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Effect of tuftsin and oligotuftsins on chemotaxis and chemotactic selection in Tetrahymena pyriformis
Author(s) -
Láng O.,
Mező G.,
Hudecz F.,
Kőhidai L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
cell biology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1095-8355
pISSN - 1065-6995
DOI - 10.1016/j.cellbi.2006.02.012
Subject(s) - tetrahymena pyriformis , chemotaxis , tuftsin , tetrahymena , selection (genetic algorithm) , motility , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , computer science , peptide , artificial intelligence
The chemotactic properties of tuftsin (H‐TKPR‐OH), tuftsin derivatives (H‐KPR‐OH, H‐TKPKG‐NH 2 , Ac‐TKPKG‐NH 2 ) and TKPKG‐based oligotuftsins (T20, T30, T40) were investigated in Tetrahymena pyriformis GL. In contrast to its effects on Mammalia, tuftsin elicited chemorepellent or neutral responses; truncation of the N‐terminal part (KPR) led to similar results, though with more neutral effects. The significance of the C‐terminal part of the molecule was revealed by the chemoattractant properties of TKPKG, which are nevertheless abolished by acylation. Among the oligotuftsins, T20 and T40 were chemoattractants at higher concentrations (10 −9 –10 −6 M), while T30 had a wide‐ranging chemorepellent effect, indicating that chemotaxis is elicited in Tetrahymena only by ligands with optimal physicochemical characters (mass, conformation, etc.). The chemotactic selection data indicated that tuftsin‐induced chemotaxis results from fairly short‐term signalling in Tetrahymena .