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The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 167: 2193-2201.
Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists

Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites Inhibit Proinflammatory Cytokine Induction in Infected Macrophages by Preventing Nuclear Translocation of the Transcription Factor NF-{kappa}B1

Barbara A. Butcher*, Leesun Kim*, Peter F. Johnson{dagger} and Eric Y. Denkers2,*

* Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; and {dagger} Eukaryotic Transcriptional Regulation Section, Regulation of Cell Growth Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702

Control of microbial infection requires regulated induction of NF-{kappa}B-dependent proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-12 and TNF-{alpha}. Activation of this important transcription factor is driven by phosphorylation-dependent degradation of the inhibitory I{kappa}B molecule, an event which enables NF-{kappa}B translocation from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. In this study, we show that intracellular infection of macrophages with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii induces rapid I{kappa}B phosphorylation and degradation. Nevertheless, NF-{kappa}B failed to translocate to the nucleus, enabling the parasite to invade cells without triggering proinflammatory cytokine induction. Infected cells subsequently subjected to LPS triggering were severely crippled in IL-12 and TNF-{alpha} production, a result of tachyzoite-induced blockade of NF-{kappa}B nuclear translocation. Our results are the first to demonstrate the ability of an intracellular protozoan to actively interfere with the NF-{kappa}B activation pathway in macrophages, an activity that may enable parasite survival within the host.




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