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Trypanosoma rangeli: Differential expression of cell surface polypeptides and ecto-phosphatase activity in short and long epimastigote forms.

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:Trypanosoma rangeli is a parasite of a numerous wild and domestic animals, presenting wide geographical distribution and high immunological cross-reactivity with Trypanosoma cruzi, which may lead to misdiagnosis. T. rangeli has a complex life cycle, involving distinct morphological and functional forms in the vector. Here, we characterized the cell surface polypeptides and the phosphatase activities in short and long epimastigotes forms of T. rangeli, using intact living parasites. The surface protein profile revealed by the incubation of parasites with biotin showed a preferential expression of the 97, 70, 50, 45, 25-22, and 15 kDa biotinylated polypeptides in the long forms, in contrast to the 55 and 28 kDa biotinylated polypeptides synthesized by the short epimastigotes. Additionally, flow cytometry analysis showed that the short forms had relatively lower biotin surface binding than long ones. The involvement of phosphatases with the trypanosomatid differentiation has been proposed. In this sense, T. rangeli living parasites were able to hydrolyze the artificial substrate p-nitrophenylphosphate at a rate of 25.57+/-2.03 and 10.09+/-0.93 nmol p-NPP x h(-1) x 10(7) cells for the short and long epimastigotes, respectively. These phosphatase activities were linear with time for at least 60 min and the optimum pH lies in the acid range. Classical inhibitors of acid phosphatases, such as ammonium molybdate, sodium fluoride, and zinc chloride, showed a significant decrease in these phosphatase activities, with different patterns of inhibition. Additionally, these phosphatase activities presented different kinetic parameters (Km and Vmax) and distinct sensitivities to divalent cations. Both epimastigotes were unable to release phosphatase to the extracellular environment. Cytochemical analysis demonstrated the localization of these enzymes on the parasite surfaces (cell body and flagellum) and in intracellular vacuoles, resembling acidocalcisomes.

journal_name

Exp Parasitol

journal_title

Experimental parasitology

authors

Gomes SA,Fonseca de Souza AL,Silva BA,Kiffer-Moreira T,Santos-Mallet JR,Santos AL,Meyer-Fernandes JR

doi

10.1016/j.exppara.2005.11.015

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pub_date

2006-04-01 00:00:00

pages

253-62

issue

eissn

0014-4894

issn

1090-2449

pii

S0014-4894(05)00296-1

journal_volume

112

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Trypanosoma rangeli: Differential expression of cell surface polypeptides and ecto-phosphatase activity in short and long epimastigote forms.