Abstract
Bloodstream forms of African trypanosomes are dependent on their host for fatty acids, choline and other components of membrane lipids. The bulk of their choline requirement is met by their ability to take up lysophospholipids from the host tissue fluids. Trypanosoma brucei has ocyltransferose and phospholipase A(1) activities for the metabolism of exogenous lysophospholipids. The rate of uptake of lysophospholipids can be controlled by changes in the extrocellulor concentration of fatty ocyl-coenzyme A, and this control has potential for chemotherapy.
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