title: Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte formation in vitro: its stimulation by phorbol diesters and by 8-bromo cyclic adenosine monophosphate.
abstract: Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate increased the number of gametocytes by 50 to 100% in well or petri dish cultures of the HB-3 clone of Plasmodium falciparum. Phorbol dibutyrate had a similar effect. The optimal concentration for each of these agents was 20 ng/ml or approximately 30 nM. No effect of forskolin was found, other than a general inhibition of growth at concentrations over 10 microM. An inhibitor of phosphodiesterase, 8-bromo cyclic adenosine monophosphate (at concentrations of 0.1 and 1.0 microM) also significantly increased the number of gametocytes formed by this clone.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Trager
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D005718:Gametogenesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate / Q000494:pharmacology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010703:Phorbol Esters; D005576:Colforsin; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D015240:Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate