Novel roles of dense granule protein 12 (GRA12) in Toxoplasma gondii infection

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第一作者： Wang, Jin-Lei

作者： Wang, Jin-Lei;Bai, Meng-Jie;Liang, Qin-Li;Li, Ting-Ting;Zhu, Xing-Quan;Elsheikha, Hany M.;Cao, Xue-Zhen

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关键词： dense granule protein 12; immunity-related GTPases; intravacuolar network; rhoptry protein 18; Toxoplasma gondii; virulence

期刊名称：FASEB JOURNAL （ 影响因子：5.191； 五年影响因子：5.955 ）

ISSN： 0892-6638

年卷期： 2020 年 34 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Dense granule protein 12 (GRA12) is implicated in a range of processes related to the establishment of Toxoplasma gondii infection, such as the formation of the intravacuolar network (IVN) within the parasitophorous vacuole (PV). This protein is also thought to be important for T. gondii-host interaction, pathogenesis, and immune evasion, but their exact roles remain unknown. In this study, the contributions of GRA12 to the molecular pathogenesis of T. gondii infection were examined in vitro and in vivo. Deletion of GRA12 in type I RH and type II Pru T. gondii strains did not affect the parasite growth and replication in vitro, however, it caused a significant reduction in the parasite virulence and tissue cyst burden in vivo. T. gondii Delta gra12 mutants were more vulnerable to be eliminated by host immunity, without the accumulation of immunity-related GTPase a6 (Irga6) onto the PV membrane. The ultrastructure of IVN in Delta gra12 mutants appeared normal, suggesting that GRA12 is not required for biogenesis of the IVN. Combined deletion of GRA12 and ROP18 induced more severe attenuation of virulence compared to single Delta gra12 or Delta rop18 mutant strains. These data suggest a functional association between GRA12 and ROP18 that is revealed by the severe attenuation of virulence in a double mutant relative to the single individual mutations. Future studies are needed to define the molecular basis of this putative association. Collectively these findings indicate that although GRA12 is not essential for the parasite growth and replication in vitro, it contributes to the virulence and growth of T. gondii in mice.

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