title: The effect of cyclic AMP on the growth of Toxoplasma gondii in vitro.
abstract: To assess the role of cAMP on the growth and proliferation of Toxoplasma in HL-60 cells we tested the effect of exogenous cAMP and cAMP analogues to the co-culture system of Toxoplasma and HL-60 cells. cAMP, dbcAMP, and br-cAMP stimulated the growth of Toxoplasma at a specific concentration, i.e., 10(0) mM, 10(0) mM, and 10(-1) mM, respectively. There were differences in growth induction kinetics and in the rate of promotion. These results were further verified by treating the co-culture with adenylate cyclase activator, pNHppG, cAMP phosphodiesterase activators, imidazole and A23187, and cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitors, IBMX, compound 48/80, and theophylline, separately. When the cytosolic cAMP levels increased by the reagents mentioned above, Toxoplasma in the cytoplasm of HL-60 cells stimulated to proliferate more rapidly with concentration-dependent modes compared to the control, and vice versa. It is suggested that some mechanisms are activated by the high levels of cAMP in the cytoplasm, which result in the stimulation of Toxoplasma proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Catholic Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000494:pharmacology; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases