The involvement of the major surface glycoprotein (gp63) of Leishmania promastigotes in attachment to macrophages.
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 136 (7), 2613-2620
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.136.7.2613
Abstract
The interaction between the macrophage and the parasite plays a central role in the continued success of Leishmania infection. The promastigote surface ligand, and its complementary macrophage membrane receptor, involved in attachment and phagocytosis are likely to exert considerable influence over the overcome of a new infection. In this study, we report experiments pertaining to one such parasite membrane protein. Initial examination of promastigote surface proteins by radiolabeling and two-dimensional-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed an abundant polypeptide with an apparent M.W. of 63,000. Lectin-binding studies indicated that it was a glycoprotein containing mannose, N-acetyl glucosamine, and N-acetyl galactosamine residues. Monospecific antiserum raised against this glycoprotein, gp63, decorated the entire promastigote plasmalemma. Univalent antibody fragments from this antiserum blocked the interaction between promastigotes and macrophages by inhibiting attachment. Anti-gp63-inhibition reduced parasite/macrophage binding to 30 to 35% of the control binding level. Additional evidence of the involvement of gp63 in attachment to macrophages was provided by studies that made use of gp63-containing proteoliposomes. These vesicles were avidly phagocytosed by macrophages. Uptake of the gp63-containing liposomes was suppressed by > 90% by both anti-gp63 F(ab) fragments and the oligosaccharide mannan, indicating that their phagocytosis was receptor dependent. These results demonstrate that the abundant glycoprotein gp63 plays an important role in attachment of promastigotes to macrophages, and attachment via this parasite ligand is sufficient to trigger phagocytosis.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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