Project description:A procyclic form Trypansome brucei RNAi line (PTT parental line, transfected with pALC14 incorporating a TbNMD3 gene fragment) capable of inducing depletion of TbNMD3 was analysed for mRNA expression by RNAseq Cells were grown for 72 hours in culture; RNAi was induced in cells by the addition of 1 microgram/ml of tetracycline
Project description:Trypanosoma brucei is the protozoan parasite that causes African trypanosomiasis, a neglected disease of people and animals. Co-metabolite analysis, labelling studies using [methyl-2H3]-methionine and substrate/product specificities of the cloned 24-SMT (sterol C24-methyltransferase) and 14-SDM (sterol C14demethylase) from T. brucei afforded an uncommon sterol metabolic network that proceeds from lanosterol and 31-norlanosterol to ETO [ergosta-5,7,25(27)-trien-3β-ol], 24-DTO [dimethyl ergosta-5,7,25(27)-trienol] and ergosterol [ergosta-5,7,22(23)-trienol]. To assess the possible carbon sources of ergosterol biosynthesis, specifically 13C-labelled specimens of lanosterol, acetate, leucine and glucose were administered to T. brucei and the 13C distributions found were in accord with the operation of the acetate-mevalonate pathway, with leucine as an alternative precursor, to ergostenols in either the insect or bloodstream form. In searching for metabolic signatures of procyclic cells, we observed that the 13C-labelling treatments induce fluctuations between the acetyl-CoA (mitochondrial) and sterol (cytosolic) synthetic pathways detected by the progressive increase in 13C-ergosterol production (control<[2-(13)C]leucine<[2-(13)C]acetate<[1-(13)C]glucose) and corresponding depletion of cholesta-5,7,24-trienol. We conclude that anabolic fluxes originating in mitochondrial metabolism constitute a flexible part of sterol synthesis that is further fluctuated in the cytosol, yielding distinct sterol profiles in relation to cell demands on growth.
Project description:A procyclic form Trypansome brucei RNAi line (PTT parental line, transfected with pALC14 incorporating a TbNMD3 gene fragment) capable of inducing depletion of TbNMD3 was analysed for mRNA expression by RNAseq
Project description:RBSR2-TAP expressing cells were transfected with RNAi targeting RBSR2. 3 independent clones were used and RNAi was induced for 24 hours with 100ng/ml tetracycline. Cell lines expressing RBSR2-CTAP with no RNAi construct were used as controls. These are actually paired-end reads, file names ending _1 are one strand and _2 are the other strand.
Project description:RBSR1-CTAP expressing cells were transfected with RNAi targeting RBSR1. 3 independent clones were used and RNAi was induced for 24 hours with 100ng/ml tetracycline. PolyA enriched samples are paired-end reads, file names ending _1 are one strand and _2 are the other strand. rRNA depleted sample are single end reads.
Project description:Bloodstream-form trypanosomes with inducible RNAi targeting ZC3H28 were incubated with the tetracycline inducer for 10h, cells without tetracycline were used as controls. This experiment was done in triplicates. In another similar experiment, bloodstream-form trypanosomes with inducible RNAi targeting ZC3H28 were incubated with the tetracycline inducer for 14h, 16h, and 24h. Cells without tetracycline (named ''no tet'' or ''0h'') were used as controls. This experiment was done in duplicates.
Project description:How flagellar signaling regulates the host interaction of parasites remains a challenge due to poor conservation of signaling systems with those in cilia of higher organisms. The trypanosome-specific cAMP response protein 3 (CARP3) shows developmentally regulated localization at the flagellar tip membrane, where it is essential for parasite swarming and colonization of the tsetse fly insect vector. This project describes identification of CARP3-YFP interacting proteins by GFP trap pull down followed by mass spectrometry in the bloodstream stage as well as in the procyclic stage of Trypanosoma brucei.
Project description:FKBP12 proteins are able to inhibit TOR kinases or calcineurin phosphatases upon binding of rapamycin or FK506 drugs, respectively. The Trypanosoma brucei FKBP12 homologue (TbFKBP12) was found to be a cytoskeleton-associated protein with specific localization in the flagellar pocket area of the bloodstream form. In the insect procyclic form, RNA interference-mediated knockdown of TbFKBP12 affected motility. In bloodstream cells, depletion of TbFKBP12 affected cytokinesis and cytoskeleton architecture. These last effects were associated with the presence of internal translucent cavities limited by an inside-out configuration of the normal cell surface, with a luminal variant surface glycoprotein coat lined up by microtubules. These cavities, which recreated the streamlined shape of the normal trypanosome cytoskeleton, might represent unsuccessful attempts for cell abscission. We propose that TbFKBP12 differentially affects stage-specific processes through association with the cytoskeleton.
Project description:Epitope tagging and magnetic bead enrichment were combined with SILAC quantitative proteomics to determine a high-confidence glycosome proteome for the procyclic life cycle stage of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.