Babesia bovis: effects of cysteine protease inhibitors on in vitro growth. 2007

Kazuhiro Okubo, and Naoaki Yokoyama, and Yadav Govind, and Andy Alhassan, and Ikuo Igarashi
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.

In the present study, we examined the effects of four kinds of cysteine protease inhibitors (E64, E64d, leupeptin, and ALLN) on the in vitro asexual growth of Babesia bovis. Of these, only the lipophilic inhibitors, E64d and ALLN, were found to effectively inhibit the growth of B. bovis. In further experiments, E64d, but not ALLN, significantly suppressed the parasite's invasion of host erythrocytes, while both chemicals, especially ALLN, inhibited the parasite's replication within the infected erythrocytes. These data suggested the presence of cysteine protease(s) derived from B. bovis, in which the protease(s) would play important roles in the erythrocyte invasion and/or replication processes of the parasite.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007930 Leucine An essential branched-chain amino acid important for hemoglobin formation. L-Leucine,Leucine, L-Isomer,L-Isomer Leucine,Leucine, L Isomer
D007976 Leupeptins A group of acylated oligopeptides produced by Actinomycetes that function as protease inhibitors. They have been known to inhibit to varying degrees trypsin, plasmin, KALLIKREINS, papain and the cathepsins.
D003546 Cysteine Endopeptidases ENDOPEPTIDASES which have a cysteine involved in the catalytic process. This group of enzymes is inactivated by CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS such as CYSTATINS and SULFHYDRYL REAGENTS.
D004912 Erythrocytes Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN. Blood Cells, Red,Blood Corpuscles, Red,Red Blood Cells,Red Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, Red,Blood Corpuscle, Red,Erythrocyte,Red Blood Cell,Red Blood Corpuscle
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
D015853 Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors Exogenous and endogenous compounds which inhibit CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES. Acid Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor,Cysteine Protease Inhibitor,Cysteine Protease Inhibitors,Cysteine Proteinase Antagonist,Cysteine Proteinase Antagonists,Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor,Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, Endogenous,Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, Exogenous,alpha-Cysteine Protease Inhibitor,Acid Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors,alpha-Cysteine Protease Inhibitors,Antagonist, Cysteine Proteinase,Antagonists, Cysteine Proteinase,Inhibitor, Cysteine Protease,Inhibitor, Cysteine Proteinase,Inhibitor, alpha-Cysteine Protease,Inhibitors, Cysteine Protease,Inhibitors, Cysteine Proteinase,Inhibitors, alpha-Cysteine Protease,Protease Inhibitor, Cysteine,Protease Inhibitor, alpha-Cysteine,Protease Inhibitors, Cysteine,Protease Inhibitors, alpha-Cysteine,Proteinase Antagonist, Cysteine,Proteinase Antagonists, Cysteine,Proteinase Inhibitor, Cysteine,Proteinase Inhibitors, Cysteine,alpha Cysteine Protease Inhibitor,alpha Cysteine Protease Inhibitors
D016793 Babesia bovis A species of protozoa that is a cause of bovine babesiosis. Ticks of the genera Boophilus, Rhipicephalus, and IXODES are the chief vectors. Babesia bovi,bovis, Babesia

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