INGEBI   02650
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERIA GENETICA Y BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR "DR. HECTOR N TORRES"
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Multiple NADPH–cytochrome P450 reductases from Trypanosoma cruzi
Autor/es:
PORTAL, PATRICIO; FERNÁNDEZ VILLAMIL, S.; ALONSO, G.; DE VAS, M.G.; FLAWIÁ, M.M.; TORRES, H.N.; PAVETO, C.
Revista:
MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 160 p. 42 - 51
ISSN:
0166-6851
Resumen:
Cytochrome P450 hemoproteins (CYPs) are involved in the synthesis of endogenous compounds such as steroids, fatty acids and prostaglandins aswell as in the activation and detoxification of foreign compounds including therapeutic drugs. CytochromeP450 reductase (CPR, E.C.1.6.2.4) transfers electrons from NADPH to a number of hemoproteins such as CYPs, cytochrome c, cytochrome b5, and heme oxygenase. This work presents the complete sequences of three non-allelic CPR genes from Trypanosoma cruzi. The encoded proteins named TcCPR-A, TcCPR-B and TcCPR-C have calculated molecular masses of 68.6 kDa, 78.4 kDa and 71.3 kDa, respectively. Deduced amino acid sequences share 11% amino acid identity, possess the conserved binding domains for FMN, FAD and NADPH and differ in the hydrophobic 27-amino acid residues of the N-terminal extension, which is absent in TcCPR-A. Every T. cruzi CPRs, TcCPR-A, TcCPR-B and TcCPR-C, were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. All of the recombinant enzymes reduced cytochrome c in a NADPH absolutely dependent manner with low Km values for this cofactor. They all were also strongly inhibited by diphenyleneiodonium, a classical flavoenzyme inhibitor. In addition, TcCPRs could supportCYP activities when assayed in reconstituted systems containing rat liver microsomes. Polyclonal antiserum rose against the recombinant enzymes TcCPR-A and TcCPR-B demonstrated its presence in every T. cruzi developmental stages, with a remarkable expression of TcCPR-A in cell-cultured trypomastigotes. Overexpression of TcCPR-B in T. cruzi epimastigotes increased its resistance to the typical chemotherapeutic agents Nifurtimox and Benznidazole. We suggest a participation of TcCPR-B in the detoxification metabolism of the parasite.