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dc.contributor.authorDenise, Hubert
dc.contributor.authorPoot, Jacqueline
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, Maribel 
dc.contributor.authorAmbit, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorHerrmann, Daland C
dc.contributor.authorVermeulen, Arno N
dc.contributor.authorCoombs, Graham H
dc.contributor.authorMottram, Jeremy C
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-30T17:38:36Z
dc.date.available2019-01-30T17:38:36Z
dc.date.issued2006-11-13
dc.identifier.citationBMC Mol Biol. 2006 Nov 13;7:42.es_ES
dc.identifier.issn14712199es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7028
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis caused by members of the Leishmania donovani complex is often fatal in the absence of treatment. Research has been hampered by the lack of good laboratory models and tools for genetic manipulation. In this study, we have characterised a L. infantum line (JPCM5) that was isolated from a naturally infected dog and then cloned. We found that JPCM5 has attributes that make it an excellent laboratory model; different stages of the parasite life cycle can be studied in vitro, it is accessible to genetic manipulation and it has retained its virulence. Furthermore, the L. infantum JPCM5 genome has now been fully sequenced. RESULTS: We have further focused our studies on LiCPA, the L. infantum homologue to L. mexicana cysteine peptidase CPA. LiCPA was found to share a high percentage of amino acid identity with CPA proteins of other Leishmania species. Two independent LiCPA-deficient promastigote clones (DeltaLicpa) were generated and their phenotype characterised. In contrast to L. mexicana CPA-deficient mutants, both clones of DeltaLicpa were found to have significantly reduced virulence in vitro and in vivo. Re-expression of just one LiCPA allele (giving DeltaLicpa::CPA) was sufficient to complement the reduced infectivity of both DeltaLicpa mutants for human macrophages, which confirms the importance of LiCPA for L. infantum virulence. In contrast, in vivo experiments did not show any virulence recovery of the re-expressor clone DeltaLicpaC1::CPA compared with the CPA-deficient mutant DeltaLicpaC1. CONCLUSION: The data suggest that CPA is not essential for replication of L. infantum promastigotes, but is important for the host-parasite interaction. Further studies will be necessary to elucidate the precise roles that LiCPA plays and why the re-expression of LiCPA in the DeltaLicpa mutants complemented the gene deletion phenotype only in in vitro and not in in vivo infection of hamsters.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherBioMed Central (BMC) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.meshAmino Acid Sequence es_ES
dc.subject.meshAnimals es_ES
dc.subject.meshBlotting, Southern es_ES
dc.subject.meshCricetinae es_ES
dc.subject.meshCysteine Endopeptidases es_ES
dc.subject.meshDogs es_ES
dc.subject.meshGene Deletion es_ES
dc.subject.meshGene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic es_ES
dc.subject.meshGenome, Protozoan es_ES
dc.subject.meshHumans es_ES
dc.subject.meshLeishmania infantum es_ES
dc.subject.meshLeishmania mexicana es_ES
dc.subject.meshLeishmaniasis, Visceral es_ES
dc.subject.meshMesocricetus es_ES
dc.subject.meshMolecular Sequence Data es_ES
dc.subject.meshMutation es_ES
dc.subject.meshProtozoan Proteins es_ES
dc.subject.meshReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction es_ES
dc.subject.meshSequence Homology, Amino Acid es_ES
dc.subject.meshU937 Cells es_ES
dc.titleStudies on the CPA cysteine peptidase in the Leishmania infantum genome strain JPCM5es_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.identifier.pubmedID17101050es_ES
dc.format.volume7es_ES
dc.format.number1es_ES
dc.format.page42es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2199-7-42es_ES
dc.description.peerreviewedes_ES
dc.identifier.e-issn1471-2199es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2199-7-42es_ES
dc.identifier.journalBMC molecular biologyes_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Microbiologíaes_ES
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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