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Parasit Vectors ; 11(1): 614, 2018 Nov 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30501613

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BACKGROUND: The sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of American visceral leishmaniasis, a disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania. Adults of this insect feed on blood (females only) or sugar from plant sources, but their digestion of carbohydrates is poorly studied. Beta-glycosides as esculin and amygdalin are plant compounds and release toxic compounds as esculetin and mandelonitrile when hydrolyzed. Beta-glucosidase and trehalase are essential enzymes in sand fly metabolism and participate in sugar digestion. It is therefore possible that the toxic portions of these glycosides, released during digestion, affect sand fly physiology and the development of Leishmania. RESULTS: We tested the oral administration to sand flies of amygdalin, esculin, mandelonitrile, and esculetin in the sugar meal. These compounds significantly decreased the longevity of Lutzomyia longipalpis females and males. Lutzomyia longipalpis adults have significant hydrolytic activities against esculin and feeding on this compound cause changes in trehalase and ß-glucosidase activities. Female trehalase activity is inhibited in vitro by esculin. Esculin is naturally fluorescent, so its ingestion may be detected and quantified in whole insects or tissue samples stored in methanol. Mandelonitrile neither affected the amount of sugar ingested by sand flies nor showed repellent activity. Our results show that mandelonitrile significantly reduces the viability of L. amazonensis, L. braziliensis, L. infantum and L. mexicana, in a concentration-dependent manner. Esculetin caused a similar effect, reducing the number of L. infantum and L. mexicana. Female L. longipalpis fed on mandelonitrile had a reduction in the number of parasites and prevalence of infection after seven days of infection with L. mexicana, either by counting in a Neubauer chamber or by qPCR assays. CONCLUSIONS: Glycosides have significant effects on L. longipalpis longevity and metabolism and also affect the development of parasites in culture and inside the insect. These observations might help to conceptualize new vector control strategies using transmission blocking sugar baits.


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Glicósidos/toxicidad , Control de Insectos/métodos , Insectos Vectores/enzimología , Insectos Vectores/parasitología , Leishmania/crecimiento & desarrollo , Psychodidae/enzimología , Psychodidae/parasitología , Acetonitrilos/toxicidad , Amigdalina/toxicidad , Animales , Esculina/toxicidad , Femenino , Glicósidos/administración & dosificación , Leishmaniasis/prevención & control , Leishmaniasis/transmisión , Masculino , Trehalasa/efectos de los fármacos , Umbeliferonas/administración & dosificación , Umbeliferonas/toxicidad , beta-Glucosidasa/efectos de los fármacos
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Regul Toxicol Pharmacol ; 82: 48-52, 2016 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27825835

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Mitomycin C is one of the most effective chemotherapeutic drugs against various solid tumors. However, despite its wide spectrum of clinical benefits, this agent is capable of inducing various types of genotoxicity. In this study, we investigated the effect of esculin and its oligomer fractions (E1, E2 and E3) against mitomycin C induced genotoxicity in liver and kidney cells isolated from Balb/C mice using the comet assay. Esculin and its oligomer fractions were not genotoxic at the tested doses (20 mg/kg and 40 mg/kg b.w). A significant decrease in DNA damages was observed, suggesting a protective role of esculin and its oligomer fractions against the genotoxicity induced by mitomycin C on liver and kidney cells. Moreover, esculin and its oligomer fractions did not induce an increase of malondialdehyde levels.


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Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/toxicidad , Antimutagênicos/farmacología , Daño del ADN/efectos de los fármacos , Esculina/farmacología , Riñón/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/efectos de los fármacos , Micronúcleos con Defecto Cromosómico/efectos de los fármacos , Mitomicina/toxicidad , Animales , Antimutagênicos/toxicidad , Relación Dosis-Respuesta a Droga , Esculina/toxicidad , Riñón/metabolismo , Riñón/patología , Peroxidación de Lípido/efectos de los fármacos , Hígado/metabolismo , Hígado/patología , Malondialdehído/metabolismo , Ratones Endogámicos BALB C , Micronúcleos con Defecto Cromosómico/inducido químicamente , Pruebas de Micronúcleos
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