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Metabolites of alveolarEchinococcus as determined by [31P]- and [1H]-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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[31P]-Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in vivo spectra ofEchinococcus multilocularis cysts growing subcutaneously inMeriones unguiculatus showed prominent signals due to phosphomonoesters (PME), phosphodiesters (PDE), inorganic phosphate (Pi) and the α, β and γ phosphate groups of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The internal pH of the parasite cysts was 6.7–6.8. The31P spectra of extracts of these subcutaneous cysts showed peaks identified as glucose-6-phosphate (Glu-6-P), glycerol-3-phosphate (Gly-3-P), phosphorylethanolamine (PE), adenosine-5′-monophosphate (5′-AMP), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP), phosphorylcholine (PC), Pi, glycerolphosphorylethanolamine (GPE), glycerolphosphorylcholine (GPC), phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), ATP and diphosphodiesters (DPDE). These metabolites were also detected at comparable concentrations in the extracts of intraperitoneally grown cysts. In addition, significantly more phosphocreatine (PCr), probably of host origin, was detected in the subcutaneous cysts than in the intraperitoneal cysts. [1H]-NMR spectra of cyst extracts revealed that parasites grown in the abdominal cavity contained significantly less glucose but significantly more succinate, acetate, alanine and β-hydroxybutyrate. Glycogen, creatine, glycine, taurine, betaine, cholines and lactate were present at similar concentrations in cyst material from both locations.

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  1. Department of Biology, University of Winnipeg, R3B 2E9, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    M. Novak & N. Hameed

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Winnipeg, R3B 2E9, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    B. J. Blackburn

  3. MR Research Laboratory, Health Sciences Centre, R3E OW3, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    R. Buist

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Novak, M., Hameed, N., Buist, R. et al. Metabolites of alveolarEchinococcus as determined by [31P]- and [1H]-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Parasitol Res 78, 665–670 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931518

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