EFFECTS OF NEOGLYCOPROTEINS ON PENETRATION OF PLASMODIUM-FALCIPARUM MEROZOITES INTO ERYTHROCYTES INVITRO

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SCHULMAN, S
LEE, YC
VANDERBERG, JP
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[1] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, DEPT BIOL, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
[2] JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV, MCCOLLUM PRATT INST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218 USA
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10.2307/3281864
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R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Sugars conjugated to bovine serum albumin (neoglycoproteins) were tested for their ability to inhibit P. falciparum merozoite invasion of [human] red blood cells in an in vitro inhibition assay. The inhibitory effects of the neoglycoproteins on merozoite invasion of erythrocytes were determined by assessing 3H-hypoxanthine incorporation into the cultures. The only neoglycoprotein that caused significant inhibition was N-acetyl-glucosamine-bovine serum albumin. A comparison of the inhibitory effects of N-acetyl-glucosamine and N-acetyl-glucosamine-bovine serum albumin showed that N-acetyl-glucosamine-bovine serum albumin was 84-fold more effective than the free sugar in causing 50% inhibition of 3H-hypoxanthine incorporation.
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