmania lines were
counted. At least 25 phagosomes were analyzed for each cell line. Phagosomes devoid of BSA-gold particles were not included in this quantitative analysis.
Fig. 1.
Fusion of L. donovani-containing phagosomes with
newly formed endosomes. J774
macrophages were infected with
stationary-phase promastigotes for
60 min and further incubated for
60 min. Cells were then fed a 5- and 16-nm BSA-gold particles
mixture for 30 min, followed by
a chase period of 60 min, and
processed for electron microscopy. (A) Phagosomes containing wild-type Leishmania (P) display low fusogenic properties
with endocytic organelles (E). When fusion occurred, only few
gold particles were observed in the phagosome (arrow). (B) Phagosomes containing the LPG-deficient C3PO mutant (P) were
filled with large number of BSA-
gold particles, indicating their
acute ability to fuse with endosomes.
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Fig. 4.
Fusion properties of phagosomes containing Leishmania parasites or latex bead particles. Promastigotes and 0.8-µm latex beads (Sigma,
St. Louis, MO; diluted 1:200 in culture medium) were cointernalized. BSA-gold particles were then internalized for 30 min, followed by a 60- min incubation. (A) Latex bead-containing phagosomes (LP) present in
macrophages infected with wild type contain large amount of BSA-gold
particles, whereas phagosomes containing the parasites (P) are in most
cases devoid of gold particles. (B) In contrast, both latex bead- and
C3PO-containing phagosomes are filled with gold particles.
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null mutant cells, which are
phenotypically identical to C3PO cells (27), and by RT5, a
mutant that accumulates truncated forms of LPG containing 3-5 repeating units (26) (Fig. 2 A). Because assembly of
the Gal(
1,4)Man(
1-PO4
6) repeating units is defective
in these mutants, our observations indicated a role for this
LPG moiety in the inhibition of phagosome-endosome fusion. Further, immunofluorescence analysis showed that LPGexpressing promastigotes are contained within a LAMP1negative compartment, whereas LPG-deficient mutants were
found in LAMP1-positive phagosomes (data not shown),
indicating their respective levels of fusion with endocytic
organelles enriched for LAMP1 molecules.
Fig. 3.
Fusion properties of LPG-opsonized C3PO cells. Cells were
infected with the C3PO mutant (A) or with LPG-opsonized C3PO cells (B). Phagosomes containing the C3PO mutant engage in fusion event with endosomes (E) and contain a large number of gold particles. In contrast, phagosomes containing LPG-opsonized C3PO mutants are devoid
of gold particles, despite the presence of BSA-gold particles-filled endosomes (E) in the parasitophorous vacuole surrounding.
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,
-trehalose 6,6
-dimycolate), a cell wall glycolipid of Mycobacteria, inhibits fusion between phospholipid vesicles (48). Although
exclusion of the vacuolar proton-ATPase from mycobacteria-phagosomes appears to be closely related with their reduced fusogenicity, it is not known, however, whether this
exclusion is the consequence or the cause of the altered fusion properties (31).
Address correspondence to A. Descoteaux at the Institut Armand-Frappier, Centre de recherche en immunologie, 531 boulevard des Prairies, CP100, Laval, Québec, Canada H7N 4Z3, Phone: 514-686-5332; FAX: 514-685-5501; E-mail: albert_descoteaux@iaf.uquebec.ac, or to M. Desjardins at the Département d'anatomie, Université de Montréal, CP6128 Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C3J7, Phone: 514-343-7350; FAX: 514-343-2459; E-mail: desjarm{at}ere.umontreal.ca
Received for publication 26 December 1996 and in revised form 10 April 1997.
1Abbreviations used in this paper: LPG, lipophosphogylcan; GPI, glycosylinositolphospholipid; PKC, protein kinase C; WT, wild-type.We acknowledge the technical assistance of C. Rondeau and J. Léveillé. We are grateful to S.J. Turco (University of Kentucky) and S.M. Beverley (Harvard Medical School) for authorizing the use of C3PO,
C3PO+LPG2, and lpg2. We thank S.J. Turco for kindly providing RT-5 cells and LPG purified from
Leishmania donovani and for suggestions, and R. Nabi, G. Matlashewski, and R. Epand for comments and
critical reading of the manuscript.
This work was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada to M. Desjardins (MT-12951) and A. Descoteaux (MT-12933). M. Desjardins is a Scholar from the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec and A. Descoteaux is a Scholar from the MRC.
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