Reed S L, Fierer A S, Goddard D R, Colmerauer M E, Davis C E
Infect Immun. 1985 Sep;49(3):844-7. doi: 10.1128/iai.49.3.844-847.1985.
Differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei in the mammal limits the degree of parasitemia and prepares the trypanosome for passage back into the tsetse fly. In an attempt to define the signals that control differentiation, we found that theophylline, in contrast to indomethacin, blocked differentiation, prolonged parasitemia, elevated prostaglandin and cyclic AMP concentrations of rat plasma, and depressed intratrypanosomal cyclic AMP. Relatively nontoxic drugs that alter differentiation are powerful tools for elucidating the events that control this important process.
布氏锥虫在哺乳动物体内的分化限制了寄生虫血症的程度,并使锥虫为重新进入采采蝇做好准备。为了确定控制分化的信号,我们发现,与吲哚美辛相反,茶碱会阻断分化、延长寄生虫血症、提高大鼠血浆中前列腺素和环磷酸腺苷的浓度,并降低锥虫体内的环磷酸腺苷。改变分化的相对无毒药物是阐明控制这一重要过程的事件的有力工具。