LEISHMANIA-MEXICANA-AMAZONENSIS - SURFACE-CHARGE OF AMASTIGOTE AND PROMASTIGOTE FORMS
LEISHMANIA-MEXICANA-AMAZONENSIS - SURFACE-CHARGE OF AMASTIGOTE AND PROMASTIGOTE FORMS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4894(83)90063-2
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
DESOUZA, W
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作者:
PIMENTA, PFP;DESOUZA, W
The surface charge of [the mammalian parasite] L. mexicana amazonensis was evaluated by means of the binding of colloidal iron hydroxide particles at pH 1.8 and cationized ferritin particles at pH 7.2 to the cell surface, visualized by EM and by direct measurements of the electrophoretic mobility of cells suspended in solutions of different pH. The following forms of the parasite were analyzed: amastigotes (surrounded or not by the membrane of the endocytic vacuole, isolated from lesions), transitional forms, and infective (5 passages) and noninfective (176 passages) promastigotes. The results obtained indicate that the surface of L. mexicana amazonensis contains both negatively charged dissociating groups and that changes occur in the surface charge during amastigote-promastigote transformation. Treatment of the parasite with neuraminidase significantly reduced the electrophoretic mobility of the cells. Neuraminidase-treated cells recovered their normal electrophoretic mobility when incubated for 8 h in fresh culture medium by a process that is inhibited by puromycin.