Roles of the Maltese cross form in the development of parasitemia and protection against Babesia microti infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 411-417

  Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Bork, Sabine ^a   Nishisaka, Mitsuhiro ^a   Hirata, Haruyuki ^a   Matsuo, Tomohide ^a   Inoue, Noboru ^a   Xuan, Xuenan ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a   Igarashi, Ikuo ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALTESE CROSS FORM RELATED ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 2 1E; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; MALTESE CROSS FORM; MEROZOITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITEMIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037222459     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.1.411-417.2003     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Avarzed, A., I. Igarashi, D. T. De Waal, S. Kawai, Y. Oomori, N. Inoue, Y. Maki, Y. Omata, A. Saito, H. Nagasawa, Y. Toyoda, and N. Suzuki. 1998. Monoclonal antibody against Babesia equi: Characterization and potential application of antigen for serodiagnosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 36:1835-1839.
2. Benach, J. L., and G. S. Habicht. 1981. Clinical characteristics of human babesiosis. J. Infect. Dis. 144:481.
3. Daly, T. M., and C. A. Long. 1996. Influence of adjuvants on protection induced by a recombinant fusion protein against malarial infection. Infect. Immun. 64:2602-2608.
4. Eskow, E. S., P. J. Krause, A. Spielman, K. Freeman, and J. Aslanzadeh. 1999. Southern extension of the range of human babesiosis in the eastern United States. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:2051-2052.
5. Fawcett, D. W., P. A. Conrad, J. G. Grootenhuis, and S. P. Morzaria. 1987. Ultrastructure of the intraerythrocytic stage of Theileria species from cattle and waterbuck. Tissue Cell 19:643-655.
6. Freeman, R. R., and A. A. Holder. 1983, Characterization of the protective response of BALB/c mice immunized with a purified Plasmodium yoelii schizont antigen. Clin. Exp. Immunol. 54:609-616.
7. Gorenflot, A., K. Moubri, E. Precigout, B. Carcy, and T. P. Schetters. 1998. Human babesiosis. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 92:489-501.
8. Hirata, H., H. Ikadai, N. Yokoyama, X. Xuan, K. Fujisaki, N. Suzuki, T. Mikami, and I. Igarashi. 2002. Cloning of a truncated Babesia equi gene encoding an 82-kilodalton protein and its potential use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:1470-1474.
9. Homer, M. J., I. Aguilar-Delfin, S. R. Telford III, P. J. Krause, and D. H. Persing. 2000. Babesiosis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 13:451-469.
10. Igarashi, I., U. Asaba, X. Xuan, Y. Omata, A. Saito, H. Nagasawa, K. Fujisaki, N. Suzuki, Y. Iwakura, and T. Mikami. 2000. Immunization with recombinant surface antigen p26 with Freund's adjuvants against Babesia rodhaini infection. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 62:717-723.
11. + T cells and gamma interferon in protective immunity against Babesia microti infection in mice. Infect. Immun. 67:4143-4148.
12. + T cells in the control of primary infection with Babesia microti in mice. J. Protozool. Res. 4:164-171.
13. Krampitz, H. E. 1979. Babesia microti: Morphology, distribution, and host relationship in Germany. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. 244:411-415.
14. Krause, P. J., A. Spielman, S. R. Telford III, V. K. Sikand, K. Mckay, D. Christianson, R. J. Pollack, P. Brassard, J. Magera, R. Ryan, and D. H. Persing. 1998. Persistent parasitemia after acute babesiosis. N. Engl. J. Med. 339:160-165.
15. Krause, P. J., S. R. Telford III, R. Ryan, A. B. Hurta, I. Kwasnik, S. Luger, J. Niederman, M. Gerber, and A. Spielman. 1991. Geographical and temporal distribution of babesial infection in Connecticut. J. Clin. Microbiol. 29:1-4.
16. Kuttler, K. L. 1988. World-wide impact of babesiosis, p. 2-22. In M. Ristic (ed.), Babesiosis of Domestic Animals and Man. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
17. Lodes, M. J., R. L. Houghton, E. S. Bruinsma, R. Mohamath, L. D. Reynolds, D. R. Benson, P. J. Krause, S. G. Reed, and D. H. Persing. 2000. Serological expression cloning of novel immunoreactive antigens of Babesia microti. Infect. Immun. 68:2783-2790.
18. Magnarelli, L. A., J. W. Ijdo, J. F. Anderson, S. J. Padula, R. A. Flavell, and E. Fikrig. 1998. Human exposure to a granulocytic Ehrlichia and other tick-borne agents in Connecticut. J. Clin. Microbiol, 36:2823-2827.
19. Mehlhorn, H., and E. Schein. 1998. Redescription of Babesia equi Laveran, 1901 as Theileria equi Mehlhon, Schein 1998. Parasitol. Res. 84:467-475.
20. , Nishisaka, M., N. Yokoyama, X. Xuan, N. Inoue, H. Nagasawa, K. Fujisaki, T. Mikami, and I. Igarashi. 2001. Characterization of the gene encoding a protective antigen from Babesia microti identified it as the eta subunit of chaperonin-containing T-complex protein 1. Int. J. Parasitol. 31:1673-1679.
21. Persing, D. H., and P. A. Conrad. 1995. Babesiosis: New insights from phylogenetic analysis. Infect. Agents Dis. 4:182-195.
22. Saito-Ito, A., M. Tsuji, Q. Wei, S. He, T. Matsui, M. Kohsaki, S. Arai, T. Kamiyama, K. Hioki, and C. Ishihara. 2000. Transfusion-acquired, autochthonous human babesiosis in Japan: Isolation of Babesia microti-like parasites with hu-RBC-SCID mice. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38:4511-4516.
23. Sambrook, J., E. F. Fritsch, and T. Maniatis. 1989, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, 2nd Ed. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
24. Schein, E. 1988. Equine babesiosis, p. 197-209. In M. Ristic (ed.), Babesiosis of Domestic Animals and Man. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Fla.
25. Shih, C., L. Liu, W. Chung, S. J. Ong, and C. Wang. 1997. Humun babesiosis in Taiwan: Asymptomatic infection with a Babesia microti-like organism in a Taiwanese woman. J. Clin. Microbiol. 35:450-454.
26. Shimada, T., S. Shikano, R. Hashiguchi, N. Matsuki, and K. Ono. 1996. Effects of depletion of T cell subpopulations on the course of infection and anti-parasite delayed type hypersensitivity response in mice infected with Babesia microti and Babesia rodhaini. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 58:343-347.
27. Yokoyama, N., K. Fujii, M. Hirata, K. Tamai, T. Kiyono, K. Kuzushima, Y. Nishiyama, M. Fujita, and T. Tsurumi. 1999. Assembly of the Epstein-Barr virus BBLF4, BSLF1, and BBLF2/3 proteins and their interactive properties. J. Gen. Virol. 80:2879-2887.
28. Yokoyama, N., B. Suthisak, H. Hirata, T. Matsuo, N. Inoue, C. Sugimoto, and I. Iragashi. 2002. Cellular localization of Babesia bovis merozoite rhoptry-associated protein 1 and its erythrocyte-binding activity. Infect. Immun. 70:5822-5826.