Hat were cloned into this vector. To improve mRNA expression in the parasite, the 39 UTR plus downstream intergenic sequences from the T. cruzi gliceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapdh) gene was inserted downstream in the HygR marker. Related constructs using 59 and 39 flanking sequences derived from TcGPI3 and TcGPI10 genes have been generated. Epimastigote transfections have been performed by electroporation with 50 mg DNA as described previously [37]. Twenty-four hours immediately after transfection, 200 mg/ml of hygromycin B or G418 was added for the cultures and chosen populations had been obtained around 30 days just after transfection. Cloned cell lines were obtained by plating on semisolid blood agar plates, after a different 30 days of incubation at 28uC.Electron microscopy analyses of T. cruziEpimastigotes were fixed in five glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer pH 7.2 and processed following regular protocols, such as post-fixation in osmium tetroxide followed by block counterstained with uranyl acetate and embedding in Epon resin. Ultrathin sections were counterstaining with lead citrate and analyzed in the Transmission Electron Microscope Tecnai G2-12 – SpiritBiotwin FEI – 120 kV situated at the Center of Microscopy at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Cell membrane preparation, immunoblot and flow cytometry analysesApproximately 109 epimastigotes had been lysed in 20 mM Hepes, ten mM KCl, 1.five mM MgCl2, 250 mM sucrose, 1 mM DTT, 0.1 mM PMSF, with five cycles of freezing in liquid nitrogen and thawing at 37uC. Total cell lysate was centrifuged at a low speed (two,0006g) for 10 min and the supernatant was subjected to ultracentrifugation (100,0006g) for a single hour. The resulting supernatant was analyzed as soluble, cytoplasmic fraction (C) whereas the pellet, corresponding for the membrane fraction (M) was resuspended in lysis buffer. Volumes corresponding to 20 mg of proteins from total parasite cell lysate (T), cytoplasmic (C) andPLOS Neglected Tropical Ailments | plosntds.orgTrypanosoma cruzi Genes of GPI BiosynthesisTable 1. T. cruzi genes encoding enzymes of the GPI biosynthetic pathway.StepT. cruzi geneGene ID (TriTrypDB*)Number of amino acidsIdentity at protein level (**) Yeast Human 31 (DPM1) 16 (PIG-Q) 32 (PIG-C) 49 (PIG-A) 18 (PIG-H) 27 (PIG-P) 17 (DPM2) 32 (PIG-L) 30 (PIG-M) 20 (PIG-V) 24 (PIG-B) ?(PIG-Z) 21 (PIG-O) 13 (GAA1) 29 (PIG-K) 9 (PIG-T) ??12 (PGAP1) ?Dolicholphosphate-mannose synthase N-acetyl-glucosamine transferase (GlcNAc-PI) (Step 1)DPM1 GPI1 GPI2 GPI3 GPI15 GPI19 DPMTc00.1250997-56-8 In stock 1047053506581.3-(Difluoromethyl)aniline web ten Tc00.PMID:24381199 1047053510329.200 Tc00.1047053503781.20 Tc00.1047053509215.16 Tc00.1047053511655.ten Tc00.1047053508307.one hundred Tc00.1047053510043.29 Tc00.1047053511481.40 Tc00.1047053511507.50 Tc00.1047053503521.89 Tc00.1047053510299.50 ni Tc00.1047053503979.10 Tc00.1047053504069.60 Tc00.1047053511277.450 Tc00.1047053510877.180 Tc00.1047053510435.40 Tc00.1047053508661.60 Tc00.1047053508153.1040 Tc00.1047053510729.260 aa 827 aa 336 aa 455 aa 307 aa 142 aa 100 aa 252 aa 472 aa 529 aa 584 aa50 (DPM1) 15 (GPI1) 14 (GPI2) 41 (GPI3) 12 (GPI15) 10 (GPI19) ?31 (GPI12) 30 (GPI14) 17 (GPI18) 21 (GPI10) ?(SMP3)GlcNAc-PI de-N-acetylase (Step 2) a-1,4-Mannosyltransferase I (Step three) a-1,6-Mannosyltransferase II (Step 4) a-1,2-Mannosyltransferase III (Step five) a-1,2-Mannosyltransferase IV (?) (Step six) Ethanolamine phosphotransferase (Step 7) GPI transamidase (Step 8)GPI12 GPI14 GPI18 GPI10 ni GPI13 GAA1 GPI8 GPI16 TT.
