title: Purification of Trypanosoma cruzi surface proteins involved in adhesion to host cells.
abstract: We have identified four surface 83 kDa proteins of pI values 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and 6.6 in T. cruzi trypomastigotes which specifically bind to rat heart myoblasts. These proteins were purified by isoelectric focusing and anion-exchange chromatography in an FPLC system. These 83 kDa proteins inhibit the attachment of trypomastigotes to myoblasts in a concentration-dependent manner, indicating that these trypomastigote proteins mediate the attachment of trypomastigotes to heart myoblasts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biomedical Sciences, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villalta
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins