title: Trypanosoma cruzi-cardiomyocytes: new contributions regarding a better understanding of this interaction.
abstract: The present paper summarizes new approaches regarding the progress done to the understanding of the interaction of Trypanosoma cruzi-cardiomyocytes. Mannose receptors localized at the surface of heart muscle cell are involved in binding and uptake of the parasite. One of the most striking events in the parasite-heart muscle cells interaction is the disruption of the actin cytoskeleton. We have investigated the regulation of the actin mRNA during the cytopathology induced in myocardial cells by the parasite. T. cruzi invasion increases calcium resting levels in cardiomyocytes. We have previously shown that Ca2+ ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SERCA) is involved in the invasion of T. cruzi in cardiomyocytes. Treating the cells with thapsigargin, a drug that binds to all SERCA ATPases and causes depletion of intracellular calcium stores, we found a 75% inhibition in the T. cruzi-cardiomyocytes invasion.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Ultra-estrutura Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. meirelle@ioc.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Meirelles
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Soeiro
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Garzoni
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Araujo-Jorge
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Capella
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Vermelho
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004705:Endocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D002118:Calcium