FASCIOLA-HEPATICA - A SECRETED CATHEPSIN L-LIKE PROTEINASE CLEAVES HOST IMMUNOGLOBULIN

被引:94
作者
SMITH, AM [1 ]
DOWD, AJ [1 ]
HEFFERNAN, M [1 ]
ROBERTSON, CD [1 ]
DALTON, JP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV GLASGOW,DEPT ZOOL,BIOCHEM PARASITOL LAB,GLASGOW G12 8QQ,SCOTLAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
FASCIOLA-HEPATICA; IN-VITRO RELEASED PRODUCTS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASES; CATHEPSIN-L; PAPAIN; TREMATODE;
D O I
10.1016/0020-7519(93)90117-H
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Adult Fasciola hepatica secrete a cysteine proteinase capable of cleaving host IgG close to the papain cleaving site. The proteinase was separated by size permeation chromatography. Gelatin-substrate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that the proteinase migrates as 6 proteolytic bands in the apparent molecular size range 60-90 kDa. Based on pH profiles of activity, inhibition studies using diethylpyrocarbonate and the diazomethylketone Z-phe-ala-CHN2, and characterising the substrate specificity of the enzymes using fluorogenic peptide substrates we have shown that the 60-90-kDa proteinases are cathepsin L-like proteinases.
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页码:977 / 983
页数:7
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