Biomaterial Database

Antileishmanial effect of allopurinol. II. Relationship of adenine metabolism in Leishmania species to the action of allopurinol. 1977

J J Marr, and R L Berens

Allopurinol was shown to be effective in vitro against Leishmania mexicana and Leishmania donovani as well as against Leishmania braziliensis. The major metabolic derivative of allopurinol in humans, oxipurinol, also is antileishmanial for L. donovani. The antileishmanial effect of allopurinol and oxipurinol can be specifically reversed by adenine, and its metabolic precursors and derivatives, but by no other purines or their derivative. It is proposed that the adenylosuccinate synthetase or the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase may be sites of action for these agents.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007891	Leishmania	A genus of flagellate protozoa comprising several species that are pathogenic for humans. Organisms of this genus have an amastigote and a promastigote stage in their life cycles. As a result of enzymatic studies this single genus has been divided into two subgenera: Leishmania leishmania and Leishmania viannia. Species within the Leishmania leishmania subgenus include: L. aethiopica, L. arabica, L. donovani, L. enrietti, L. gerbilli, L. hertigi, L. infantum, L. major, L. mexicana, and L. tropica. The following species are those that compose the Leishmania viannia subgenus: L. braziliensis, L. guyanensis, L. lainsoni, L. naiffi, and L. shawi.	Leishmania (Leishmania),Leishmania (Viannia),Leishmania leishmania,Leishmania viannia,Leishmania leishmanias,Leishmania viannias,Leishmanias,Leishmanias (Leishmania),Leishmanias (Viannia),leishmanias, Leishmania,viannias, Leishmania
D010117	Oxypurinol	A xanthine oxidase inhibitor.	Alloxanthine,Oxipurinol
D011687	Purines	A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in nature and are known also as purine bases. They include ADENINE and GUANINE, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism.
D011743	Pyrimidines	A family of 6-membered heterocyclic compounds occurring in nature in a wide variety of forms. They include several nucleic acid constituents (CYTOSINE; THYMINE; and URACIL) and form the basic structure of the barbiturates.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000225	Adenine	A purine base and a fundamental unit of ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES.	Vitamin B 4,4, Vitamin B,B 4, Vitamin
D000493	Allopurinol	A XANTHINE OXIDASE inhibitor that decreases URIC ACID production. It also acts as an antimetabolite on some simpler organisms.	Allohexal,Allohexan,Alloprin,Allopurin,Allorin,Allpargin,Allural,Apulonga,Apurin,Atisuril,Bleminol,Caplenal,Capurate,Cellidrin,Embarin,Foligan,Hamarin,Jenapurinol,Lopurin,Lysuron,Milurit,Milurite,Novopurol,Pan Quimica,Progout,Pureduct,Purinol,Remid,Rimapurinol,Roucol,Suspendol,Tipuric,Uribenz,Uridocid,Uripurinol,Urosin,Urtias,Xanthomax,Xanturic,Zygout,Zyloprim,Zyloric