INHIBITION OF MOUSE LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATIVE RESPONSE BY GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS FROM LEISHMANIA (L) AMAZONENSIS

被引:14
作者
GIORGIO, S
JASIULIONIS, MG
STRAUS, AH
TAKAHASHI, HK
BARBIERI, CL
机构
[1] ESCOLA PAULISTA MED SCH,DEPT MICROBIOL IMMUNOL & PARASITOL,RUA BOTUCATU 862,6 ANDAR,BR-04023 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
[2] ESCOLA PAULISTA MED SCH,DEPT BIOCHEM,BR-04023 SAO PAULO,BRAZIL
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
LEISHMANIA (L) AMAZONENSIS; LYMPHOCYTES; LEISHMANIASIS;
D O I
10.1016/0014-4894(92)90127-V
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
The effect of a purified preparation of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) extracted from Leishmania (L.) amazonensis amastigotes on murine lymphocytes was investigated. GSLs inhibited both concanavalin A (Con A)- or lipopolisaccharide-induced [3H]thymidine uptake by normal and immunized BALB/c mouse lymph node cells. The effect of total GSLs was dose dependent. Total GSLs also suppressed the two-way mixed lymphocyte reaction of BALB/c × C57BL/6 cells and the antigen-specific response of immunized mouse cells. Six pure bands as well as a pool containing a mixture of GSLs with five to seven sugar residues separated by a combination of HPLC and preparative HPTLC were tested and shown to be inhibitors of Con A stimulation. These results suggest that parasite glycosphingolipids may play an immunologically relevant role in leishmaniasis. © 1992.
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页码:119 / 125
页数:7
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