Possibility of membrane modification as a mechanism of antimony resistance in Leishmania donovani

Kothari, Hema ; Kumar, Pranav ; Sundar, Shyam ; Singh, Neeloo (2007) Possibility of membrane modification as a mechanism of antimony resistance in Leishmania donovani Parasitology International, 56 (1). pp. 77-80. ISSN 1383-5769

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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2006.10.005

Abstract

Resistance to antimonials has become a clinical threat in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Unravelling the resistance mechanism needs attention to circumvent the problem of drug resistance. In one of the resistant isolates, we earlier identified a gene (PG1) implicated in antimony resistance whose localization in the present study was confirmed on the pellicular plasma membrane of the parasite thereby indicating towards membrane modification as a mechanism of resistance in this resistant isolate.

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Keywords:Leishmania; Visceral leishmaniasis (VL); Clinical isolates; Drug resistance
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