title: Trypanosoma cruzi: adrenergic modulation of cyclic AMP role in proliferation and differentiation of amastigotes in vitro.
abstract: Trypanosoma cruzi amastigotes, obtained from the supernatant of J774G-8 macrophage cultures infected with Y strain trypomastigotes, proliferated and differentiated into epimastigotes in Warren medium at 28-29 C. The basal level of adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cAMP) in recently harvested amastigotes was 0.12 pmole/10(7) cells, which could be increased in a dose-dependent manner to 0.62 pmole/10(7) cells with 1 mM of the adrenergic ligand isoproterenol plus 0.5 mM isobutyl methylxanthine. Isoproterenol inhibited [3H]thymidine incorporation into amastigote DNA, as well as the proliferation of amastigotes and newly transformed epimastigotes. Because dibutyryl cAMP had the same effect as isoproterenol on the cells, the experimental results suggest a role for cAMP, modulated by adrenergic ligands, in the control of proliferation and differentiation of amastigotes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ultraestrutura e Biologia Celular, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: M de N
authors.initials: Mde N
authors.lastname: Meirelles
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D003994:Bucladesine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D007545:Isoproterenol