Evidence for de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis in Toxoplasma gondii. 2002

Nahid Azzouz, and Beatrice Rauscher, and Peter Gerold, and Marie-France Cesbron-Delauw, and Jean-François Dubremetz, and Ralph T Schwarz
Medizinisches Zentrum für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch Strasse 17, 35037, Marburg, Germany.

Glycolipids are important components of cellular membranes involved in various biological functions. In this report, we describe the identification of the de novo synthesis of glycosphingolipids by Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. Parasite-specific glycolipids were identified by metabolic labelling of parasites with tritiated serine and galactose. These glycolipids were characterised as sphingolipids based on the labelling protocol and their insensitivity towards alkaline treatment. Synthesis of parasite glycosphingolipids were inhibited by threo-phenyl-2-palmitoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol and L-cycloserine, two well-established inhibitors of de novo sphingolipid biosynthesis. The identified glycolipids were insensitive towards treatment with endoglycoceramidase II indicating that they might belong to globo-type glycosphingolipids. Taken together, we provide evidence for the first time that T. gondii is capable of synthesising glycosphingolipids de novo.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002518 Ceramides Members of the class of neutral glycosphingolipids. They are the basic units of SPHINGOLIPIDS. They are sphingoids attached via their amino groups to a long chain fatty acyl group. They abnormally accumulate in FABRY DISEASE. Ceramide
D002850 Chromatography, Gel Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination. Chromatography, Exclusion,Chromatography, Gel Permeation,Chromatography, Molecular Sieve,Gel Filtration,Gel Filtration Chromatography,Chromatography, Size Exclusion,Exclusion Chromatography,Gel Chromatography,Gel Permeation Chromatography,Molecular Sieve Chromatography,Chromatography, Gel Filtration,Exclusion Chromatography, Size,Filtration Chromatography, Gel,Filtration, Gel,Sieve Chromatography, Molecular,Size Exclusion Chromatography
D002852 Chromatography, Ion Exchange Separation technique in which the stationary phase consists of ion exchange resins. The resins contain loosely held small ions that easily exchange places with other small ions of like charge present in solutions washed over the resins. Chromatography, Ion-Exchange,Ion-Exchange Chromatography,Chromatographies, Ion Exchange,Chromatographies, Ion-Exchange,Ion Exchange Chromatographies,Ion Exchange Chromatography,Ion-Exchange Chromatographies
D002855 Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography on thin layers of adsorbents rather than in columns. The adsorbent can be alumina, silica gel, silicates, charcoals, or cellulose. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Chromatography, Thin-Layer,Thin Layer Chromatography,Chromatographies, Thin Layer,Chromatographies, Thin-Layer,Thin Layer Chromatographies,Thin-Layer Chromatographies,Thin-Layer Chromatography
D003523 Cycloserine Antibiotic substance produced by Streptomyces garyphalus. R-4-Amino-3-isoxazolidinone,Seromycin
D005690 Galactose An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood. D-Galactose,Galactopyranose,Galactopyranoside,D Galactose
D006026 Glycoside Hydrolases Any member of the class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of the glycosidic linkage of glycosides and the addition of water to the resulting molecules. Endoglycosidase,Exoglycosidase,Glycohydrolase,Glycosidase,Glycosidases,Glycoside Hydrolase,Endoglycosidases,Exoglycosidases,Glycohydrolases,Hydrolase, Glycoside,Hydrolases, Glycoside
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000963 Antimetabolites Drugs that are chemically similar to naturally occurring metabolites, but differ enough to interfere with normal metabolic pathways. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p2033) Antimetabolite
D012694 Serine A non-essential amino acid occurring in natural form as the L-isomer. It is synthesized from GLYCINE or THREONINE. It is involved in the biosynthesis of PURINES; PYRIMIDINES; and other amino acids. L-Serine,L Serine

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