Trypanosoma rangeli:: Characterization of a Mg-dependent ecto ATP-diphosphohydrolase activity
Trypanosoma rangeli:: Characterization of a Mg-dependent ecto ATP-diphosphohydrolase activity
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DOI:
10.1016/j.exppara.2005.09.005
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发表时间:
2006-02-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Meyer-Fernandes, JR
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作者:
Fonseca, FV;de Souza, ALF;Meyer-Fernandes, JR
In this work we describe the ability of living Trypanosoma rangeli to hydrolyze extracellular ATP. In these intact parasites whose viability was assessed before and after the reactions by motility and by Trypan blue dye exclusion, there was a low level of ATP hydrolysis in the absence of any divalent metal (1.53 +/- 0.12 nmol Pi/h x 10(7) cells). The ATP hydrolysis was stimulated by MgCl2 and the Mg-dependent ecto-ATPase activity was 5.24 +/- 0.64 nmol Pi/h x 10(7) cells. The Mg-dependent ecto-ATPase activity was linear with cell density and with time for at least 60 min. This stimulatory effect on the ATP hydrolysis was also observed when MgCl2 was replaced by MnCl2, but not by CaCl2, SrCl2, and ZnCl2. The apparent K-m for Mg-ATP2- was 0.53 +/- 0.11 mM. The optimum pH for the T rangeli Mg-dependent ectoATPase activity lies in the alkaline range. This ecto-ATPase activity was insensitive to inhibitors of other ATPase and phosphatase activities, such as oligomycin, sodium azide, bafilomycin Al, ouabain, furosemide, vanadate, molybdate, sodium fluoride, tartrate, and levarnizole. To confirm that this Mg-dependent ATPase was an ecto-ATPase, we used an impermeant inhibitor, DIDS (4,4'-diisothiocyanostylbene 2'-2'-disulfonic acid) as well as suramin, an antagonist of P2 purinoreceptors and inhibitor of some ecto-ATPases. These two reagents inhibited the Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity in a dose-dependent manner. This ecto-ATPase activity was stimulated by carbohydrates involved in the attachment/invasion of salivary glands of Rhodnius prolixus and by lipophorin, an insect lipoprotein circulating in the hemolymph. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.