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. 1994 Jan;62(1):65–71. doi: 10.1128/iai.62.1.65-71.1994

Bacterial endosymbiont-derived lipopolysaccharides and a protein on symbiosome membranes in newly infected amoebae and their roles in lysosome-symbiosome fusion.

K J Kim 1, Y E Na 1, K W Jeon 1
PMCID: PMC186068  PMID: 8262651

Abstract

Experimental results are presented to support the view that symbiont-derived lipopolysaccharides are involved in the prevention of lysosome-symbiosome fusion in xD amoebae harboring bacterial endosymbionts. Monoclonal antibodies against lipopolysaccharides and a 96-kDa protein present on symbiosome membranes of amoebae were used to monitor the appearance of the membrane-specific components in newly infected amoebae with endosymbionts from xD amoebae. The lipopolysaccharides and protein appeared on the newly forming symbiosome membranes within 3 to 7 days, as detected by indirect immunofluorescence staining with monoclonal antibodies. The lysosome-symbiosome fusion was followed by double staining of two antigens with different monoclonal antibodies applied to the same amoeba. Antilipopolysaccharide monoclonal antibodies were detected by staining with a fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated secondary antibody, and a biotinylated anti-lysosomal protein monoclonal antibody was detected by staining with Texas Red-conjugated streptavidin. In xD amoebae injected with an antilipopolysaccharide antibody, lysosomes fused with some of the symbiosomes that did not fuse with lysosomes in noninjected cells.

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