Journal: International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance
Article Title: Tamoxifen inhibits the biosynthesis of inositolphosphorylceramide in Leishmania
doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2018.10.007
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effect of tamoxifen treatment on L. amazonensis sphingolipid biosynthesis. Metabolic labeling of 1 × 10 8 L. amazonensis promastigotes with 6 μCi of [ 3 H]-sphingosine (lanes 2 and 3) or 6 μCi of [ 3 H]-inositol (lanes 5 and 6). Parasites were treated with 10 μM tamoxifen for 4 h and purified total lipids were analyzed by HPTLC using running system 1. ST(S): [ 3 H]-sphingosine standard without incubation with cells, ST(I): [ 3 H]-inositol standard without incubation with cells, Sph*: lipid extract of [ 3 H]-sphingosine labeled parasites, Ino*: lipid extract of [ 3 H]-inositol labeled parasites, Ct: lipid extract of untreated parasites, Tam: lipid extract of parasites treated with tamoxifen, C16-cer: C16-ceramide standard, PI 18:1: phosphatidylinositol 18:1 standard, O: origin, F: front.
Article Snippet: Subsequent dilutions were done in culture media. d18:1/16:0 C16-ceramide (N-palmitoyl-D- erythro -sphingosine, Avanti ® Polar Lipids, Inc.), 18:1 PI [1,2-dioleoyl- sn -glycero-3-phosphoinositol (ammonium salt), Avanti ® Polar Lipids, Inc.] and acyl-ceramide (1-oleoyl-N-heptadecanoyl-D-erythro-sphingosine, Avanti ® Polar Lipids, Inc.) were used as standards.
Techniques: Labeling, Purification, High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography, Incubation