| Critical importance of the de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway for Trypanosoma cruzi growth in the mammalian host cell cytoplasm. | |
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PMID: 22209850 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The intracellular parasitic protist Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease in Latin America. In general, pyrimidine nucleotides are supplied by both de novo biosynthesis and salvage pathways. While epimastigotes-an insect form-possess both activities, amastigotes-an intracellular replicating form of T. cruzi-are unable to mediate the uptake of pyrimidine. However, the requirement of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis for parasite growth and survival has not yet been elucidated. Carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase II (CPSII) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme of the de novo biosynthetic pathway, and increased CPSII activity is associated with the rapid proliferation of tumor cells. In the present study, we showed that disruption of the T. cruzicpsII gene significantly reduced parasite growth. In particular, the growth of amastigotes lacking the cpsII gene was severely suppressed. Thus, the de novo pyrimidine pathway is important for proliferation of T. cruzi in the host cell cytoplasm and represents a promising target for chemotherapy against Chagas disease. |
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Muneaki Hashimoto; Jorge Morales; Yoshihisa Fukai; Shigeo Suzuki; Shinzaburo Takamiya; Akiko Tsubouchi; Syou Inoue; Masayuki Inoue; Kiyoshi Kita; Shigeharu Harada; Akiko Tanaka; Takashi Aoki; Takeshi Nara |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-12-22 |
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Title: Biochemical and biophysical research communications Volume: - ISSN: 1090-2104 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-1-2 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372516 Medline TA: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc. |
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Parasitology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. |
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