Contribution of the residual body in the spatial organization of toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites within the parasitophorous vacuole

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Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii proliferates and organizes within a parasitophorous vacuole in rosettes around a residual body and is surrounded by a membranous nanotubular network whose function remains unclear. Here, we characterized structure and function of the residual body in intracellular tachyzoites of the RH strain. Our data showed the residual body as a body limited by a membrane formed during proliferation of tachyzoites probably through the secretion of components and a pinching event of the membrane at the posterior end. It contributes in the intravacuolar parasite organization by the membrane connection between the tachyzoites posterior end and the residual body membrane to give place to the rosette conformation. Radial distribution of parasites in rosettes favors an efficient exteriorization. Absence of the network and presence of atypical residual bodies in a ΔGRA2-HXGPRT knock-out mutant affected the intravacuolar organization of tachyzoites and their exteriorization. © 2011 S. Muiz-Hernndez et al.

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Muiz-Hernández, S., González Del Carmen, M., Mondragn, M., Mercier, C., Cesbron, M. F., Mondragn-González, S. L., … Mondragn, R. (2011). Contribution of the residual body in the spatial organization of toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites within the parasitophorous vacuole. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/473983

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