Korean J Parasitol.  2006 Dec;44(4):373-378. 10.3347/kjp.2006.44.4.373.

Hydrogenosomal activity of Trichomonas vaginalis cultivated under different iron conditions

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, Korea.
  • 2Department of Parasitology, The Brain Korea 21 Project, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, Korea. jsryu@hanyang.ac.kr
  • 3Department of Parasitology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, The Brain Korea 21 Project, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 120-752, Korea.

Abstract

To evaluate whether iron concentration in TYM medium influence on hydrogenosomal enzyme gene expression and hydrogenosomal membrane potential of Trichomonas vaginalis, trophozoites were cultivated in irondepleted, normal and iron-supplemented TYM media. The mRNA of hydrogenosomal enzymes, such as pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR), hydrogenase, ferredoxin and malic enzyme, was increased with iron concentrations in T. vaginalis culture media, measured by RT-PCR. Hydrogenosomal membrane potentials measured with DiOC6 also showed similar tendency, e.g. T. vaginalis cultivated in iron-depleted and iron-supplemented media for 3 days showed a significantly reduced and enhanced hydrogenosomal membrane potential compared with that of normal TYM media, respectively. Therefore, it is suggested that iron may regulate hydrogenosomal activity through hydrogenosomal enzyme expression and hydrogenosomal membrane potential.

Keyword

Trichomonas vaginalis; hydrogenosomal enzyme; gene expression; hydrogenosomal membrane potential; iron; DiOC6; PFOR; hydrogenase; malic enzyme; ferredoxin

MeSH Terms

Trichomonas vaginalis/*growth & development
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pyruvate Synthase/genetics/metabolism
Organelles/*enzymology/metabolism/*physiology
Membrane Potentials
Malate Dehydrogenase/genetics/metabolism
Iron/*metabolism
Hydrogenase/genetics/metabolism
Hydrogen/*metabolism
Humans
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
*Gene Expression Regulation
Ferredoxins/genetics/metabolism
Culture Media
Animals
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