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Exp Parasitol ; 159: 245-51, 2015 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26496790

ABSTRACT

Entamoeba histolytica programmed cell death (PCD) induced by G418 is characterized by the release of important amounts of intracellular calcium from reservoirs. Nevertheless, no typical caspases have been detected in the parasite, the PCD phenotype is inhibited by the cysteine protease inhibitor E-64. These results strongly suggest that Ca(2+)-dependent proteases could be involved in PCD. In this study, we evaluate the expression and activity of a specific dependent Ca(2+) protease, the calpain-like protease, by real-time quantitative PCR (RTq-PCR), Western blot assays and a enzymatic method during the induction of PCD by G418. Alternatively, using cell viability and TUNEL assays, we also demonstrated that the Z-Leu-Leu-Leu-al calpain inhibitor reduced the rate of cell death. The results demonstrated 4.9-fold overexpression of calpain-like gene 1.5 h after G418 PCD induction, while calpain-like protein increased almost two-fold with respect to basal calpain-like expression after 3 h of induction, and calpain activity was found to be approximately three-fold higher 6 h after treatment compared with untreated trophozoites. Taken together, these results suggest that this Ca(2+)-dependent protease could be involved in the executory phase of PCD.


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Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism , Entamoeba histolytica/cytology , Amebicides/pharmacology , Amino Acid Sequence , Blotting, Western , Calcium/metabolism , Calpain/antagonists & inhibitors , Calpain/metabolism , Cysteine Endopeptidases/chemistry , Cysteine Endopeptidases/genetics , Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors/pharmacology , DNA Fragmentation , Densitometry , Entamoeba histolytica/drug effects , Entamoeba histolytica/enzymology , Entamoeba histolytica/genetics , Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic , Gentamicins/pharmacology , In Situ Nick-End Labeling , Leucine/analogs & derivatives , Leucine/pharmacology , Leupeptins/pharmacology , Microscopy, Confocal , Molecular Sequence Data , Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Exp Parasitol ; 126(4): 497-505, 2010 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20515683

ABSTRACT

We have demonstrated that programmed cell death (PCD) in Entamoeba histolytica is induced in vitro by G418 aminoglycoside antibiotic. To ascertain if biochemical and morphological changes previously observed are paired to molecular changes that reflect a genetic program, we looked here for early differential gene expression during the induction of PCD. Using cDNA-amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) and in silico derived analysis we showed in E. histolytica a differential gene expression during PCD induced by G418. The genes identified encoded for proteins homologous to Glutaminyl-tRNA synthase, Ribosomal Subunit Proteins 40S and 18S, Saposin-like, Silent Information Regulator-2 (Sir-2), and Grainins 1 and 2. Using real-time quantitative PCR (RT Q-PCR), we found that glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase, sir-2, grainins and saposin-like genes were strongly overexpressed after 30min of PCD induction, while its expression dramatically decreased up to 60min. On the other hand, overexpression of ribosomal genes increased only 7-fold of basal expression, showing a progressive down-regulation up to 90min. glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase, sir-2 and grainins could act as negative regulators of PCD, trying to control the biochemical changes related to PCD activation. Overexpression of saposin-like gene could act as up-regulator of some cell death pathways. Our results give evidence of the first genes identified during the early stage of PCD in E. histolytica that could be implicated in regulation of apoptotic pathways.


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Apoptosis/genetics , Entamoeba histolytica/genetics , Gene Expression , Amebicides/pharmacology , Amino Acid Sequence , Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases/biosynthesis , Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases/genetics , Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis , Apoptosis/drug effects , Calcium-Binding Proteins/biosynthesis , Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics , DNA, Complementary/chemistry , Entamoeba histolytica/cytology , Entamoeba histolytica/drug effects , Gentamicins/pharmacology , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Protozoan Proteins/biosynthesis , Protozoan Proteins/genetics , Saposins/biosynthesis , Saposins/genetics , Sequence Alignment , Sirtuins/biosynthesis , Sirtuins/chemistry , Sirtuins/genetics
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