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Trypanosoma cruzi Calreticulin Topographical Variations in Parasites Infecting Murine Macrophages.


ABSTRACT: Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin (TcCRT), a 47-kDa chaperone, translocates from the endoplasmic reticulum to the area of flagellum emergence. There, it binds to complement components C1 and mannan-binding lectin (MBL), thus acting as a main virulence factor, and inhibits the classical and lectin pathways. The localization and functions of TcCRT, once the parasite is inside the host cell, are unknown. In parasites infecting murine macrophages, polyclonal anti-TcCRT antibodies detected TcCRT mainly in the parasite nucleus and kinetoplast. However, with a monoclonal antibody (E2G7), the resolution and specificity of the label markedly improved, and TcCRT was detected mainly in the parasite kinetoplast. Gold particles, bound to the respective antibodies, were used as probes in electron microscopy. This organelle may represent a stopover and accumulation site for TcCRT, previous its translocation to the area of flagellum emergence. Finally, early during T. cruzi infection and by unknown mechanisms, an important decrease in the number of MHC-I positive host cells was observed.

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426574 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Trypanosoma cruzi Calreticulin Topographical Variations in Parasites Infecting Murine Macrophages.

González Andrea A   Valck Carolina C   Sánchez Gittith G   Härtel Steffen S   Mansilla Jorge J   Ramírez Galia G   Fernández María Soledad MS   Arias José Luis JL   Galanti Norbel N   Ferreira Arturo A  

The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150309 5


Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin (TcCRT), a 47-kDa chaperone, translocates from the endoplasmic reticulum to the area of flagellum emergence. There, it binds to complement components C1 and mannan-binding lectin (MBL), thus acting as a main virulence factor, and inhibits the classical and lectin pathways. The localization and functions of TcCRT, once the parasite is inside the host cell, are unknown. In parasites infecting murine macrophages, polyclonal anti-TcCRT antibodies detected TcCRT mainly  ...[more]

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