Bcl-x_L mediates RIPK3-dependent necrosis in M. tuberculosis-infected macrophages.

ABSTRACT: Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) triggers necrosis in host Mϕ, which is essential for successful pathogenesis in tuberculosis. Here we demonstrate that necrosis of Mtb-infected Mϕ is dependent on the action of the cytosolic Receptor Interacting Protein Kinase 3 (RIPK3) and the mitochondrial Bcl-2 family member protein B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-x_L). RIPK3-deficient Mϕ are able to better control bacterial growth in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistically, cytosolic RIPK3 translocates to the mitochondria where it promotes necrosis and blocks caspase 8-activation and apoptosis via Bcl-x_L. Furthermore, necrosis is associated with stabilization of hexokinase II on the mitochondria as well as cyclophilin D-dependent mitochondrial permeability transition. Collectiv

SUBMITTER: Zhao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638669 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature