Action of tubercidin a toxic purine analogue in Leishmania spp / Ação do análogo de purina tóxico tubercidina em Leishmania ssp.

AUTOR(ES)

Juliana Ide Aoki

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Gene identification associated with drug resistance has contributed to a better understanding of the mechanism of action of anti parasitic compounds. Using transfection and over-expression selection strategy we isolated two loci related with the resistance of tubercidin (TUB), a toxic analog purine. In the first locus we identified an ortholog of the TOR gene (TOxic nucleoside Resistance) in L. (L.) major (TOR-Lm), capable to render wild cells resistance to TUB after transfection and over-expression. Chromosomal location and identification of the second locus was done, but functional tests in the presence of TUB were not as significant as those obtained after TOR-Lm transfection. In the second part of this work, we evaluate the effectiveness of the association of TUB with an inhibitor specific to the mammals nucleoside transport, as nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR), aimed at reversing the TUB toxicity only on the host. We first demonstrate that TUB has a potent anti-parasitic action in cultures of Leishmania spp. Then, we discuss the capacity of the NBMPR inhibitor to protect infected macrophages from the toxic effects of TUB.

ASSUNTO(S)

nucleosídeos de purina tubercidin leishmania tubercidina leishmania transfection transfecção purine nucleoside

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