Entry  
 
Name  
Chagas disease - Mus pahari (shrew mouse)
 
Description  
Trypanosoma cruzi is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes Chagas disease, also called American trypanosomiasis. The parasite life cycle involves hematophagous reduviid bugs as vectors. Once parasites enter the host body, they invade diverse host cells including cardiomyocytes. Establishment of infection depends on various parasite molecules such as cruzipain, oligopeptidase B, and trans-sialidase that activate Ca2+ signaling. Internalized parasites escape from the parasitophorous vacuole using secreted pore-forming TcTOX molecule and replicate in the cytosol. Multiplied parasites eventually lyse infected host cells and are released in the circulation. During these events, the parasites manipulate host innate immunity and elicit cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. T lymphocyte responses are also disturbed. 
 
Class  
Human Diseases; Infectious disease: parasitic 
BRITE hierarchy 
 
Pathway map  
 
Disease  
 
Organism  
Mus pahari (shrew mouse) [GN:
mpah ]
 
Gene  
110316225   Tnfrsf1a; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 1A [KO:K03158 ] 
110318415   Plcb2; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-2 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ] 
110318923   Ppp2r2d; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 55 kDa regulatory subunit B delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K04354 ] 
110319646   Plcb1; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-1 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ] 
110319750   Pik3ca; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ] 
110319789   Nfkb1; nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit isoform X1 [KO:K02580 ] 
110319821   Gnai3; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(k) subunit alpha [KO:K04630 ] 
110320782   Gna14; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-14 [KO:K04636 ] 
110322175   Cd247; T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 zeta chain isoform X1 [KO:K06453 ] 
110322215   Faslg; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6 isoform X1 [KO:K04389 ] 
110322865   Pik3r3; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ] 
110323448   Pik3cd; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ] 
110325313   Ppp2r2a; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 55 kDa regulatory subunit B alpha isoform isoform X1 [KO:K04354 ] 
110326239   Gna11; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-11 [KO:K04635 ] 
110326812   Gna15; guanine nucleotide-binding protein subunit alpha-15 [KO:K04637 ] 
110327202   Gnai2; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(i) subunit alpha-2 isoform X1 [KO:K04630 ] 
110327251   Pik3cb; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ] 
110327862   Myd88; myeloid differentiation primary response protein MyD88 [KO:K04729 ] 
110328279   Ppp2r1b; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 65 kDa regulatory subunit A beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K03456 ] 
110328811   Pik3r1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ] 
110330369   Ppp2r2c; protein phosphatase 2, regulatory subunit B, gamma [KO:K04354 ] 
110331422   Ppp2ca; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit alpha isoform [KO:K04382 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ] 
110332797   Fas; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6 [KO:K04390 ] 
110332834   Smad2; mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04500 ] 
110332843   Ppp2r2b; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 55 kDa regulatory subunit B beta isoform [KO:K04354 ] 
110332897   Gnal; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(olf) subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04633 ] 
110336304   Ppp2cb; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunit beta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K04382 ] [EC:3.1.3.16 ] 
110336420   Pik3r2; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ] 
110336671   Plcb3; 1-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphodiesterase beta-3 isoform X1 [KO:K05858 ] [EC:3.1.4.11 ] 
110337832   Gnao1; guanine nucleotide-binding protein G(o) subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K04534 ] 
110337932   Ppp2r1a; serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 65 kDa regulatory subunit A alpha isoform isoform X1 [KO:K03456 ] 
 
Compound  
C01245   D-myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 
C05981   Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Bogdan C, Rollinghoff M
 
  Title  
How do protozoan parasites survive inside macrophages?
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Gazzinelli RT, Denkers EY
 
  Title  
Protozoan encounters with Toll-like receptor signalling pathways: implications for host parasitism.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Norris KA, Bradt B, Cooper NR, So M
 
  Title  
Characterization of a Trypanosoma cruzi C3 binding protein with functional and genetic similarities to the human complement regulatory protein, decay-accelerating factor.
 
  Journal  
J Immunol 147:2240-7 (1991)
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Aguilar L, Ramirez G, Valck C, Molina MC, Rojas A, Schwaeble W, Ferreira V, Ferreira A
 
  Title  
F(ab')2 antibody fragments against Trypanosoma cruzi calreticulin inhibit its interaction with the first component of human complement.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Campos MA, Gazzinelli RT
 
  Title  
Trypanosoma cruzi and its components as exogenous mediators of inflammation recognized through Toll-like receptors.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Burleigh BA, Woolsey AM
 
  Title  
Cell signalling and Trypanosoma cruzi invasion.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Tarleton RL
 
  Title  
Immune system recognition of Trypanosoma cruzi.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Andrade LO, Andrews NW
 
  Title  
The Trypanosoma cruzi-host-cell interplay: location, invasion, retention.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Tan H, Andrews NW
 
  Title  
Don't bother to knock--the cell invasion strategy of Trypanosoma cruzi.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Burleigh BA, Andrews NW
 
  Title  
Signaling and host cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Stempin C, Giordanengo L, Gea S, Cerban F
 
  Title  
Alternative activation and increase of Trypanosoma cruzi survival in murine macrophages stimulated by cruzipain, a parasite antigen.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Burleigh BA
 
  Title  
Host cell signaling and Trypanosoma cruzi invasion: do all roads lead to lysosomes?
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Gazzinelli RT, Oswald IP, Hieny S, James SL, Sher A
 
  Title  
The microbicidal activity of interferon-gamma-treated macrophages against Trypanosoma cruzi involves an L-arginine-dependent, nitrogen oxide-mediated mechanism inhibitable by interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-beta.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Andrews NW, Abrams CK, Slatin SL, Griffiths G
 
  Title  
A T. cruzi-secreted protein immunologically related to the complement component C9: evidence for membrane pore-forming activity at low pH.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Freire-de-Lima CG, Nunes MP, Corte-Real S, Soares MP, Previato JO, Mendonca-Previato L, DosReis GA
 
  Title  
Proapoptotic activity of a Trypanosoma cruzi ceramide-containing glycolipid turned on in host macrophages by IFN-gamma.
 
  Journal  
J Immunol 161:4909-16 (1998)
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Hashimoto M, Nakajima-Shimada J, Aoki T
 
  Title  
Trypanosoma cruzi posttranscriptionally up-regulates and exploits cellular FLIP for inhibition of death-inducing signal.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Ropert C, Closel M, Chaves AC, Gazzinelli RT
 
  Title  
Inhibition of a p38/stress-activated protein kinase-2-dependent phosphatase restores function of IL-1 receptor-associate kinase-1 and reverses Toll-like receptor 2- and 4-dependent tolerance of macrophages.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Ouaissi A, Guilvard E, Delneste Y, Caron G, Magistrelli G, Herbault N, Thieblemont N, Jeannin P
 
  Title  
The Trypanosoma cruzi Tc52-released protein induces human dendritic cell maturation, signals via Toll-like receptor 2, and confers protection against lethal infection.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Teixeira MM, Gazzinelli RT, Silva JS
 
  Title  
Chemokines, inflammation and Trypanosoma cruzi infection.
 
  Journal  
 
Reference  
 
  Authors  
Camargo MM, Almeida IC, Pereira ME, Ferguson MA, Travassos LR, Gazzinelli RT
 
  Title  
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored mucin-like glycoproteins isolated from Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes initiate the synthesis of proinflammatory cytokines by macrophages.
 
  Journal  
J Immunol 158:5890-901 (1997)
 
Related pathway  
mpah04070   Phosphatidylinositol signaling system 
mpah04610   Complement and coagulation cascades 
mpah04620   Toll-like receptor signaling pathway 
mpah04670   Leukocyte transendothelial migration 
 
KO pathway