The ecotin-like peptidase inhibitor of Trypanosoma cruzi prevents TMPRSS2-PAR2-TLR4 crosstalk downmodulating infection and inflammation

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Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease, a chronic pathology that affects the heart and/or digestive system. This parasite invades and multiplies in virtually all nucleated cells, using a variety of host cell receptors for infection. T. cruzi has a gene that encodes an ecotin-like inhibitor of serine peptidases, ISP2. We generated ISP2-null mutants (Δisp2) in T. cruzi Dm28c using CRISPR/Cas9. Epimastigotes of Δisp2 grew normally in vitro but were more susceptible to lysis by human serum compared to parental and ISP2 add-back lines. Tissue culture trypomastigotes of Δisp2 were more infective to human muscle cells in vitro, which was reverted by the serine peptidase inhibitors aprotinin and camostat, suggesting that host cell epitheliasin/TMPRSS2 is the target of ISP2. Pretreatment of host cells with an antagonist to the protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) or an inhibitor of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) selectively counteracted the increased cell invasion by Δisp2, but did not affect invasion by parental and add-back lines. The same was observed following targeted gene silencing of PAR2, TLR4 or TMPRSS2 in host cells by siRNA. Furthermore, Δisp2 caused increased tissue edema in a BALB/c mouse footpad infection model after 3 h differently to that observed following infection with parental and add-back lines. We propose that ISP2 contributes to protect T. cruzi from the anti-microbial effects of human serum and to prevent triggering of PAR2 and TLR4 in host cells, resulting in the modulation of host cell invasion and contributing to decrease inflammation during acute infection.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

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FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 38(2024), 6 vom: 31. März, Seite e23566

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Costa, Tatiana F R [VerfasserIn]
Catta-Preta, Carolina M C [VerfasserIn]
Goundry, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Danielle B [VerfasserIn]
Rodrigues, Nathalia S [VerfasserIn]
Vivarini, Aislan C [VerfasserIn]
de Abreu, Mayra Fonseca [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Flavia C G [VerfasserIn]
Lima, Ana Paula C A [VerfasserIn]

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452VLY9402
Antiviral Agents
EC 3.4.21.-
Journal Article
Protease‐activated receptor 2
Receptor, PAR-2
Serine
Serine Endopeptidases
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors
Serine proteases
TLR4 protein, human
TMPRSS2 protein
TMPRSS2 protein, human
Toll‐like receptor 4
Toll-Like Receptor 4
Trypanosoma cruzi
Virulence factors

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Date Completed 27.03.2024

Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1096/fj.202302091RR

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370164377