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SPONTANEOUS STAGE DIFFERENTIATION OF MOUSE-VIRULENT TOXOPLASMA GONDII RH PARASITES IN SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLS: AN ULTRASTRUCTURAL EVALUATION
Conversão de Palco
Célula Muscular Esquelética
Interação célula hospedeira de T. gondii
Stage Conversion
T. gondii-host cell interaction
Skeletal Muscle Cell
Tachyzoite
Bradyzoite
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil / Georg-August University. Institute for Medical Microbiology. Göttingen, Germany.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia. Laboratório de Cultura de Células. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Georg-August University. Institute for Medical Microbiology. Göttingen, Germany.
Georg-August University. Institute for Medical Microbiology. Göttingen, Germany.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia. Laboratório de Cultura de Células. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Georg-August University. Institute for Medical Microbiology. Göttingen, Germany.
Georg-August University. Institute for Medical Microbiology. Göttingen, Germany.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Estrutural. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Resumo em Inglês
Although the predilection for Toxoplasma gondii to form cysts in the nervous system and skeletal and heart
muscles has been described for more than fifty years, skeletal muscle cells (SkMCs) have not been explored as a host
cell type to study the Toxoplasma-host cell interaction and investigate the intracellular development of the parasite.
Morphological aspects of the initial events in the Toxoplasma-SkMC interaction were analysed and suggest that
there are different processes of protozoan adhesion and invasion and of the subsequent fate of the parasite inside the
parasitophorous vacuole (PV). Using scanning electron microscopy, Toxoplasma tachyzoites from the mouse-virulent
RH strain were found to be attached to SkMCs by the anterior or posterior region of the body, with or without
expansion of the SkMC membrane. This suggests that different types of parasite internalization occurred. Asynchronous
multiplication and differentiation of T. gondii were observed. Importantly, intracellular parasites were seen to
display high amounts of amylopectin granules in their cytoplasm, indicating that tachyzoites of the RH strain were
able to differentiate spontaneously into bradyzoites in SkMCs. This stage conversion occurred in approximately 3%
of the PVs. This is particularly intriguing as tachyzoites of virulent Toxoplasma strains are not thought to be prone
to cyst formation. We discuss whether biological differences in host cells are crucial to Toxoplasma stage conversion
and suggest that important questions concerning the host cell type and its relevance in Toxoplasma differentiation
are still unanswered.
Palavras-chave
Toxoplasma GondiiConversão de Palco
Célula Muscular Esquelética
Interação célula hospedeira de T. gondii
Palavras-chave em inglês
Toxoplasma GondiiStage Conversion
T. gondii-host cell interaction
Skeletal Muscle Cell
Tachyzoite
Bradyzoite
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