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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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