Toxoplasma gondii grown in human cells uses GalNAc-containing glycosylphosphatidylinositol precursors to anchor surface antigens while the immunogenic Glc-GalNAc-containing precursors remain free at the parasite cell surface

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1914-1925

  Azzouz, Nahid ^a,b   Shams Eldin, Hosam ^b   Niehus, Sebastian ^b   Debierre Grockiego, Françoise ^b   Bieker, Ulrike ^b   Schmidt, Jörg ^b   Mercier, Corinne ^c   Delauw, Marie France ^c   Dubremetz, Jean François ^c   Smith, Terry K ^d   Schwarz, Ralph T ^b,e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Detergent resistant membranes; Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; Immunogenicity; Parasite; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; LIPID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMA; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 33748646357     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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