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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 110, Issue 21 2661-2671, Copyright © 1997 by Company of Biologists
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E Vassella, B Reuner, B Yutzy and M Boshart
Max-Planck-Institut fur Biochemie, Genzentrum, Martinsried, Germany.
Differentiation of African trypanosomes from replicating slender bloodstream forms to nondividing stumpy forms limits the parasite population size, allowing survival of the mammalian host and establishment of a stable host-parasite relationship. Using a novel in vitro culture system we have shown that slender to stumpy differentiation is induced by parasite density alone and thus is independent of host cues. Here we investigate the density sensing mechanism and show that trypanosomes release a soluble activity of low relative molecular mass, termed stumpy induction factor (SIF), which accumulates in conditioned medium. SIF activity triggers cell cycle arrest in G1/G0 phase and induces differentiation with high efficiency and rapid kinetics. Membrane-permeable derivates of cAMP or the phosphodiesterase inhibitor etazolate perfectly mimic SIF activity. Furthermore, SIF activity elicits an immediate two- to threefold elevation of intracellular cAMP content upon addition to slender forms. We conclude that SIF and hence density sensing operate through the cAMP signalling pathway. Temporal correlation of markers indicates that cell cycle arrest invariably precedes differentiation. Thus, our results indicate that the cell cycle regulation of bloodstream forms is under dominant control of cAMP signalling. Irreversible commitment to the quiescent state is elicited by a cAMP agonist within a period shorter than one complete cell cycle.
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