Abstract：
:Alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase activities were found in homogenates of young, unfed male and female Phlebotomus papatasi and in gut and salivary gland preparations. A significant increase in both enzyme activities in females and of alpha-amylase in males was recorded for flies that had fed overnight on a plant (Capparis spinosa). After plant feeding, alpha-amylase activity was relatively lower in female salivary glands and higher in guts, while in the males the activity in the salivary glands had increased. Alpha-glucosidase activity increased in guts of both sexes and in the salivary glands of the females. In addition, alpha-amylase activity was found in preparations of Leishmania major and L. infantum promastigotes, but not in those of L. donovani or L. tropica. Alpha-glucosidase activity was present in promastigote preparations of L. major, L. infantum, L. donovani, L. braziliensis, Crithidia fasciculata and Herpetomonas muscarum. It was lacking in similar preparations of L. tropica, Sauroleishmania agamae or Leptomonas seymouri. The growth rate of L. major promastigotes in medium supplemented with starch or with glucose was similar and it was significantly higher than in glucose poor medium. In this study, we demonstrate that P. papatasi and L. major possess the enzymes for hydrolyzing starch grains that are included in the plant tissue-diet of the sand flies.
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Acta Tropjournal_title
Acta tropicaauthors
Jacobson RL,Schlein Ydoi
10.1016/s0001-706x(00)00164-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-01-15 00:00:00pages
41-9issue
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0001-706Xissn
1873-6254pii
S0001-706X(00)00164-9journal_volume
78pub_type
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