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The 90-kDa antigen, previously identified by the monoclonal antibody 1G7 to be a stage-specific surface protein of metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi, has been further characterized in this study. Experiments of metabolic labeling with [35S]methionine, [2H]mannose and [3H]galactose revealed that the 90-kDa antigen is the main glycoprotein synthesized by metacyclic forms (G strain). Through pulse-chase experiments with [35S]methionine-labeled metacyclic trypomastigotes, it was found that the antigen is synthesized as a 75-kDa precursor polypeptide that is rapidly processed to the mature 90-kDa molecule. When metacyclic trypomastigotes were treated with tunicamycin, the production of 90-kDa antigen was greatly diminished, and the 75-kDa species, which was also expressed on the cell surface, accumulated. Concanavalin A bound strongly to the 90-kDa antigen, but failed to recognize the 75-kDa polypeptide. Treatment of neuraminidase had no effect on the 90-kDa antigen, whereas digestion by endoglycosidase H generated a polypeptide of 82 kDa. Altogether these data indicate that the 90-kDa antigen is a glycoprotein containing N-linked oligosaccharide side chains of the high-mannose type. The 90-kDa glycoprotein may be involved in the process of host cell invasion, since the internalization of metacyclic forms into Vero cells was partially inhibited by monoclonal antibody 1G7.
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