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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.46.2019.tde-31012019-093632
Document
Author
Full name
Luiz Claudio Miletti
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2001
Supervisor
Committee
Alves, Maria Julia Manso (President)
Colepicolo, Pio
Takahashi, Helio Kiyoshi
Terra, Walter Ribeiro
Tersariol, Ivarne Luis dos Santos
Title in Portuguese
β-D-galactofuranosidase: Purificação da enzima de Penicillium fellutanum e sua detecção em Trypanossoma cruzi
Keywords in Portuguese
Biologia celular
Carboidratos (Biossíntese)
Doença de chagas
Galactofuranose
Galactofuranosidase
Penicillium (Biossíntese)
Penicillium fellutanum
Trypanosoma cruzi (Biossíntese)
Abstract in Portuguese
A β-D-galactofuranose é um componente de várias macromoléculas de muitos organismos, incluindo bactérias, protozoários e fungos. Interessantemente este carboidrato não usual está ausente de glicoconjugados de mamíferos. Um método alternativo foi utilizado para purificar a β-D-galactofuranosidase utilizando p-nitrofenil-β-D-galactofuranosideo como substrato. O meio de cultura concentrado do fungo Penicillium fellutanum foi cromatografado em coluna de DEAE-Sepharose CL 6B, seguido de cromatografia em coluna de afinidade de 4-aminofenil-1-tio-β-D-galactofuranosideo-Sepharose, que permitiu a separação de dois picos com atividade enzimática após a eluição com D-galactônico-γ-lactona em um gradiente de 100 a 500 mM de NaCl. Os dois picos resultaram, quando analisados por SDS-PAGE, em um polipeptídeo de 70 kDa. Anticorpos produzidos contra a mistura das bandas recortadas do gel são capazes de imunoprecipitar 77 % das unidades totais de enzima. Uma das bandas recortadas foi submetida a microseqüenciamento, obtendo-se seqüências para 3 peptídeos (65, 73, 101). Anticorpos foram produzidos contra os peptídeos sintéticos e usados para imunoprecipitar um polipeptídeo com atividade de β-D-galactofuranosidase. Para verificar a presença de β-D-galactofuranosidase em T. cruzi, usamos a mesma coluna de afinidade de 4-aminofenil-1-tio-β-D-galactofuranosideo-Sepharose. Um extrato de formas epimastigotas marcadas metabolicamente com 35S-metionina foi aplicado na coluna de afinidade. A enzima foi eluída após a lavagem com D-galactônico-γ-lactona em um gradiente de NaCl 100 a 500 mM. A análise por SDS-PAGE do material eluido mostrou um polipeptídeo de massa molecular aparente 50-60 kDa que é reconhecido por anticorpos anti-β-D-galactofuranosidase. Os anticorpos reagem por imunoflorescência indireta também com parasitas fixados com paraformaldeído. O polipeptídio de 50-60 kDa foi empregado em ensaios de atividade enzimática. Praticamente nenhuma atividade foi detectada utilizando-se p-nitrofenil-β-D-galactofuranosideo como substrato. A LPPG (lipopeptideofosfoglicana), um glicoconjugado isolado de epimastigotas de T. cruzi foi empregada como substrato. A galactopiranose, produto da hidrólise da atividade enzimática, foi detectada por cromatografia de troca iônica em alto pH sugerindo a presença de β-D-galactofuranosidase em T.cruzi.
Title in English
β-D-galactofuranosidase: Purification of the Penicillium fellutanum enzyme and its detection in Trypanosoma cruzi
Keywords in English
Carbohydrates (Biosynthesis)
Cell biology
Chagas disease
Galactofuranosidase
Galactofuranosis
Penicillium (Biosynthesis)
Penicillium fellutanum
Trypanosoma cruzi (Biosynthesis)
Abstract in English
β-D-galactofuranose is a component of several galactofuranose containing macromolecules of many organisms, including bacteria, protozoa and fungi. Interestingly, this unusual sugar is absent in mammalian glycoconjugates. An alternative and fast method for the purification of β-D-galactofuranosidase was developed using p-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactofuranoside as substrate. A concentrated culture medium from Penicillium fellutanum was chromatographed on DEAE-Sepharose CL 6B followed by an affinity chromatography column of 4-aminophenyl-1-thio-β-D-galactofuranoside-Sepharose which yielded two separate peaks of enzyme activity when elution was performed with 10mM D-galactonic acid-γ-lactone in a 100-500 mM NaCl gradient. Both peaks rendered a single 70 kDa protein as detected by SDS-PAGE. Antibodies elicited against a mixture of the single bands excised from the gel were capable to immunoprecipitate 77 % units out of total units of the enzyme from the crude extract. One of the excised bands was submited to microsequencing and the sequence for 3 peptides (65, 73, 101) was obtained. Antibodies were raised against the corresponding synthetic peptides and used to immunoprecipitade a polypeptide with β-D-galactofuranosidase activity. To verify the presence of β-D-galactofuranosidase in T. cruzi we used the same 4-aminophenyl-1-thio-β-D-galactofuranoside-Sepharose affinity column. An extract of epimastigotes metabolically labelled with 35S-methionine was applied on the affinity colunm. After washing, the putative enzyme was eluted by 10 mM D-galactonic acidy-γ-lactone and 100-500 mM NaCl gradient. SDS-PAGE analysis of the eluted material show a polypeptide with an apparent molecular mass of 50-60 kDa that is recognized by all the antibodies raised against β-D-galactofuranosidase from P. fellutanum. Also the antibodies react with p-formaldehyde fixed parasites as detected by indirect immunofluorescence. The 50-60 kDa polypeptide was then employed in enzymatic assays. Almost no enzymatic activity was observed when p-nitrophenyl galactofuranoside was employed as substrate. LPPG (lipopeptidophosphoglycan), a galactofuranose-con taining glycoconjugate isolated from epimastigotes of T. cruzi was then employed as substrate. Galactopyranose, the product of the enzymatic activity, was detected by high pH anion-exchange chromatography, suggesting the presence of β-D-galactofuranosidase in T. cruzi.
 
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