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Onchocerca volvulus: effect of suramin on lactate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase. 1980

R D Walter, and H Schulz-Key

Lactate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenases were partially purified and characterized from adult O. volvulus. The molecular weight of lactate dehydrogenase was determined to be 130 000, those of malate dehydrogenase I and II to be 120 000 and 65 000, respectively. The activities of both malate dehydrogenases and of the lactate dehydrogenase were strongly inhibited by suramin. The inhibition constants were determined to be in the range of 2 microM to 5 microM. The type of inhibition was found to be competitive with respect to the coenzyme NADH and to be non-competitive to the substrates. It is suggested that the mode of action of suramin in the therapy of Onchocerciasis might depend on the blokkade of reoxidation of NADH produced within the glycolytic pathway.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D007770 L-Lactate Dehydrogenase A tetrameric enzyme that, along with the coenzyme NAD+, catalyzes the interconversion of LACTATE and PYRUVATE. In vertebrates, genes for three different subunits (LDH-A, LDH-B and LDH-C) exist. Lactate Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, L-Lactate,Dehydrogenase, Lactate,L Lactate Dehydrogenase
D008291 Malate Dehydrogenase An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of (S)-malate and NAD+ to oxaloacetate and NADH. EC 1.1.1.37. Malic Dehydrogenase,NAD-Malate Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, Malate,Dehydrogenase, Malic,Dehydrogenase, NAD-Malate,NAD Malate Dehydrogenase
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009243 NAD A coenzyme composed of ribosylnicotinamide 5'-diphosphate coupled to adenosine 5'-phosphate by pyrophosphate linkage. It is found widely in nature and is involved in numerous enzymatic reactions in which it serves as an electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (NAD+) and reduced (NADH). (Dorland, 27th ed) Coenzyme I,DPN,Diphosphopyridine Nucleotide,Nadide,Nicotinamide-Adenine Dinucleotide,Dihydronicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide,NADH,Adenine Dinucleotide, Dihydronicotinamide,Dinucleotide, Dihydronicotinamide Adenine,Dinucleotide, Nicotinamide-Adenine,Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide,Nucleotide, Diphosphopyridine
D009854 Onchocerca A genus of parasitic nematodes whose organisms live and breed in skin and subcutaneous tissues. Onchocercal microfilariae may also be found in the urine, blood, or sputum. Onchocercas
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
D013498 Suramin A polyanionic compound with an unknown mechanism of action. It is used parenterally in the treatment of African trypanosomiasis and it has been used clinically with diethylcarbamazine to kill the adult Onchocerca. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1643) It has also been shown to have potent antineoplastic properties. Germanin,Moranil,Naganin,Naganol,Naphuride,Suramin Sodium,Suramin, Hexasodium Salt,Suramin, Monosodium Salt,Hexasodium Salt Suramin,Monosodium Salt Suramin,Salt Suramin, Hexasodium,Salt Suramin, Monosodium,Sodium, Suramin

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