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Relationship of chloroquine-induced redistribution of a neutral aminopeptidase to hemoglobin accumulation in malaria parasites
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Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics . Feb2003, Vol. 410 Issue 2, p296. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- To study the relationship between neutral aminopeptidase activity and hemoglobin accumulation in malaria parasites, we treated mice infected with Plasmodium berghei NYU-2 with chloroquine intraperitoneally in doses ranging from 0.3 to 3 <f>μ</f>mol per 25 g mouse. Preparations of infected erythrocytes (normalized to represent 1000 parasites per 1000 erythrocytes) hydrolyzed 1200 nmol of leucine-p-nitroanilide per minute per milliliter of packed erythrocytes, which was 10<f>×</f> more than that of uninfected preparations. The activity in infected preparations was distinguished by resistance to ferriprotoporphyrin IX and puromycin and susceptibility to inhibition by ethanol and Tris. Chloroquine treatment caused the activity in unwashed membrane ghosts of infected preparations to decrease by 50% despite an increase in total activity. Concomitantly, hemoglobin in washed membrane ghosts increased. Electron microscopy revealed that the hemoglobin was retained in endocytic vesicles. Chloroquine-induced redistribution of a neutral aminopeptidase may be the cause of hemoglobin accumulation in endocytic vesicles of malaria parasites. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *CHLOROQUINE
*AMINOPEPTIDASES
*MALARIA
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00039861
- Volume :
- 410
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9011653
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-9861(02)00688-4