The Salivary Adenosine/AMP Content of Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale and Brunetti, the Main Vector of Human Kala-Azar

J. M C. Ribeiro; Govind Modi

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0915:TSAACO]2.0.CO;2

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1 August 2001 The Salivary Adenosine/AMP Content of Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale and Brunetti, the Main Vector of Human Kala-Azar

J. M C. Ribeiro, Govind Modi

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J. of Parasitology, 87(4):915-917 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0915:TSAACO]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

Adenosine and AMP in the salivary glands of the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes were characterized by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography with diode-array detection and mass spectrometry. AMP and adenosine were measured in individual salivary gland pairs, yielding 76.8 ± 8.6 and 380 ± 25 pmoles per pair of salivary glands, respectively (mean ± SE, n = 12). These values decrease to 45 ± 7 and 181 ± 21 pmoles following a blood meal, indicating that AMP and adenosine were secreted. Because adenosine and AMP have anti-platelet, vasodilatory, and immunomodulatory properties, it is proposed that these salivary nucleotides help the fly to blood feed and may affect Leishmania transmission.

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J. M C. Ribeiro and Govind Modi "The Salivary Adenosine/AMP Content of Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale and Brunetti, the Main Vector of Human Kala-Azar," Journal of Parasitology 87(4), 915-917, (1 August 2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0915:TSAACO]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 August 2001

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