The early dendritic cell signaling induced by virulent Francisella tularensis strain occurs in phases and involves the activation of ERKs and p38 in the later stage. [Research]

Dendritic cells (DCs) infected by Francisella tularensis are poorly activated and do not undergo classical maturation process. While reasons of such unresponsiveness are not fully understood, their impact on the priming of immunity is well appreciated. Previous attempts to explain the behavior of Francisella-infected DCs were hypothesis-driven and focused on events at later stages of infection. Here, we took an alternative unbiased approach by applying methods of global phosphoproteomics to analyze the dynamics of cell signaling in primary DCs during the first hour of infection by Francisella tularensis. Presented results show that the early response of DCs to Francisella occurs in phases and that ERK and p38 signaling modules induced at the later stage are differentially regulated by virulent and attenuated dsbA strain. These findings imply that the temporal orchestration of host pro-inflammatory pathways represents the integral part of Francisella life-cycle inside hijacked DCs.

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