Toxoplasma gondii infection positively modulates the macrophages migratory molecular complex by increasing matrix metalloproteinases, CD44 and alphavbeta3 integrin
2010
Seipel, Daniele | de Lima Oliveira, Bruno Cabral | Resende, Thatiane Lacerda | Schuindt, Sara Hellen Santos | de Oliveira Pimentel, Pollyana M. | Kanashiro, Milton M. | Arnholdt, Andrea Cristina Vetö
Toxoplasmosis is a world wide spread zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an obligate intracellular parasite that is able to disseminate into deep tissues and cross biological barriers, reaching immunoprivileged sites such as the brain and retina. The parasite is able to infect macrophages and dendritic cells for dispersal throughout the body. However, the molecular principals or outcomes of the subversion of the host cell are largely unknown. We evaluated the involvement of host invasive machinery in the migration of T. gondii infected murine cells from a monocytic/macrophage lineage. Migration in Matrigel™ of infected macrophages was augmented after 48h of infection, and inhibition of metalloproteinases abolished migration. We also demonstrated that T. gondii infection induces a decreasing of CD44 at cell surface independent of the ERK signaling pathway, and that secretion of active MMP9 is augmented upon infection. Infected macrophages showed increased expression of MT1-MMP and ADAM10 membrane matrix metalloproteinases. Furthermore, processing of pro-αv and pro-β3 in T. gondii infected cells seems to depend on metalloproteinases to generate functional mature integrin αvβ3 molecules, with no evidence of the involvement of proprotein convertase pathway.
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