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Liyanagunawardena, Nilukshi; Sivakumar, Thillaiampalam; Kothalawala, Hemal; Silva, Seekkuge Susil Priyantha; Battsetseg, Badgar; Dinh Thi Bich Lan; Inoue, Noboru; Igarashi, Ikuo; Yokoyama, Naoaki. |
Babesia bovis is the most virulent Babesia organism, resulting in a high mortality rate in cattle. The genetic diversity of B. bovis merozoite surface antigens (MSAs), such as MSA-1, MSA-2b, and MSA-2c, might be linked to altered immune profiles in the host animals. The present study aimed to develop type-specific PCR assays for Asian msa-1 genotypes, thereby re-analyzing the genetic diversity of msa-1 in Sri Lanka, Mongolia, and Vietnam. Specific primers were designed for nine Asian msa-1 genotypes, which had been detected based on the phylogeny constructed using msa-1 gene sequences retrieved from the GenBank database. Specificity of the type-specific PCR assays was confirmed using plasmids containing the inserts of msa-1 gene fragments that represent... |
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Palavras-chave: Asia; Babesia bovis; Genetic diversity; Msa-1; Type-specific PCR. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4489 |
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Tattiyapong, Muncharee; Sivakumar, Thillaiampalam; Takemae, Hitoshi; Simking, Pacharathon; Jittapalapong, Sathaporn; Igarashi, Ikuo; Yokoyama, Naoaki. |
Babesia bovis, an intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite, causes severe clinical disease in cattle worldwide. The genetic diversity of parasite antigens often results in different immune profiles in infected animals, hindering efforts to develop immune control methodologies against the B. bovis infection. In this study, we analyzed the genetic diversity of the merozoite surface antigen-1 (msa-1) gene using 162 B. bovis-positive blood DNA samples sourced from cattle populations reared in different geographical regions of Thailand. The identity scores shared among 93 msa-1 gene sequences isolated by PCR amplification were 43.5-100%, and the similarity values among the translated amino acid sequences were 42.8-100%. Of 23 total clades detected in our... |
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Palavras-chave: Antigenicity variation; Babesia bovis; Msa-1; Genetic diversity; Thailand. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4490 |
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NAGANO, Daisuke; SIVAKUMAR, Thillaiampalam; DE DE MACEDO, Alane Caine Costa; INPANKAEW, Tawin; ALHASSAN, Andy; IGARASHI, Ikuo; YOKOYAMA, Naoaki; 五十嵐, 郁男; 横山, 直明. |
In the present study, we screened blood DNA samples obtained from cattle bred in Brazil (n=164) and Ghana (n=80) for Babesia bovis using a diagnostic PCR assay and found prevalences of 14.6% and 46.3%, respectively. Subsequently, the genetic diversity of B. bovis in Thailand, Brazil and Ghana was analyzed, based on the DNA sequence of merozoite surface antigen-1 (MSA-1). In Thailand, MSA-1 sequences were relatively conserved and found in a single clade of the phylogram, while Brazilian MSA-1 sequences showed high genetic diversity and were dispersed across three different clades. In contrast, the sequences from Ghanaian samples were detected in two different clades, one of which contained only a single Ghanaian sequence. The identities among the MSA-1... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; Brazil; Ghana; MSA-1; Thailand. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4014 |
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Ishizaki, Takahiro; Sivakumar, Thillaiampalam; Hayashida, Kyoko; Tuvshintulga, Bumduuren; Igarashi, Ikuo; Yokoyama, Naoaki. |
Babesia bovis is an apicomplexan hemoprotozoan that can invade bovine red blood cells (RBCs), where it multiplies asexually. RBC invasion assays using free viable merozoites are now routinely used to understand the invasion mechanism of B. bovis, and to evaluate the efficacy of chemicals and antibodies that potentially inhibit RBC invasion by the parasite. The application of high-voltage pulses (high-voltage electroporation), a commonly used method to isolate free merozoites from infected RBCs, reduces the viability of the merozoites. Recently, a cold treatment of B. bovis in vitro culture was found to induce an effective release of merozoites from the infected RBCs. In the present study, we incubated in vitro cultures of B. bovis in an ice bath to... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; Cold treatment; Invasion-inhibition assay; Merozoite isolation; RBC invasion. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4488 |
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Sivakumar, T; Khukhuu, A; Alhassan, A; Rezk Ali Aboulaila, M. |
A fragment of a novel gene, designated as the BboP67 gene, of Babesia bovis, which had been recently reported as a homolog of the gene encoding a sporozoite-specific P67 antigen of Theileria parva, was isolated from the genomic DNA of B. bovis and expressed as a recombinant (rBboP67) in E. coli. The antigenicity of rBboP67 was evaluated using 102 and 68 field serum samples collected from cattle in Ghana and Mongolia, respectively. All of the B. bovis- and B. bigemina-infected sera, which had been identified by the species-specific antigens, rRAP-1/CTs, for B. bovis and B. bigemina in the standard ELISA, positively reacted with the rBboP67 in ELISA. While B. bovis-infected field serum samples recognized the rBboP67 in Western blot analysis, sera collected... |
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Palavras-chave: BboP67; Babesia bovis; Babesia bigemina; Sporozoite; Theileria parva. |
Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2388 |
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KAMYINGKIRD, Ketsarin; CAO, Shinuo; MASATANI, Tatsunori; MOUMOUNI, Paul Franck Adjou; VUDRIKO, Patrick; MOUSA, Ahmed Abd El Moniem; TERKAWI, Mohamad Alaa; NISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi; IGARASHI, Ikuo; XUAN, Xuenan; 西川, 義文; 五十嵐, 郁男; 玄, 学南. |
The emergence of drug resistance and adverse side effects of current bovine babesiosis treatment suggest that the search of new drug targets and development of safer and effective compounds are required. This study focuses on dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH), the fourth enzyme of pyrimidine biosynthesis pathway as a potential drug target for bovine babesiosis. Recombinant Babesia bovis DHODH protein (rBboDHODH) was produced in Escherichia coli and used for characterization and measurement of enzymatic activity. Furthermore, the effects of DHODH inhibitors were evaluated in vitro. The recombinant B. bovis DHODH histidine fusion protein (rBboDHODH) had 42.4-kDa molecular weight and exhibited a specific activity of 475.7 ± 245 Unit/mg, a Km = 276.2 µM for... |
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Palavras-chave: Atovaquone; Babesia bovis; Chemotherapeutic target agent; Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase; Leflunomide. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3918 |
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Sivakumar, T; Aboulaila, M. R. A.; Khukhuu, A; Iseki, H; Alhassan, A; Yokoyama, Naoaki; Igarashi, Ikuo; 横山, 直明; 五十嵐, 郁男. |
The in vitro inhibitory effect of fosmidomycin was evaluated against the asexual growth of bovine Babesia parasites (Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina). In the cultures with these parasites, severe reduction of parasite growth was observed by the addition of 1.25 μg/ml of the final drug concentration. Under these conditions, B. bigemina was completely cleared until the third day of cultivation. On the other hand, B. bovis was completely eliminated on the fourth day when the concentration was 6.25 μg/ml in the culture. These parasites failed to grow again when a drug-free medium was substituted for the subsequent cultivation. The IC50 values of fosmidomycin against B. bovis were determined as 0.88 and 0.63 μg/ml in the in vitro cultures with... |
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Palavras-chave: Fosmidomycin; Babesia bovis; Babesia bigemina; Asexual growth; In vitro culture. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2235 |
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Fereig, Ragab M.; Mohamed, Samy G. A.; Mahmoud, Hassan Y. A. H.; AbouLaila, Mahmoud Rezk; Guswanto, Azirwan; Thu-Thuy Nguyen; Mohamed, Adel Elsayed Ahmed; Inoue, Noboru; Igarashi, Ikuo; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi. |
Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, Trypanosoma evansi, and Anaplasma marginate infections cause serious diseases in cattle, and are primarily transmitted by arthropod vectors (ticks for B. bovis, B. bigemina, and A. marginate and various types of flies for T. evansi). In the last few years, there have been many reports of a high prevalence of certain protozoan infections in northern Egypt, but no accurate or adequate data are available for the southern regions. Therefore, in this study, we screened for evidence of such diseases in economically important cattle species using serum samples. The seroprevalence of protozoan infections in cattle was determined with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using species-specific diagnostic antigens. In a total of 301 cattle... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; Babesia bigemina; Trypanosoma evansi; Anaplasma marginale; Cattle; Egypt. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4579 |
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MOSSAAD, Ehab; ASADA, Masahito; NAKATANI, Daichi; INOUE, Noboru; YOKOYAMA1), Naoaki; KANEKO, Osamu; KAWAZU, Shin-ichiro; 井上, 昇; 横山, 直明; 河津, 信一郎. |
Bovine babesiosis is a livestock disease known to cause economic losses in endemic areas. The apicomplexan parasite Babesia bovis is able to invade and destroy the host’s erythrocytes leading to the serious pathologies of the disease, such as anemia and hemoglobinuria. Understanding the egress mechanisms of this parasite is therefore a key step to develop new therapeutic strategies. In this study, the possible involvement of Ca2+ in the egress of B. bovis merozoites from infected erythrocytes was investigated. Egress was artificially induced in vitro using calcium ionophore A23187 and thapsigargin to increase Ca2+ concentration in the cytosol of the parasite cells. The increased intracellular Ca2+ concentration following these treatments was confirmed... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; Calcium ionophore; Calcium signalling; Egress. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4071 |
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TAKABATAKE, Noriyuki; OKAMURA, Masashi; YOKOYAMA, Naoaki; OKUBO, Kazuhiro; IKEHARA, Yuzuru; IGARASHI, Ikuo; 横山, 直明; 五十嵐, 郁男. |
Host sialic acid (SA) has recently been suggested to play an important role in erythrocyte (RBC) infection by Babesia spp. The present study attempted to further determine the specific type of SAs important in the RBC invasion. Bovine RBC was found to bear abundant α2-3-linked SA residues but not α2-6-linked SA in nature, confirmed by flow cytometric analysis of the neuraminidase (Nm)-treated RBCs. Lectin-blot analyses revealed the removal of α2-3-linked SAs from the 97-, 33-, and 31-kDa bands by the Nm treatment. Addition of the Nm-treated RBCs into an in vitro culture of B. bovis resulted in a decreased population of the parasitized RBCs. The thin smear samples from the cultures were then observed under a confocal laser scanning microscope after staining... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; Erythrocyte; Invasion; Sialic acid. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4166 |
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Goo, Youn-Kyoung; Terkawi, M. Alaa; Jia, Honglin; Aboge, G. Oluga; Ooka, Hideo; Kim, Suk; Igarashi, Ikuo; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Xuan, Xuenan. |
The effect of artesunate, a water-soluble artemisinin derivative, against Babesia species, such as Babesia bovis, Babesia gibsoni, and Babesia microti was studied. Cultures of B. bovis and B. gibsoni were treated with 0.26 μM, 2.6 μM, 26 μM, and 260 μM artesunate, and the growth-inhibitory effect was shown in over 2.6 μM artesunate in day 4 and day 3 post-subculture for B. bovis and B. gibsoni, respectively, in dose-dependent manner. In vivo experiment for B. microti, strong inhibition effects were observed in mouse groups treated with over 1.0 mg/kg body weight of artesunate on day 9 and 10 post-infection. These results suggest that artesunate could be a potential drug for Babesia infection. |
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Palavras-chave: Artesunate; Babesia bovis; Babesia gibsoni; Babesia microti. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2820 |
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YU, Longzheng; TERKAWI, Mohmad Alaa; CRUZ-FLORES, Mary Jane; G. CLAVERIA, Florencia; ABOGE, Gabriel Oluga; YAMAGISHI, Junya; GOO, Youn-Kyoung; CAO, Shinuo; MASATANI, Tatsunori; NISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi; XUAN, Xuenan; 西川, 義文; 玄, 学南. |
A total of 250 blood samples were collected from clinically healthy cattle in five provinces of Philippines. DNA was extracted from the samples and analyzed by nested PCR assays for an epidemiological survey of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina infections. Out of the 250 samples, 27 (10.8%) and 16 (6.4%) were positive for B. bovis infection and B. bigemina infection, respectively. Mixed infections were detected in a total of 4 samples (1.6%). Our data provide baseline information regarding the epidemiology of B. bovis and B. bigemina infections in cattle in Philippines, which can be utilized in developing proper strategies for disease control and management. |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; NPCR; Philippines. |
Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3919 |
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Okubo, Kazuhiro; Yokoyama, Naoaki; Govind, Yadav; Alhassan, Andy; Igarashi, Ikuo. |
In the present study, we examined the effects of four kinds of cysteine protease inhibitors (E64, E64d, leupeptin, and ALLN) on the in vitro asexual growth of Babesia bovis. Of these, only the lipophilic inhibitors, E64d and ALLN, were found to effectively inhibit the growth of B. bovis. In further experiments, E64d, but not ALLN, significantly suppressed the parasite’s invasion of host erythrocytes, while both chemicals, especially ALLN, inhibited the parasite’s replication within the infected erythrocytes. These data suggested the presence of cysteine protease(s) derived from B. bovis, in which the protease(s) would play important roles in the erythrocyte invasion and/or replication processes of the parasite. |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; Cysteine protease; Inhibitor; Invasion; Replication. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1041 |
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Obregón,D; de Sena Oliveira,Marcia Cristina; Tizioto,Polyana Cristine; Funnes,Maribel Elizabeth; Martínez,Siomara; Roque,E; Henrique Fonseca,A; Corona,Belkis. |
Este trabajo se realizó con el objetivo de determinar si los búfalos en el Occidente de Cuba son portadores de la infección por Babesia bovis, empleando un ensayo de PCR Anidada (nPCR). Se procesaron 222 muestras de ADN, extraído de sangre de búfalos, de diferentes edades, procedentes de siete granjas de la región occidental de Cuba, a los que también se les realizó frotis sanguíneo. Como resultado encontramos que todas las muestras resultaron negativas al frotis sanguíneo. Sin embargo, 94 de ellas (42,1%) resultaron positivas en el nPCR, visualizándose bandas de 298pb. La infección estuvo presente en animales de todas las granjas y de las cuatro categorías estudiadas. Se secuenció el producto del nPCR de una muestra positiva. La secuencia obtenida se... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Babesia bovis; PCRn; Rap1. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0253-570X2012000200007 |
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Bracarense,A.P.F.L.; Vidotto,O.; Cruz,G.D.. |
A case of prenatal Babesia bovis infection in Brazil in a 17 year-old Holstein × Brown Swiss cow which aborted at approximately eight months of gestation is described and discussed. The newborn calf outlived for few minutes and then died. At necropsy, the thoracic and abdominal cavities were filled by a great volume of a transparent liquid and petechial hemorrhages in oral mucosa and epicardium were observed. Histopathologic examination stained by Haematoxylin-Eosin of lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, brain and cerebellum revealed variable degrees of congestion and edema, particularly in the liver and brain. In the liver, inflammatory multi-nucleated cells were seen surrounding the portal area and a reasonable degeneration was noted. The brain also revealed... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Bovino; Babesia bovis; Transmissão congênita. |
Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352001000400017 |
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Martins,João Ricardo; Corrêa,Bartolomeu Lima; Ceresér,Victor Hermes. |
Comparou-se o desempenho de um kit de ELISA para detectar anticorpos contra Babesia bovis, em hemoparasita bovino, com o teste de Imunofluorescência Indireta (IFI) usualmente empregado em rotina sorológica. Sobre 97 amostras de soros oriundas de uma região livre de carrapatos e hematozoários, o teste de ELISA demonstrou uma especificidade de 98.9% contra 97.9% do teste de IFI. Ambos os testes apresentaram uma sensibilidade de 100% quando utilizados sobre 22 amostras de soro de bovinos experimentalmente infectados com B. bovis. Os resultados obtidos sobre 1560 amostras colhidas à campo, mostraram uma concordância de 90,1% (1406/1560) entre amostras positivas e negativas, enquanto que 4,2% (66) foram positivas para IFI e negativas para ELISA e 5,6% (88)... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Sorologia; Babesia bovis; ELISA; IFI. |
Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84781996000100021 |
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Schild,Ana Lucia; Ruas,Jerônimo Lopes; Farias,Nara Amelia; Grecco,Fabiane Borelli; Soares,Mauro Pereira. |
Descrevem-se os aspectos epidemiológicos de um surto de babesiose cerebral ocorrido em bovinos no município de Santa Vitória do Palmar, RS em uma propriedade localizada geograficamente na Latitude S 33°05'23" e Longitude WO 53°09'29", região considerada zona livre de Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Em meados de novembro de 2007 foram transferidos para essa propriedade quatro touros, quatro novilhas e duas vacas provenientes do município de Minas do Leão,RS localizado geograficamente na Latitude S 30°12'07" e Longitude WO 52°03'25". De um total de 393 animais, 40 bovinos adultos morreram no período entre 19 de janeiro e 2 de março de 2008. O diagnóstico foi realizado pela observação das lesões macroscópicas e pela presença de numerosas formas... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Babesiose cerebral; Babesia bovis; Doenças transmitidas por carrapato; Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus; Epidemiologia. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000900041 |
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