Identification of antimony resistance markers in Leishmania tropica field isolates through a cDNA-AFLP approach

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• 作者：Elham Kazemi-Rad ; Mehdi Mohebali ; Mohammad Bagher Khadem-Erfan ; Mojtaba Saffari ; Reza Raoofian ; Homa Hajjaran ; Ramtin Hadighi ; Ali Khamesipour ; Sassan Rezaie ; Hoda Abedkhojasteh ; Mansour Heidari
• 关键词：Leishmania tropica ; Antimony resistance ; cDNA-AFLP ; Real-time RT-PCR
• 刊名：Experimental Parasitology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：October, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：135
• 期：2
• 页码：344-349
• 全文大小：801 K

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Pentavalent antimonial compounds have been the first line therapy for leishmaniasis; unfortunately the rate of treatment failure of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is increasing due to emerging of drug resistance. Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms operating in antimony resistance is critical for development of new strategies for treatment. Here, we used a cDNA-AFLP approach to identify gene(s) which are differentially expressed in resistant and sensitive Leishmania tropica field isolates. We identified five genes, aquaglyceroporin (AQP1) acts in drug uptake, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter (MRPA) involved in sequestration of drug, phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) implicated in glycolysis metabolism, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) and protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) responsible for phosphorylation pathway. The results were confirmed using real time RT-PCR which revealed an upregulation of MRPA, PTP and PGK genes and downregulation of AQP1 and MAPK genes in resistant isolate. To our knowledge, this is the first report of identification of PTP and PGK genes potentially implicated in resistance to antimonials. Our findings support the idea that distinct biomolecules might be involved in antimony resistance in L. tropica field isolates.