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Quantitative Proteomic Map of the Trypanosomatid Strigomonas culicis: The Biological Contribution of its Endosymbiotic Bacterium. Protist 2019; 170:125698. [PMID: 31760169 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2019.125698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 10/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Strigomonas culicis is a kinetoplastid parasite of insects that maintains a mutualistic association with an intracellular symbiotic bacterium, which is highly integrated into the protist metabolism: it furnishes essential compounds and divides in synchrony with the eukaryotic nucleus. The protist, conversely, can be cured of the endosymbiont, producing an aposymbiotic cell line, which presents a diminished ability to colonize the insect host. This obligatory association can represent an intermediate step of the evolution towards the formation of an organelle, therefore representing an interesting model to understand the symbiogenesis theory. Here, we used shotgun proteomics to compare the S. culicis endosymbiont-containing and aposymbiotic strains, revealing a total of 11,305 peptides, and up to 2,213 proteins (2,029 and 1,452 for wild type and aposymbiotic, respectively). Gene ontology associated to comparative analysis between both strains revealed that the biological processes most affected by the elimination of the symbiont were the amino acid synthesis, as well as protein synthesis and folding. This large-scale comparison of the protein expression in S. culicis marks a step forward in the comprehension of the role of endosymbiotic bacteria in monoxenous trypanosomatid biology, particularly because trypanosomatids expression is mostly post-transcriptionally regulated.
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de Azevedo-Martins AC, Alves JMP, de Mello FG, Vasconcelos ATR, de Souza W, Einicker-Lamas M, Motta MCM. Biochemical and phylogenetic analyses of phosphatidylinositol production in Angomonas deanei, an endosymbiont-harboring trypanosomatid. Parasit Vectors 2015; 8:247. [PMID: 25903782 PMCID: PMC4424895 DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0854-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The endosymbiosis in trypanosomatids is characterized by co-evolution between one bacterium and its host protozoan in a mutualistic relationship, thus constituting an excellent model to study organelle origin in the eukaryotic cell. In this association, an intense metabolic exchange is observed between both partners: the host provides energetic molecules and a stable environment to a reduced wall symbiont, while the bacterium is able to interfere in host metabolism by enhancing phospholipid production and completing essential biosynthesis pathways, such as amino acids and hemin production. The bacterium envelope presents a reduced cell wall which is mainly composed of cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine, being the latter only common in intracellular prokaryotes. Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is also present in the symbiont and host cell membranes. This phospholipid is usually related to cellular signaling and to anchor surface molecules, which represents important events for cellular interactions. METHODS In order to investigate the production of PI and its derivatives in symbiont bearing trypanosomatids, aposymbiotic and wild type strains of Angomonas deanei, as well as isolated symbionts, were incubated with [(3)H]myo-inositol and the incorporation of this tracer was analyzed into inositol-containing molecules, mainly phosphoinositides and lipoproteins. Gene searches and their phylogenies were also performed in order to investigate the PI synthesis in symbiontbearing trypanosomatids. RESULTS Our results showed that the bacterium did not incorporate the tracer and that both strains produced similar quantities of PI and its derivatives, indicating that the symbiont does not influence the production of these metabolites. Gene searches related to PI synthesis revealed that the trypanosomatid genome contains an inositol transporter, PI synthase and the myo-inositol synthase. Thus, the host is able to produce PI either from exogenous myo-inositol (inositol transporter) or from myo-inositol synthesized de novo. Phylogenetic analysis using other organisms as references indicated that, in trypanosomatids, the genes involved in PI synthesis have a monophyletic origin. In accordance with experimental data, sequences for myo-inositol transport or for myo-inositol and PI biosynthesis were not found in the symbiont. CONCLUSIONS Altogether, our results indicate that the bacterium depends on the host to obtain PI.
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- Allan C de Azevedo-Martins
- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 343, Bloco G, Subsolo, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-590, Brazil. .,Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, Av. Getúlio Vargas, 333, Quitandinha, Petrópolis, RJ, CEP: 25651-075, Brazil.
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- Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Neuroquímica, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 343, Bloco C, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-590, Brazil.
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- Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica, Av. Getúlio Vargas, 333, Quitandinha, Petrópolis, RJ, CEP: 25651-075, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 343, Bloco G, Subsolo, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-590, Brazil. .,Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia - Inmetro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
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- Laboratório de Biomembranas, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 343, Bloco G, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-590, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho, 343, Bloco G, Subsolo, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-590, Brazil. .,Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Mitochondrial respiration and genomic analysis provide insight into the influence of the symbiotic bacterium on host trypanosomatid oxygen consumption. Parasitology 2014; 142:352-62. [PMID: 25160925 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182014001139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Certain trypanosomatids co-evolve with an endosymbiotic bacterium in a mutualistic relationship that is characterized by intense metabolic exchanges. Symbionts were able to respire for up to 4 h after isolation from Angomonas deanei. FCCP (carbonyl cyanide-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenylhydrazone) similarly increased respiration in wild-type and aposymbiotic protozoa, though a higher maximal O2 consumption capacity was observed in the symbiont-containing cells. Rotenone, a complex I inhibitor, did not affect A. deanei respiration, whereas TTFA (thenoyltrifluoroacetone), a complex II activity inhibitor, completely blocked respiration in both strains. Antimycin A and cyanide, inhibitors of complexes III and IV, respectively, abolished O2 consumption, but the aposymbiotic protozoa were more sensitive to both compounds. Oligomycin did not affect cell respiration, whereas carboxyatractyloside (CAT), an inhibitor of the ADP-ATP translocator, slightly reduced O2 consumption. In the A. deanei genome, sequences encoding most proteins of the respiratory chain are present. The symbiont genome lost part of the electron transport system (ETS), but complex I, a cytochrome d oxidase, and FoF1-ATP synthase remain. In conclusion, this work suggests that the symbiont influences the mitochondrial respiration of the host protozoan.
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Catta-Preta CMC, Nascimento MTC, Garcia MCF, Saraiva EM, Motta MCM, Meyer-Fernandes JR. The presence of a symbiotic bacterium in Strigomonas culicis is related to differential ecto-phosphatase activity and influences the mosquito-protozoa interaction. Int J Parasitol 2013; 43:571-7. [PMID: 23562935 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 02/18/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Strigomonas culicis is a monoxenous trypanosomatid that co-evolves with a symbiotic bacterium in a mutualistic relationship that is characterized by intense metabolic exchanges between both partners. S. culicis infects and colonizes the Aedes aegypti mosquito midgut, reaches its hemocoel and then invades the salivary glands. An artificial aposymbiotic strain is unable to colonize insects, reinforcing the idea that the bacterium influences the protozoan surface composition and cell interaction. Here, we report the characterization of the hydrolytic activity of ecto-phosphatases evaluated in symbiont-bearing and aposymbiotic strains of S. culicis by incubating the protozoa with p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) at different pH levels, in the presence of phosphatase inhibitors, and with several divalent metals. The symbiont-bearing and aposymbiotic cells differ in their ecto-phosphatase enzymes, based on their activities and specificities. Furthermore, the ability of the protozoan to bind to the mosquito midgut and salivary glands was impaired by ecto-phosphatase inhibition. Taken together, our data suggest that the symbiont influences the host protozoan ecto-phosphatase activity and indicate a possible role of this enzyme during mosquito tissue colonization by S. culicis.
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- C M C Catta-Preta
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Roles of the endosymbiont and leishmanolysin-like molecules expressed by Crithidia deanei in the interaction with mammalian fibroblasts. Exp Parasitol 2009; 121:246-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2008] [Revised: 11/18/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Crithidia deanei: influence of parasite gp63 homologue on the interaction of endosymbiont-harboring and aposymbiotic strains with Aedes aegypti midgut. Exp Parasitol 2007; 118:345-53. [PMID: 17945218 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2007.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2007] [Revised: 09/04/2007] [Accepted: 09/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The present study demonstrates that the endosymbiont of Crithidia deanei influences the expression of surface gp63 molecules. Ultrastructural immunocytochemical analysis shows the presence of the gp63-like protein in the protozoan flagellum and flagellar pocket, either attached to shed membranes or in a free form. This molecule is glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored to the plasma membrane as demonstrated by phospholipase C (PLC) treatment and cross-reacting determinant detection by immunoblotting. The gp63 molecule mediates the adhesive process of the protozoan to Aedes aegypti explanted guts, since the binding was reduced by pre-incubating the C. deanei parasites (wild and aposymbiotic strains) with anti-gp63 antibodies, PLC or PLC followed by anti-gp63 antibodies incubation. In addition, the number of wild C. deanei bound to A. aegypti explanted guts was twice as that of aposymbiotic parasites. Flow cytometry assays revealed that the reactivity of the wild strain with anti-gp63 antibodies was approximately twice as that of the aposymbiotic strain. We may conclude that higher expression of surface gp63 by the wild strain of C. deanei may positively influence this interaction, posing a prominent advantage for the endosymbiont-containing trypanosomatids.
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Corrêa-da-Silva MS, Fampa P, Lessa LP, Silva EDR, dos Santos Mallet JR, Saraiva EMB, Motta MCM. Colonization of Aedes aegypti midgut by the endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatid Blastocrithidia culicis. Parasitol Res 2006; 99:384-91. [PMID: 16572337 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0154-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Accepted: 02/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Monoxenous trypanosomatids inhabit invertebrate hosts throughout their life cycle. However, there have been cases of HIV-positive patients who have presented opportunistic infections caused by these protozoa, offering new perspectives to the study of interactions between monoxenics and hematophagous insect vectors. Some monoxenous trypanosomatids present a symbiotic bacterium in the cytoplasm, which seems to promote biochemical and morphological changes in the host trypanosomatids, such as alterations in plasma membrane carbohydrates and the reduction of the paraxial rod. In this work, we investigated the colonization of Aedes aegypti with Blastocrithidia culicis, an endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatid. B. culicis remained in the insect digestive tract for 38 days after feeding. Optical microscopy analysis revealed an infection process characterized by a homogenous distribution of the trypanosomatid along the midgut epithelium; no preferential interaction of protozoa with any cell type was observed. Ultrastructural analysis showed that during the colonization process, trypanosomatids interacted mainly with midgut cells through their flagellum, which penetrates the microvilli preferentially near the tight junctions. Prolonged infections promoted insect midgut degradation, culminating with the arrival of protozoa in the hemocel. By demonstrating B. culicis colonization in a bloodsucking insect, we suggest that vector transmission of monoxenous trypanosomatids to vertebrate host may occur in nature.
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- Miguel S Corrêa-da-Silva
- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CCS, Blogo G, subsolo, Ilha do Fundão, 21.941-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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d'Avila-Levy CM, Silva BA, Hayashi EA, Vermelho AB, Alviano CS, Saraiva EMB, Branquinha MH, Santos ALS. Influence of the endosymbiont ofBlastocrithidia culicisandCrithidia deaneion the glycoconjugate expression and onAedes aegyptiinteraction. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2006; 252:279-86. [PMID: 16216441 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2005] [Accepted: 09/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Blastocrithidia culicis and Crithidia deanei are trypanosomatid protozoa of insects that normally contain intracellular symbiotic bacteria. The protozoa can be rid of their endosymbionts by antibiotics, producing a cured cell line. Here, we analyzed the glycoconjugate profiles of endosymbiont-harboring and cured strains of B. culicis and C. deanei by Western blotting and flow cytometry analyses using lectins that recognize specifically sialic acid and mannose-like residues. The absence of the endosymbiont increased the intensity of the lectins binding on both trypanosomatids. In addition, wild and cured strain-specific glycoconjugate bands were identified. The role of the surface saccharide residues on the interaction with explanted guts from Aedes aegypti gut was assessed. The aposymbiotic strains of B. culicis and C. deanei presented interaction rates 3.3- and 2.3-fold lower with the insect gut, respectively, when compared with the endosymbiont-bearing strains. The interaction rate of sialidase-treated cells of the wild and cured strains of B. culicis and C. deanei was reduced in at least 90% in relation to the control. The interaction of B. culicis (wild strain) with explanted guts was inhibited in the presence of mucin (56%), fetuin (62%), sialyllactose (64%) and alpha-methyl-D-mannoside (80%), while in C. deanei (wild strain) the inhibition was 53%, 56%, 79% and 34%, respectively. Collectively, our results suggest a possible involvement of sialomolecules and mannose-rich glycoconjugates in the interaction between insect trypanosomatids and the invertebrate host.
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- Claudia M d'Avila-Levy
- Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes (IMPPG), Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Bloco I, Ilha do Fundão, Brazil
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d'Avila-Levy CM, Araújo FM, Vermelho AB, Branquinha MH, Alviano CS, Soares RMDA, dos Santos ALS. Differential lectin recognition of glycoproteins in choanomastigote-shaped trypanosomatids: taxonomic implications. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2004; 231:171-6. [PMID: 14987761 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00915-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2003] [Revised: 11/06/2003] [Accepted: 12/01/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The glycoprotein profiles of seven choanomastigote-shaped trypanosomatids (six Crithidia spp. and one Herpetomonas sp.), which have been suggested to form three distinct taxonomic groups (Crithidia, Angomonas and Strigomonas), were analyzed by Western blotting using the lectins Limax flavus (LFA), Sambucus nigra (SNA) and Maackia amurensis (MAA), which specifically recognize sialic acid residues, and concanavalin A (Con A) that recognizes mannose-like residues in glycoconjugates. All lectins showed a sugar-inhibited recognition with the parasite extracts, with the exception of LFA, which did not show any reactivity with the studied species. The SNA agglutinin presented a characteristic and specific pattern for each taxonomic group. The MAA lectin showed an identical profile for all species analyzed, while Con A grouped the choanomastigote-shaped species in two different patterns, one specific for the Angomonas group, and the other comprehending both Strigomonas and Crithidia groups. These results illustrate the heterogeneity of the genus Crithidia. The possible taxonomic redistribution of the choanomastigote-shaped trypanosomatids is also discussed.
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- Claudia Masini d'Avila-Levy
- Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes (IMPPG), Bloco I, Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941-590, Brazil
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Fampa P, Corrêa-da-Silva MS, Lima DC, Oliveira SMP, Motta MCM, Saraiva EMB. Interaction of insect trypanosomatids with mosquitoes, sand fly and the respective insect cell lines. Int J Parasitol 2003; 33:1019-26. [PMID: 13129523 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(03)00124-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Interaction experiments between hematophagous insects and monoxenous trypanosomatids have become relevant, once cases of human infection involving these protozoa have been reported. Moreover, investigations related to the interaction of insects with trypanosomatids that harbour an endosymbiotic bacterium and thereby lack the paraflagellar rod structure are important to elucidate the role of this structure in the adhesion process. In this work, we compared the interaction of endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatids and their aposymbiotic counterpart strains (without endosymbionts) with cell lines of Anopheles gambiae, Aedes albopictus and Lutzomyia longipalpis and with explanted guts of the respective insects. Endosymbiont-bearing strains interacted better with insect cells and guts when compared with aposymbiotic strains. In vitro binding assays revealed that the trypanosomatids interacted with the gut epithelial cells via flagellum and cell body. Flagella attached to the insect gut were enlarged, containing electrondense filaments between the axoneme and flagellar membrane at the point of adhesion. Interactions involving the flagellum lacking paraflagellar rod structure were mainly observed close to tight junctions, between epithelial cells. Endosymbiont-bearing trypanosomatids were able to colonise Aedes aegypti guts after protozoa feeding.
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- Patrícia Fampa
- Departamento de Imunologia, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof Paulo de Góes Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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The surface charge of trypanosomatids was evaluated by means of the binding of cationic particles, as visualized by electron microscopy and by direct measurements of the electrophoretic mobility of cells. The results obtained indicate that most of the trypanosomatids exhibit a negatively charged surface whose value is species specific and varies according to the developmental stages. Sialic acids associated with glycoproteins, glycolipids and phosphate groups are the major components responsible for the net negative surface charge of the trypanosomatids.
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- Thaïs Souto-Padrón
- Laboratório de Biologia de Protozoários, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21941-590, Brazil.
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Souza dos Santos AL, Sales Alviano C, de Araújo Soares RM. Detection of sialoglycomolecules in five plant trypanosomatids and in an insect phytophagous isolate. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 214:19-23. [PMID: 12204367 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11319.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The sialoglycoprotein profiles of five plant trypanosomatids (Phytomonas spp.) and of one flagellate (Herpetomonas sp.) isolated from the salivary gland of a phytophagous insect (Phthia picta) were analyzed by Western blotting using three distinct lectins (LFA, SNA and MAA), which recognize specifically sialic acid residues in glycoconjugates. All six flagellates presented at least one polypeptide recognized by the lectins, with the exception of Phytomonas françai, which did not show any reactivity with SNA agglutinin. Phytomonas serpens and P. françai showed the most distinct pattern of sialoglycoproteins. Phytomonas mcgheei, Herpetomonas sp. and the two other Phytomonas spp., isolated from latex, displayed an identical sialomolecule profile. We discuss the possible role of the sialoglycoproteins in the physiology of these trypanosomatids.
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- André Luis Souza dos Santos
- Departamento de Microbiologia Geral, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes (IMPPG), Centro de Ciências da Saúde (CCS), Bloco I, Universidade do Brasil (UFRJ), Ilha do Fundão, 21941-590 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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A small number of trypanosomatids present bacterium endosymbionts in the cytoplasm, which divide synchronously with the host cell. Crithidia oncopleti, Crithidia deanei. Crithidia desouzai, Blastocrithidia culicis and Herpetomonas roitmani are the best characterized species. The endosymbiont is surrounded by two membranes separated from each other by an electron-lucent space. The presence of the endosymbiont led to the appearance of morphological changes which include the lack of the paraflagellar rod associated to the axoneme, the morphology of the kinetoplast and the association of the sub-pellicular microtubules with portions of the protozoan plasma membrane. Aposymbiotic strains could be obtained by antibiotic treatment, opening the possibility to make comparative analysis of endosymbiont-containing an endosymbiont-free populations of the same species. It is clear that metabolic cycles are established between the prokaryiont and the host cell. The results obtained show that endosymbiont-containing species of trypanosomatids constitute an excellent model to study basic processes on the endosymbiont-host cell relationship and the origin of new organelles.
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- W de Souza
- Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Matta MA, Aleksitch V, Angluster J, Alviano CS, De Souza W, Andrade AF, Esteves MJ. Occurrence of N-acetyl- and N-O-diacetyl-neuraminic acid derivatives in wild and mutant Crithidia fasciculata. Parasitol Res 1995; 81:426-33. [PMID: 7501643 DOI: 10.1007/bf00931505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The cell-surface expression of sialic acids in wild-type Crithidia fasciculata and three drug-resistant mutants (FU(R)11, TR3, and TFRR1) was analyzed using fluorescein-labeled Limulus polyphemus agglutinin (LPA) binding, glycosidase of known sugar specificity, and thin-layer chromatography (TLC). Gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis using both electron-impact (EI-MS) and chemical ionization (CI-MS) by isobutane with selected ion monitoring (SIM) was also used. The surface location of sialic acid was inferred from LPA binding to whole cells abrogated by previous treatment with neuraminidase. An exception occurred with the TFRR1 strain, which after incubation with neuraminidase showed increased reactivity with the fluorescent lectin. Both N-acetyl- and N-O-diacetyl-neuraminic acids were identified in the flagellates by TLC, with a clear predominance being noted for the former derivative. However, the content of N-O-diacetyl-neuraminic acid was preferentially found in the TFRR1 strain. The GC-MS analysis of the acidic component of the TFRR1 mutant strain confirmed the occurrence of N-acetyl-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) by the presence of the diagnostic ions (m/z values: 684 and 594 for CI-MS and 478, 298, and 317 for EI-MS) and also by comparison with the standard Neu5Ac retention time. GC-MS analysis also showed fragments (m/z values: 654 and 564 for CI-MS and 594, 478, 298, and 317 for EI-MS) expected for the 7-O- and 9-O-acetyl-N-acetyl-neuraminic acids (Neu5,7Ac2 and Neu 5,9Ac2, respectively).
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- M A Matta
- Laboratório de Ultra-estrutura Celular (DUBC), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The surface of parasitic protozoa plays an important role in the process of their interaction with cells from the host. The present review analyzes the structural organization of the surface of sporozoa, trypanosomatids, Entamoeba and Trichomonas, as evaluated by conventional transmission electron microscopy, cytochemical techniques and freeze-fracture. In most protozoa, no special region of surface membrane is detected. In others, however, special membrane domains have been described. As examples, we can mention the cytostome found in epimastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi, the region of attachment of the flagellum to the protozoon body in Trypanosomatidae and Trichomonadidae, and the inner membrane complex of Apicomplexa.
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- W De Souza
- Laboratório de Biologia Celular e Tecidual, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brasil
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Faria e Silva PM, Fiorini JE, Soares MJ, Alviano CS, de Souza W, Angluster J. Membrane-associated polysaccharides composition, nutritional requirements and cell differentiation in Herpetomonas roitmani: influence of the endosymbiont. J Eukaryot Microbiol 1994; 41:55-9. [PMID: 8124266 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1994.tb05934.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Herpetomonas roitmani, a trypanosomatid containing a bacterial endosymbiont, was cured by high doses of chloramphenicol. Wild-type and cured flagellates were compared as to polysaccharide composition, nutritional requirements and cellular differentiation. Fucose (18.0%), xylose (15.7%), mannose (38.9%), galactose (10.8%), glucose (16.4%) and inositol (< 1.0%) were identified as polysaccharide components of cured H. roitmani as assessed by gas-liquid chromatography. However, the wild-type strain displayed a markedly different sugar profile, in that xylose was absent and inositol preferentially synthesized, whereas the other monosaccharide components remained unchanged. Variations in nutritional pattern also occurred between both strains. The bacterial endosymbiont seems to provide the flagellates with nutritional factors, including usual amino acids, vitamins, purine (as adenine) and hemin. The process of cell differentiation was also significantly influenced by the endosymbiont. Opisthomastigote forms predominate (72.0%) in cured as compared with wild-type H. roitmani (37.0%).
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- P M Faria e Silva
- Escola de Farmácia e Odontologia de Alfenas, MG, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Motta MC, Soares MJ, de Souza W. Intracellular lectin-binding sites in symbiont-bearing Crithidia species. Parasitol Res 1993; 79:551-8. [PMID: 8278337 DOI: 10.1007/bf00932239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Crithidia oncopelti, C. deanei, and C. desouzai are flagellates of the Trypanosomatidae family that present bacterium-like endosymbionts in their cytoplasm. Direct and indirect lectin-gold labeling techniques were used at the electron microscopic level in Lowicryl K4M-embedded cells to demonstrate the presence of intracellular lectin-binding sites. We used the lectins Ulex europaeus I, Griffonia simplicifolia II, Ricinus communis I, Arachis hypogaea, G. simplicifolia I, Wistaria floribunda, Limulus polyphemus, and Canavalia ensiformis, which recognize alpha-L-fucose, alpha- and beta-N-acetylglucosamine, beta-galactose and beta-N-acetylgalactosamine, beta-galactose, alpha-galactose, beta-N-acetylgalactosamine, sialic acid and alpha-D-mannose, and alpha-D-glucose residues, respectively. The nucleus was the cellular structure most frequently labeled by the lectins. The Golgi complex was seldom labeled, whereas the endoplasmic reticulum and the flagellar pocket presented a large number of binding sites. Symbionts had their two unit membranes weakly labeled by the different lectins but displayed no labeling of the space between the membranes.
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- M C Motta
- Departamento de Parasitologia e Biofisica Celular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Matta MA, Alviano CS, Angluster J, De Souza W, Silva-Filho FC, Esteves MJ. Surface charge and hydrophobicity of wild and mutant Crithidia fasciculata. CELL BIOPHYSICS 1992; 20:69-79. [PMID: 1284783 DOI: 10.1007/bf02782655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Surface charge of wild-type Crithidia fasciculata and three drug-resistant mutants (TR3, TFRR1, and FUR11) was studied by direct zeta-potential determination and ultrastructural cytochemistry. Surface tension was also investigated by measurements of the advancing contact angle formed by the protozoa monolayers with drops of liquids of different polarities. The individual zeta potential varies markedly among the C. fasciculata cells. The wild and FUR11 mutant strains displayed lower negative surface charge (-12.5 and -9.5 mV, respectively) as compared with the TR3 (-14.8 mV) and TFRR1 (-14.7 mV) mutant strains. Binding of cationized ferritin (CF) was observed at the cell surface of wild and mutant strains of C. fasciculata. Neuraminidase treatment reduced the negative surface charge in the TFRR1 and TR3 mutants in about 37 and 29%, respectively, whereas no significant change was observed with the wild and FUR11 mutant strains. These findings suggest that sialic acid residues are the major anionogenic groups on the surface of C. fasciculata. The density of sialic acid residues per cell in wild and mutant strains of C. fasciculata falls in a range of 1.4 x 10(4) to 3.6 x 10(4). Marked differences of hydrophobicity were also observed. For example, the TFRR1, FUR11, and TR3 drug-resistant mutant strains showed higher contact angle values (55.4, 54.2, and 49.3, respectively) than the wild-type (35.6), as assessed by alpha-bromonaphtalene.
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- M A Matta
- Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Fiorini JE, Roitman I, Angluster J, Alviano CS, Silva-Filho FCE, de Souza W. Herpetomonas megaseliae: Effect of lipopolysaccharide on cell-surface anionogenic groups. Parasitol Res 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00935422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lopes AH, Costa e Silva Filho F, Alviano CS, Jurkiewicz A, Angluster J, de Souza W. Changes in cell surface anionogenic groups induced by propranolol in Herpetomonas muscarum muscarum. THE JOURNAL OF PROTOZOOLOGY 1989; 36:231-7. [PMID: 2543816 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1989.tb05354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effects of propranolol (10(-3) mM) on the surface anionic groups of Herpetomonas muscarum muscarum were analysed by cell electrophoresis, by ultrastructural cytochemistry and by identification of sialic acids using paper chromatography. Differentiation of H. muscarum muscarum induced by propranolol treatment caused a significant increase in the net negative surface charge. Binding of cationized ferritin (CF) and colloidal iron hydroxide particles was observed at the cell surface of both untreated and propranolol-treated cells. In cells incubated in the presence of the drug the CF particles were distributed in all membrane regions. However, there were small areas where the particles were absent. In H. muscarum muscarum exposed to propranolol the density of residues of sialic acid per cell was higher, and the agglutinating activity with Sendai virus was more intense. However, the pattern of sialic acid, characterized by the presence of N-acetylneuraminic acid derivative, was not modified upon cell interaction with the drug. Treatment of both control and propranolol-treated protozoa with neuraminidase significantly reduced the surface charge. These findings suggest that sialic acid residues are the major anionogenic groups exposed on the surface of H. muscarum muscarum.
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- A H Lopes
- Instituto de Microbiologia, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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de Araujo Soares RM, Alviano CS, Esteves MJ, Angluster J, Costa e Silva-Filho F, de Souza W. Changes in cell surface anionogenic groups during differentiation of Herpetomonas samuelpessoai mediated by dimethylsulfoxide. CELL BIOPHYSICS 1988; 13:29-41. [PMID: 2456150 DOI: 10.1007/bf02797363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The surface anionic groups of untreated or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)-treated Herpetomonas samuelpessoai cells were analyzed by cell electrophoresis, ultrastructural cytochemistry, and identification of sialic acids using thin-layer chromatography. Differentiation of H. samuelpessoai induced by DMSO treatment caused a significant increase in the net negative surface charge. In flagellates exposed to DMSO, more cationized ferritin, colloidal iron hydroxide, and sendai virus particles bound to the cell surface. Treatment of both untreated and DMSO-treated flagellates with neuraminidase decreased markedly the EPM of cells to the cathodic pole. These findings suggest that sialic acid residues are the major anionogenic groups exposed on the surface of H. samuelpessoai. Thin-layer chromatography showed that N-acetyl and N,O-diacylneuraminic acids, in equal proportions, were present in H. samuelpessoai. However, N-acetylneuraminic acid predominates in DMSO-treated cells.
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Dias Filho BP, Alviano CS, de Souza W, Angluster J. Polysaccharide and glycolipid composition in Tritrichomonas foetus. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 20:329-35. [PMID: 3356298 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(88)90360-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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1. The polysaccharide and glycolipid composition in Tritrichomonas foetus was studied by paper, thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatographic analysis. 2. The carbohydrate components of the polysaccharide were glucose (47%), galactose (34%) and mannose (19%). N-acetylneuraminic acid was the sialic acid derivative characterized in the flagellate whole cells. 3. The sialic acid density was estimated as 2.7 x 10(7) residues/cell. 4. The long-chain base dihydrosphingosine, the carbohydrates galactose (67%), glucose (21%) and mannose (12%) as well as the fatty acids myristic (48%) and palmitic (52%) acids were characterized as components of the total glycolipids of T. foetus. 5. Total glycolipids were fractionated: a galactocerebroside and a ganglioside were identified.
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- B P Dias Filho
- Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Souza ET, Silva-Filho FC, De Souza W, Alviano CS, Angluster J, Travassos LR. Identification of sialic acids on the cell surface of hyphae and conidia of the human pathogen Fonsecaea pedrosoi. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY MYCOLOGY : BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL MYCOLOGY 1986; 24:145-54. [PMID: 3723289 DOI: 10.1080/02681218680000211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Sialic acids were characterized on the cell surface of conidia and hyphae of Fonsecaea pedrosoi, one of the agents of chromoblastomycosis. Neuraminidase-treated conidia had a reduced negative electrophoretic mobility and, in comparison with untreated cells, bound fewer particles of colloidal iron hydroxide and of cationized ferritin. Sialic acid residues in conidia are linked to galactopyranosyl units as indicated by the increased reactivity of neuraminidase-treated cells with peanut agglutinin. N-acetylneuraminic acid was the only derivative found in the mycelium whereas conidia contained both N-glycolyl- and N-acetylneuraminic acids.
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Salzman TA, Batlle AM, Angluster J, de Souza W. Heme synthesis in Crithidia deanei: influence of the endosymbiote. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 17:1343-7. [PMID: 3937749 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(85)90058-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The activity of the following enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of porphyrins was determined in endosymbiote-free and endosymbiote-containing Crithidia deanei grown in a chemically defined medium: succinyl Coenzyme A synthetase (Suc.CoA-S), 5-aminolevulinate synthetase (ALA-S), 4,5-dioxovaleric acid transaminase (DOVA-T), 5-aminolevulinate dehydratase (ALA-D), porphobilinogenase (PBGase), deaminase and heme synthetase (Heme-S). The amount of 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and porphobilinogen, porphyrins and heme was also determined. ALA and PBG were detected in C. deanei. The levels of free porphyrins was low. Heme concentration was nil. The activity of ALA-D, deaminase and PBGase was not detected in C. deanei. The activity of Suc.CoA-S and ALA-S were twice higher in symbiote-containing than in aposymbiotic C. deanei. Aposymbiotic cells had a higher activity of DOVA-T than symbiote-containing cells. The level of Heme-S, measured using protoporphyrin as substrate, was twice as high in symbiote-containing than in symbiote-free cells.
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