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. 2019 Apr 23;8:e44594. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44594

Figure 4. Recycling endosome-exocyst complex formation of Lep-vesicles by recruitment of Sec15/Sec3.

(A) Co-localization of Lep-vesicle-Rab11 with Sec15 in the cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for the indicated times, determined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). The red, blue or green spots indicate the Lep-vesicles, recycling endosome marker Rab11 or exocyst complex marker Sec15. The white spots indicate the Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec15 co-localization. The Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec15 co-localization in the EOMA, HK-2 and BJ cells during infection was shown in the Figure 4—figure supplement 1A . (B) Statistical summary of Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec15 co-localization percentages for the indicated times. Statistical data from experiments such as shown in (A). Bars show the means ± SD of three independent experiments. Two hundred cells in each experiment were analyzed to calculate the percentages. (C) Statistical summary of white fluorescence intensity reflecting the Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec15 co-localization for the indicated times. The legends are the same as shown in (B) but for detection of the white fluorescence intensity (FI). The white FI values from the uninfected cells (before infection) were set as 1.0. (D) Co-localization of Lep-vesicle-Rab11 with Sec3 in the cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for the indicated times, determined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). The red, blue or green spots indicate the Lep-vesicles, recycling endosome marker Rab11 or exocyst complex marker Sec3. The white spots indicate the Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec3 co-localization. The Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec3 co-localization in the EOMA, HK-2 and BJ cells during infection was shown in Figure 4—figure supplement 1B . (E) Statistical summary of Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec3 co-localization percentages for the indicated times. Statistical data from experiments such as shown in (D). The legends are the same as shown in (B) but for determination of Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec3 co-localization percentages. (F) Statistical summary of white fluorescence intensity reflecting the Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec3 co-localization for the indicated times. Statistical data from experiments such as shown in (D). The other legends are the same as shown in (C). (G) Absence of Lep-vesicle-recycling endosome-exocyst complexes in the anthrax toxin-treated cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for 8 hr, determined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). No white spots indicating the co-localization of Lep-vesicles with recycling endosome marker Rab11 and exocyst complex marker Sec15 were found. The Lep-vesicle-recycling endosome-exocyst complexes in the anthrax toxin-treated EOMA, HK-2 and BJ cells at 8 hr post-infection were shown in the Figure 4—figure supplement 1C . (H) Statistical summary of red fluorescence intensity reflecting the leptospires in the anthrax toxin-treated cells for the indicated times, examined by confocal microscopy. Bars show the means ± SD of three independent experiments. The red fluorescence intensity values from the uninfected cells (before infection) were set as 1.0.

Figure 4.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1. Recycling endosome-exocyst complex formation of Lep-vesicles by recruitment of Sec15/Sec3.

Figure 4—figure supplement 1.

(A) Co-localization of Lep-vesicle-Rab11 with Sec15 in the cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for the indicated times, determined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). The red, blue or green spots indicate the Lep-vesicles, recycling endosome marker Rab11 or exocyst complex marker Sec15. The white spots indicate the Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec15 co-localization. (B) Co-localization of Lep-vesicle-Rab11 with Sec3 in the cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for the indicated times, determined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). The legends are the same as shown in (A) but for detection of Lep-vesicle-Rab11-Sec3 co-localization. (C) Absence of Lep-vesicle-recycling endosome-exocyst complexes in the anthrax toxin-treated cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for 8 hr, determined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). No white spots indicating the co-localization of Lep-vesicles with recycling endosome marker Rab11 and exocyst complex marker Sec15 were found. (D) Leptospires in the anthrax toxin-treated cells infected with L. interrogans strain Lai for the indicated times, examined by confocal microscopy (scale bars = 5 μm). The blue plaques indicate the nucleus. The red spots around the nucleus indicate the intracellular leptospires.