Gene regulation of pteridine reductase 1 in leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes using a full-length antisense construct

Pteridine metabolic pathway is unusual features of Leishmania, which is necessary for the growth of parasite. Leishmania has evolved a complex and versatile pteridine salvage network which has the ability of scavenging a wide area of the conjugated and unconjugated pteridines especially folate and b...

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Published in:Iranian journal of parasitology 2013-04, Vol.8 (2), p.190-196
Main Authors: Kheirandish, F, Bandehpour, M, Davoudi, N, Mosaffa, N, Dawood, S, Kazemi, B, Haghighi, A, Khamesipour, A, Masjedi, H, Mohebali, M, Mahboudi, F
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Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Antisense
Dihydrofolate reductase
Enzymes
Gene expression
Gene regulation
Inhibition
Leishmania
Original
Parasitic diseases
Proteins
Pteridine reductase 1
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Summary:Pteridine metabolic pathway is unusual features of Leishmania, which is necessary for the growth of parasite. Leishmania has evolved a complex and versatile pteridine salvage network which has the ability of scavenging a wide area of the conjugated and unconjugated pteridines especially folate and biopterin. In this study, we focus on the inhibition of ptr1 gene expression. L. major ptr1 gene was cloned into pcDNA3 and digested using KpnI and BamHI. The gene was subcloned so that antisense will transcribe and called pcDNA-rPTR. Leishmania major was cultured and late logarithmic-phase promastigotes were harvested. The promastigotes were divided into two groups. One group was transfected with 50 µg of pcDNA-rPTR, whereas the other group was transfected with pcDNA3. Transfected cells were cultured and plated onto semi-solid media. Mouse pritonean macrophages were transfected using pcDNA-rPTR-tansfected promastigotes. Western blotting was performed on mouse transfected pritonean macrophages and extracts from transfected promastigotes of L. major using a L. major ptr1 antibody raised in rabbits. The PTR1 protein was not expressed in pcDNA-rPTR- tansfected promastigotes and mouse macrophage transfected with pcDNA-rPTR- tansfected promastigotes. This approach might be used to study the pteridine salvage pathway in Leishmania or to assess the possibility of using gene expression inhibition in the treatment of leishmaniasis.
ISSN:1735-7020
2008-238X