Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6136087 | Microbes and Infection | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Cryptosporidium parvum induces the formation of an actin-dense plaque which is essential for the successful invasion of epithelial cells. Host molecules that are involved in the regulation of this cytoskeleton reorganization are unknown. Here we identified that calcium-dependent thiol protease calpain is critical for regulating parasite-induced actin polymerization. C. parvum invasion induced activation of calpain. Inhibition of calpain activity by overexpression of the endogenous inhibitor calpastatin diminished the formation of the actin-dense plaque and decreased the initial invasion of parasites. Our data indicates a key role of calpain activity of host cell in C. parvum infection via regulating cytoskeleton reorganization.
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Authors
Gregorio Perez-Cordon, Weijia Nie, Diane Schmidt, Saul Tzipori, Hanping Feng,