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Leishmania mexicana mexicana (M379) amastigotes were found to contain much higher activities than cultured promastigotes of five putative lysosomal enzymes: cysteine proteinase; arylsulfatase (EC 3.1.6.1); beta-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31); DNase (EC 3.1.22.1), and RNase (EC 3.1.27.1). The release profiles of the first three of these enzymes from digitonin-permeabilized amastigotes suggests that they are located within organelles. Cytochemical staining for cysteine proteinase, using gold labeled antibodies and arylsulfatase, showed that both were present in large organelles previously named "megasomes." Comparative studies with L. mexicana amazonensis (LV78), L. donovani donovani (LV9), and L. major (LV39) revealed that L. mexicana amazonensis was similar to L. mexicana mexicana in possessing both high amastigote cysteine proteinase activity and large numbers of megasome organelles in amastigotes, whereas the other two species lacked both these features. The results suggest that the presence of numerous lysosome-like organelles in the amastigote is a characteristic of the L. mexicana group of parasites.
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