Biphasic Modulation of Apoptotic Pathways in Cryptosporidium parvum -Infected Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells
| Autor: | Mark S. Rutherford, Jin Liu, Mingqi Deng, Cheryl A. Lancto, Mitchell S. Abrahamsen, Shinichiro Enomoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Immunology Apoptosis Biology Microbiology Intestinal mucosa Cell Line Tumor Gene expression Animals Humans Gene silencing Gene Silencing Intestinal Mucosa Cryptosporidium parvum Regulation of gene expression Cellular Microbiology: Pathogen-Host Cell Molecular Interactions Microarray analysis techniques Gene Expression Profiling Epithelial Cells biology.organism_classification Caspase Inhibitors Molecular biology Genes bcl-2 Cell biology Infectious Diseases Gene Expression Regulation Cell culture Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Infection and Immunity. 77:837-849 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5522 0019-9567 |
| Popis: | The impact of Cryptosporidium parvum infection on host cell gene expression was investigated by microarray analysis with an in vitro model using human ileocecal HCT-8 adenocarcinoma cells. We found changes in 333 (2.6%) transcripts at at least two of the five (6, 12, 24, 48, and 72 h) postinfection time points. Fifty-one of the regulated genes were associated with apoptosis and were grouped into five clusters based on their expression patterns. Early in infection (6 and 12 h), genes with antiapoptotic roles were upregulated and genes with apoptotic roles were downregulated. Later in infection (24, 48, and 72 h), proapoptotic genes were induced and antiapoptotic genes were downregulated, suggesting a biphasic regulation of apoptosis: antiapoptotic state early and moderately proapoptotic state late in infection. This transcriptional profile matched the actual occurrence of apoptosis in the infected cultures. Apoptosis was first detected at 12 h postinfection and increased to a plateau at 24 h, when 20% of infected cells showed nuclear condensation. In contrast, experimental silencing of Bcl-2 induced apoptosis in 50% of infected cells at 12 h postinfection. This resulted in a decrease in the infection rate and a reduction in the accumulation of meront-containing cells. To test the significance of the moderately proapoptotic state late in the infection, we inhibited apoptosis using pancaspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK. This treatment also affected the progression of C. parvum infection, as reinfection, normally seen late (24 h to 48 h), did not occur and accumulation of mature meronts was impaired. Control of host apoptosis is complex and crucial to the life of C. parvum . Apoptosis control has at least two components, early inhibition and late moderate promotion. For a successful infection, both aspects appear to be required. |
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