Abstract
Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular bacterium that survives in neutrophils by delaying apoptosis. The human promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 has been the ultimate choice for culturing Anaplasma in vitro. In this study, we assessed the various events of drug-induced apoptosis in A. phagocytophilum-infected HL-60 cells. Anaplasma infection reduced the cell viability and increased the apoptosis in HL-60 cells and staurosporine or etoposide-induced apoptosis was further exacerbated with Anaplasma infection. Altogether our results suggest that A. phagocytophilum infection is proapoptotic in HL-60 cells unlike in neutrophils where it is antiapoptotic.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2741-2746 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgments This study was supported in part by a grant from National Institute of Health (RO1AI076244) to JWI. We would like to thank Mark Ver Meer and Elizabeth L. Kennedy for their helpful discussions.
Keywords
- Anaplasma
- Anaplasmosis
- Apoptosis
- HL-60
- Neutrophils