title: t-Butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, a novel respiratory chain inhibitor. Effects on Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes.
abstract: t-Butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, an antioxidant food additive, inhibited the growth of Trypanosoma cruzi by almost 100% at 0.5 mM concentration. This compound inhibited 70% of oxygen consumption of epimastigotes. The redox level of NAD(P) was shifted to a more reduced state and inversely the redox level of cytochrome b changed to a more oxidized state. This hydroxyanisole thus is a new electron transport chain inhibitor. This compound and related ones, or the respiratory chain of T. cruzi, may be important in the design of antichagasic drugs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000840:Anisoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D000840:Anisoles; D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole