Methods to Investigate Signal Transduction Pathways in Trypanosoma cruzi : Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases Assay Protocols

Intracellular levels of cyclic nucleotide second messengers are regulated predominantly by a large superfamily of phosphodiesterases (PDEs). Most of the different PDE variants play specific physiological functions; in fact, PDEs can associate with other proteins allowing them to be strategically anchored throughout the cell. In this regard, precise cellular expression and compartmentalization of these enzymes produce the specific control of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) gradients in cells and enable their integration with other signaling pathways.In trypanosomatids, some PDEs are essential for their survival and play fundamental roles in the adaptation of these parasites to different environmental stresses, as well as in the differentiation between their different life cycle forms. Given that these enzymes not only are similar to human PDEs but also have differential biochemical properties, and due to the great knowledge of drugs that target human PDEs, trypanosomatid PDEs could be postulated as important therapeutic targets through the repositioning of drugs.In this chapter, we describe a simple and sensitive radioisotope-based method to measure cyclic 3',5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase using [3H]cAMP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2116

Enthalten in:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 2116(2020) vom: 27., Seite 523-534

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schoijet, Alejandra C [VerfasserIn]
Sternlieb, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Alonso, Guillermo D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

10028-17-8
3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases
Chagas disease
Cyclic AMP
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
Drug discovery
Drug repositioning
E0399OZS9N
EC 3.1.4.17
Journal Article
Phosphodiesterase (PDE)
Protein kinase A (PKA)
Protozoan Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Therapeutic target
Tritium

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Date Completed 01.02.2021

Date Revised 01.02.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-1-0716-0294-2_31

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308076796