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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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| 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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| Ooka, Hideo; Terkawi, Mohamad A; Cao, Shinuo; Aboge, Gabriel; Goo, Youn-Kyoung; Luo, Yuzi; Li, Yan; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Igarashi, Ikuo; Xuan, Xuenan; 西川, 義文; 五十嵐, 郁男; 玄, 学南. |
| A cDNA encoding the Babesia microti 32-kDa protein was identified by serological immunoscreening of a cDNA expression library and designated as BmP32. The full length of BmP32 contains an open reading frame of 918 base pairs consisting of 306 amino acids having a significant homology with B. microti secreted antigen 1. Antiserum raised against recombinant protein (rBmP32) specifically reacted with a 32-kDa native protein of the parasite lysate using western blot analysis. The indirect immunofluorescent antibody test showed a preferable localization of BmP32 in the cytoplasm of the intra- and extracellular parasites. Moreover, BmP32 was secreted in the cytosol of infected erythrocytes, especially during the peak parasitemia and the recovery phase of the... |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3820 |
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| Sandagdorj, Narantsatsral; Goo, Youn-Kyoung; Terkawi, Mohamad Alaa; Soma, Takehisa; Luo, Yuzi; Li, Yan; Cao, Shinuo; Aboge, Gabriel Oluga; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Badgar, Battsetseg; Xuan, Xuenan. |
| Among the previously established enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), an ELISA using the full length of recombinant thrombospondin-related adhesive protein of Babesia gibsoni (rBgTRAPf) is considered as the most sensitive diagnostic method for the detection of antibody to B. gibsoni in dogs. However, the expression of rBgTRAPf in high concentration is poor and thus limits its usefulness as diagnostic antigen. To improve its expression level, we have truncated BgTRAPf into two fragments having either N- or C-terminus (BgTRAPn or BgTRAPc). The expression of BgTRAPc protein in Escherichia coli yielded adequate recombinant protein. The specificity and sensitivity of ELISAs with the truncated proteins were determined using B. gibsoni-experimentally... |
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Palavras-chave: Babesia gibsoni; Diagnosis; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP). |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3115 |
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