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Placentas and plasma from women with and without Chagas' disease and cultures of human placental villi with Trypanosoma cruzi, neuraminidase, phospholipase A2 and phospholipase C were analyzed in order to verify if the alterations in placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) enzyme activity are caused
Ultrastructural and cytochemical studies of peroxidase and acid phosphatase were performed in skin, lymph node and heart muscle tissue of rhesus monkeys with experimental Chagas' disease. At the site of inoculation there was a proliferative reaction with the presence of immature macrophages revealed
Chagas' disease, a neglected tropical affliction transmitted by the flagellated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is prevalent in Latin America and affects nearly 18 million people worldwide, yet few approved drugs are available to treat the disease. Moreover, the currently available drugs exhibit severe
In this work, we have investigated the involvement of DmCatD, a cathepsin D-like peptidase, and acid phosphatase in the process of follicular atresia of Dipetalogaster maxima, a hematophagous insect vector of Chagas' disease. For the studies, fat bodies, ovaries and hemolymph were sampled from
Trypanosoma cruzi induces changes in the protein pattern of human placenta syncytiotrophoblast. Placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) is a glycoenzyme anchored to the membrane by a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol molecule. PLAP activity and its presence was altered by the parasite in cultures of human
Even though trifluralin (alpha,alpha,alpha-2,6-dinitro-N-N-dipropyl-p-toluidine) is effective for the treatment of experimental Chagas disease, more preclinical toxicity studies need to be performed. Cell toxicity of trifluralin was studied in Hep-G2 and Vero C76 cells treated with 50 and 150 microM
Phosphorylation of parasite proteins plays a key role in the process of cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas' disease. In this sense, characterization of parasite kinases and phosphatases could open new possibilities for the rational design of chemotherapeutic agents for
Alkaline phosphatase activity was detected in salivary gland cells of the Rhodnius neglectus Lent, 1954, and R. prolixus Stal, 1859, vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 (etiological agent of Chagas disease) and T. rangeli Tejera, 1920 (pathogenic to insect). The Gomori technique was used to
The etiological agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, is consisted of two phylogenetic lineages. Using live epimastigotes, in this study we have characterized ecto-phosphatase activities of two strains of T. cruzi, one (Y strain) is a member of group T. cruzi I and the other (Colombiana) is a
Differentiation of the non-dividing trypomastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, to the dividing amastigote form normally occurs in cytoplasm of infected cells. Here we show that calyculin A. a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 and 2A, induces at pH 7.5
Trypanosoma cruzi (the causative agent of Chagas disease) presents a complex life cycle that involves adaptations in vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. As a protozoan parasite of hematophagous insects and mammalian hosts, T. cruzi is exposed to reactive oxygen species (ROS). To investigate the
Congenital Chagas disease, due to the intracellular parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is associated with premature labor, miscarriage, and placentitis. Human enzyme placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) (EC 3.1.3.1.) is membrane-anchored through glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). PLAP is present in
In this study we investigated a possible role for the single nucleotide polymorphism C1858T of the PTPN22 (protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor 22) gene in determining the susceptibility to Trypanosoma cruzi infection, as well as in development of chagasic heart disease. This study included 316
BACKGROUND
In the early asymptomatic stages of cardiomyopathy in chronic Chagas' disease, septal endomyocardial biopsies disclose multiple evidence of evolving myocardial damage. Detection of signs of an active myocardiopathic process may allow a better understanding of the evolution of this and
The kinetic properties of plasma placental alkaline phosphatase patients with Chagas' disease were studied. When Cl2Mg was used as activator the same increase of activity (17-20%) was found in the chagasic and non chagasic groups. The enzyme was not inhibited by F-ion in any of the groups. No