期刊
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE
卷 73, 期 5, 页码 633-639出版社
JAPAN SOC VET SCI
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0496
关键词
cholesterol; lipid metabolism; macrophage; parasitology; Toxoplasma gondii
资金
- Egyptian Ministry of High Education and Scientific Research
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [19041008]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19041008] Funding Source: KAKEN
The intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii lacks the ability to synthesize sterol and scavenges cholesterol from the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) pathway of its host to facilitate replication. Sterol biosynthesis inhibitors, however, have a demonstrated anti-Toxoplasma effect. In this study, we examined the host mevalonate pathway as a novel source of cholesterol for T gondii and its effects on parasite growth in macrophages. Parasite growth did not significantly change in the absence of LDLR or when LDL was exogenously supplemented. Lovastatin and compactin, both inhibitors of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase in the mevalonate pathway, significantly inhibited T. gondii growth in both wild-type and LDLR-knockout macrophages. Parasite growth was also suppressed by squalestatin, an inhibitor of squalene synthase, despite mevalonate producing isoprenoid intermediates in host cells. The present study demonstrates that lovastatin, compactin and squalestatin have anti-Toxoplasma activities and that the host cholesterol synthesis may contribute to parasite growth in macrophages.
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