Antimalarial drugs disrupt ion homeostasis in malarial parasites
AUTOR(ES)
Gazarini, Marcos L, Sigolo, Carlos AO, Markus, Regina P, Thomas, Andrew P, Garcia, Célia RS
FONTE
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007-06
RESUMO
Plasmodium chabaudi malaria parasite organelles are major elements for ion homeostasis and cellular signaling and also target for antimalarial drugs. By using confocal imaging of intraerythrocytic parasites we demonstrated that the dye acridine orange (AO) is accumulated into P. chabaudi subcellular compartments. The AO could be released from the parasite organelles by collapsing the pH gradient with the K+/H+ ionophore nigericin (20 µM), or by inhibiting the H+-pump with bafilomycin (4 µM). Similarly, in isolated parasites loaded with calcium indicator Fluo 3-AM, bafilomycin caused calcium mobilization of the acidic calcium pool that could also be release with nigericin. Interestingly after complete release of the acidic compartments, addition of thapsigargin at 10 µM was still effective in releasing parasite intracellular calcium stores in parasites at trophozoite stage. The addition of antimalarial drugs chloroquine and artemisinin resulted in AO release from acidic compartments and also affected maintenance of calcium in ER store by using different drug concentrations.
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