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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-28
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Transmission of Trypanosoma brucei by the tsetse fly entails several rounds of differentiation as the parasite migrates through the digestive tract to the salivary glands of its vector. Differentiation of the bloodstream to the procyclic form in the fly midgut is accompanied by the synthesis of a new coat consisting of EP and GPEET procyclins. There are three closely related EP isoforms, two of which (EP1 and EP3) contain N-glycans. To identify the individual EP isoforms that are expressed early during synchronous differentiation in vitro, we exploited the selective extraction of GPI-anchored proteins and mass spectrometry. Unexpectedly, we found that GPEET and all isoforms of EP were coexpressed for a few hours at the onset of differentiation. At this time, the majority of EP1 and EP3 molecules were already glycosylated. Within 24 hours, GPEET became the major surface component, to be replaced in turn by glycosylated forms of EP, principally EP1, at a later phase of development. Transient transfection experiments using reporter genes revealed that each procyclin 3' untranslated region contributes to differential expression as the procyclic form develops. We postulate that programmed expression of other procyclin species will accompany further rounds of differentiation, enabling the parasite to progress through the fly.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
312
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
597-607
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11575917-3' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Genes, Protozoan, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Glycosylphosphatidylinositols, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Trypanosoma brucei brucei, pubmed-meshheading:11575917-Tsetse Flies
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple procyclin isoforms are expressed differentially during the development of insect forms of Trypanosoma brucei.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Zellbiologie, Universität Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't