Leishmania donovani, the causative agent in kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis, infects cells of the macrophage system. We show that a purified preparation of the tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, isolated from the external surface of L. donovani promastigotes, inhibits superoxide anion production by human neutrophils. Preincubation of neutrophils for 15-30 min at 37 degrees C with 240 units (1 unit equals 1 nmol of 4-methylumbelliferyl phosphate cleaved per h) of the acid phosphatase decreases both the rate and extent of superoxide generation by 90% upon stimulation with the chemoattractant peptide fMet-Leu-Phe. The ability of the phosphatase to suppress superoxide anion production is abolished by heat inactivation of the enzyme or by incorporation of an acid phosphatase inhibitor in the preincubation medium, indicating that the effect is dependent on the catalytic activity of the enzyme. These results suggest a possible pathophysiologic role for the acid phosphatase of L. donovani promastigotes.
Leishmanial phosphatase blocks neutrophil O-2 production.
A. Remaley,D. Kuhns,R. Basford,R. Glew,S. Kaplan
Published 1984 in Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1984
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1984-09-25
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