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MICROORGANISMS
卷 9, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9122503
关键词
microtubule organizing center; centrosome; centriolar plaque; Plasmodium; Toxoplasma gondii; ultrastructure expansion microscopy
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- Fondo para la Convergencia Estructural del Mercosur [FOCEM -COF 03/11]
- Banco de Seguros del Estado
- CSIC I+D [2019-15]
- ACIP-RIIP [76-2017]
MTOCs play crucial roles in cellular functions by regulating microtubule organization. Apicomplexans, such as Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium species, are examples of organisms with diverse MTOCs. Recent research has shed new light on the nuclear MTOC biology of these parasites, offering insights into their specific requirements for microtubule nucleation.
Microtubule organizing centers (MTOCs) perform critical cellular tasks by nucleating, stabilizing, and anchoring microtubule's minus ends. These capacities impact tremendously a wide array of cellular functions ranging from ascribing cell shape to orchestrating cell division and generating motile structures, among others. The phylum Apicomplexa comprises over 6000 single-celled obligate intracellular parasitic species. Many of the apicomplexan are well known pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii and the Plasmodium species, causative agents of toxoplasmosis and malaria, respectively. Microtubule organization in these parasites is critical for organizing the cortical cytoskeleton, enabling host cell penetration and the positioning of large organelles, driving cell division and directing the formation of flagella in sexual life stages. Apicomplexans are a prime example of MTOC diversity displaying multiple functional and structural MTOCs combinations within a single species. This diversity can only be fully understood in light of each organism's specific MT nucleation requirements and their evolutionary history. Insight into apicomplexan MTOCs had traditionally been limited to classical ultrastructural work by transmission electron microscopy. However, in the past few years, a large body of molecular insight has emerged. In this work we describe the latest insights into nuclear MTOC biology in two major human and animal disease causing Apicomplexans: Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium spp.
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