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Que X, Reed SL. The role of extracellular cysteine proteinases in pathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica invasion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 13:190-4. [PMID: 15275090 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-4758(97)01043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The extracellular cysteine proteinases of Entamoeba histolytica have been implicated as important virulence factors in the pathogenesis of amebiasis and play a key role in tissue invasion and disruption of host defenses. These proteinases have attracted considerable interest as targets for novel therapeutic agents and as vaccine candidates. Here, Xuchu Que and Sharon Reed highlight some of the more recent findings, focusing in particular on functional and structural features of the extracellular cysteine proteinases of E. histolytica.
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- X Que
- Department of Pathology and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8416, USA
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Mora-Galindo J, Anaya-Velázquez F, Ramírez-Romo S, González-Robles A. Entamoeba histolytica: correlation of assessment methods to measure erythrocyte digestion, and effect of cysteine proteinases inhibitors in HM-1:IMSS and HK-9:NIH strains. Exp Parasitol 2004; 108:89-100. [PMID: 15582505 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2004] [Revised: 08/17/2004] [Accepted: 08/17/2004] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites are able to degrade human erythrocytes; the loss of erythrocyte cellular matrix and degradation of plasma membrane were observed, along with the decrease in the average size of digestive vacuoles. Ninety-six percent of hemoglobin ingested was hydrolyzed by trophozoites within 3h, as evidenced by electrophoresis. Accordingly, X-ray spectroscopy revealed the presence of iron inside vacuoles after erythrophagocytosis, the concentration of which decreased to control levels in a similar period. Quantification of erythrocyte digestion at the early and late periods was determined by a spectrophotometric procedure, with t(1/2)=1.67 h and 35-min for HM-1:IMSS and HK-9:NIH trophozoites, respectively. In the latter, activity was due to the combined action of intracellular enzymatic activity and exocytosis. E-64c and leupeptin totally inhibited erythrocyte digestion within a 3-h period, thereafter hydrolysis took place at lower rate. Our results suggest that erythrocyte digestion in E. histolytica proceeds in different ways in these two amebic strains, and can be blocked by proteinase inhibitors.
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- Juan Mora-Galindo
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente-Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ap. Postal 1-3838, Guadalajara, Jal. 44100, Mexico.
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Sengupta S, Akbar A, Mukhopadhyay P, Ganguly S, Sen P, Das P. Role of excretory-secretory products of Entamoeba histolytica in human amebiasis. Arch Med Res 2000; 31:S226-8. [PMID: 11070294 DOI: 10.1016/s0188-4409(00)00229-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- S Sengupta
- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India
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GUERRERO-MANRÍQUEZ GLORIAG, SÁNCHEZ-IBARRA FRANCISCO, AVILA EVAE. Inhibition ofEntamoeba histolyticaproteolytic activity by human salivary IgA antibodies. APMIS 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb00263.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Velazquez C, Shibayama-Salas M, Aguirre-Garcia J, Tsutsumi V, Calderon J. Role of neutrophils in innate resistance to Entamoeba histolytica liver infection in mice. Parasite Immunol 1998; 20:255-62. [PMID: 9651927 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00128.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In order to define the role of neutrophils in the innate resistance to Entamoeba histolytica liver infection in mice, we examined the pattern of liver lesion induced by direct injection of E. histolytica trophzoites in normal mice and in neutrophil-depleted mice. A variety of histological lesions were found, the extent of liver damage was considerably higher in the neutrophil-depleted mice. Livers from neutrophil-depleted mice displayed areas of liquefactive (lytic) necrosis containing a large number of amoebae and absence of neutrophils or mononuclear cells. By contrast, in the liver of normal mice, neutrophils were seen associated to E. histolytica at early stages of infection. In both mouse groups, areas of TUNEL-positive dead hepatocytes were observed and a characteristic internucleosomal banding pattern of genomic DNA consistent with apoptosis was detected in DNA harvested from amoebic liver lesions. These data suggest that neutrophils play an important role in the mechanisms of resistance to amoebic liver infection in mice. In addition, our histological analysis suggests that E. histolytica is capable of producing liver damage in the absence of inflammatory cells.
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- C Velazquez
- Department of Cell Biology, CINVESTAV, Mexico DF
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The intestinal protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica causes amebic dysentery and amebic liver abscess, and ranks third worldwide among parasitic causes of death. The application of molecular techniques to the study of this organism have led to major advances in understanding the pathophysiology of amebic infection. This article reviews what is currently known about the pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of amebiasis.
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- E Li
- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Stanley SL, Zhang T, Rubin D, Li E. Role of the Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinase in amebic liver abscess formation in severe combined immunodeficient mice. Infect Immun 1995; 63:1587-90. [PMID: 7890426 PMCID: PMC173193 DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.4.1587-1590.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Evidence from in vitro studies suggest that the Entamoeba histolytica cysteine proteinase plays a role in the tissue lysis and cytopathic effects seen in invasive amebiasis. We used affinity-purified antibodies against a recombinant E. histolytica cysteine proteinase to demonstrate that the proteinase is present extracellularly in amebic liver abscesses in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID mice). Treatment of E. histolytica trophozoites with specific cysteine proteinase inhibitor E-64 blocked or greatly reduced liver abscess formation at 48 h in SCID mice. Our study suggests an important role for a functional cysteine proteinase in amebic liver abscess formation.
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- S L Stanley
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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López-Revilla R, Canto-Ortiz L, Jiménez-Delgadillo B, Chávez-Dueñas L. Proteinases resistant to sodium dodecyl sulfate-induced autoproteolysis of Entamoeba histolytica HK9 trophozoites. Parasitol Res 1993; 79:168-71. [PMID: 8475037 DOI: 10.1007/bf00932265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- R López-Revilla
- Department of Cell Biology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN, México, D.F
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Montfort I, Olivos A, Pérez-Tamayo R. Phagocytosis and proteinase activity are not related to pathogenicity of E. histolytica. Parasitol Res 1993; 79:160-2. [PMID: 8475035 DOI: 10.1007/bf00932263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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To examine the relationship between phagocytosis, proteinase activity and pathogenicity of axenically grown trophozoites of E. histolytica strain HM-1:IMSS four different cultures were used: (1) a culture preserved in our laboratory for over 4 years, which lost its pathogenicity 3 years ago; (2) a culture passaged several times through hamster liver, which lost its pathogenicity recently; (3) a highly virulent culture supplied by another laboratory; and (4) amebas recovered from hamster liver abscesses caused by culture 3. Phagocytosis was measured as erythrophagocytosis. Proteinase activity was determined on azocasein. Pathogenicity was defined as the capacity to cause liver abscesses in hamsters. A negative correlation was found between phagocytic activity and pathogenicity, since amebas unable to cause liver abscesses had the highest phagocytic activity, whereas those recovered from liver abscesses had the lowest phagocytic activity. The percent of phagocytic amebas showed wide variations through a 2-month observation period, with no change in amebic pathogenicity. No correlation was found between the level of proteinase activity and pathogenicity. It is concluded that neither phagocytosis nor proteinase activity is an adequate marker of amebic pathogenicity.
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- I Montfort
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City
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Osorio LM, Picó T, Luaces A. Circulating antibodies to histolysain, the major cysteine proteinase of Entamoeba histolytica, in amoebic liver abscess patients. Parasitology 1992; 105 ( Pt 2):207-10. [PMID: 1454419 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000074126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was used to detect circulating antibodies to histolysain, the major cysteine proteinase of Entamoeba histolytica. Serum samples from 40 healthy controls, 33 asymptomatic E. histolytica cyst passers and 22 patients with amoebic liver abscess were tested. Antibodies to histolysain were found in 72.7% of cases of amoebic liver abscess, 18.1% of the cyst passers and 2.5% of healthy controls, which suggests that a humoral immune response is induced by histolysain during amoebic liver abscess.
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- L M Osorio
- Departamento de Parasitología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí (IPK), Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba
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Bhatti HS, Bhushnurmath S, Mahajan RC, Ganguly NK, Sehgal R. An experimental model of ameboma in guinea pig. Exp Parasitol 1992; 74:283-9. [PMID: 1582480 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4894(92)90151-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Among the wide variety of clinicopathological manifestations of intestinal amebiasis, amebomas occur rarely and their pathogenesis is not well understood. When cholesterol-fed, 2- to 4-week-old guinea pigs were infected intracecally with a virulent, monoaxenic strain of Entamoeba histolytica, gross and histologically characteristic amebomas developed in 85% of the animals by the 3rd day, in 94% by the 9th day, and in 96% by the 12th day postinfection, by which time most of them had died. Amebomas were confirmed by histopathology. Thus, a model of consistent production of amebomas was documented.
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- H S Bhatti
- Department of Parasitology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Mbawa ZR, Gumm ID, Shaw E, Lonsdale-Eccles JD. Characterisation of a cysteine protease from bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma congolense. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 204:371-9. [PMID: 1740149 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16646.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A cysteine protease (trypanopain-Tc) with cathepsin-L-like properties has been purified from Trypanosoma congolense. The enzyme has an apparent molecular mass of 31-32 kDa by SDS/PAGE and 66 kDa by gel chromatography. It has a pI 7.4 and a high affinity for concanavalin A. Trypanopain-Tc catalyses the limited proteolysis of a variety of protein substrates such as fibrinogen, serum albumin and trypanosome variant-surface glycoprotein. It has minimal or no activity against casein or elastin. A variety of peptidyl amidomethylcoumarins and peptidyl diazomethanes were used to test the specificity of trypanopain-Tc. The better substrates had Arg or Lys in P1 and hydrophobic amino acids in P2 and P3. The best substrate found for trypanopain-Tc was Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec (Z, benzyloxycarbonyl; NHMec, 7-amido-4-methylcoumarin). The kinetic constants for the hydrolysis of Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec were kcat = 17.4 s-1, Km = 4.4 microM, kcat/Km = 4.0 microM-1.s-1, which are very similar to those of cathepsin L with this substrate. The specific substrates for cathepsin B (Z-Arg-Arg-NHMec) and cathepsin H (Arg-NHMec) were not hydrolysed by trypanopain-Tc under the conditions tested. The pH optimum of trypanopain-Tc against Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec was pH 6.0 but it showed a broad peak of activity extending well into the alkaline region. The enzyme was activated by low-molecular-mass thiol compounds and inhibited by cystatin, L-trans-epoxysuccinyl-4-guanidinobutane (E-64) and a variety of peptidyl diazomethanes. The most effective diazomethane inhibitors (Z-Leu-Leu-Met-CHN2, Z-Leu-Met-CHN2 and Z-Leu-Lys-CHN2, were inhibitory at nanomolar concentrations and were trypanocidal in vitro after 24-48 h incubation in greater than or equal to 20 microM [inhibitor]. However, it is not clear whether the trypanocidal activity of these inhibitors is a consequence of the inhibition of trypanopains or of some other essential proteolytic activities within the parasites.
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- Z R Mbawa
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Pérez-Tamayo R, Montfort I, Tello E, Olivos A. Ischemia in experimental acute amebic liver abscess in hamsters. Int J Parasitol 1992; 22:125-9. [PMID: 1563915 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(92)90091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In experimental acute amebic liver abscess, produced in hamsters by the intraportal inoculation of 1 x 10(6) axenic trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica strain HM-1, we examined the blood perfusion of the lesions 5, 10, 24 and 72 h after injection of the parasites. India ink introduced into the portal circulation filled all liver vessels but was systematically excluded from even the earlier amebic lesions. The absence of serum proteinase inhibitors from the lesions may allow the participation of amebic proteinases in the causation of tissue necrosis.
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- R Pérez-Tamayo
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City
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Pérez-Tamayo R, Becker I, Montfort I, Ostoa-Saloma P, Pérez-Montfort R. Role of leukocytes and amebic proteinases in experimental rat testicular necrosis produced by Entamoeba histolytica. Parasitol Res 1991; 77:192-6. [PMID: 2047366 DOI: 10.1007/bf00930857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To investigate the role of amebic proteinases and host leukocytes, we studied amebiasis experimentally in the rat testis. The degree of inflammation and necrosis produced by different strains was correlated with proteinase activity and with zymograms. Intratesticular injection of axenically grown trophozoites of a pathogenic strain (HM-1 of Entamoeba histolytica) produced indistinguishable lesions in normal animals and leukopenic rats (less than 1000 leukocytes/mm3), suggesting that granulocytes do not contribute to the formation of lesions in this model. Testicular lesions produced by five different strains of E. histolytica ranging from highly virulent to almost nonpathogenic were proportional to the proteinase activity of each amebic strain. Inhibition of amebic proteinases in vitro and subsequent injection into the rat testis markedly reduced the inflammatory lesions resulting from highly virulent E. histolytica. The pathogenicity of three other amebae (E. laredo, E. moshkovskii, and E. invadens) was generally proportional to their proteinase activity; however, E. laredo showed high proteinase activity and caused minimal tissue damage. These results suggest that the pathogenic potential of Entamoeba spp. in the rat testis may be related to the type as well as the level of their proteinase activity.
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- R Pérez-Tamayo
- Sub-División de Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City
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Reed SL, Keene WE, McKerrow JH. Thiol proteinase expression and pathogenicity of Entamoeba histolytica. J Clin Microbiol 1989; 27:2772-7. [PMID: 2556432 PMCID: PMC267124 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.12.2772-2777.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Expression of the 56-kilodalton (kDa) neutral thiol proteinase has been shown to correlate with the potential of clinical isolates of Entamoeba histolytica to produce invasive disease. A 56-kDa band was identified by gelatin substrate gel electrophoresis in 10 of 10 isolates from patients with colitis or amebic liver abscesses, but in only 1 of 10 isolates from asymptomatic patients. Pathogenic isolates appear capable of releasing significantly larger quantities of the proteinase, as measured by cleavage of a synthetic peptide substrate, ZRR-AMC (benzyloxy-carbonyl-arginine-arginine-4-amino-7-methylcoumarin). We have also shown that the proteinase is released during the course of clinical invasive amebic disease, as demonstrated by the presence of circulating antibodies detectable by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. These studies support the importance of the 56-kDa thiol proteinase in the pathogenesis of invasive amebiasis.
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- S L Reed
- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego 92037
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