DIFFERENTIAL ENERGETIC METABOLISM DURING TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI DIFFERENTIATION .1. CITRATE SYNTHASE, NADP-ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE, AND SUCCINATE-DEHYDROGENASE
DIFFERENTIAL ENERGETIC METABOLISM DURING TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI DIFFERENTIATION .1. CITRATE SYNTHASE, NADP-ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE, AND SUCCINATE-DEHYDROGENASE
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(88)90030-6
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发表时间:
1988-11-15
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3.9
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LUPIANEZ, JA
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作者:
ADROHER, FJ;OSUNA, A;LUPIANEZ, JA
The activities of the mitochondria! enzymes citrate synthase (citrate oxaloacetatelyase, EC 4.1.3.7), NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase (threo-ds-isocitrate:NADP+oxidoreductase (decarboxylating), EC 1.1.1.42), and succinate dehydrogenase (succinate: FAD oxidoreductase, EC 1.3.99.1) as well as their kinetic behavior in the two developmental forms ofTrypanosoma cruziat insect vector stage, epimastigotes and infective metacyclic trypomastigotes, were studied. The results presented in this work clearly demonstrate a higher mitochondrial metabolism in the metacyclic forms as is shown by the extraordinary enhanced activities of metacyclic citrate synthase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, and succinate dehydrogenase. In epimastigotes, the specific activities of citrate synthase at variable concentrations of oxalacetate and acetyl-CoA were 24.6 and 26.6 mU/mg of protein, respectively, and the Michaelis constants were 7.88 and 6.84 μM for both substrates. The metacyclic enzyme exhibited the following kinetic parameters: a specific activity of 228.4 mU/mg andKmof 3.18 μmfor oxalacetate and 248.5 mU/mg and 2.75 μm, respectively, for acetyl-CoA. NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase specific activities for epimastigotes and metacyclics were 110.2 and 210.3 mU/mg, whereas the apparentKm's were 47.9 and 12.5 μm, respectively. No activity for the NAD-dependent isozyme was found in any form ofT. cruzidifferentiation. The particulated succinate dehydrogenase showed specific activities of 8.2 and 39.1 mU/mg for epimastigotes and metacyclic trypomastigotes, respectively, although no significant changes in theKm(0.46 and 0.48 mm) were found. The cellular role and the molecular mechanism that probably take place during this significant shift in the mitochondrial metabolism during theT. cruzidifferentiation have been discussed.