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| MASATANI, Tatsunori; ASADA, Masahito; ICHIKAWA-SEKI, Madoka; USUI, Miho; TERKAWI, Mohamad A.; HAYASHI, Kei; KAWAZU, Shin-ichiro; XUAN, Xuenan; 河津, 信一郎; 玄, 学南. |
| Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a family of antioxidant enzymes. Here, we cloned a 2-Cys Prx, BgTPx-1, from the canine Babesia parasite B. gibsoni. Sequence identity between BgTPx-1 and 2-Cys Prx of B. bovis was 81% at the amino acid level. Enzyme activity assay by using recombinant BgTPx-1 (rBgTPx-1) indicated that BgTPx-1 has antioxidant activity. Antiserum from a mouse immunized with rBgTPx-1 reacted with parasite lysates and detect a protein with a monomeric size of 22 kDa and also a 44 kDa protein, which might be an inefficiently reduced dimer. BgTPx-1 was expressed in the cytoplasm of B. gibsoni merozoites. These results suggest that the BgTPx-1 may play a role to control redox balance in the cytoplasm of B. gibsoni. |
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Palavras-chave: Antioxidant activity; Babesia gibsoni; Canine; Peroxiredoxin. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3925 |
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| ICHIKAWA-SEKI, Madoka; GUSWANTO, Azirwan; ALLAMANDA, Puttik; MARIAMAH, Euis Siti; WIBOWO, Putut Eko; NISHIKAWA, Yoshifumi. |
| Neospora caninum can cause fetal abortion and neonatal mortality in cattle, and is a cause of economic concern worldwide. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Neospora caninum-specific antibodies in cattle from Western Java, Indonesia. Serum samples from 991 cattle from 21 locations were tested for antibodies to N. caninum by using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) on the basis of recombinant NcSAG1. The overall seroprevalence was 16.6%, ranging from 0 to 87.5% in the sampled locations. The results of this study indicate latent infection rates of sampled animals were different in each location. Further studies are necessary to elucidate the relationship between N. caninum infection and abortion in cattle, and to identify risk factors... |
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Palavras-chave: Cattle; ELISA; Indonesia; NcSAG1; Neospora caninum. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4250 |
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