Evidence for the presence of R250G mutation at the ATPase domain of topoisomerase II in an arsenite-resistant Leishmania donovani exhibiting a differential drug inhibition profile.

Singh, Gaganmeet and Thakur, Meghna and Chakraborti, Pradip K and Dey, Chinmoy S (2009) Evidence for the presence of R250G mutation at the ATPase domain of topoisomerase II in an arsenite-resistant Leishmania donovani exhibiting a differential drug inhibition profile. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 33 (1). pp. 80-5. ISSN 0924-8579

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Abstract

Resistance to operational drugs is a major barrier to successful antileishmanial chemotherapy that demands development of novel drug intervention strategies based on rational approaches. Model drug resistance phenotypes, such as arsenite resistance used in the current study, facilitate our understanding of the mechanism of drug resistance and assist in identifying new drug target(s). The current study was undertaken to investigate the sensitivity of topoisomerase II (topo II) of arsenite-sensitive (Ld-Wt) and -resistant (Ld-As20) Leishmania donovani to antileishmanial/anti-topo II agents. The effect of antileishmanial/anti-topo II drugs on partially purified topo II enzyme from Ld-Wt and Ld-As20 revealed differential inhibition of topo II decatenation activity for the two strains, with a lower amount of drug required to inhibit activity by 50% in Ld-Wt compared with Ld-As20. Comparison of topo II sequences from both strains indicated a point mutation, R250G, in the ATPase domain of the resistant strain. Furthermore, the Arg-250 of the ATPase domain of topo II was observed to be conserved throughout different species of Leishmania. Variation in the topo II gene sequence between Ld-Wt and Ld-As20 is envisaged to be responsible for the differential behaviour of the enzymes from the two sources.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Leishmania donovani; Topoisomerase II; Novobiocin; Pentamidine; Doxorubicin; Actinomycin D
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Depositing User:	Dr. K.P.S.Sengar
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2012 16:10
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2012 16:10
URI:	http://crdd.osdd.net/open/id/eprint/1098

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