Trypanothione

Trypanothione

Trypanothione (Mr = 721.86 g/mol) is an unusual form of glutathione containing two molecules of glutathione joined by a spermidine (polyamine) linker. It is found in parasitic protozoa such as leishmania and trypanosomes. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=1444271&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_DocSum Metabolism and functions of trypanothione in the Kinetoplastida. Fairlamb AH, Cerami A. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1992;46:695-729.] ] These protozoal parasites are the cause of leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and Chagas' disease. Trypanothione was discovered by Alan Fairlamb. It is unique to the Kinetoplastida and not found in other parasitic protozoa such as "Entamoeba histolytica". [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10514081&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum Entamoeba histolytica lacks trypanothione metabolism. Ariyanayagam MR, Fairlamb AH. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 1999 Sep 20;103(1):61-9.] ] Since this thiol is absent from humans and is essential for the survival of the parasites, the enzymes that make and use this molecule are targets for the development of new drugs to treat these diseases. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12171583&query_hl=7&itool=pubmed_docsum Enzymes of the trypanothione metabolism as targets for antitrypanosomal drug development. Schmidt A, Krauth-Siegel RL. Curr Top Med Chem. 2002 Nov;2(11):1239-59.] ]

Trypanothione-dependent enzymes include reductases, peroxidases, glyoxalases and transferases. Trypanothione-disulfide reductase (TryR) was the first trypanothione-dependent enzyme to be discovered ( [http://us.expasy.org/uniprot/P28593 EC 1.8.1.12] ). It is an NADPH-dependent flavoenzyme that reduces trypanothione disulfide. TryR is essential for survival of these parasites both "in vitro" and in the human host. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9720880&query_hl=10&itool=pubmed_DocSum Evidence that trypanothione reductase is an essential enzyme in Leishmania by targeted replacement of the tryA gene locus. Tovar J, Wilkinson S, Mottram JC, Fairlamb AH. Mol Microbiol. 1998 Jul;29(2):653-60.] ] [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=10672177&query_hl=17&itool=pubmed_docsum Trypanosomes lacking trypanothione reductase are avirulent and show increased sensitivity to oxidative stress. Krieger S, Schwarz W, Ariyanayagam MR, Fairlamb AH, Krauth-Siegel RL, Clayton C. Mol Microbiol. 2000 Feb;35(3):542-52.] ]

A major function of trypanothione is in the defence against oxidative stress. [ [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12751784&query_hl=5&itool=pubmed_DocSum The parasite-specific trypanothione metabolism of trypanosoma and leishmania. Krauth-Siegel RL, Meiering SK, Schmidt H. Biol Chem. 2003 Apr;384(4):539-49.] ] Here, trypanothione-dependent enzymes such as tryparedoxin peroxidase ( [http://www.expasy.org/uniprot/O61000 TryP] ) reduce peroxides using electrons donated either directly from trypanothione, or via the redox intermediate tryparedoxin ( [http://www.expasy.org/uniprot/O96438 TryX] ). Trypanothione-dependent hydrogen peroxide metabolism is particularly important in these organisms because they lack catalase. Since the trypanosomatids also lack an equivalent of thioredoxin reductase, trypanothione reductase is the sole path that electrons can take from NADPH to these antioxidant enzymes.

External links

* [http://www.dundee.ac.uk/biocentre/SLSBDIV1ahf.htm Fairlamb lab]

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