Issue |
Parasite
Volume 4, Number 3, September 1997
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Page(s) | 245 - 251 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1997043245 | |
Published online | 23 September 2014 |
Mémoire
A biological role for haemagglutination activity of Leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes
Le rôle biologique de l'activité hémagglutinante des Leishmanies
Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
* Correspondence: M. Svobodová Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 44 Prague, Czech Republic. Fax : 420 2 29 97 13. E-mail : milena@mail.natur.cuni.cz.
Received:
28
February
1997
Accepted:
25
April
1997
Leishmania promastigotes and axenic amastigotes possess a haemagglutination activity (HA). Leishmania attachment to human macrophages was studied after a 30 min incubation in the presence of 10 mM carbohydrates at 37 °C. Galactosamine, sialic acid, heparin, mannose, and NAc-mannosamine impaired the attachment of promastigotes and amastigotes to monocyte-derived macrophages and the myelomonocytic cell line THP 1 whereas other carbohydrates had no effect. Preincubation experiments showed that mannose inhibits the macrophage receptor, whereas galactosamine acts on promastigotes. Moreover, the HA is considerably decreased after incubation with macrophages. Our results suggest that promastigotes of different Leishmania species and axenic amastigotes possess a lectin-like receptor with similar specificity, which is in some way involved in the attachment to vertebrate host cells.
Résumé
L'adhérence des Leishmanies aux macrophages humains a été étudiée après une incubation de 30 mn à 37 °C en présence de carbohydrates à 10 mM. La galactosamine, l'acide sialique, l'héparine, le mannose, la N-acétylmannosamine inhibent partiellement l'adhérence de promastigotes ou d'amastigotes aux macrophages issus de monocytes et aux cellules de la lignée myélomonocytaire THP 1 alors que d'autres carbohydrates sont sans effet. Des expériences de préincubation montrent que le mannose inhibe les récepteurs macrophagiques et que la galactosamine affecte spécifiquement les promastigotes. De plus, l'activité hémagglutinante des Leishmanies est fortement diminuée après incubation avec les macrophages, ce qui suggère que leur activité « lectin-like » est probablement impliquée dans leur adhérence aux cellules-hôtes.
Key words: leishmania / amastigotes / phagocytes / attachment / lectin activity / Leptomonas
Mots clés : Leishmania / amastigotes / phagocytes / attachment / activité « lectin-like » / Leptomonas
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