Atividade de fosfatases em duas cepas de Trypanosoma cruzi

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2008

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Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas`disease, displays a remarkably high degree of both, structural and functional intraspecific heterogeneity, which could modulate its pathogenicity, survival and adaptability. In higher eukaryotes, phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are fundamental pathways that regulate a wide variety of cellular events. Therefore, a better understanding of phosphatases activities in T. cruzi could be useful to identify potential targets for the development of a more specific therapy. In this work, we analysed the phosphatase activity profile in T. cruzi homogenates of two strains (Tulahuen 2 and Y). The phosphatase activities was determined spectrophometricaly using p-nitrophenylphosphate (p-NPP) as substrate. In the strain more resistant to the oxidative stress generated by H2O2, Tulahuen 2, it was observed a seven-fold higher phosphatase activity when compared to the other strain. In relation to optimum pH and substrate specificity, Tulahuen 2 had an expressive acid phosphatase activity (optimum pH at 4.0), which was even higher in the presence of Mg2+ and had a broad range (pH 5-8). Y strain, although at lower levels, showed the same activity profile in the presence or absence of Mg2+. The presence of calcium showed significant effect on the Tulahuen 2 strain only at pH 8.0 and had an inhibitory effect on phosphatase activity in the Y strain at pHs 7-8. Classical inhibitors of acid phosphatases, as well as inhibitors of phosphotyrosine phosphatase, showed distinct patterns of effects in phosphatases from both strains.

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phosphatases trypanosoma cruzi fosfatases tripanossoma cruzi chagas disease chagas doença de

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