Toxoplasma Mechanisms for Delivery of Proteins and Uptake of Nutrients Across the Host-Pathogen Interface

Y Wang, LO Sangaré… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Many intracellular pathogens, including the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, live
inside a vacuole that resides in the host cytosol. Vacuolar residence provides these …

Epigenetic Reprogramming in Host-Parasite Coevolution: The Toxoplasma Paradigm

MA Hakimi - Annual review of microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Like many intracellular pathogens, the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii has evolved
sophisticated mechanisms to promote its transmission and persistence in a variety of hosts …

A CRISPR platform for targeted in vivo screens identifies Toxoplasma gondii virulence factors in mice

J Young, C Dominicus, J Wagener… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genome-wide CRISPR screening is a powerful tool to identify genes required under
selective conditions. However, the inherent scale of genome-wide libraries can limit their …

Toxoplasma Controls Host Cyclin E Expression through the Use of a Novel MYR1-Dependent Effector Protein, HCE1

MW Panas, A Naor, AM Cygan, JC Boothroyd - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite that establishes a favorable
environment in the host cells in which it replicates. We have previously reported that it uses …

Coimmunoprecipitation with MYR1 identifies three additional proteins within the Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuole required for translocation of dense …

AM Cygan, TC Theisen, AG Mendoza, ND Marino… - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous, intracellular protozoan that extensively modifies infected
host cells through secreted effector proteins. Many such effectors must be translocated …

Aspartyl protease 5 matures dense granule proteins that reside at the host-parasite interface in Toxoplasma gondii

MJ Coffey, LF Dagley, S Seizova, EA Kapp, G Infusini… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii infects approximately 30% of the world's population, causing disease
primarily during pregnancy and in individuals with weakened immune systems. Toxoplasma …

Translocation of Dense Granule Effectors across the Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane in Toxoplasma-Infected Cells Requires the Activity of ROP17, a Rhoptry …

MW Panas, A Ferrel, A Naor, E Tenborg, HA Lorenzi… - MSphere, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites co-opt host cell functions through introduction of a large set
of rhoptry-and dense granule-derived effector proteins. These effectors reach the host …

Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuole membrane-associated dense granule proteins regulate maturation of the cyst wall

RB Guevara, BA Fox, DJ Bzik - MSphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
After differentiation is triggered, the tachyzoite-stage Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous
vacuole membrane (PVM) has been hypothesized to transition into the cyst membrane that …

The secreted acid phosphatase domain-containing GRA44 from Toxoplasma gondii is required for c-Myc induction in infected cells

WJ Blakely, MJ Holmes, G Arrizabalaga - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
During host cell invasion, the eukaryotic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii forms a
parasitophorous vacuole to safely reside within the cell, while it is partitioned from host cell …

Toxoplasma Uses GRA16 To Upregulate Host c-Myc

MW Panas, JC Boothroyd - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Manipulation of the host cell is a crucial part of life for many intracellular organisms. We have
recently come to appreciate the extent to which the intracellular pathogen Toxoplasma …