NDLI: Molecular Cloning of a Trypanosoma cruzi Cell Surface Casein Kinase II Substrate, Tc-1, Involved in Cellular Infection

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Author	Augustine, Swinburne A. J. Kleshchenko, Yuliya Y. Nde, Pius N. Pratap, Siddharth Ager, Edward A. Burns, James M. Lima, Maria F. Villalta, Fernando
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	In this work, we report the cloning and characterization of the first cell surface casein kinase II (CKII) substrate (Tc-1) of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas' disease. Analysis of the gene sequence revealed a 1,653-bp open reading frame coding for 550 amino acid residues. Northern blot analysis showed a 4.5-kb transcript that is expressed in invasive trypomastigotes but not in noninvasive epimastigote forms of T. cruzi. Southern blot analysis indicates that Tc-1 is a single-copy gene. At the amino acid level, Tc-1 displayed 95% and 99% identity to two hypothetical proteins recently reported by the T. cruzi genome project. Analysis of the translated amino acid sequence indicates that the Tc-1 gene has a putative transmembrane domain with multiple cytoplasmic and extracellular CKII phosphosites. Exogenous human CKII was able to phosphorylate serine residues on both recombinant Tc-1 and Tc-1 of intact trypomastigotes. This phosphorylation was inhibited by the CKII inhibitors heparin and 4,5,6,7,-tetrabromo-2-azabenzimidazole. Immunoblots of solubilized trypomastigotes, epimastigotes, and amastigotes probed with anti-recombinant Tc-1 immunoglobulin G revealed a 62-kDa protein that is expressed only in infective trypomastigotes. Immunoprecipitation of labeled surface proteins of trypomastigotes indicated that the 62-kDa protein is a surface protein, and we found that the protein is uniformly distributed on the surface of trypomastigotes by direct immunofluorescence. Antibodies to Tc-1 effectively blocked trypomastigote invasion of host cells and consequently reduced parasite load. Preincubation of either trypomastigotes or myoblasts with CKII inhibitors blocked T. cruzi infection. Thus, for the first time, we describe a cell surface CKII substrate of a protozoan parasite that is phosphorylated by human CKII and that is involved in cellular infection.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.00045-06
Ending Page	3929
Page Count	8
Starting Page	3922
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ISSN	00199567
e-ISSN	10985522
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	74
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2006-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Immunology Microbiology Parasitology Infectious Diseases Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Parasitology Immunology Microbiology

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