n amoeboid cells, histochemical, biochemical, and electrophoresis analyses evidenced both a ChE activity able to hydrolyze the substrate PrTChI, and AChE (E.C. 3.1.1.7.) activity similar to Electrophorus electricus AChE. Conversely, butyrylcholinesterase activity was nearly absent, according to our previous results on P. primaurelia. Moreover, the possibility to utilize D. discoideum in a bioassay for the pre-chemical screening both of moist environments and fresh waters, in relation to the occurrence of the neurotoxic organophosphate drugs, such as "basudin", inhibiting ChE activity, was investigated.
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Titolo: | Cholinesterase activity and effects of its inhibition by neurotoxic drugs in Dictyostelium discoideum |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2002 |
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Abstract: | n amoeboid cells, histochemical, biochemical, and electrophoresis analyses evidenced both a ChE activity able to hydrolyze the substrate PrTChI, and AChE (E.C. 3.1.1.7.) activity similar to Electrophorus electricus AChE. Conversely, butyrylcholinesterase activity was nearly absent, according to our previous results on P. primaurelia. Moreover, the possibility to utilize D. discoideum in a bioassay for the pre-chemical screening both of moist environments and fresh waters, in relation to the occurrence of the neurotoxic organophosphate drugs, such as "basudin", inhibiting ChE activity, was investigated. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11567/245772 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01.01 - Articolo su rivista |