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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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Aguirre Guzman, G; Ascencio, F; Saulnier, Denis. |
The pathogenicity of Vibrio penaeicida Strains KH-1 and AM101, their culture-free supernatant (CFS), and their protein fraction obtained by 40% of ammonium sulfate precipitation (PFs40) were assessed in experimental challenges against juvenile Litopenaeus vannamei. Live Vibrio cells, CFS, and PFs40 from the AM101 strain produced a significantly higher mortality (p < 0.05) compared to the KH-1 strain. Toxicity and median lethal doses (LD50) of Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) products were evaluated on L. vannamei. The first FPLC fraction sample (A) from PFs40 of the AM101 strain displayed LD50 values of 1.68 and 5.61 mu g protein ind.(-1), respectively. The second FPLC process from Fraction A showed a peak (A1) also with toxic effects to... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Pathogenicity; Exotoxin; Shrimp; Litopenaeus vannamei; Cysteine protease; Vibrio penaeicida. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-3618.pdf |
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