UPTAKE AND METABOLISM OF L-SERINE BY PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII CARINII

被引:13
作者
FLORINCHRISTENSEN, M [1 ]
FLORINCHRISTENSEN, J [1 ]
KANESHIRO, ES [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CINCINNATI, DEPT BIOL SCI, CINCINNATI, OH 45221 USA
关键词
BETA-CL-D-ALANINE; CERAMIDES; CHOLINE; CYCLOSERINE; ETHANOLAMINE; LONG CHAIN BASES; 2-BR-PALMITATE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SPHINGOLIPIDS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1550-7408.1995.tb01613.x
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Serine is an important amino acid that is utilized in the biosyntheses of proteins and lipids. It is directly incorporated into the head group of phosphatidylserine, which in turn can be converted to other phospholipids. Also, it is required for the formation of long chain bases, precursors of sphingolipids. Uptake and incorporation of radiolabeled serine into both lipids and acid-precipitable material were demonstrated in Pneumocystis carinii carinii organism preparations freshly isolated from infected rat lungs. Radioactivity in proteins was about double that observed in lipids. Liquid scintillation spectrometry of metabolically radiolabeled lipids separated by thin-layer chromatography showed 53% of the total radioactivity were in phosphatidylserine, 12% in phosphatidylethanolamine, 24% in ceramides, and 11% in long chain bases and other compounds. Four long chain bases were detected by thin-layer chromatography in hydrolyzed P. carinii ceramides metabolically labeled with radioactive serine. Phytosphingosine and dihydrosphingosine were tentatively identified by their migrations on thin-layer plates. Radiolabeled ethanolamine was incorporated into P. carinii phosphatidylethanolamine, but relatively low incorporation of radiolabeled choline into phosphatidylcholine occurred. The observations made in this study indicated that P. carinii has the biosynthetic capacity to metabolize phospholipid head groups and to de novo synthesize sphingolipids. L-Cycloserine and beta-Cl-D-alanine, inhibitors of long chain base synthesis, reduced the incorporation of serine into P. carinii long chain bases and ceramides, which supported the conclusion that the pathogen synthesizes sphingolipids.
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