Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 33 Issue 3
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- Pages.211-218
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- 1995
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Cytotoxicity of a cysteine proteinase of adult Clonorchis sinensis
간흡충의 cysteine 단백분해효소의 세포독성
- Hyun PARK (Biomedical Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST)) ;
- Man Young KO (Department of Biochemistry Wonkwang University) ;
- Moon Kee PAIK (Department of Biochemistry Wonkwang University) ;
- Ching Thack SOH (Department of Parasitology Wonkwang University) ;
- Jang Hoon SEO (Shin Heung Junior College) ;
- Kyung-il IM (Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
- Published : 1995.09.01
Abstract
To clarify the correlation of the proteinase activity with pathogenicity of Clonorrhis sinensis, the proteinase activity either in excretory-secretory products (ESP) or in crude extracts of adult C. sinensis was examined. Substrate gel electrophoresis of the ESP and crude extracts revealed four distinct enzyme bands, which were differently inhibited by the specific proteinase inhibitors. The proteinase of the ESP with molecular mass of 24 kDa, was purified 23-fold with 14.5% yield by spectra gel ACA 44 gel filtration. It exhibited optimal pH at 7.5 in sodium phosphate (0.1 M). Its activity was inhibited specifically by N-ethylmaleimide (NEMI and antipain whereas potentiated 1.9 folds in the presence of 5 mM dithiothreitol (DTT). Cytotoxicity of the proteinase increased in a dose- dependent manner up to 120 ㎍/ml while reduced by NEM and antipain, indicating that cysteine proteinase was responsible for the cytotoxicity. This result shows that the 24 kDa cysteine proteinase is deeply correlated with the pathogenicity of C. sinensis infection.
간흡충의 병원성과 단백분해효소 활성도의 상관성을 밝히기 위하여 간흡충 추출물과 분비배설물 의 단백분해효소 활성도와 세포독성을 평가하였고 분비배설물에서 단백분해효소를 부분정제하고 생화학적 성질을 규명하였다. 여러 가지 단백분해효소 억제제를 사용하여 단백분해효소의 활성을 측정한 결과 간흡충에는 Rf값을 서로 달리하는 효소분획으로 되어있음이 관찰되었으며. 이러한 효소 분획은 azocasein을 기질로 한 활성부위 잔기 억제 실험에서 서로 상이한 활성부위잔기를 갖고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 간흡충 분비배설물의 세포독성은 단백질 농도를