Inhibitory effects on protein kinase C activity by lipophosphoglycan fragments and glycosylphosphatidylinositol antigens of the protozoan parasite Leishmania
- 15 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 259 (2) , 601-604
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2590601
Abstract
Fragments of the lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani were generated by phospholipase C digestion and mild acid hydrolysis. The fragments were purified and examined for inhibitory activity on protein kinase C isolated from rat brains. On a molar basis, the 1-O-alkylglycerol portion of LPG exhibited the most inhibitory activity, whereas the carbohydrate domain was not as effective. In addition, several glycolipid antigens from L. major, which contain short carbohydrate chains attached to phosphatidylinositol, were also efficient inhibitors of the enzyme. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that protein kinase C may be a key target for the parasites to overcome within host macrophages.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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