Affinity labeling of the folate-methotrexate transporter from Leishmania donovani
- Oregon Health Sciences Univ., Portland (USA)
An affinity labeling technique has been developed to identify the folate-methotrexate transporter of Leishmania donovani promastigotes using activated derivatives of the ligands. These activated derivatives were synthesized by incubating folate and methotrexate with a 10-fold excess of 1-ethyl-3-(3-(dimethylamino)propyl)carbodiimide (EDC) for 10 min at ambient temperature in dimethyl sulfoxide. When intact wild-type (DI700) Leishmania donovani or preparations of their membranes were incubated with a 0.4 {mu}M concentration of either activated ({sup 3}H)folate or activated ({sup 3}H)methotrexate, the radiolabeled ligands were covalently incorporated into a polypeptide with a molecular weight of approximately 46,000, as demonstrated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. No affinity labeling of a 46,000-dalton protein was observed when equimolar concentrations of activated radiolabeled ligands were incubated with intact cells or membranes prepared from a methotrexate-resistant mutant clone of Leishmania donovani, MTXA5, that is genetically defective in folate-methotrexate transport capability. Time course studies indicated that maximal labeling of the 46,000-dalton protein occurred within 5-10 min of incubation of intact cells with activated ligand. These studies provide biochemical evidence that the folate-methotrexate transporter of Leishmania donovani can be identified in crude extracts by an affinity labeling technique and serve as a prerequisite to further analysis of the transport protein by providing a vehicle for subsequent purification of this membrane carrier. Moreover, these investigations suggest that the affinity labeling technique using EDC-activated ligands may be exploitable to analyze other cell surface binding proteins in Leishmania donovani, as well as in other organisms.
- OSTI ID:
- 5353225
- Journal Information:
- Biochemistry; (USA), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (USA) Vol. 28:17; ISSN 0006-2960; ISSN BICHA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
ANTIMETABOLITES
AROMATICS
AZAARENES
BIOCHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DRUGS
ELECTROPHORESIS
FOLIC ACID
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HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
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HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
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KINETICS
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MEMBRANE PROTEINS
MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
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METHOTREXATE
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PARASITES
PROTEINS
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RECEPTORS
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
VITAMIN B GROUP
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