title: Changes in the lipid composition and activities of isocitrate dehydrogenase and isocitrate lyase during encystation of Acanthamoeba culbertsoni strain A-1.
abstract: The contents of total lipids, total sterols, total and individual phospholipids: lysophosphatidyl choline, lysophosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl choline, phosphatidyl ethanolamine and alkali-stable phospholipids I and II, were significantly lower in mature cysts of Acanthamoeba culbertsoni strain A-1 than in trophozoites. The major constituent sterols of trophozoites, viz. ergosterol, 7-dehydrostigmasterol and 7,22,25-tridehydrostigmasterol which resolved as a single spot on thin-layer chromatography, disappeared in the cysts. When trophozoites grown in the presence of [14C]acetate were transferred to encystation medium, there was a steady decrease in the radioactivity in the lipids and acid-soluble fraction (glycogen) of the encysting cells while the radioactivity increased in the akali-insoluble fraction (cellulose). The activity of isocitrate lyase in the encysting cells steadily increased up to 24 h of encystation, followed by a slight decrease during 24-32 h, but the activity of isocitrate dehydrogenase steadily decreased up to 32 h of encystation, beyond which time no enzyme activity was detected. Inhibitors of isocitrate lyase, glycolate and maleate at 8.5 to 34 mM concentration inhibited encystation by 18-67%.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehdi
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D013261:Sterols / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D013261:Sterols; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase