Abstract
Vomitus from adults of five Schistosoma species was screened for biochemical homologues of the mammalian cysteine proteinases cathepsins B, H, and L. Bovine cathepsin B and rat cathepsin L served as references. Using the substrate Arg-NMec, a schistosome cathepsin H-like activity was never detected. All species degraded the cathepsin B substrate Z-Arg-Arg-NMec, but distinct species differences were observed with respect to pH optima and buffer preferences. The cathepsin B and L substrate Z-Phe-Arg-NMec was similarly degraded by all species, and activity was abolished by the cysteine proteinase inhibitor E-64. Preferences by vomitus proteinase activities for Z-Phe-Arg-NMec over Z-Arg-Arg-NMec were similar to or higher than those found for bovine cathepsin B but well below those observed for rat cathepsin L; also, the preferential cathepsin L inhibitor Z-Phe-PheCHN2 only partially inhibited proteinolytic activity. The results suggest the possible presence in vomitus of a minor cathepsin L-like activity and demonstrate a major cathepsin B-like activity that is biochemically variable between schistosome species.
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