Signaling Cascades Governing Entry into and Exit from Host Cells by Toxoplasma gondii

H Bisio, D Soldati-Favre - Annual review of microbiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The Apicomplexa phylum includes a large group of obligate intracellular protozoan
parasites responsible for important diseases in humans and animals. Toxoplasma gondii is …

[HTML][HTML] Calcium signaling and the lytic cycle of the Apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

MAH Triana, KM Márquez-Nogueras, SA Vella… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
Toxoplasma gondii has a complex life cycle involving different hosts and is dependent on
fast responses, as the parasite reacts to changing environmental conditions. T. gondii …

Phosphatidic acid-mediated signaling regulates microneme secretion in Toxoplasma

HE Bullen, Y Jia, Y Yamaryo-Botté, H Bisio, O Zhang… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
The obligate intracellular lifestyle of apicomplexan parasites necessitates an invasive phase
underpinned by timely and spatially controlled secretion of apical organelles termed …

Depletion of a Toxoplasma porin leads to defects in mitochondrial morphology and contacts with the endoplasmic reticulum

N Mallo, J Ovciarikova… - Journal of Cell …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The voltage-dependent anion channel (VDAC) is a ubiquitous channel in the outer
membrane of the mitochondrion with multiple roles in protein, metabolite and small molecule …

Analysis of CDPK1 targets identifies a trafficking adaptor complex that regulates microneme exocytosis in Toxoplasma

AW Chan, M Broncel, E Yifrach, NR Haseley… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Apicomplexan parasites use Ca 2+-regulated exocytosis to secrete essential virulence
factors from specialized organelles called micronemes. Ca 2+-dependent protein kinases …

An apical protein, Pcr2, is required for persistent movement by the human parasite Toxoplasma gondii

J Munera Lopez, IF Tengganu, J Liu, JM Murray… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The phylum Apicomplexa includes thousands of species of unicellular parasites that cause a
wide range of human and animal diseases such as malaria and toxoplasmosis. To infect, the …

Serum albumin stimulates protein kinase G-dependent microneme secretion in Toxoplasma gondii

KM Brown, S Lourido, LD Sibley - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - ASBMB
Microneme secretion is essential for motility, invasion, and egress in apicomplexan
parasites. Although previous studies indicate that Ca 2+ and cGMP control microneme …

Protein kinase A negatively regulates Ca2+ signalling in Toxoplasma gondii

AD Uboldi, ML Wilde, EA McRae, RJ Stewart… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The phylum Apicomplexa comprises a group of obligate intracellular parasites that alternate
between intracellular replicating stages and actively motile extracellular forms that move …

Using a genetically encoded sensor to identify inhibitors of Toxoplasma gondii Ca2+ signaling

SM Sidik, MAH Triana, AS Paul, M El Bakkouri… - Journal of Biological …, 2016 - ASBMB
The life cycles of apicomplexan parasites progress in accordance with fluxes in cytosolic Ca
2+. Such fluxes are necessary for events like motility and egress from host cells. We used …

The triumvirate of signaling molecules controlling Toxoplasma microneme exocytosis: Cyclic GMP, calcium, and phosphatidic acid

HE Bullen, H Bisio, D Soldati-Favre - PLoS pathogens, 2019 - journals.plos.org
To elicit effective invasion and egress from infected cells, obligate intracellular parasites of
the phylum Apicomplexa rely on the timely and spatially controlled exocytosis of specialized …