Isolation of developmentally regulated genes from Toxoplasma gondii by a gene trap with the positive and negative selectable marker hypoxanthine-xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase.

Molecular and Cellular Biology
Laura J Knoll, John C Boothroyd

Abstract

Within its intermediate host, Toxoplasma gondii switches between two forms: a rapidly replicating tachyzoite and an encysted bradyzoite. Bradyzoites persist within the host throughout its life, hidden from antimicrobial agents and the immune system. The signals that mediate switching are poorly understood. A gene trap was employed to isolate genes whose expression is up-regulated early in the switching of bradyzoites via the negative and positive selectable marker hypoxanthine-xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HXGPRT). T. gondii was transfected with promoterless HXGPRT and negatively selected with 6-thioxanthine to inhibit the growth of tachyzoites expressing HXGPRT. The surviving tachyzoites were then induced for in vitro bradyzoite formation and treated with mycophenolic acid and xanthine to positively select for parasites in which the construct had integrated downstream of a bradyzoite-specific gene. Strains were checked for their ability to differentiate by using Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (a bradyzoite-specific lectin) and a monoclonal antibody against P36 (a bradyzoite-specific surface antigen). After differentiation, all gene-trapped clones had Dolichos immunofluorescence and all but one expressed P36. The se...Continue Reading

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