Host cell tropism underlies species restriction of human and bovine Cryptosporidium parvum genotypes

Infection and Immunity
Amna HashimBilly Bourke

Abstract

It has been recognized recently that human cryptosporidiosis is usually caused by Cryptosporidium parvum genotype I ("human" C. parvum), which is not found in animals. Compared to C. parvum genotype II, little is known of the biology of invasion of the human-restricted C. parvum genotype I. The aims of the present study were (i) to explore and compare with genotype II the pathogenesis of C. parvum genotype I infection by using an established in vitro model of infection and (ii) to examine the possibility that host-specific cell tropism determines species restriction among C. parvum genotypes by using a novel ex vivo small intestinal primary cell model of infection. Oocysts of C. parvum genotypes I and II were used to infect HCT-8 cells and primary intestinal epithelial cells in vitro. Primary cells were harvested from human endoscopic small-bowel biopsies and from bovine duodenum postmortem. C. parvum genotype I infected HCT-8 cells with lower efficiency than C. parvum genotype II. Actin colocalization at the host parasite interface and reduction in levels of invasion after treatment with microfilament inhibitors (cytochalasin B and cytochalasin D) were observed for both genotypes. C. parvum genotype II invaded primary intestin...Continue Reading

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