Acanthamoeba castellanii

Sinard, J.H., Pollard, T.D. (1989). Microinjection into Acanthamoeba castellanii of monoclonal antibodies to mysoin II slows but does not stop cell locomotion. Cell Mot. Cytoskel. 12,42-52. 

Furthermore, enzymes that quantitatively liberate ester-bound fatty acids of lipid A are known. Such esterases are present in the amoebae Dictyoste-liurn discoideum (177-179) and Acanthamoeba castellanii (178). Selective... 

Under aerobic conditions, the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii (Neff strain ATCC 30.010) degraded /5,/7-DDT to jO,p -DDE, p,//-DDD, and dibenzophenone (Pollero and dePollero, 1978). 

Acanthamoeba castellanii (purified myosin I heavy chain kinase [23,24])... 

Lynch, T.J. Brzeska, H. Baines, I.C. Korn, E.D. Purification of myosin I and myosin I heavy chain kinase from Acanthamoeba castellanii. Methods Enzymol., 196, 12-23 (1991)... 

Mery-Drugeon E., Crouse E.J., Schmitt J., Bohnert H.J., Bernard G. (1981). The mitochondrial genomes of Ustilago cynoclontis and Acanthamoeba castellanii. Eur. J. Biochem. 114 577-583. 

Lipophosphonoglycan, a major component of the plasma membrane of Acanthamoeba castellanii, has been shown to contain inositol (8%) and C25- and C24-phytosphingosines (13%), in addition to neutral sugars (26%), amino-sugars (3%), aminophosphonates (10%), acid-labile phosphate (3%), and long-chain fatty acids. Electrophoresis on dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel separated the lipophosphonoglycan into two principal components that differed mainly in their sugar constituents. 

No significant reduction in the formation of antibodies was found in guinea-pigs after Intralipid. Because of the impairment of the resistance of the body by the accumulations of particles in the reticulo-endothelial system, it has been stated that only those fat emulsions-such as Intralipid - which are not taken up by the reticulo-endothelial cells should be used clinically [249]. Hence the importance of the factors affecting uptake and clearance. Davis and Hansrani [250] have studied the phagocytosis of soybean oil emulsions prepared with emulsifiers which confer different surface characteristics onto the fat particles. They used model systems comparing the uptake of the fat particles by mouse peritoneal polymorphonuclear macrophages and by Acanthamoeba castellanii. 

Connell, C. Rutter, A. Hill, B. Suller, M. Lloyd, D. Encystation of Acanthamoeba castellanii dye uptake for assessment by flow cytometry and confocal laser scanning microscopy. J. Appl Microbiol 2001, 90, 706-712. 

Schlusselhuber, M., Humblot, V., Casale, S., Mdthivier, C., Verdon, J., Leippe, M., et al., 2015. Potent antimicrobial peptides against Legionella pneumophila and its environmental host, Acanthamoeba castellanii. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 99, 4879 891. http //dx.doi. org/10.1007/s00253-015-6381-z. 

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