ArticleExperientia supplementum (2012)2022
The Function and Structure of the Microsporidia Polar Tube.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Unveiling the conserved mechanism of microsporidian vertical transmission: A comparative study ofVirulence · 2026Article
- Cryo-ET reveals the in situ architecture of the polar tube invasion apparatus from microsporidian parasites.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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- Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analyses of MetAP2 gene and protein ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Microsporidia in Commercially Harvested Marine Fish: A Potential Health Risk for Consumers.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Germination of Microsporidian Spores: The Known and Unknown.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Genomic and phenotypic evolution of nematode-infecting microsporidia.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
- Identification and localization of polar tube proteins in the extruded polar tube of the microsporidian Anncaliia algerae.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Molecular Detection of Microsporidia in Rabbits (Biology · 2022Article
- Minimization and complete loss of general transcription factor proteins in the intracellular parasiteTranscriptionArticle
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens that were initially identified about 160 years ago. Current phylogenetic analysis suggests that they are grouped with Cryptomycota as a basal branch or sister group to the fungi. Microsporidia are found worldwide and can infect a wide range of animals from invertebrates to vertebrates, including humans. They are responsible for a variety of diseases once thought to be restricted to immunocompromised patients but also occur in immunocompetent individuals. The small oval spore containing a coiled polar filament, which is part of the extrusion and invasion apparatus that transfers the infective sporoplasm to a new host, is a defining characteristic of all microsporidia. When the spore becomes activated, the polar filament uncoils and undergoes a rapid transition into a hollow tube that will transport the sporoplasm into a new cell. The polar tube has the ability to increase its diameter from approximately 100 nm to over 600 nm to accommodate the passage of an intact sporoplasm and penetrate the plasmalemma of the new host cell. During this process, various polar tube proteins appear to be involved in polar tube attachment to host cell and can interact with host proteins. These various interactions act to promote host cell infection.
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