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External pH influences the transcriptional profile of the carbonic anhydrase, CAH-4b in Caenorhabditis elegans

Hall, Rebecca A., Vullo, Daniela, Innocenti, Alessio, Scozzafava, Andrea, Supuran, Claudiu T., Klappa, Peter, Mühlschlegel, Fritz A. (2008) External pH influences the transcriptional profile of the carbonic anhydrase, CAH-4b in Caenorhabditis elegans. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 161 (2). pp. 140-149. ISSN 0166-6851. (doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.013) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:15141)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.013

Abstract

Insight into how organisms adapt to environmental stimuli has become increasingly important in recent years for identifying key virulence factors in many species. The life cycle of many pathogenic nematode species forces the organism to experience environments which would otherwise be considered stressful. One of the conditions often encountered by nematodes is a change in environmental pH. Living in a soil environment Caenorhabditis elegans will naturally encounter fluctuations in external pH. Therefore, C elegans has the potential to provide an insight into how pathogenic nematodes survive and proliferate in these environments. We found that C elegans can maintain over 90% survival in pH conditions ranging from pH 3 to 10. This was unrelated to the non-specific protection provided by the cuticle. Global transcriptional analysis identified many genes, which were differentially regulated by pH. The gene cah-4 encodes two putative alpha carbonic anhydrases (CAH-4a and CAH-4b), one of which was five-fold up regulated in an alkaline environment (CAH-4b). Stopped-flow analysis of CAH-4b using 35 different carbonic anhydrase inhibitors identified complex benzenesulfonamide compounds as the most potent inhibitors (K-i 35-89 nM).

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.06.013
Uncontrolled keywords: C. elegans; environmental pH; carbonic anhydrase; global transcriptional analysis
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Funders: Wellcome Trust (https://ror.org/029chgv08)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (https://ror.org/00cwqg982)
European Union (https://ror.org/019w4f821)
Medical Research Council (https://ror.org/03x94j517)
Depositing User: Suzanne Duffy
Date Deposited: 23 Feb 2009 12:26 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:39 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/15141 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Hall, Rebecca A..

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Klappa, Peter.

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Mühlschlegel, Fritz A..

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