Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi

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Mesias, Andrea Cecilia; Sasoni, Natalia; Arias, Diego Gustavo; Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María; Orban, Oliver C. F.; Kunick, Conrad; Robello, Carlos; Comini, Marcelo; Garg, Nisha J.; Zago, María Paola
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2019
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Background: Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection, continues to be a neglected illness, and has a major impact on global health. The parasite undergoes several stages of morphological and biochemical changes during its life cycle, and utilizes an elaborated antioxidant network to overcome the oxidants barrier and establish infection in vector and mammalian hosts. Trypanothione synthetase (TryS) catalyzes the biosynthesis of glutathione-spermidine adduct trypanothione (T(SH)2) that is the principal intracellular thiol-redox metabolite in trypanosomatids. Methods and Results: We utilized genetic overexpression (TryShi) and pharmacological inhibition approaches to examine the role of TryS in T. cruzi proliferation, tolerance to oxidative stress and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs. Our data showed the expression and activity of TryS was increased in all morphological stages of TryShi (vs. control) parasites. In comparison to controls, the TryShi epimastigotes (insect stage) recorded shorter doubling time, and both epimastigotes and infective trypomastigotes of TryShi exhibited 36-71% higher resistance to H2O2 (50-1000 M) and heavy metal (1-500 M) toxicity. Treatment with TryS inhibitors (5-30 M) abolished the proliferation and survival advantages against H2O2 pressure in a dose-dependent manner in both TryShi and control parasites. Further, epimastigote and trypomastigote forms of TryShi (vs. control) T. cruzi tolerated higher doses of benznidazole and nifurtimox, the drugs currently administered for acute Chagas disease treatment. Conclusions: TryS is essential for proliferation and survival of T. cruzi under normal and oxidant stress conditions, and provides an advantage to the parasite to develop resistance against currently used antitrypanosomal drugs. TryS indispensability has been chemically validated with inhibitors that may be useful for drug combination therapy against Chagas disease.
Fil: Mesias, Andrea Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Sasoni, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Arias, Diego Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Orban, Oliver C. F.. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; Alemania
Fil: Kunick, Conrad. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; Alemania
Fil: Robello, Carlos. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo; Uruguay
Fil: Comini, Marcelo. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo; Uruguay
Fil: Garg, Nisha J.. University of Texas Medical Branch; Estados Unidos
Fil: Zago, María Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; Argentina
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ANTI-PARASITE DRUGS
CHAGAS DISEASE
PAULLONES
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE
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spelling Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruziMesias, Andrea CeciliaSasoni, NataliaArias, Diego GustavoPérez Brandan, Cecilia MaríaOrban, Oliver C. F.Kunick, ConradRobello, CarlosComini, MarceloGarg, Nisha J.Zago, María PaolaANTI-PARASITE DRUGSCHAGAS DISEASEPAULLONESSMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORSTRYPANOSOMA CRUZITRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASEhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Background: Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection, continues to be a neglected illness, and has a major impact on global health. The parasite undergoes several stages of morphological and biochemical changes during its life cycle, and utilizes an elaborated antioxidant network to overcome the oxidants barrier and establish infection in vector and mammalian hosts. Trypanothione synthetase (TryS) catalyzes the biosynthesis of glutathione-spermidine adduct trypanothione (T(SH)2) that is the principal intracellular thiol-redox metabolite in trypanosomatids. Methods and Results: We utilized genetic overexpression (TryShi) and pharmacological inhibition approaches to examine the role of TryS in T. cruzi proliferation, tolerance to oxidative stress and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs. Our data showed the expression and activity of TryS was increased in all morphological stages of TryShi (vs. control) parasites. In comparison to controls, the TryShi epimastigotes (insect stage) recorded shorter doubling time, and both epimastigotes and infective trypomastigotes of TryShi exhibited 36-71% higher resistance to H2O2 (50-1000 M) and heavy metal (1-500 M) toxicity. Treatment with TryS inhibitors (5-30 M) abolished the proliferation and survival advantages against H2O2 pressure in a dose-dependent manner in both TryShi and control parasites. Further, epimastigote and trypomastigote forms of TryShi (vs. control) T. cruzi tolerated higher doses of benznidazole and nifurtimox, the drugs currently administered for acute Chagas disease treatment. Conclusions: TryS is essential for proliferation and survival of T. cruzi under normal and oxidant stress conditions, and provides an advantage to the parasite to develop resistance against currently used antitrypanosomal drugs. TryS indispensability has been chemically validated with inhibitors that may be useful for drug combination therapy against Chagas disease.Fil: Mesias, Andrea Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Sasoni, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Arias, Diego Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Orban, Oliver C. F.. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; AlemaniaFil: Kunick, Conrad. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; AlemaniaFil: Robello, Carlos. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo; UruguayFil: Comini, Marcelo. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo; UruguayFil: Garg, Nisha J.. University of Texas Medical Branch; Estados UnidosFil: Zago, María Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; ArgentinaElsevier Science Inc2019-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/117963Mesias, Andrea Cecilia; Sasoni, Natalia; Arias, Diego Gustavo; Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María; Orban, Oliver C. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
title Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
spellingShingle Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
Mesias, Andrea Cecilia
ANTI-PARASITE DRUGS
CHAGAS DISEASE
PAULLONES
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE
title_short Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
title_full Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
title_fullStr Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
title_full_unstemmed Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
title_sort Trypanothione synthetase confers growth, survival advantage and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs in Trypanosoma cruzi
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mesias, Andrea Cecilia
Sasoni, Natalia
Arias, Diego Gustavo
Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María
Orban, Oliver C. F.
Kunick, Conrad
Robello, Carlos
Comini, Marcelo
Garg, Nisha J.
Zago, María Paola
author Mesias, Andrea Cecilia
author_facet Mesias, Andrea Cecilia
Sasoni, Natalia
Arias, Diego Gustavo
Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María
Orban, Oliver C. F.
Kunick, Conrad
Robello, Carlos
Comini, Marcelo
Garg, Nisha J.
Zago, María Paola
author_role author
author2 Sasoni, Natalia
Arias, Diego Gustavo
Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María
Orban, Oliver C. F.
Kunick, Conrad
Robello, Carlos
Comini, Marcelo
Garg, Nisha J.
Zago, María Paola
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ANTI-PARASITE DRUGS
CHAGAS DISEASE
PAULLONES
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE
topic ANTI-PARASITE DRUGS
CHAGAS DISEASE
PAULLONES
SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
TRYPANOTHIONE SYNTHETASE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Background: Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection, continues to be a neglected illness, and has a major impact on global health. The parasite undergoes several stages of morphological and biochemical changes during its life cycle, and utilizes an elaborated antioxidant network to overcome the oxidants barrier and establish infection in vector and mammalian hosts. Trypanothione synthetase (TryS) catalyzes the biosynthesis of glutathione-spermidine adduct trypanothione (T(SH)2) that is the principal intracellular thiol-redox metabolite in trypanosomatids. Methods and Results: We utilized genetic overexpression (TryShi) and pharmacological inhibition approaches to examine the role of TryS in T. cruzi proliferation, tolerance to oxidative stress and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs. Our data showed the expression and activity of TryS was increased in all morphological stages of TryShi (vs. control) parasites. In comparison to controls, the TryShi epimastigotes (insect stage) recorded shorter doubling time, and both epimastigotes and infective trypomastigotes of TryShi exhibited 36-71% higher resistance to H2O2 (50-1000 M) and heavy metal (1-500 M) toxicity. Treatment with TryS inhibitors (5-30 M) abolished the proliferation and survival advantages against H2O2 pressure in a dose-dependent manner in both TryShi and control parasites. Further, epimastigote and trypomastigote forms of TryShi (vs. control) T. cruzi tolerated higher doses of benznidazole and nifurtimox, the drugs currently administered for acute Chagas disease treatment. Conclusions: TryS is essential for proliferation and survival of T. cruzi under normal and oxidant stress conditions, and provides an advantage to the parasite to develop resistance against currently used antitrypanosomal drugs. TryS indispensability has been chemically validated with inhibitors that may be useful for drug combination therapy against Chagas disease.
Fil: Mesias, Andrea Cecilia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Sasoni, Natalia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Arias, Diego Gustavo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral. Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral; Argentina
Fil: Pérez Brandan, Cecilia María. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; Argentina
Fil: Orban, Oliver C. F.. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; Alemania
Fil: Kunick, Conrad. Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina Zu Braunschweig.; Alemania
Fil: Robello, Carlos. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo; Uruguay
Fil: Comini, Marcelo. Instituto Pasteur de Montevideo; Uruguay
Fil: Garg, Nisha J.. University of Texas Medical Branch; Estados Unidos
Fil: Zago, María Paola. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Patología Experimental. Universidad Nacional de Salta. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Instituto de Patología Experimental; Argentina
description Background: Chagas cardiomyopathy, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi infection, continues to be a neglected illness, and has a major impact on global health. The parasite undergoes several stages of morphological and biochemical changes during its life cycle, and utilizes an elaborated antioxidant network to overcome the oxidants barrier and establish infection in vector and mammalian hosts. Trypanothione synthetase (TryS) catalyzes the biosynthesis of glutathione-spermidine adduct trypanothione (T(SH)2) that is the principal intracellular thiol-redox metabolite in trypanosomatids. Methods and Results: We utilized genetic overexpression (TryShi) and pharmacological inhibition approaches to examine the role of TryS in T. cruzi proliferation, tolerance to oxidative stress and resistance to anti-protozoal drugs. Our data showed the expression and activity of TryS was increased in all morphological stages of TryShi (vs. control) parasites. In comparison to controls, the TryShi epimastigotes (insect stage) recorded shorter doubling time, and both epimastigotes and infective trypomastigotes of TryShi exhibited 36-71% higher resistance to H2O2 (50-1000 M) and heavy metal (1-500 M) toxicity. Treatment with TryS inhibitors (5-30 M) abolished the proliferation and survival advantages against H2O2 pressure in a dose-dependent manner in both TryShi and control parasites. Further, epimastigote and trypomastigote forms of TryShi (vs. control) T. cruzi tolerated higher doses of benznidazole and nifurtimox, the drugs currently administered for acute Chagas disease treatment. Conclusions: TryS is essential for proliferation and survival of T. cruzi under normal and oxidant stress conditions, and provides an advantage to the parasite to develop resistance against currently used antitrypanosomal drugs. TryS indispensability has been chemically validated with inhibitors that may be useful for drug combination therapy against Chagas disease.
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