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Functional analysis of Leishmania cyclopropane fatty acid synthetase
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dc.contributor.author | Oyola, Samuel O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Evans, Krystal J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Terry K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Barbara A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hilley, James D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mottram, Jeremy C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaye, Paul M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Deborah F. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-11T16:31:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-02-11T16:31:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-12-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Oyola , S O , Evans , K J , Smith , T K , Smith , B A , Hilley , J D , Mottram , J C , Kaye , P M & Smith , D F 2012 , ' Functional analysis of Leishmania cyclopropane fatty acid synthetase ' , PLoS One , vol. 7 , no. 12 , e51300 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051300 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 45307791 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 65212994-0eb2-415a-9d43-ea58ff92dce0 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000312201900063 | |
dc.identifier.other | PubMed: 23251490 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 84870922577 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10023/3354 | |
dc.description.abstract | The single gene encoding cyclopropane fatty acid synthetase (CFAS) is present in Leishmania infantum, L. mexicana and L. braziliensis but absent from L. major, a causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis. In L. infantum, usually causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, the CFAS gene is transcribed in both insect (extracellular) and host (intracellular) stages of the parasite life cycle. Tagged CFAS protein is stably detected in intracellular L. infantum but only during the early log phase of extracellular growth, when it shows partial localisation to the endoplasmic reticulum. Lipid analyses of L. infantum wild type, CFAS null and complemented parasites detect a low abundance CFAS-dependent C19 Delta fatty acid, characteristic of a cyclopropanated species, in wild type and add-back cells. Sub-cellular fractionation studies locate the C19 Delta fatty acid to both ER and plasma membrane-enriched fractions. This fatty acid is not detectable in wild type L. major, although expression of the L. infantum CFAS gene in L. major generates cyclopropanated fatty acids, indicating that the substrate for this modification is present in L. major, despite the absence of the modifying enzyme. Loss of the L. infantum CFAS gene does not affect extracellular parasite growth, phagocytosis or early survival in macrophages. However, while endocytosis is also unaffected in the extracellular CFAS nulls, membrane transporter activity is defective and the null parasites are more resistant to oxidative stress. Following infection in vivo, L. infantum CFAS nulls exhibit lower parasite burdens in both the liver and spleen of susceptible hosts but it has not been possible to complement this phenotype, suggesting that loss of C19 Delta fatty acid may lead to irreversible changes in cell physiology that cannot be rescued by re-expression. Aberrant cyclopropanation in L. major decreases parasite virulence but does not influence parasite tissue tropism. | |
dc.format.extent | 15 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS One | en |
dc.rights | © 2012 Oyola et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en |
dc.subject | Escherichia-coli | en |
dc.subject | Synthase | en |
dc.subject | Gene-expression | en |
dc.subject | Drug-resistance | en |
dc.subject | Mycobacterium-tuberculosis | en |
dc.subject | Molecular-cloning | en |
dc.subject | Donovani | en |
dc.subject | Infective stages | en |
dc.subject | Mycolic acids | en |
dc.subject | Trypanosoma-brucei | en |
dc.subject | QP Physiology | en |
dc.subject | QD Chemistry | en |
dc.subject | QR Microbiology | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QP | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QD | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QR | en |
dc.title | Functional analysis of Leishmania cyclopropane fatty acid synthetase | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Wellcome Trust | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | The Wellcome Trust | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Biology | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Biomedical Sciences Research Complex | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051300 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 067441/Z/02/B | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 086658 Z 08 Z | en |
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