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Atella T, Bittencourt-Cunha PR, Araujo MFC, Silva-Cardoso L, Maya-Monteiro CM, Atella GC. Trypanosoma cruzi modulates lipid metabolism and highjacks phospholipids from the midgut of Rhodnius prolixus. Acta Trop 2022; 233:106552. [PMID: 35671784 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chagas disease is potentially life-threatening and caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite cannot synthesize some lipids and depends on the uptake of these lipids from its vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. To achieve this, T. cruzi may need to modify the physiology of the insect host for its own benefit. In this study, we investigated the interaction of T. cruzi (Y strain) with its insect vector Rhodnius prolixus and how it manipulates the vector lipid metabolism. We observed a physiological change in lipid flux in of infected insects. In the fat body of infected insects, triacylglycerol levels decreased by 80.6% and lipid storage droplet-1(LSD-1) mRNA levels were lower, when compared to controls. Lipid sequestration by infected midguts led to increased levels of 5' AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) phosphorylation and activation in the fat body, inhibiting the synthesis of fatty acids and stimulating their oxidation. This led to reduced lipid levels in the fat body of infected insets, despite the fact that T. cruzi does not colonize this tissue. There was a 3-fold increase, in lipid uptake and synthesis in the midgut of infected insects. Finally, our results suggest that the parasite modifies the lipid flux and metabolism of its vector R. prolixus through the increase in lipid delivery from the fat body to midgut that are then scavenge by T cruzi.
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- T Atella
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 343 Carlos Chagas Filho Avenue, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941902, Brazil; Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 343 Carlos Chagas Filho Avenue, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941902, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 343 Carlos Chagas Filho Avenue, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941902, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 343 Carlos Chagas Filho Avenue, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941902, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 343 Carlos Chagas Filho Avenue, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21941902, Brazil; Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Andrade-Neto VV, Manso PPDA, Pereira MG, de Cicco NNT, Atella GC, Pelajo-Machado M, Menna-Barreto RFS, Torres-Santos EC. Host cholesterol influences the activity of sterol biosynthesis inhibitors in Leishmania amazonensis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2022; 117:e220407. [PMID: 35384972 PMCID: PMC8979231 DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A significant percentage of exogenous cholesterol was found in promastigotes and amastigotes of all studied species of Leishmania, suggesting a biological role for this molecule. Previous studies have shown that promastigotes of Leishmania uptake more low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles under pharmacological pressure and are more susceptible to ergosterol inhibition in the absence of exogenous sources of cholesterol. This work shows that the host’s LDL is available to intracellular amastigotes and that the absence of exogenous cholesterol enhances the potency of sterol biosynthesis inhibitors in infected macrophages. A complete understanding of cholesterol transport to the parasitophorous vacuole can guide the development of a new drug class to be used in combination with sterol biosynthesis inhibitors for the treatment of leishmaniases.
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- Valter Viana Andrade-Neto
- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Bioquímica de Tripanossomatídeos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Patologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Patologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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- Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Bioquímica de Tripanossomatídeos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Rodrigues VST, Moura EG, Peixoto TC, Soares PN, Lopes BP, Oliveira E, Manhães AC, Atella GC, Kluck GEG, Cabral SS, Trindade PL, Daleprane JB, Lisboa PC. Changes in gut-brain axis parameters in adult rats of both sexes with different feeding pattern that were early nicotine-exposed. Food Chem Toxicol 2021; 158:112656. [PMID: 34740714 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Nicotine is an endocrine disruptor and imprinting factor during breastfeeding that can cause food intake imbalance in the adulthood. As nicotine affects the intestinal microbiota, altering the composition of the bacterial communities and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) synthesis in a sex-dependent manner, we hypothesized that nicotine could program the gut-brain axis, consequently modifying the eating pattern of adult male and female rats in a model of maternal nicotine exposure (MNE) during breastfeeding. Lactating Wistar rat dams received minipumps that release 6 mg/kg/day of nicotine (MNE group) or saline for 14 days. The progeny received standard diet from weaning until euthanasia (26 weeks of age). We measured: in vivo electrical activity of the vagus nerve; c-Fos expression in the nucleus tractus solitarius, gastrointestinal peptides receptors, intestinal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), SCFAs and microbiota. MNE females showed hyperphagia despite normal adiposity, while MNE males had unchanged food intake, despite obesity. Adult MNE offspring showed decreased Bacteroidetes and increased Firmicutes, Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria. MNE females had lower fecal acetate while MNE males showed higher vagus nerve activity. In summary nicotine exposure through the milk induces long-term intestinal dysbiosis, which may affect eating patterns of adult offspring in a sex-dependent manner.
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- V S T Rodrigues
- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Neurophysiology Laboratory, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Lipids and Lipoprotein Biochemistry, Biochemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Lipids and Lipoprotein Biochemistry, Biochemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Lipids and Lipoprotein Biochemistry, Biochemistry Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Studies of Interactions Between Nutrition and Genetics, Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Studies of Interactions Between Nutrition and Genetics, Nutrition Institute, Rio de Janeiro State University, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Fernandes CM, de Castro PA, Singh A, Fonseca FL, Pereira MD, Vila TVM, Atella GC, Rozental S, Savoldi M, Del Poeta M, Goldman GH, Kurtenbach E. Functional characterization of the Aspergillus nidulans glucosylceramide pathway reveals that LCB Δ8-desaturation and C9-methylation are relevant to filamentous growth, lipid raft localization and Psd1 defensin activity. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:488-505. [PMID: 27479571 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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C8-desaturated and C9-methylated glucosylceramide (GlcCer) is a fungal-specific sphingolipid that plays an important role in the growth and virulence of many species. In this work, we investigated the contribution of Aspergillus nidulans sphingolipid Δ8-desaturase (SdeA), sphingolipid C9-methyltransferases (SmtA/SmtB) and glucosylceramide synthase (GcsA) to fungal phenotypes, sensitivity to Psd1 defensin and Galleria mellonella virulence. We showed that ΔsdeA accumulated C8-saturated and unmethylated GlcCer, while gcsA deletion impaired GlcCer synthesis. Although increased levels of unmethylated GlcCer were observed in smtA and smtB mutants, ΔsmtA and wild-type cells showed a similar 9,Me-GlcCer content, reduced by 50% in the smtB disruptant. The compromised 9,Me-GlcCer production in the ΔsmtB strain was not accompanied by reduced filamentation or defects in cell polarity. When combined with the smtA deletion, smtB repression significantly increased unmethylated GlcCer levels and compromised filamentous growth. Furthermore, sdeA and gcsA mutants displayed growth defects and raft mislocalization, which were accompanied by reduced neutral lipids levels and attenuated G. mellonella virulence in the ΔgcsA strain. Finally, ΔsdeA and ΔgcsA showed increased resistance to Psd1, suggesting that GlcCer synthesis and fungal sphingoid base structure specificities are relevant not only to differentiation but also to proper recognition by this antifungal defensin.
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- C M Fernandes
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Ferreira C, Soares DC, Barreto-Junior CB, Nascimento MT, Freire-de-Lima L, Delorenzi JC, Lima MEF, Atella GC, Folly E, Carvalho TMU, Saraiva EM, Pinto-da-Silva LH. Leishmanicidal effects of piperine, its derivatives, and analogues on Leishmania amazonensis. Phytochemistry 2011; 72:2155-2164. [PMID: 21885074 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Revised: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania which affects 12 million people worldwide. The discovery of drugs for the treatment of leishmaniasis is a pressing concern in global health programs. The aim of this study aim was to evaluate the leishmanicidal effect of piperine and its derivatives/analogues on Leishmania amazonensis. Our results showed that piperine and phenylamide are active against promastigotes and amastigotes in infected macrophages. Both drugs induced mitochondrial swelling, loose kinetoplast DNA, and led to loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. The promastigote cell cycle was also affected with an increase in the G1 phase cells and a decrease in the S-phase cells, respectively, after piperine and phenylamide treatment. Lipid analysis of promastigotes showed that piperine reduced triglyceride, diacylglycerol, and monoacylglycerol contents, whereas phenylamide only reduced diacylglycerol levels. Both drugs were deemed non toxic to macrophages at 50 μM as assessed by XTT (sodium 2,3,-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-5-[(phenylamino)-carbonyl]-2H-tetrazolium inner salt), Trypan blue exclusion, and phagocytosis assays, whereas low toxicity was noted at concentrations higher than 150 μM. None of the drugs induced nitric oxide (NO) production. By contrast, piperine reduced NO production in activated macrophages. The isobologram analysis showed that piperine and phenylamide acted synergistically on the parasites suggesting that they affect different target mechanisms. These results indicate that piperine and its phenylamide analogue are candidates for development of drugs for cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment.
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- C Ferreira
- Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, RJ, Brazil
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Henriques C, Atella GC, Bonilha VL, de Souza W. Biochemical analysis of proteins and lipids found in parasitophorous vacuoles containing Leishmania amazonensis. Parasitol Res 2003; 89:123-33. [PMID: 12489012 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2002] [Accepted: 08/02/2002] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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One fundamental step of Leishmania-macrophage interaction is the phase of parasite internalization through an endocytic process, with the formation of the parasitophorous vacuole (PV). The present study analyzed this process using two approaches. First, to investigate the host cell proteins which take part in this compartment, the macrophage surface was biotinilated and allowed to interact with both Leishmania forms, the PV was then isolated, and the biotinilated proteins were analyzed by Western blot. The results obtained showed that the isolated PV from macrophages infected for 60 min with infective promastigotes displayed high molecular weight proteins, 220 kDa and 180 kDa, contrary to the isolated PV obtained from amastigotes. The isolated PV from amastigotes, after 60 min interaction, displayed a faint, biotinilated protein profile, in contrast to the PV containing amastigote which, after 30 min interaction, displayed a strong protein profile in the range of 120 kDa and 40-60 kDa. The biotinilated protein profile may represent proteins distributed in the PV membrane and may also correspond to biotinilated proteins incorporated by the intracellular parasite, as observed by confocal microscopy. In a second approach, to investigate the PV phospholipid composition, macrophages were incubated with (32)P, allowed to interact with the parasites, and the isolated PV was then processed for phospholipid analysis by thin layer chromatography and scintillation counting. An increase in the levels of lysophosphatidylcholine was observed in infected macrophages. The isolated PV from infective promastigotes and amastigotes, after 60 min interaction, displayed high levels of phosphatidylcholine. Then the PV was ruptured and the intravacuolar parasite's (32)P phospholipid composition was analyzed by TLC; and labeling of the parasites was found, suggesting that phospholipids from the macrophage are transferred to the parasite. Taken together, the results obtained show that several proteins and phospholipids found in the plasma membrane of the macrophage are also found in the PV compartment.
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- C Henriques
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Folly E, Bastos VL, Alves MV, Bastos JC, Atella GC. A high density lipoprotein from Piaractus mesopotamicus, pacu, (Osteichthyes, Characidae), is associated with paraoxonase activity. Biochimie 2001; 83:945-51. [PMID: 11728631 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(01)01342-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have characterized the serum lipoprotein profile and localized the serum paraoxonase activity of pacu, Piaractus mesopotamicus, a tropical fish species. The total lipoprotein profile of pacu serum obtained after KBr density ultracentrifugation shows the predominance of HDL (1.1267 g/mL). SDS-PAGE electrophoresis revealed a negligible amount of LDL. Pacu HDL was purified by gel filtration column on HPLC, and its molecular mass was estimated to be 246 kDa. Protein composition was 35%, and comprised four protein components with molecular masses of 45, 38, 25 and 12.5 kDa. Lipids represent 58% of total HDL, comprising 40% neutral lipids and 18% phospholipids by weight. The HDL contains 7% of carbohydrates, and mannose was the only sugar detected by paper chromatography in HDL hydrolysates. HDL-containing fractions showed the major paraoxonase activity. Purification of HDL resulted in a 23-fold enrichment of this activity. This is the first experimental evidence demonstrating the association of paraoxonase activity with a HDL in fish.
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- E Folly
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Bauhinia, 400, bloco H, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, CEP. 21940-590, Brazil
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Golodne DM, Van Heusden MC, Gondim KC, Masuda H, Atella GC. Purification and characterization of a lipid transfer particle in Rhodnius prolixus: phospholipid transfer. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2001; 31:563-571. [PMID: 11267895 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00161-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In this study we report the purification and characterization of a lipid transfer particle (LTP) from Rhodnius prolixus hemolymph, and its participation in phospholipid and diacylglycerol transfer processes. (3)H-diacylglycerol labeled low density lipophorin from Manduca sexta ((3)H-LDLp) was incubated with R. prolixus lipophorin (Lp) in the presence of Rhodnius hemolymph. Following incubation and isolation, both lipoproteins showed equivalent amounts of (3)H-labeled lipids. Hemolymph was subjected to KBr gradient ultracentrifugation. SDS-PAGE analysis of gradient fractions showed the enrichment of bands with molecular masses similar to the M. sexta LTP standard. LTP containing fractions were assayed and lipid transfer activity was observed. Purification of LTP was accomplished by (i) KBr density gradient ultracentrifugation, (ii) size exclusion, (iii) Cu(++) affinity and (iv) ion exchange chromatographies. LTP molecular mass was estimated approximately 770 kDa, comprising three apoproteins, apoLTP-I (315 kDa), apoLTP-II (85 kDa) and apoLTP-III (58 kDa). Phospolipid content of (32)P-LTP was determined after two-dimensional TLC. (32)P-phospholipid-labeled and unlabeled lipophorins, purified from R. prolixus were incubated in the presence of LTP resulting in the time-dependent transfer of phospholipids. LTP-mediated phospholipid transfer was not a selective process.
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- D M Golodne
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21941-590
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Costa-Filho A, Werneck CC, Nasciutti LE, Masuda H, Atella GC, Silva LF. Sulfated glycosaminoglycans from ovary of Rhodnius prolixus. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 2001; 31:31-40. [PMID: 11102832 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00101-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We have characterized sulfated glycosaminoglycans from ovaries of the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus, and determined parameters of their synthesis and distribution within this organ by biochemical and histochemical procedures. The major sulfated glycosaminoglycan is heparan sulfate while chondroitin 4-sulfate is a minor component. These glycosaminoglycans are concentrated in the ovarian tissue and are not found inside the oocytes. Besides this, we detected the presence of a sulfated compound distinguished from sulfated glycosaminoglycans and possibly derived from sulfated proteins. Conversely to the compartmental location of sulfated glycosaminoglycans, the unidentified sulfated compound is located in the ovarian tissue as well as inside the oocytes. Based on these and other findings, the possible roles of ovarian sulfated glycosaminoglycans on the process of oogenesis in these insects are discussed.
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- A Costa-Filho
- Laboratório de Tecido Conjuntivo, Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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[(14)C]Oleic acid injected into the hemocoel of Rhodnius prolixus females was shown to rapidly associate with lipophorin particles. Half of the lipophorin-associated [(14)C]oleic acid was transferred in about 5 min to different organs, but the midgut was the main organ to take it up on day 10 after a blood meal. The rate of [(14)C]oleic acid incorporation by the midgut was high up to 15 min after injection and then declined. The [(14)C]oleic acid incorporated by the midgut was found in phospholipids (58.6%) and neutral lipids (37.4%). The midgut capacity to incorporate [(14)C]oleic acid varied on different days after a meal: it increased up to day 10 and then decreased. The fate of the [(14)C]lipids synthesized by the midgut was followed and it was observed that 10 days after feeding diacylglycerol was the main lipid released to hemolymph and that most of phospholipids and triacylglycerols remained associated with the midgut. The metabolism of free fatty acids in Rhodnius prolixus females is discussed in the context of major biological events that follow a blood meal such as digestion and oogenesis.
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- G C Atella
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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The density of lipophorin was determined in adult females of Rhodnius prolixus on different days after a meal. Several populations od lipoproteins, differing in density but always in the range of HDL, were found in the hemolymph. The density of the major population was analyzed and a complex profile of density variation was found associated with the principal metabolic events in these insects digestion and oogenesis. During the initial three days after the blood meal, with the onset of the digestive process, the density of lipophorin decreased from 1.1185 g/l to 1.1095 g/l, associated with the transfer of lipids from midgut to the lipophorin particles. During the period of intense vitellogenesis and lipid uptake by the ovary, the lipophorin density started to increase and reached the value, 1.1322 g/l, and remained stable up to the end of oogenesis. As soon as the requirement of lipids to build up the oocytes ceased, the density of lipophorin decreased to its initial value associated with the transfer of lipids from fat body to lipophorin. Soon after the blood meal the midgut was the main source of lipids capable of replenishing the lipophorin particles, while the fat body assumed this function during the succeeding days and reached its maximum capacity around day 10, as estimated by the rate of lipid transfer. The principal lipids transferred were phospholipids and diacylglycerols. Except in the protein/lipid ratio no major changes were observed among different lipids isolated from lipophorin of different densities.
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- H S Coelho
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Silva-Neto MA, Atella GC, Fialho E, Paes MC, Zingali RB, Petretski JH, Alves EW, Masuda H. Isolation of a calcium-binding phosphoprotein from the oocytes and hemolymph of the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:30227-32. [PMID: 8939975 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.47.30227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A novel calcium-binding phosphoprotein was isolated from the oocytes of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus. This protein exhibits an apparent molecular mass of 18 kDa on gel filtration, but migrates as an 8-kDa band on N-[2-hydroxy-1,1-bis(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]glycine/SDS-polyacrylamide gels. It has a high content of serine (24% of the total number of residues), and phosphoserine is the sole amino acid phosphorylated in vivo. A similar protein was partially purified from the hemolymph. It resembles the oocyte form of the protein in its NH2-terminal sequence and its ability to be taken up by growing ovaries. 45Ca binding to the oocyte phosphoprotein was determined after SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis followed by blotting on nitrocellulose membranes. Titration of Ca2+-binding sites shows a high capacity (approximately 50 mol/mol of protein), but a low affinity (K0.5 congruent with 10(-3) M). Based on these characteristics, we have named this protein Rhodnius calcium-binding phosphoprotein. It resembles phosvitin, a phosphoprotein present in the oocytes of nonmammalian vertebrates.
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- M A Silva-Neto
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, P. O. Box 68041, Rio de Janeiro CEP 21941-590, RJ, Brasil.
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Machado EA, Atella GC, Gondim KC, de Souza W, Masuda H. Characterization and immunocytochemical localization of lipophorin binding sites in the oocytes of Rhodnius prolixus. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 1996; 31:185-196. [PMID: 11488303 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)31:2<185::aid-arch6>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Purified lipophorin, metabolically labelled with 32P exclusively in the phospholipid moiety, was used to study the process of phospholipid delivery to the oocyte. The kinetics of phospholipid transfer "in vitro," from lipophorin to the oocytes, was linear at least up to 4 h and was impaired by low temperature. A net transfer of phospholipids from lipophorin particles to the oocytes was observed. The rate of phospholipid uptake was dependent on the concentration of lipophorin in the medium and was shown to be a saturable process. The addition of a molar excess of purified unlabelled lipophorin to the culture medium resulted in a substantial decrease in the transfer of [32P]phospholipids, but no reduction occurred in the presence of a molar excess of albumin. The lipophorin binding sites were localized in the oocytes by immunogold techniques using two different protocols for oocyte fixation. Strong labelling was observed especially at the microvilli. No labelling was detected in the yolk granules.
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- E A Machado
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Dansa-Petretski M, Ribeiro JM, Atella GC, Masuda H, Oliveira PL. Antioxidant role of Rhodnius prolixus heme-binding protein. Protection against heme-induced lipid peroxidation. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:10893-6. [PMID: 7738029 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.18.10893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Heme in aqueous solutions actively promotes free radical reactions leading to degradation of biological molecules. The blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus has a heme-binding protein (RHBP) in its hemolymph (Oliveira, P.L., Kawooya, J.K., Ribeiro, J.M.C., Meyer, T., Poorman, R., Alves, E.W., Walker, F., Padovan, G.J., and Masuda, H. (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 10897-10901. Here we show that this protein inhibits heme-dependent peroxidation of both linolenic acid liposomes and lipophorin, the main lipoprotein of insect hemolymph. The oxidized lipophorin is functionally impaired, being defective both in its capacity to be loaded with phospholipids from the fat body as well as in its ability to deliver phospholipids to the growing oocytes. RHBP prevents the heme-induced oxidative damage to lipophorin. It is proposed that in vivo RHBP binds the heme derived from digestion of blood hemoglobin, suppressing the generation of activated oxygen species and protecting the insect against oxidative stress throughout the feeding cycle.
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- M Dansa-Petretski
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Atella GC, Gondim C, Masuda H. Loading of lipophorin particles with phospholipids at the midgut of Rhodnius prolixus. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 1995; 30:337-350. [PMID: 11488302 DOI: 10.1002/arch.940300404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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32P-Labelled midguts (32P-midguts) of Rhodnius prolixus females were incubated in the presence of nonradioactive purified lipophorin and the release of radioactivity to the medium was analysed. The radioactivity found in the medium was associated with lipophorin phospholipids. When the 32P-midguts were incubated in the absence of lipophorin, no 32P-phospholipids were found in the medium. Comparative analysis by thin-layer chromatography of 32P-phospholipids derived from metabolically labelled 32P-midgut or lipophorin particles after incubation with 32P-midgut showed some differences, revealing a possible selectivity in the process of phospholipids transfer. The transfer of phospholipids to lipophorin was linear with time up to 45 min, was saturable with respect to the concentration of lipophorin, and was half-maximal at about 5 mg/ml. The binding of 32P-lipophorin to the midgut at 0 degrees C reached the equilibrium at about 1 h of incubation. The binding of 32P-lipophorin was inhibited by an excess of nonradioactive lipophorin, which suggests a specific receptor for lipophorin. The capacity of midguts and fat bodies to transfer phospholipids to lipophorin varied during the days following the meal. When lipophorin enzymatically depleted of phospholipids by treatment with phospholipase A2 was incubated with 32P-midguts, the same amount of phospholipids was transferred, indicating a net gain of phospholipids by the particle.
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- G C Atella
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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32P-Labeled fat bodies (32P-fat bodies) of Rhodnius prolixus females were incubated in the presence of non radioactive purified lipophorin and the release of radioactivity to the medium was analysed to answer the question of whether lipophorin is a reusable shuttle for phospholipids. The radioactivity found in the medium was associated with lipophorin phospholipids. When the 32P-fat bodies were incubated in the absence of lipophorin, only a small amount of radioactivity was released and it was not associated with lipophorin, indicating that there was no release of pre-labeled 32P-lipophorin by the tissue. Analysis of 32P-phospholipids transferred from fat bodies to the lipophorin particles by thin-layer chromatography revealed a predominance of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine, with minor amounts of phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, and sphingomyelin. The transfer of phospholipids to lipophorin was linear with time up to 45 min and the process was inhibited at low temperature and by the metabolic inhibitors azide and fluoride. The transfer of phospholipids from the fat bodies to lipophorin was saturable with respect to the concentration of lipophorin, which was half-maximal at about 8 mg/ml. A directional movement of phospholipids from the fat body to lipophorin was observed. The net gain of phospholipids in 2 h of incubation with fat body was 8.54 nmol per insect, which corresponds to 6.69% of increase in the lipophorin phospholipid content. The rate of 32P-phospholipid transfer from fat body to lipophorin particles varied during the days after a blood meal increasing up to day 10 and then decreasing in parallel with the process of oogenesis.
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- G C Atella
- Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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