Internal daughter formation of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites is coordinated by transcription factor TgAP2IX-5.

Cellular Microbiology
Chaoyue WangXianyong Liu

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii rapidly propagates through endodyogeny of tachyzoites, a process in which daughter parasites divide within the cell of the mother parasite. Recent studies have revealed that transcription factors with AP2-domain participate in the process of cell division in T. gondii. However, the concise regulation of the division cycles by AP2 proteins is poorly understood. In this study, we evaluated the effect of the transcription factor TgAP2IX-5 on the daughter cell formation in T. gondii. TgAP2IX-5 is a nuclear protein and is highly expressed during the S phase of the cell cycle of tachyzoites. TgAP2IX-5-disrupted strain showed a severe defect in replication and completely blocked lytic parasite growth. Following 3-indoleacetic acid treatment or without treatment of AP2IX-5-AID-3HA tagged strain for 30 min, 1 and 2 hr, the differentially expressed genes were 8, 54 and 202, respectively. Among these genes, the significantly downregulated ones were AP2 proteins, inner membrane complex (IMC) proteins and SAG-related proteins. Interestingly, loss of TgAP2IX-5 leads to a defect in internal daughter IMC formation and abnormalities in the morphology of organelles during cell division. Together, our study suggests that TgAP2IX...Continue Reading

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