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Different signaling pathways are involved in cardiomyocyte survival induced by a Trypanosoma cruzi glycoprotein.
Aoki, Maria Del Pilar; Cano, Roxana Carolina; Pellegrini, Andrea Vanina; Tanos, Tamara; Guiñazú, Natalia Lorena; Coso, Omar Adrian; Gea, Susana.
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  • Aoki Mdel P; CIBICI-CONICET, Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Haya de la Torre y Medina Allende, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 5000 Córdoba, Argentina. paoki@bioclin.fcq.unc.edu.ar
Microbes Infect ; 8(7): 1723-31, 2006 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16815723
We have recently reported that Trypanosoma cruzi infection protects cardiomyocytes against apoptosis induced by growth factor deprivation. Cruzipain, a major parasite antigen, reproduced this survival effect by a Bcl-2-dependent mechanism. In this study, we have investigated the molecular mechanisms of cruzipain-induced cardiomyocyte protection. Neonatal BALB/c mouse cardiac myocytes were cultured under minimum serum conditions in the presence of cruzipain or T. cruzi (Tulahuen strain). Some cultures were pretreated with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor Ly294002 or specific inhibitors of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family members such as the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK1) inhibitor PD098059, Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125, p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580. Inhibition of PI3K and MEK1 but not JNK or p38 MAPK increased the apoptotic rate of cardiomyocytes treated with cruzipain. Phosphorylation of Akt, a major target of PI3K, and ERK1/2, MEK1-targets, was achieved at 15 min and 5 min, respectively. In parallel, these kinases were strongly phosphorylated by T. cruzi infection. In cultures treated with cruzipain, cleavage of caspase 3 was considerably diminished after serum starvation; Bcl-2 overexpression was inhibited by PD098059 but not by Ly294002, whereas Bad phosphorylation and Bcl-xL expression were increased and differentially modulated by both inhibitors. The results suggest that cruzipain exerts its anti-apoptotic property in cardiac myocytes at least by PI3K/Akt and MEK1/ERK1/2 signaling pathways. We further identified a differential modulation of Bcl-2 family members by these two signaling pathways.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Trypanosoma cruzi / Cisteína Endopeptidases / Transdução de Sinais / Sobrevivência Celular / Miócitos Cardíacos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Microbes Infect Assunto da revista: ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA / MICROBIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Argentina País de publicação: França
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Trypanosoma cruzi / Cisteína Endopeptidases / Transdução de Sinais / Sobrevivência Celular / Miócitos Cardíacos Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Microbes Infect Assunto da revista: ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA / MICROBIOLOGIA Ano de publicação: 2006 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Argentina País de publicação: França