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2010 ◽  
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Author(s):  
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Christopher V. Eddy ◽  
Edgar A. Arriaga
1991 ◽  
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pp. 126-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Zhaojing Zhong ◽  
Huachen Wei ◽  
Jerzy Karkoszka ◽  
Umesh Patel ◽  
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1999 ◽  
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Isabela A. Reis ◽  
Martha P. Martinez ◽  
Nigel Yarlett ◽  
Patricia J. Johnson ◽  
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ABSTRACT Trichomonad parasites such as Tritrichomonas foetusproduce large amounts of putrescine (1,4-diaminobutane), which is transported out of the cell via an antiport mechanism which results in the uptake of a molecule of spermine. The importance of putrescine to the survival of the parasite and its role in the biology of T. foetus was investigated by use of the putrescine analogue 1,4-diamino-2-butanone (DAB). Growth of T. foetus in vitro was significantly inhibited by 20 mM DAB, which was reversed by the addition of exogenous 40 mM putrescine. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of 20 mM DAB-treated T. foetusrevealed that putrescine, spermidine, and spermine levels were reduced by 89, 52, and 43%, respectively, compared to those in control cells. The DAB treatment induced several ultrastructural alterations, which were primarily observed in the redox organelles termed hydrogenosomes. These organelles were progressively degraded, giving rise to large vesicles that displayed material immunoreactive with an antibody to β-succinyl-coenzyme A synthetase, a hydrogenosomal enzyme. A protective role for polyamines as stabilizing agents in the trichomonad hydrogenosomal membrane is proposed.


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