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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 62(1), 2000, pp. 145-150
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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 62, Issue 1, 145-150
Copyright © 2000 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Adenosine, AMP, and protein phosphatase activity in sandfly saliva

O Katz, JN Waitumbi, R Zer, and A Warburg

As they probe the skin for blood, sand flies inject saliva that prevents hemostasis. Sand fly saliva also promotes leishmaniasis by suppressing immunologic functions of macrophages. Saliva of Phlebotomus papatasi, the vector of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis, contains adenosine and AMP. We show that Ph. papatasi saliva as well as pure adenosine down-regulate the expression of the inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase gene in activated macrophages. In addition Ph. papatasi, but not Lutzomyia longipalpis, saliva inhibits the production of NO. Taken together, these data suggest that salivary adenosine is responsible for the down-regulation of NO synthesis. Saliva of both genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia contains significant levels of endogenous protein phosphatase-1/2A-like activity that is heat labile, inhibitable by okadaic acid and calyculine a, and does not require divalent cations.


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