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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.46.2016.tde-16022016-123017
Document
Author
Full name
Ivan Pereira Nascimento
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 1998
Supervisor
Committee
Verjovski-Almeida, Sergio (President)
Araujo, Pedro Soares de
Schenkman, Sergio
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização de uma ATP-Difosfohidrolase de Trypanosoma cruzi
Keywords in Portuguese
Atpase
Biologia Celular
Citologia
Enzimas (Metabolismo)
Trypanosoma
Abstract in Portuguese
ATP-difosfohidrolases, comumente denominadas de apirases, descritas pela primeira vez à cerca de quarenta anos atrás, são enzimas que hidrolisam nucleosídeos di ou trifosfatados por um mecanismo que parece ser sequencial, mas sem a formação de um intermediário energético, e de funções metabólicas ainda desconhecidas. Elas tem sido encontradas nas células dos mais diversos pró- e eucariotos investigados e também em tumores. A vasta abundância dessas enzimas e a sua alta atividade enzimática sugerem que as mesmas estariam envolvidas em importantes funções do metabolismo celular. No presente trabalho, identificamos e caracterizamos a presença de uma nova enzima em Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente causador da doença de Chagas, uma apirase, com características semelliantes à outras apirases já descritas em diversos organismos. Diversos ensaios enzimáticos foram feitos mostrando uma atividade enzimática que não foi anulada pelos inibidores clássicos de ATPases tipo-P, tipo-F ou tipo-V. Esta enzima mostrou depende~n·cla para Mg2+, na~o acontecendo o mesmo para Ca2+. Experimentos usando soros imunes contra apirases de outras fontes, reveleram não apenas reação cruzada, mas também sugeriram que a massa molecular dessa enzima no T cruzi, estaria em tomo de 57,5 kDa. Ensaios citoquímicos (imunoflorescência) com o soro imune anti- NTPase de Toxoxplasma gondii, apresentou fluorescência contra diferentes estágios desse protozoa. No entanto, a localização subcelular dessa enzima no T cruzi não ficou muito clara, tomando-se necessário uma microscopia eletrônica para resolver esse problema. Um dado interessante e particular nesse traballio, foi a presença dessa enzima nos diversos estágios do ciclo de vida do parasita, com atividades enzimáticas diferentes para esses mesmos estágios.
Title in English
Characterization of an ATP-diphosphohydrolase Trypanosoma cruzi
Keywords in English
ATPase
Cell Biology
Cytology
Enzymes (Metabolism)
Trypanosoma
Abstract in English
ATP-diphosphohydrolases which are generally called apyrases were described for the first time some forty years ago. These are enzymes which hydrolyze di- and triphosphate nucleosides through a mechanism which seems to be sequential, without forming a high-energy enzyme intermediate. Their metabolic function is yet unknown. ATP-diphosphohydrolases have been found in a number of pro- and eucariotic cells and also in tumor cells. The vast abundance ofthese enzymes and their high enzymatic activity suggest that they are involved in important functions in the cell metabolism. In the present work we have identified and characterized the presence of a new enzyme in Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas disease, namely an apyrase with characteristics which are similar to other apyrases already described in different organisms. A number of enzymatic assays showed that the enzyme is not inhibited by the classical inhibitors of P-type, F-type or V-type ATPases. The enzyme exhibited a marked dependence on Mg2+ and not on Ca2+. Experiments using immune sera against apyrases of other sources showed cross- reactivity and suggested that the molecular mass of the enzyme in cruzi is around 57.5 kDa. Immunofluorescence cytochemistry using antiToxoplasma gondii NTPase antibodies showed that fluorescence was present in different stages of the protozoa. However, the exact sub-cellular localization of the enzyme in T cruzi was not clear and electron microscopy will be necessary to answer this question. An interesting result of our work is the identification of the enzyme in different stages of the life cycle of the parasite, with different enzymatic activities among the stages.
 
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2016-02-16
 
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