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ArticleCell biophysics1992

Effect of a phorbol ester on basic surface properties of trichomonads.

V L Bonilha, E M Saraiva, F C Silva Filho

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Article in Cell biophysics, 1992. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

V L BonilhaDepartamento de Parasitologia e Biofísica Celular, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
E M Saraiva
F C Silva Filho
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of nanomolar concentrations of 12-O-tetradecanoilphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) on the cell surface of the urogenital parasitic protozoa Trichomonas vaginalis and Tritrichomonas foetus was evaluated by means of measurements of the parasites' surface tension, electrokinesis, lectin agglutination tests, and adhesion to inert substrates. TPA-treated parasites had their adhesion increased to both plastic and glass substrates. This was accompanied by increases in the parasites' net negative surface charge and also by changes in their surface tension. The lectin agglutination assays suggest that the increase in surface negativeness may be related in some extent to alterations in the oligosaccharide composition. Successive treatment of the microorganisms with TPA and sphingosine, a well-known competitive inhibitor of the phorbol ester active site, depressed the tendency of trichomonads to exhibit a phenotype of activated cells.

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Agglutination TestsAnimalsCell AdhesionOligosaccharidesSolubilitySurface PropertiesTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateTrichomonasTrichomonas vaginalisWaterOligosaccharidesTetradecanoylphorbol AcetateWater

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PMID1284779
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