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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a membrane-bound efflux pump that actively exports a wide range of compounds from the cell and is associated with the phenomenon of multidrug resistance. However, the role of P-gp in normal physiological processes remains elusive. Using P-gp-deficient fibroblasts, we showed that P-gp was critical for the replication of the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii but was not involved in invasion of host cells by the parasite. Importantly, we found that the protein participated in the transport of host-derived cholesterol to the intracellular parasite. T. gondii replication in P-gp-deficient host cells not only resulted in reduced cholesterol content in the parasite but also altered its sphingolipid metabolism. In addition, we found that different levels of P-gp expression modified the cholesterol metabolism in uninfected fibroblasts. Collectively our findings reveal a key and previously undocumented role of P-gp in host-parasite interaction and suggest a physiological role for P-gp in cholesterol trafficking in mammalian cells.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17438-48
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Chromatography, Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Host-Parasite Interactions, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Lipids, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Neospora, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-P-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:19389707-Toxoplasma
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Host cell P-glycoprotein is essential for cholesterol uptake and replication of Toxoplasma gondii.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Parasitology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article
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