Internal and surface-localized major surface proteases of Leishmania spp. and their differential release from promastigotes.
Major surface protease (MSP), also called GP63, is a virulence factor of Leishmania spp. protozoa. There are three pools of MSP, located either internally within the parasite, anchored to the surface membrane, or released into the extracellular environment. The regulation and biological functions of these MSP pools are unknown. We investigated here the trafficking and extrusion of surface versus internal MSPs. Virulent Leishmania chagasi undergo a growth-associated lengthening in the t(1/2) of surface-localized MSP, but this did not occur in the attenuated L5 strain. The release of surface-localized MSP was enhanced in a dose-dependent manner by MbetaCD, which chelates membrane cholesterol-ergosterol. Furthermore, incubation of promastigotes at 37 degrees C with Matrigel matrix, a soluble basement membrane extract of Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm tumor cells, stimulated the release of internal MSP but not of surface-located MSP. Taken together, these data indicate that MSP subpopulations in distinct cellular locations are released from the parasite under different environmental conditions. We hypothesize that the internal MSP with its lengthy t(1/2) does not serve as a pool for promastigote surface MSP in the sand fly vector but that it instead functions as an MSP pool ready for quick release upon inoculation of metacyclic promastigotes into mammals. We present a model in which these different MSP pools are released under distinct life cycle-specific conditions.
Yao
Chaoqun
C
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. chaoqun-yao@uiowa.edu
Donelson
John E
JE
Wilson
Mary E
ME
D000818:Animals; D002999:Clone Cells; D003094:Collagen; D006224:Cricetinae; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004338:Drug Combinations; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D007797:Laminin; D007891:Leishmania / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008954:Models, Biological; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011509:Proteoglycans; D013696:Temperature; D014774:Virulence / Q000187:drug effects; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins / Q000494:pharmacology
D004338:Drug Combinations; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007797:Laminin; D011509:Proteoglycans; D047392:beta-Cyclodextrins; C108732:methyl-beta-cyclodextrin; C059485:matrigel; D003094:Collagen; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases
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