title: Identification and characterization of Toxoplasma SIP, a conserved apicomplexan cytoskeleton protein involved in maintaining the shape, motility and virulence of the parasite.
abstract: Apicomplexa possess a complex pellicle that is composed of a plasma membrane and a closely apposed inner membrane complex (IMC) that serves as a support for the actin-myosin motor required for motility and host cell invasion. The IMC consists of longitudinal plates of flattened vesicles, fused together and lined on the cytoplasmic side by a subpellicular network of intermediate filament-like proteins. The spatial organization of the IMC has been well described by electron microscopy, but its composition and molecular organization is largely unknown. Here, we identify a novel protein of the IMC cytoskeletal network in Toxoplasma gondii, called TgSIP, and conserved among apicomplexan parasites. To finely pinpoint the localization of TgSIP, we used structured illumination super-resolution microscopy and revealed that it likely decorates the transverse sutures of the plates and the basal end of the IMC. This suggests that TgSIP might contribute to the organization or physical connection among the different components of the IMC. We generated a T.gondii SIP deletion mutant and showed that parasites lacking TgSIP are significantly shorter than wild-type parasites and show defects in gliding motility, invasion and reduced infectivity in mice.
authors.affiliation: UMR 5235 CNRS, Université de Montpellier 1 and 2, 34095, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Gaelle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lentini
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kong-Hap
authors.forename: Hiba
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: El Hajj
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Francia
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Claudet
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Striepen
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Dubremetz
authors.forename: Maryse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lebrun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D022162:Cytoplasmic Vesicles / Q000737:chemistry; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D008124:Locomotion; D051379:Mice; D008853:Microscopy; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins
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