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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
卷 39, 期 3, 页码 355-363出版社
ASSOC BRAS DIVULG CIENTIFICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000300006
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Leishmania; glutathione; trypanothione; trypanothione reductase; nitric oxide; free radicals
Glutathione is the major intracellular antioxidant thiol protecting mammalian cells against oxidative stress induced by oxygen- and nitrogen-derived reactive species. In trypanosomes and leishmanias, trypanothione plays a central role in parasite protection against mammalian host defence systems by recycling trypanothione disulphide by the enzyme trypanothione reductase. Although Kinetoplastida parasites lack glutathione reductase, they maintain significant levels of glutathione. The aim of this study was to use Leishmania donovani trypanothione reductase gene mutant clones and different Leishmania species to examine the role of these two individual thiol systems in the protection mechanism against S-nitroso-N-acetyl-D,L-penicillamine (SNAP), a nitrogen-derived reactive species donor. We found that the resistance to SNAP of different species of Leishmania was inversely correlated with their glutathione concentration but not with their total low-molecular weight thiol content (about 0.18 nmol/10(7) parasites, regardless Leishmania species). The glutathione concentration in L. amazonensis, L. donovani, L major, and L. braziliensis were 0.12, 0.10, 0.08, and 0.04 nmol/10(7)parasites, respectively. L. amazonensis, that have a higher level of glutathione, were less susceptible to SNAP (30 and 100 mu M). The IC50 values of SNAP determined to L. amazonensis, L donovani, L. major, and L. braziliensis were 207.8, 188.5, 160.9, and 83 mu M, respectively. We also observed that L. donovani mutants carrying only one trypanothione reductase allele had a decreased capacity to survive (similar to 40%) in the presence of SNAP (30-150 mu M). In conclusion, the present data suggest that both antioxidant systems, glutathione and trypanothione/trypanothione reductase, participate in protection of Leishmania against the toxic effect of nitrogen-derived reactive species.
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