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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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| Terkawi, M. Alaa; Jia, Honglin; Zhou, Jinlin; Lee, Eung-goo; Igarashi, Ikuo; Fujisaki, Kozo; Nishikawa, Yoshifumi; Xuan, Xuenan. |
| Babesia gibsoni ribosomal phosphoprotein PO (BgP0) was identified as an immunodominant cross-reactive antigen with B. microti. The BgPO gene is a single copy with a predicted open reading frame of 942 bp and 314 amino acids. The BgP0 was expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein in Escherichia coli. The serum raised in mice with the recombinant BgPO showed a specific band with a 34-kDa molecular mass in the extracts of B. gibsoni and B. microti merozoites. Furthermore, the intraperitoneal (i.p.) immunization of rBgP0 and Freund's adjuvant induced strong Immoral response consisting of mixed immunoglobulins IgG1 and IgG2a in BALB/c mice. Following the challenge with B. microti, these mice delayed the onset of parasites and significantly reduced... |
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Palavras-chave: B. gibsoni; B. microti; Ribosomal phosphoprotein P0; Cross-reactive antigen. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1036 |
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