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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
The binding of [3H]mebendazole ([3H]MBZ) to tubulin from BZ-susceptible (BZ-S) and BZ-resistant (BZ-R) isolates of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis was investigated using charcoal extraction and gel filtration techniques. The amount of [3H]MBZ bound at infinite free ligand concentration (Bmax) was significantly reduced for the BZ-R isolate compared with the BZ-S isolate in both species when assayed by charcoal extraction. However, Bmax was increased to comparable levels for both BZ-S and BZ-R isolates of each species when assayed by the less stringent gel filtration technique. These results indicate that the BZ-tubulin interaction in trichostrongylid nematodes is comprised of a minimum of two components. As similar levels of total [3H]MBZ binding were observed for both BZ-S and BZ-R isolates of each species when assayed by gel filtration, it is suggested that the reduction in the pseudo-irreversible BZ binding component in BZ-R isolates results in an increase in the level of reversible BZ binding and therefore provides a survival advantage to BZ-R nematodes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0020-7519
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
399-402
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential stability of the benzimidazole (BZ)-tubulin complex in BZ-resistant and BZ-susceptible isolates of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus colubriformis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article