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ArticleNature communications2024

Single cell expression and chromatin accessibility of the Toxoplasma gondii lytic cycle identifies AP2XII-8 as an essential ribosome regulon driver.

Jingjing Lou, Yasaman Rezvani, Argenis Arriojas, Yihan Wu, Nachiket Shankar, David Degras, Caroline D Keroack, Manoj T Duraisingh, Kourosh Zarringhalam, Marc-Jan Gubbels

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Advances in Single-Cell Sequencing for Infectious Diseases: Progress and Perspectives.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jingjing Lou *Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3304-454X
Yasaman Rezvani *Department of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
Argenis ArriojasCenter for Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0479-1300
Yihan WuDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Nachiket ShankarCenter for Personalized Cancer Therapy, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
David DegrasDepartment of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA.
Caroline D KeroackDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5265-7931
Manoj T DuraisinghDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8534-5515
Kourosh ZarringhalamDepartment of Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA. kourosh.zarringhalam@umb.edu.
Marc-Jan GubbelsDepartment of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. gubbelsj@bc.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2769-8600

Funding

Comparative systems biology of apicomplexan cell divisionR01AI167570 · NIAID · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI Manoj T Duraisingh, Marc-Jan Gubbels · 2022 to 2026
$6.5M
High-Throughput DNA SequencerS10OD032203 · OD · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TAI, ALBERT K · 2022 to 2022
$804k
Dissecting transcriptional mechanisms underlying Toxoplasma stage transition through in vitro evolutionR21AI150090 · NIAID · BOSTON COLLEGE · PI GUBBELS, MARC-JAN, ZARRINGHALAM, KOUROSH · 2020 to 2021
$441k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI167570NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI150090NIH HHS 1S10OD032203-01NIH HHS S10 OD032203U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AI150090U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AI167570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sequential lytic cycles driven by cascading transcriptional waves underlie pathogenesis in the apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite's unique division by internal budding, short cell cycle, and jumbled up classically defined cell cycle stages have restrained in-depth transcriptional program analysis. Here, unbiased transcriptome and chromatin accessibility maps throughout the lytic cell cycle are established at the single-cell level. Correlated pseudo-timeline assemblies of expression and chromatin profiles maps transcriptional versus chromatin level transition points promoting the cell division cycle. Sequential clustering analysis identifies functionally related gene groups promoting cell cycle progression. Promoter DNA motif mapping reveals patterns of combinatorial regulation. Pseudo-time trajectory analysis reveals transcriptional bursts at different cell cycle points. The dominant burst in G1 is driven largely by transcription factor AP2XII-8, which engages a conserved DNA motif, and promotes the expression of 44 ribosomal proteins encoding regulon. Overall, the study provides integrated, multi-level insights into apicomplexan transcriptional regulation.

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ChromatinProtozoan ProteinsRegulonRibosomesSingle-Cell AnalysisToxoplasmaCell CycleGene Expression RegulationHumansNucleotide MotifsPromoter Regions, GeneticRibosomal ProteinsTranscriptomeChromatinProtozoan ProteinsRibosomal Proteins

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PMID39198388
PMCPMC11358496

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