The aerobic energy metabolism of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia.
The aerobic energy metabolism of Schistosoma mansoni miracidia.
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曼氏血吸虫的有氧能量代谢。
DOI:
10.1016/0166-6851(91)90211-n
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
S. G. Bergh
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作者:
A. Tielens;Franciscus A.M. van de Pas;Josephus F.M. van den Heuvel;S. G. Bergh
WhenS. mansonimiracidia were incubated in the presence of [6-14C]glucose, 70% of the carbohydrate breakdown resulted in the formation of CO2and 30% was broken down to lactate. During 3-h incubations, an average of 23% of the starting glycogen reserves were degraded; metabolism of external glucose accounted for less than 2% of the total carbohydrate breakdown. Less than 0.1% of the external glucose was consumed. Addition of 1 msmallcap˜M cyanide to the incubation completely abolished CO2production, demonstrating that the activities of the Krebs cycle and the respiratory chain are linked. Oligomycin severely inhibited oxygen consumption. It is concluded that the energy metabolism of miracidia strongly resembles that of cercariae.ADDITIONAL ABSTRACT:"The energy metabolism of miracidia strongly resembled that of cercariae, the other free-living stage ofS. mansoni.Like cercariae, miracidia are self-supporting organisms living on the breakdown of endogenous glycogen reserves, but in miracidia this is probably supplemented by protein degradation when the glycogen stores become exhausted. Carbohydrate degradation in miracidia, as in cercariae, is characterised by a large dependence on Krebs-cycle activity, which was coupled to oxidative phosphorylation. Even under aerobic conditions miracidia as well as cercariae also produced a significant amount of lactate, which was the exclusive end product when respiratory-chain activity was inhibited."