Role of P Glycoprotein in the Course and Treatment of Encephalitozoon Microsporidiosis
AUTOR(ES)
Leitch, Gordon J.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Encephalitozoon microsporidia are obligate intracellular protozoan parasites that proliferate and differentiate within a parasitophorous vacuole inside host cells that are usually epithelial in nature. Isolates of the three species of the Encephalitozoon microsporidia, E. cuniculi, E. hellem, and E. intestinalis, were obtained from AIDS patients and cultured in green monkey (E6) kidney cells. Anti-P-glycoprotein (anti-Pgp) and anti-multidrug resistance-associated protein (anti-MRP) monoclonal antibodies were used to probe for multidrug resistance (MDR) pump epitopes and verapamil- or cyclosporin A- and probenecid-modulated intracellular calcein fluorescence were used to assess the expression of Pgp and MRP respectively in uninfected and infected cells. Pgp, but not MRP, was detected immunocytochemically and by verapamil- and cyclosporin A-potentiated intracellular fluorescence in both host cells and parasite developing stages. When an in vitro infection assay was employed, verapamil and cyclosporin A acted as chemosensitizing agents for the antiparasitic drug albendazole. These observations suggest that inhibiting host cell and perhaps parasite MDR pumps may increase the efficacy of antiparasitic agents in these and other microsporidia species.
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