Oestradiol and progesterone differentially alter cytoskeletal protein expression and flame cell morphology in Taenia crassiceps
| Autor: | Azucena Ruíz-Rosado, Laura Valverde-Islas, Jorge Morales-Montor, Olivia Reynoso-Ducoing, M. Isabel Palacios-Arreola, Pedro Ostoa-Saloma, Galileo Escobedo, Nancy Martínez-Velázquez, Javier R. Ambrosio, Pedro L. Sánchez-Orellana, Karen Elizabeth Nava-Castro, Elizabeth G. Ibarra-Coronado |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cell signaling
macromolecular substances Flame cell Flow cytometry Mice Myosin medicine Animals Cytoskeleton Cells Cultured Progesterone Actin Taenia crassiceps Mice Inbred BALB C Estradiol Taenia biology medicine.diagnostic_test biology.organism_classification Molecular biology Cytoskeletal Proteins Infectious Diseases Tubulin Gene Expression Regulation biology.protein Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal for Parasitology. 44:687-696 |
| ISSN: | 0020-7519 |
| Popis: | We examined the effects of oestradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) on cytoskeletal protein expression in the helminth Taenia crassiceps - specifically actin, tubulin and myosin. These proteins assemble into flame cells, which constitute the parasite excretory system. Total protein extracts were obtained from E2- and P4-treated T. crassiceps cysticerci and untreated controls, and analysed by one- and two-dimensional protein electrophoresis, flow cytometry, immunofluorescence and videomicroscopy. Exposure of T. crassiceps cysticerci to E2 and P4 induced differential protein expression patterns compared with untreated controls. Changes in actin, tubulin and myosin expression were confirmed by flow cytometry of parasite cells and immunofluorescence. In addition, parasite morphology was altered in response to E2 and P4 versus controls. Flame cells were primarily affected at the level of the ciliary tuft, in association with the changes in actin, tubulin and myosin. We conclude that oestradiol and progesterone act directly on T. crassiceps cysticerci, altering actin, tubulin and myosin expression and thus affecting the assembly and function of flame cells. Our results increase our understanding of several aspects of the molecular crosstalk between host and parasite, which might be useful in designing anthelmintic drugs that exclusively impair parasitic proteins which mediate cell signaling and pathogenic reproduction and establishment. |
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