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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
Paromomycin is currently in phase IV clinical trials against leishmaniasis. In the present work we elucidate the effect and mechanism of uptake of paromomycin in Leishmania donovani. The in vitro sensitivities of both promastigotes and amastigotes were determined to this aminoglycoside. Association of paromomycin with L. donovani involved a rapid initial phase that was non-saturable up to 1mM of the drug. This initial phase was largely independent of temperature and not affected by metabolic inhibitors. Poly-lysine, a membrane impermeant polycation, caused profound inhibition of this association of the drug with the parasite indicating that it represented a binding of the cationic paromomycin to the negatively charged leishmanial glycocalyx. After 72h of exposure to the drug the mitochondrial membrane potential was significantly decreased, indicating that this organelle might be the ultimate target of the drug. Both cytoplasmic and mitochondrial protein synthesis were inhibited following paromomycin exposure. A line selected for resistance to the drug showed reduced paromomycin accumulation associated with a significant reduction in the initial binding to the cell surface. The drug induced reduction in membrane potential and inhibition of protein synthesis were less pronounced in the resistant strain in comparison to the wild-type.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0166-6851
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
164
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Paromomycin: uptake and resistance in Leishmania donovani.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural