Cloning and characterization of the metacyclogenin gene, which is specifically expressed during Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclogenesis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology
Andrea Rodrigues AvilaSamuel Goldenberg

Abstract

We isolated a gene that is differentially expressed during Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclogenesis by the representation of differential expression (RDE) method, using differentiating epimastigotes cultured in chemically defined medium. This gene, the metacyclogenin gene, encodes a 630-nucleotide mRNA that is specifically associated with the polysomes of epimastigotes allowed to differentiate for 24 h. We sequenced and characterized the metacyclogenin gene and found that there were at least three copies of the gene organized into tandem 2.8 kb repeats in the genome of T. cruzi Dm28c. We analyzed the repeats and found that they contained two other genes, one encoding tryparedoxin peroxidase and the other encoding a 0.6 kb mRNA (named associated gene or AG) with sequences showing no significant similarity to those in the GenBank database. Northern blot analysis of polysomal RNA extracted from replicating and differentiating epimastigotes showed that metacyclogenin and AG genes displayed similar patterns of expression. Their products were detected only in differentiating epimastigotes, whereas tryparedoxin peroxidase was detected only in the polysomal RNA fraction of replicating and differentiating epimastigotes. In Northern blots of t...Continue Reading

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