LEISHMANIA-SPP - EFFECT OF INHIBITORS ON GROWTH AND ON POLYAMINE AND MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESES

被引:35
作者
BACHRACH, U [1 ]
BREM, S [1 ]
WERTMAN, SB [1 ]
SCHNUR, LF [1 ]
GREENBLATT, CL [1 ]
机构
[1] HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM,HADASSAH HOSP & MED SCH,CTR STUDY INFECT & TROP DIS,DEPT PROTOZOOL,JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
关键词
Culture; Ethidium bromide; Growth cycle; Hemoflagellates; Inhibitors; Leishmania donovani Protozoa; parasitic; Leishmania mexicana; Leishmania spp; Leishmania tropica major; MGBG [methylglyoxal-bis (guanylhydrazone); Pentamidine; Polyamines; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine;
D O I
10.1016/0014-4894(79)90131-0
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
Ethidium bromide, pentamidine isethionate, and MGBG [methylglyoxal-bis (guanylhydrazone)] inhibited the uptake of radioactive putrescine by leishmanial (Leishmania spp.; Leishmania tropica major; Leishmania mexicana; Leishmania donovani) promastigotes and interfered with their polyamine synthesis. Inhibition was apparent as early as 1 hr after adding these drugs to the parasites at growth-inhibiting concentrations. Ethidium bromide also inhibited the incorporation of radioactive uracil into leishmanial RNA at growth-inhibiting concentrations, while DNA synthesis was inhibited by ethidium bromide at high concentrations after a lag period. MGBG inhibited the synthesis of leishmanial DNA and RNA at growth-inhibiting concentrations. © 1979.
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