An updated review of chemical compounds with anti-Toxoplasma gondii activity

JB Rodriguez, SH Szajnman - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The opportunistic apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is the etiologic agent for
toxoplasmosis, which can infect a widespread range of hosts, particularly humans and warm …

Metabolic changes in Toxoplasma gondii-infected host cells measured by autofluorescence imaging

GM Gallego-López, E Contreras Guzman, DE Desa… - Mbio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular
parasite that infects warm-blooded vertebrates across the world. In humans, seropositivity …

Functional and biochemical characterization of the Toxoplasma gondii succinate dehydrogenase complex

MF Silva, K Douglas, S Sandalli, AE Maclean… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The mitochondrial electron transport chain (mETC) is a series of membrane embedded
enzymatic complexes critical for energy conversion and mitochondrial metabolism. In …

The Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial transporter ABCB7L is essential for the biogenesis of cytosolic and nuclear iron-sulfur cluster proteins and cytosolic translation

AE Maclean, MA Sloan, EA Renaud, BE Argyle… - MBio, 2024 - journals.asm.org
ABSTRACT Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are ubiquitous inorganic cofactors required for
numerous essential cellular pathways. Since they cannot be scavenged from the …

A patatin-like phospholipase is important for mitochondrial function in malaria parasites

E Pietsch, A Ramaprasad, S Bielfeld, Y Wohlfarter… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Plasmodium parasites rely on a functional electron transport chain (ETC) within their
mitochondrion for proliferation, and compounds targeting mitochondrial functions are …

A screen of drug-like molecules identifies chemically diverse electron transport chain inhibitors in apicomplexan parasites

JA Hayward, FV Makota, D Cihalova… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Apicomplexans are widespread parasites of humans and other animals, and include the
causative agents of malaria (Plasmodium species) and toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii) …

An essential role for an Fe-S cluster protein in the cytochrome c oxidase complex of Toxoplasma parasites

RA Leonard, Y Tian, F Tan, GG van Dooren… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) of apicomplexan parasites differs
considerably from the ETC of the animals that these parasites infect, and is the target of …

Two ancient membrane pores mediate mitochondrial-nucleus membrane contact sites

J Ovciarikova, S Shikha, A Lacombe, F Courjol… - Journal of Cell …, 2024 - rupress.org
Coordination between nucleus and mitochondria is essential for cell survival, and thus
numerous communication routes have been established between these two organelles over …

A myzozoan-specific protein is an essential membrane-anchoring component of the succinate dehydrogenase complex in Toxoplasma parasites

SM Zwahlen, JA Hayward, CS Maguire… - Open …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is a protein complex that functions in the tricarboxylic acid
cycle and the electron transport chain of mitochondria. In most eukaryotes, SDH is highly …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic changes to host cells with Toxoplasma gondii infection

GM Gallego-López, EC Guzman, LJ Knoll, M Skala - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Toxoplasma gondii, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, is an obligate intracellular
parasite that infects warm-blooded vertebrates across the world. In humans, seropositivity …