Inhibition of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis growth and infectivity by aureobasidin A.
Inhibition of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis growth and infectivity by aureobasidin A.
复制标题
aureobasidin A 抑制亚马逊利什曼原虫 (Leishmania) 的生长和感染性。
DOI:
--
复制
发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
A. H. Straus
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
A. K. Tanaka;V. B. Valero;Hélio K. Takahashi;A. H. Straus
OBJECTIVES
To study the effect of aureobasidin A, an inhibitor of inositol phosphorylceramide (IPC) synthase, on Leishmania growth and infectivity.
METHODS
Effects of aureobasidin A were determined for: (i) promastigote growth in axenic culture; (ii) promastigote infectivity in macrophage monolayers; (iii) development of footpad lesions in BALB/c mice; (iv) differentiation of amastigotes into promastigotes.
RESULTS
Aureobasidin A (20 microM) inhibited 90% of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis promastigote growth in axenic culture, but the parasites remained viable, i.e. growth curves returned to normal after aureobasidin A was removed from culture medium. The aureobasidin A IC50 was determined by MTT assay as 4.1 microM for L. (L.) amazonensis promastigotes, 12.6 microM for Leishmania (Leishmania) major and 13.7 microM for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. There was a significant delay in infection when L. (L.) amazonensis promastigotes pre-treated with aureobasidin A were inoculated into BALB/c mouse footpads. When aureobasidin A was added to cultured macrophages infected with amastigotes, the number of infected macrophages was reduced by >90%.
CONCLUSIONS
Aureobasidin A is an interesting pharmacological tool to investigate the effect of lipid metabolism inhibition in Leishmania spp.
DOI:
--
发表时间:
1993
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
Straus,AH;Levery,SB;Jasiulionis,MG;Salyan,ME;Steele,SJ;Travassos,LR;Hakomori,S;Takahashi,HK
通讯作者:
Takahashi,HK