Effects of the antioxidant α-lipoic acid on human umbilical vein endothelial cells infected with Rickettsia rickettsii

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Eremeeva, ME [1 ]
Silverman, DJ [1 ]
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[1] Univ Maryland, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
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10.1128/IAI.66.5.2290-2299.1998
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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Rickettsia rickettsii infection of endothelial cells is manifested in very distinctive changes in cell morphology, consisting of extensive dilatation of the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and outer nuclear envelope and blebbing of the plasma membrane, as seen by transmission electron microscopy (D. J. Silverman, Infect. Immun. 44:545-553, 1984), These changes in cellular architecture are thought to be due to oxidant-mediated cell injury, since their occurrence correlates with dramatic alterations in cellular metabolism, particularly with regard to antioxidant systems, In this study, it was shown that R. rickettsii infection of human umbilical vein endothelial cells resulted in a significant depletion of intracellular reduced glutathione (thiol) content at 72 and 96 h and decreased glutathione peroxidase activity at 72 h postinfection. Infected cells displayed a dramatic increase ire the concentration of intracellular peroxides by 72 h, Supplementation of the cell culture medium with 100, 200, or 500 mu M alpha-lipoic acid, a metabolic antioxidant, after inoculation with R. rickettsii restored the intracellular levels of thiols and glutathione peroxidase and reduced the intracellular peroxide levels in infected cells. These effects were dose dependent, Treated infected monolayers maintained better viability at 96 h after inoculation with X. rickettsii than did untreated infected cells. Moreover, supplementation of the cell culture medium with 100 mu M alpha-lipoic acid for 72 h after infection prevented the occurrence of morphological changes in the infected cells. The presence of 100 or 200 mu M alpha-lipoic acid did not influence rickettsial growth in endothelial cells, nor did it affect the ability of R. rickettsii to form lytic plaques in Vero cells. Treatment with 500 mu M alpha-lipoic acid decreased by 50% both the number and size of lytic plaques in Vero cells, and it also decreased the recovery of viable rickettsiae from endothelial cells. However, under all treatment conditions, a significant number of rickettsiae could be detected microscopically. Furthermore, the rickettsiae apparently retained their capacity for intracellular movement, since they possessed long polymerized actin tails after 72 and 96 h of treatment regardless of the concentration of alpha-lipoic acid used. Since alpha-lipoic acid does not seem to exhibit direct antirickettsial activity except with long-term exposure at very high concentrations, the mechanism of its protective activity for endothelial cells infected with rickettsiae may involve complex changes in cellular metabolism that only indirectly affect rickettsiae.
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