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| Mossaad, Ehab; Salim, Bashir; Suganuma, Keisuke; Musinguzi, Peter; Hassan, Mohammed A.; Elamin, E. A.; Mohammed, G. E.; Bakhiet, Amel O.; Xuan, Xuenan; Satti, Rawan A.; Inoue, Noboru. |
| Background: This study was conducted in response to recurring reports from eastern Sudan of camel trypanosomosis that can no longer be treated by currently available trypanocidal drugs. One hundred and eighty-nine blood samples were obtained from camels in different herds and local markets in the western part of Sudan, and a cross-sectional study was carried out between December 2015 and February 2016 to identify the causative agents and possible circulating genotypes. Results: The prevalence of trypanosomes detected using the conventional parasitological techniques of Giemsa-stained blood smears, wet blood smears and the microhematocrit centrifugation technique (MHCT) was 7% (13/189), 11% (21/189) and 19% (36/189), respectively. However, a multi-species... |
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Palavras-chave: Dromedary camels; Sudan; Trypanosomosis; Trypanosoma evansi; Trypanosoma vivax. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4467 |
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| Altangerel, Khukhuu; Sivakumar, Thillaiampalam; Inpankaew, Tawin; Jittapalapong, Sathaporn; Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa; Ueno, Akio; Xuan, Xuenan; Igarashi, Ikuo; Yokoyama, Naoaki; 玄, 学南; 五十嵐, 郁男; 横山, 直明. |
| Here we report on an epidemiological study regarding the molecular prevalence of different genotypes of Theileria orientalis present among domestic cattle and water buffalo populations bred in Thailand. A phylogenetic analysis based on the parasitic gene encoding a major piroplasm surface protein revealed the presence of 5 genotypes (Types 1, 3, 5, 7, and N-3) in cattle and 7 genotypes (Types 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, N-2, and N-3) in water buffaloes. Types 4, 7, and N-3 of T. orientalis were reported for the first time in water buffaloes. The previously reported C and Thai types from Thailand clustered as types 7 and 6, respectively, in the present analysis. Great similarities were observed among nucleotide sequences of isolates of the same genotype from cattle and... |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3592 |
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| Terkawi, M. A.; Aboge, G.; Jia, H.; Goo, Y-K.; Ooka, H.; Yamagishi, Junya; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Kawazu, Shin-ichiro; Fujisaki, K.; Xuan, Xuenan; 山岸, 潤也; 西川, 義文; 河津, 信一郎; 玄, 学南. |
| A novel gene encoding 27-kDa protein was identified by the screening of Babesia gibsoni cDNA library with acutely infected dog serum. The BgP27 is a single copy gene with a predicted open reading frame of 762 bp and 254 amino acids. The phylogenic analysis of the deduced amino acid of BgP27 demonstrated considerable identities with members of Plasmodium berghei circumsporozoite protein family that ranged between 18.4% and 22.8%. The BgP27 was expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The serum raised in mice against the recombinant protein specifically reacted with a 27-kDa protein in the extracts of B. gibsoni parasites. Confocal laser scanning microscopic observation showed high fluorescent reactivity with both... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia gibsoni; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Deiagnostic performance. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2232 |
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| Seng, Seyha; Maki, Yoshiyuki; Yokoyama, Minesuke; Suzuki, R.; Kato, Mihoko; Bray, R. L.; Lim, C.; Zayatiin, Batsukh; Kamada, Takenori; Inoue, Noboru; Xuan, Xuenan; Igarashi, Ikuo; Nagasawa, Hideyuki; Fujisaki, Kozo; Mikami, Takeshi; Suzuki, Naoyoshi; Toyoda, Yutaka; 井上, 昇; 玄, 学南. |
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Palavras-chave: SAG-1; Oral wash and two-step polymerase chain reaction. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/311 |
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| Bannai, Hiroshi; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Seo, Jin-yong; Nakamura, Chinatsu; Zhang, Sofa; Kimata, Isao; Takashima, Yasuhiro; Li, Junyou; Igarashi, Ikuo; Xuan, Xuenan; 西川, 義文; 五十嵐, 郁男; 玄, 学南. |
| An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on the recombinant p23 of Cryptosporidium parvum was established for the detection of antibodies against C. parvum in cattle. The sensitivity and specificity of the ELISA were evaluated with the standard indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) using sporozoites as antigens. Of 77 bovine sera collected from China, 20 (26.0%) were identified as positive by the IFAT. The same samples were tested with the ELISA. The optical densities at 415 nm were compared to the IFAT results and statistically analyzed to designate a provisional cut-off point. As a result, the cut-off point was concluded to be 0.08, which was considered to be the best condition in the light of its sensitivity (80%) and specificity (73.7%).... |
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Palavras-chave: Cryptosporidium parvum; P23; ELISA; IFAT. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/142 |
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| Zhou, Jinlin; Yang, Jun; Zhang, Guohong; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Fujisaki, Kozo; Xuan, Xuenan. |
| A cDNA encoding the apical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) homologue was obtained by immunoscreening a cDNA expression library prepared from Babesia gibsoni merozoite mRNA. The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene was 2062 bp. Computer analysis suggested that the sequence contains an open reading frame of 1794 bp with a coding capacity of approximately 66 kDa. Based on the homology analysis, this putative protein was designated as B. gibsoni AMA-1 (BgAMA-1). The BgAMA-1 gene was expressed in the Escherichia coli BL21 strain and used as the antigen in Western blotting and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The results indicated that BgAMA-1 was recognized as an immunodominant antigen by the host immune system and that it induced a strong antibody... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia gibsoni; AMA-1; Antibody response. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/815 |
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| Fukumoto, Shinya; Sekine, Yukiko; Kimbita, Elikira; Huang, Xiaohong; Xuan, Xuenan; Inoue, Noboru; Yokoyama, Naoaki; Igarashi, Ikuo; Fujisaki, Kozo; Sugimoto, Chihiro; Nagasawa, Hideyuki; Mikami, Takeshi; Suzuki, Hiroshi; 福本, 晋也; 玄, 学南; 井上, 昇; 横山, 直明; 五十嵐, 郁男; 鈴木, 宏志. |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia gibsoni; Babesia canis; CDNA library; ELISA; P30 gene. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/624 |
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| Takashima, Yasuhiro; Xuan, Xuenan; Nagasawa, Hideyuki; Matsumoto, Yasunobu; Igarashi, Ikuo; Fujisaki, Kozo; Mikami, Takeshi; Otsuka, Haruki; 玄, 学南; 五十嵐, 郁男. |
| To develop a vaccine against cryptosporidiosis in animals, we constructed recombinant pseudorabies virus (PrV), a member of the Herpesviridae Alphaherpesvirus subfamily, expressing an immunodominant surface protein p23 of Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites. Because of the wide host range of PrV, it has the possibility as the vector to delivery the foreign genes to several species of animals containing experiment animal. In the recombinant constructed in this study, the p23 gene under the control of CAG promoter was integrated into the thymidine kinase (TK) gene of PRV. Antibody against p23 recognized p23 expressed in CPK cells infected with the recombinant, as the approximate 23 kDa specific band in Western blotting analysis. This study showed the... |
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Palavras-chave: Cryptosporidium parvum; P23; Herpes; Pseudorabies virus; Subunit vaccine. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/129 |
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| Dautu, George; Munyaka, Biscah; Carmen, Gabriella; Zhang, Guohong; Omata, Yoshitaka; Xuan, Xuenan; Igarashi, Makoto. |
| A combination of antigenic regions of microneme proteins have been previously reported as being protective against chronic toxoplasmosis. In this work, we evaluated immune responses induced by immunizing BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice intradermally with plasmid DNA encoding the protein sequences of Toxoplasma gondii AMA1, MIC2, M2AP and BAG1. Mice immunized with the AMA1 gene developed high levels of serum IgG2a and c antibodies as well as cellular immune responses associated with IFN-γ synthesis suggesting a modulated Th1 type of response. Immunization with the AMA1 gene resulted in a partial but significant protection against the acute phase of toxoplasmosis compared to MIC2, M2AP and BAG1 genes. Therefore, the AMA1 gene appears to generate a strong specific... |
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Palavras-chave: Toxoplasma gondii; DNA; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA immunization; MIC2; Microneme protein-2; M2AP; MIC2 associated protein; AMA1; Apical membrane antigen-1; BAG1; Bradyzoite antigen-1; IgG; Immunoglobulin G. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1031 |
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| Takashima, Yasuhiro; Xuan, Xuenan; Shirafuji, Hiroaki; Zhang, Guohong; Otsuka, Haruki. |
| To develop DNA vaccines against Cryptosporidiosis, a plasmid coding an immunodominant protein of Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoite, p23 (pCX-p23) and another plasmid coding a fusion protein containing whole the p23 and the Fc portion of mouse immunogloblin G1 (pCX-p23Fc). Vaccination of BALB/c mice with the plasmid, pCX-p23 and pCX-p23Fc induced the production of antibodies against p23. Although both of splenocytes of mice immunized with the plasmids pCX-p23 and pCX-p23Fc expressed interleukin-4 and interferon-8, after the in vitro stimulation by p23 antigen, the interferon-8 expression level of pCX-p23Fc immunized mice was much higher than that of pCX-p23 immunized mice. These results suggest a possibility of the plasmid pCX-p23Fc as a DNA vaccine... |
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Palavras-chave: C. parvum; DNA vaccine; Fc; Interferon-8. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/147 |
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| Zhang, Houshuang; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Ikehara, Yuzuru; Kojima, Naoya; Yokoyama, Naoaki; Xuan, Xuenan. |
| Liposomes coated with neoglycolipids constructed with mannopentaose and dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (Man3-DPPE), referred to as M3-DPPE liposomes, have been shown to induce cellular immunity against antigens encapsulated therein. To evaluate whether these M3-DPPE liposomes have an adjuvant capacity against Neospora caninum infection, a novel immunization method utilizing soluble N. caninum apical membrane antigen 1 (NcAMA1) encapsulated in the M3-DPPE liposomes (M3-NcAMA1) was employed. The intent was to reduce offspring mortality from N. caninum infection in susceptible, pregnant BALB/c mice. The results revealed that BALB/c mice developed IgG antibodies specific to N. caninum. A significant amount of interferon (IFN)-γ production was... |
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Palavras-chave: Neospora caninum; Apical membrane antigen 1; Oligomannose-coated liposomes. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2821 |
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| Buates, S.; Xuan, Xuenan; Igarashi, Makoto; Sugimoto, Chihiro; Inoue, Noboru; 玄, 学南; 五十嵐, 慎; 井上, 昇. |
| Toxoplasma gondii microneme protein 2 (TgMIC2), an apically stored adhesin, was shown to be a key participant involved in the initial attachment and invasion to a host cell. In this study, we had established the clonal line of T. gondii tachyzoites which over-expressed TgMIC2 using the tetracycline repressor (TetR)-based inducible gene expression system. The TgMIC2 over-expression significantly reduced tachyzoite propagation in vitro (p < 0.002) and significantly reduced the parasite virulence in mice (p = 0.002). The over-expression of exogenous TgMIC2 caused the increase of mRNA expression level of endogenous TgMIC2. Wild type parasites mainly expressed TgMIC2115 protein, the microneme store and the surface form of TgMIC2. Over-expression of TgMIC2... |
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Palavras-chave: Toxoplasma gondii; TgMIC2; Over-expression. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2236 |
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| Zhou, Mo; Cao, Shinuo; Luo, Yuzi; Liu, Mingming; Wang, Guanbo; Moumouni, Paul Franck Adjou; Jirapattharasate, Charoonluk; Iguchi, Aiko; Vudriko, Patrick; Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa; Lowenstein, Mario; Kern, Angela; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Suzuki, Hiroshi; Igarashi, Ikuo; Xuan, Xuenan. |
| Background: Babesia canis is an apicomplexan tick-transmitted hemoprotozoan responsible for causing canine babesiosis in Europe and west Asia. Despite its importance, there is no known rapid diagnostic kit detection of B. canis infection in dogs. The present study identified two novel antigens of B. canis and used the recombinant antigens to establish a rapid, specific and sensitive serodiagnostic technique for detection of B. canis infection. Methods: A complementary DNA (cDNA) expression library was constructed from the mRNA of B. canis and immunoscreened using B. canis-infected dog sera. The cDNAs encoding a merozoite surface antigen and a secreted antigen protein were identified and designated as BcMSA1 and BcSA1, respectively. The recombinant BcMSA1... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia canis; Canine babesiosis; BcMSA1; BcSA1; ELISA; Immunochromatographic tests. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4420 |
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| Miyama, Takako; Sakata, Yoshimi; Shimada, Yojiro; Ogino, Shoji; Watanabe, Malaika; Itamoto, Kazuhito; Okuda, Masaru; Verdida, Rodolfo A.; Xuan, Xuenan; Nagasawa, Hideyuki; Inokuma, Hisashi. |
| To determine the distribution of Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in the eastern part of Japan, an epidemiological survey of dogs suspected of having B. gibsoni infection was attempted using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Thirty-five of 115 such dogs (30.4%) were positive by PCR and/or ELISA. The 35 positive dogs consisted of 28 Tosa dogs, 4 American Pit Bull Terriers, and 3 mongrel dogs in Aomori, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Gunma, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Nagano Prefectures. The positive dogs had a significantly lower rate of tick exposure and a higher rate of bites by other dogs. Twenty-two of 35 B. gibsoni-positive dogs were infected with hemoplasma, and the rate of infection was significantly higher than... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia gibsoni; Eastern Japan; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Hemoplasma; Polymerase chain reaction. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/924 |
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| Tumurjav, Buyannemekh; Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa; Zhang, Houshuang; Zhang, Guohong; Jia, Honglin; Goo, Youn-Kyoung; Yamagishi, Junya; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Igarashi, Ikuo; Sugimoto, Chihiro; Xuan, Xuenan. |
| Toxoplasma gondii matrix antigen 1 (TgMAG1), known as the 65-kDa protein, which is abundantly expressed in both bradyzoites and tachyzoites, was evaluated as a candidate for the development of a diagnostic reagent for ovine toxoplasmosis. The TgMAG1 gene was expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase (GST),and the recombinant TgMAG1 (rTgMAG1) was tested in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The ELISA with rTgMAG1 showed a highly specific reaction with sera from mice experimentally infected with T. gondii but not with the closely related Neospora caninum. The antibodies to TgMAG1 were detectable from the acute to the chronic infectious stages in a mouse model. A total of 175 serum samples collected from sheep... |
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Palavras-chave: ELISA; Mongolia; Sheep; TgMAG1; Toxoplasma gondii. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3018 |
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