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Mechanisms of Arsenical and Diamidine Uptake and Resistance in Trypanosoma brucei

Enock Matovu, Mhairi L. Stewart, Federico Geiser, Reto Brun, Pascal Mäser, Lynsey J. M. Wallace, Richard J. Burchmore, John C. K. Enyaru, Michael P. Barrett, Ronald Kaminsky, Thomas Seebeck, Harry P. de Koning
Enock Matovu
1Institute of Cell Biology, CH-3012 Bern
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Mhairi L. Stewart
2Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Federico Geiser
1Institute of Cell Biology, CH-3012 Bern
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Reto Brun
3Swiss Tropical Institute, CH-4002 Basel
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Pascal Mäser
1Institute of Cell Biology, CH-3012 Bern
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Lynsey J. M. Wallace
2Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Richard J. Burchmore
2Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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John C. K. Enyaru
4Livestock Health Research Institute, Tororo, Uganda
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Michael P. Barrett
2Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Ronald Kaminsky
5Novartis Animal Health, CH-1566 St. Aubin, Switzerland
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Thomas Seebeck
1Institute of Cell Biology, CH-3012 Bern
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Harry P. de Koning
2Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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  • For correspondence: H.de-Koning@bio.gla.ac.uk
DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.5.1003-1008.2003
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Sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp., has become resurgent in sub-Saharan Africa. Moreover, there is an alarming increase in treatment failures with melarsoprol, the principal agent used against late-stage sleeping sickness. In T. brucei, the uptake of melarsoprol as well as diamidines is thought to be mediated by the P2 aminopurine transporter, and loss of P2 function has been implicated in resistance to these agents. The trypanosomal gene TbAT1 has been found to encode a P2-type transporter when expressed in yeast. Here we investigate the role of TbAT1 in drug uptake and drug resistance in T. brucei by genetic knockout of TbAT1. Tbat1-null trypanosomes were deficient in P2-type adenosine transport and lacked adenosine-sensitive transport of pentamidine and melaminophenyl arsenicals. However, the null mutants were only slightly resistant to melaminophenyl arsenicals and pentamidine, while resistance to other diamidines such as diminazene was more pronounced. Nevertheless, the reduction in drug sensitivity might be of clinical significance, since mice infected with tbat1-null trypanosomes could not be cured with 2 mg of melarsoprol/kg of body weight for four consecutive days, whereas mice infected with the parental line were all cured by using this protocol. Two additional pentamidine transporters, HAPT1 and LAPT1, were still present in the null mutant, and evidence is presented that HAPT1 may be responsible for the residual uptake of melaminophenyl arsenicals. High-level arsenical resistance therefore appears to involve the loss of more than one transporter.

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Mechanisms of Arsenical and Diamidine Uptake and Resistance in Trypanosoma brucei
Enock Matovu, Mhairi L. Stewart, Federico Geiser, Reto Brun, Pascal Mäser, Lynsey J. M. Wallace, Richard J. Burchmore, John C. K. Enyaru, Michael P. Barrett, Ronald Kaminsky, Thomas Seebeck, Harry P. de Koning
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Mechanisms of Arsenical and Diamidine Uptake and Resistance in Trypanosoma brucei
Enock Matovu, Mhairi L. Stewart, Federico Geiser, Reto Brun, Pascal Mäser, Lynsey J. M. Wallace, Richard J. Burchmore, John C. K. Enyaru, Michael P. Barrett, Ronald Kaminsky, Thomas Seebeck, Harry P. de Koning
Eukaryotic Cell Oct 2003, 2 (5) 1003-1008; DOI: 10.1128/EC.2.5.1003-1008.2003
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KEYWORDS

Arsenicals
Nucleoside Transport Proteins
Pentamidine
Trypanosoma brucei brucei

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