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MetabolomicsGluconeogenesis using glycerol as a substrate in bloodstream-form Trypanosoma brucei
Bloodstream form African trypanosomes are thought to rely exclusively upon glycolysis, using glucose as a substrate, for ATP production. Indeed, the pathway has long been considered a potential therapeutic target to tackle the devastating and neglected tropical diseases caused by these parasites. Ho...
2018-12-10 | MTBLS706 | MetaboLights
MetabolomicsDivergent metabolism between Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei results in differential sensitivity to metabolic inhibition
Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is a debilitating livestock disease prevalent across sub-Saharan Africa, a main cause of which is the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma congolense. In comparison to the well-studied T. brucei, there is a major paucity of knowledge regarding the biology of T. congole...
2021-07-20 | MTBLS2372 | MetaboLights
MetabolomicsMapping the metabolism of five amino acids in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei using U-13C-labelled substrates and LC–MS
The metabolism of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei has been the focus of numerous studies since the 1940s. Recently it was shown, using metabolomics coupled with heavy-atom isotope labelled glucose, that the metabolism of the bloodstream form parasite is more complex than previously thought. The pres...
2019-06-24 | MTBLS624 | MetaboLights
MetabolomicsMetabolomics guides rational development of a simplified cell culture medium for drug screening against Trypanosoma brucei
In vitro culture methods underpin many experimental approaches to biology and drug discovery. The modification of established cell culture methods to be more biologically relevant, or to optimise growth, is traditionally a laborious task. Emerging metabolomics technology enables rapid evaluation of ...
2015-05-14 | MTBLS49 | MetaboLights
MetabolomicsCell-based and multi-omics profiling reveal dynamic metabolic repurposing of mitochondria to drive developmental progression of Trypanosoma brucei

Mitochondrial metabolic remodeling is a hallmark of the Trypanosoma brucei digenetic life cycle since the insect stage utilizes the cost-effective oxidative phosphorylation to generate ATP, while bloodstream cells switch to less energetically efficient aerobic glycolysis. Due to difficulties in a...

2020-08-20 | MTBLS1390 | MetaboLights
MetabolomicsTranscriptional differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei during in vitro acquisition of resistance to acoziborole

Subspecies of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei are the causative agents of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), a debilitating neglected tropical disease prevalent across sub-Saharan Africa. HAT case numbers have steadily decreased since the start of the century, and sustainable...

2021-11-02 | MTBLS2559 | MetaboLights
MetabolomicsUntargeted Metabolomics Reveals a Lack Of Synergy between Nifurtimox and Eflornithine against Trypanosoma brucei
A non-targeted metabolomics-based approach is presented that enables the study of pathways in response to drug action with the aim of defining the mode of action of trypanocides. Eflornithine, a polyamine pathway inhibitor, and nifurtimox, whose mode of action involves its metabolic activation, are ...
2017-06-07 | MTBLS459 | MetaboLights
TranscriptomicsIn vitro generation of human high-density-lipoprotein-resistant Trypanosoma brucei brucei
The host range of African trypanosomes is influenced by innate protective molecules in the blood of primates. A subfraction of human high-density lipoprotein (HDL) containing apolipoprotein A-I, apolipoprotein L-I, and haptoglobin-related protein is toxic to Trypanosoma brucei brucei but not the hum...
ORGANISM(S): Trypanosoma brucei brucei 
2007-07-04 | E-GEOD-8369 | biostudies-arrayexpress
TranscriptomicsHigh throughput screening for chemical inducers of stumpy formation in Trypanosoma brucei
During the bloodstream stage of the Trypanosoma brucei lifecycle, the parasite exists as the proliferative slender-form or the non-proliferative, transmissible, stumpy-form. The transition from the slender to stumpy-form is stimulated by a density-dependent mechanism and is important in infection dy...
ORGANISM(S): Trypanosoma brucei brucei 
2014-01-21 | E-GEOD-46483 | biostudies-arrayexpress
MetabolomicsVeterinary trypanocidal benzoxaboroles are peptidase-activated prodrugs (T. brucei assay)

Livestock diseases caused by Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax and T. brucei, collectively known as nagana, are responsible for billions of dollars in lost food production annually. There is an urgent need for novel therapeutics. Encouragingly, promising antitrypanosomal benzoxaboroles are under v...

2020-09-23 | MTBLS1474 | MetaboLights
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