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Characterization of D-glucose transport in Trypanosoma rangeli

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2006

L. C. MILETTI ,
L. B. KOERICH ,
L. K. PACHECO ,
M. STEINDEL  and
B. U. STAMBUK
L. C. MILETTI
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil
L. B. KOERICH
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil
L. K. PACHECO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil
M. STEINDEL
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil
B. U. STAMBUK
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brasil
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Abstract

Like in other trypanosomatids D-glucose is a crucial source of energy to Trypanosoma rangeli, a non-pathogenic parasite that in Central and South America infects triatomine vectors and different mammalian species, including humans. In several trypanosome species, D-glucose transporters were already described and cloned. In this study, we characterized the D-glucose transport activity present in 2 life-stage forms of T. rangeli (epimastigotes and trypomastigotes) using D-[U-14C]glucose as substrate. Our results indicate that T. rangeli transports D-glucose with high affinity in both epimastigote (Km 30 μM) and trypomastigotes (Km 80 μM) life-forms. Both transport activities were inhibited by Cytochalasin B and Phloretin, indicating that probably D-glucose uptake in T. rangeli is mediated by facilitated diffusion of the sugar. Significant differences were observed between epimastigotes and trypomastigotes in relation to their affinity for D-glucose analogues, and the predicted amino acid sequence of a putative D-glucose transporter from T. rangeli (TrHT1) showed a larger identity with the T. cruziD-glucose transporter encoded by the TcrHT1 gene than with other transporters already characterized in trypanosomatids.

Keywords

Trypanosoma rangeliD-glucoseD-fructosehexose transporter
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 133 , Issue 6 , December 2006 , pp. 721 - 727
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2006 Cambridge University Press

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