Trypanosoma cruzi invade a mammalian epithelial cell in a polarized manner
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Trypanosoma cruzi invade a mammalian epithelial cell in a polarized manner
Abstract
We have determined that parasite entry into host cells can be influenced by cell polarity using a DNA probe to quantitate the infection of cultured Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) epithelial cells by Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease. Confluent MDCK cells are polarized, with their plasma membrane separated by tight junctions into two domains, apical and basolateral. We show that T. cruzi forms corresponding to the insect infective stages (metacyclics) and the vertebrate blood stages (trypomastigotes) enter confluent MDCK cells preferentially through their basolateral domains. Sparsely plated MDCK cells are less polarized and are better infected than confluent cells. Scanning electron microscopy showed that 92% +/- 4% of the parasites entered at the edges of cells.
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