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Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression
Intracellular pathogens have numerous strategies for effective dissemination within the host. Many intracellular pathogens first infect leukocytes, which they use as a vehicle to transport them to target organs. Once at the target organ, intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cross the capilla...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515940/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05956-z |
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author | Baba, Minami Batanova, Tatiana Kitoh, Katsuya Takashima, Yasuhiro |
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description | Intracellular pathogens have numerous strategies for effective dissemination within the host. Many intracellular pathogens first infect leukocytes, which they use as a vehicle to transport them to target organs. Once at the target organ, intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cross the capillary wall in extracellular form by infecting endothelial cells. However, after egression from leukocytes, extracellular parasites face the risk of host immune attack. In this study, observation of infected mouse organs, using a method that renders tissue transparent, revealed that adhesion of tachyzoite-infected leukocytes to endothelial cells triggers immediate egression of the parasite. This signal enables the parasite to time egression from its vehicle leukocyte to coincide with arrival at a target organ, minimizing the opportunity for immune attack during the transition from a vehicle leukocyte to capillary endothelial cells. |
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spelling | pubmed-55159402017-07-19 Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression Baba, Minami Batanova, Tatiana Kitoh, Katsuya Takashima, Yasuhiro Sci Rep Article Intracellular pathogens have numerous strategies for effective dissemination within the host. Many intracellular pathogens first infect leukocytes, which they use as a vehicle to transport them to target organs. Once at the target organ, intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii can cross the capillary wall in extracellular form by infecting endothelial cells. However, after egression from leukocytes, extracellular parasites face the risk of host immune attack. In this study, observation of infected mouse organs, using a method that renders tissue transparent, revealed that adhesion of tachyzoite-infected leukocytes to endothelial cells triggers immediate egression of the parasite. This signal enables the parasite to time egression from its vehicle leukocyte to coincide with arrival at a target organ, minimizing the opportunity for immune attack during the transition from a vehicle leukocyte to capillary endothelial cells. Nature Publishing Group UK 2017-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5515940/ /pubmed/28720868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05956-z Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Baba, Minami Batanova, Tatiana Kitoh, Katsuya Takashima, Yasuhiro Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
title | Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
title_full | Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
title_fullStr | Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
title_full_unstemmed | Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
title_short | Adhesion of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
title_sort | adhesion of toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-infected vehicle leukocytes to capillary endothelial cells triggers timely parasite egression |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5515940/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05956-z |
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