Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages 1132-1143Publisher
LANDES BIOSCIENCE
DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.7.15207
Keywords
Trypanosoma cruzi; Chagel disease; thromboxane signaling; microarray; suppressor of cytokine signaling
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- National affiliate of the American Heart Association [SDG 0735252N]
- NIH [AI-076248]
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Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, causes vasculopathy and cardiomyopathy in humans and is associated with elevated levels of several vasoactive molecules such as nitric oxide, endothelin-1 and thromboxane A(2) (TXA(2)). Parasite derived TXA(2) modulates vasculopathy and other pathophysiological features of chagasic cardiomyopathy. Previously, we demonstrated that in response to infection with T. cruzi, TXA(2) receptor (TP) null mice displayed increased parasitemia; mortality and cardiac pathology compared with wild type (WT) and TXA(2) synthase null mice. In order to further study the role of TXA(2)-TP signaling in the development of Chagas disease, GeneChip microarrays were used to detect transcriptome changes in rat fat pad endothelial cells (RFP-ECs) which is incapable of TXA(2) signaling (TP null) to that of control (wild type) and RFP-EC with reconstituted TP expression. Genes that were significantly regulated due to infection were identified using a time course of 2, 18 and 48 hrs post infection. We identified several key genes such as suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS-5), several cytokines (CSF-1, CXCF ligands) and MAP kinases (MAPK-1, Janus kinase) that were upregulated in the absence of TP signaling. These data underscore the importance of the interaction of the parasite with mammalian TP and may explain the increased mortality and cardiovascular pathology observed in infected TP null mice.
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