• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.293-299
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• 1985

병원성 자유생활 아메바인 Naegleria fowleri를 CGVS 배지에서 무균적으로 배양하여 그 영향형을 복강내로 주입하여 인위적으로 면역시킨 마우스에 본 원충율 비강내로 감염시켰을때 방어면역이 생성되는지를 관찰하였다. 감염 8일후부터 마우스가 사망하기 시작하였고 이 마우스의 뇌에서 전형적인 원발성 아메바성 뇌수막염이 발생했음을 관찰할 수 있었다. N. fowleri 감염으로 인한 마우스의 사망율은 대조군에서 보다 네가지 항원으로 면역시킨 실험군에서 모두 현저히 낮았으며, 감염에서 사망할 때까지의 생존기간도 면역시킨 실험군에서 대조군보다 연장되었으나, N. fowleri 세포막항원으로 면역시킨 실험군에서는 대조군과 비교할때 차이가 없었다. 또한 N. gruberi 영양형으로 면역시킨 실험군에서도 생존기간이 연장되었다. 이상의 성적을 요약하면 N. fowleri를 마우스 복강내로 주입시켜 면역시킬 때 방어면역이 생성됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.222-227
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• 1995

We have examined DNase I sensitivity of .betha.-tubulin and flagellar calmodulin genes which are transiently and coordinately activated differentiation of Naegleria gruberi amebae into flagellates. The DNase I sensitivity of .betha.-tubulin and flagellar calmodulin genes changed in parallel with the changes in transcriptional activity of the respective genes during differentiation. The two genes were resistant to DNase I inamebae stage when transcription of the two genes was inactive. Forthy minutes after initiation of differentiation, when the two genes were most actively being transcribed, the two genes showed the highest sensitsivity to DNase I. One hundred and twenty minutes after initiation, the differentiation was completed and transcriptional activity of the two genes decreased to a low level. At this stage, the two genes were resistant to DNase I treatment like the ones at the amebae stage. This change in the DNase I sensitivity of the two genes was not observed when transcription of the two genes was blocked by adding cycloheximide at the beginning of differentiation.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.234-240
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• 1983

장기간 시험관내에서 무균적으로 배양하여 병원성이 약화된 자유생활아메바 naegleria fowleri를 마우스에 연속적으로 감염시켜 그 병원성의 증감여부를 관찰하고자 하였다. 체증 18∼22gm의 백색 마우스를 secobarbital로 마취시키고 오른쪽 비강에 Naegleria fowleri를 떨어뜨려 감염시켰다. 시험관내에서 7년이상 CGVS배지에서 계대배양된 0주와 마우스에 감염시켜 뇌조직을 2번 통과시킨 2-1주의 병원성을 비교하였다. 행동둔화, 자극에 민감, 회전운동, 사지마비등 여ㅓ 증상이 나타났고, 뇌의 오른쪽 앞쪽 부위에 심한 염증 및 괴사를 발견하였다. 이러한 증상과 병소는 0주 감염군보다 2-1감염군에서 보다 빨리, 보다 심하게 발생되었음을 관찰하였다. 감염 7일 후부터 감염된 마우스가 사망하기 시작하였으며 2-1주 감염군에서 0주 감염군 보다 생존기간이 짧았으며 감염 13일 후부터 사망한 예에 있어서는 육안적으로 뇌에서 병소가 없었고 폐장에서 염증이 심하였음을 관찰하였다. 마우스에 비강을 Naegleria fowleri를 감염시켜 전형적인 원발성 아메바성 뇌수막염을 발생시킬 수 있었다. 장기간 시험관에서 무균적으로 계대배양된 Naegleria fowleri는 병원성이 약화되어 있었고 이 아메바를 마우스에 연속적으로 감염시켜 뇌조직을 통과시킴으로 다시 병원성이 증강됨을 관찰하였다.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.169-175
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• 2019

Naegleria fowleri, a pathogenic free-living amoeba, leads to a fatal infection known as primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in human and animals. PAM is an acute, fulminant, necrotizing, and hemorrhagic disease that leads to death in approximately seven days. In this study, we investigate the cytotoxicity of target cells and the secreted molecules of N. fowleri under the non-contact condition. The target cell (U87MG cell) treated with N. fowleri lysates showed no morphological changes and no cytotoxicity. By contrast, the U87MG cells co-cultured with N. fowleri trophozoites under the non-contact condition induced morphological changes and reduction in number. When U87MG cells were co-cultured with N. fowleri trophozoites under the non-contact condition for 30 min, 2 hr, and 4 hr, the levels of cytotoxicity of target cells were 32.3, 35.5, and 37.8%, respectively. Particularly, when the ratio of amoeba to target cells is 10 to 1, the level of cytotoxicity of target cells was 49.7% at 30 min. To show the proteins secreted from N. fowleri under the non-contact condition, we carried out 2D electrophoresis and observed 6 major proteins. Finally, these results suggest that the molecules released from N. fowleri under the non-contact condition induce the cell death and this process is an important step in pathogenesis of N. fowleri.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.195-198
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• 1987

원발성 아메바성 수막뇌염을 일으키는 Naegleria fowleri를 마우스에 감염시키고 그 급성기에 일어나는 세포 매개성 면역 반응 특히 T림프구 mitogen인 con. A 및 B림프구 mitogen인 lipopolysaccharide에 대한 마우스 비장세포의 배자 발생 정도를 관찰하였다. N. fowleri에 감염된 마우스에서 T림프구의 기능은 관찰기간인 감염 14일후까지 떨어져 있어다. B림프구의 기능도 감염 3일후부터 14일후까지 계속 떨어져 있었음을 알 수 있었다. 또 N. fowleri에 감염된 마우스의 혈청내 형광항체가는 1 : 4 내지 1 : 32였다. N. fowleri에 감염된 마우스에서 그 급성기에 세포 매개성 면역이 저하되어 있었음을 관찰할 수 있었다.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2021

Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba causing primary amoebic encephalitis. In this study, we analyzed how the N-aceytlglucosamine (GlcNAc) and D-galactose affected the interaction between Naegleria fowleri and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Escherichia coli O157:H7, and the interaction with bacteria when monosaccharides were treated with N. fowleri for a longer pre-incubation time. When GlcNAc was treated with N. fowleri for 1 hr, the E. coli association was almost the same as that of the control not treated with GlcNAc until the concentration of GlcNAc was 25 mM. However, the E. coli association was reduced by approximately 91% with 100 mM GlcNAc. E. coli invasion into N. fowleri showed statistical significance only in the group treated with 100 mM GlcNAc. The interaction when treated with galactose showed a very different pattern in the 50 mM galactose group than when treated with GlcNAc. In the MRSA interaction, a statistically significant decrease in association (76.3% by GlcNAc and 88.7% by galactose) and invasion (3.6% by GlcNAc and 9.3% by galactose) was shown by the concentration of two 100 mM monosaccharides. The group treated with monosaccharides at the same time showed almost no difference in all interactions from the group treated with monosaccharides at the same time. Taken together, it suggested that the effect of monosaccharides on the interaction of several Gram-negative or positive bacteria and the evidence that the interaction could be enhanced by longer pre-incubation time.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2001

The regulation of actin gene expression during the differentiation of Naegleria gruberi was examined. Actin mRNA concentration was maximal in amoebae and decreased rapidly after the initiation of differentiation. At 20 min after initiation, the concentration of actin mRNA decreased to 55% of the maximal value. The actin mRNA concentration decreased to the minimum at 80 min (15% of the maximum), and then began to increase slightly at the end of differentiation. This decrease of actin mRNA concentration was regulated by the repression of actin gene transcription based on nuclear run-on transcription experiments. The rates of transcription of actin gene in nuclei prepared at 40 and 80 min after the initiation of differentiation were 50 and 28% of that of nuclei prepared at the beginning of differentiation, respectively. The addition of cycloheximide at the initiation of differentiation inhibited both the rapid decrease in the concentration of actin mRNA and the repression of actin gene transcription. These results suggest that the rapid decrease in the concentration of actin mRNA during the differentiation of N. gruberi is accomplished by the repression of actin gene transcription and this transcriptional regulation requires continuous protein synthesis during the differentiation.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.221-227
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• 2010

To elucidate the invasion mechanism of pathogenic Naegleria fowleri, especially a receptor-ligand recognition, we investigated the in vitro cytotoxicity of pathogenic N. fowleri and nonpathogenic N. gruberi to murine macrophages, RAW 264.7, by adding four kinds of saccharides, ${\alpha}$-fucose, ${\beta}$-galactose, ${\alpha}$-D-mannopyranoside (${\alpha}$-mannose) and xylose. There was not enough of a difference in the cytotoxicity of N. fowleri treated with 10 mM of each saccharide. In particular, the cytotoxicity of N. fowleri was highly inhibited by 100 mM ${\alpha}$-mannose, which was 62.3% inhibition calculated by the analysis of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay. Although murine macrophages were not significantly destroyed by nonpathogenic N. gruberi under hematoxylin staining, the cytotoxicity of N. gruberi was inhibited from 31.5% to 14.5% (P<0.01) by 100 mM ${\alpha}$-mannose treatment. The binding of N. fowleri to macrophages was inhibited from 33% to 50% by 100 mM ${\alpha}$-mannose. Furthermore, as results of the adhesion assays which were performed to determine whether binding of Naegleria is mediated by saccharides-binding protein, the binding ability of N. fowleri as well as N. gruberi was inhibited by 100 mM ${\alpha}$-mannose.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.203-206
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• 2013

After bathing at a hot spring resort, a 75-year-old man presented to the emergency department because of seizure-like attack with loss of conscious. This is the first case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) caused by Naegleria fowleri in Taiwan. PAM was diagnosed based on detection of actively motile trophozoites in cerebrospinal fluid using a wet-mount smear and the Liu's stain. The amoebae were further confirmed by PCR and gene sequencing. In spite of administering amphotericin B treatment, the patient died 25 days later.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.253-258
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• 1984

Naegleria fowleri를 마우스 비강을 통하여 감염시킨 뒤 P.A.M. 발생율 및 발병후 생존기간을 마우스 주별 체중별, 성별, 접종아메 바수에 따라 비교하여 다음과 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1. N. fewleri를 감염시킨후 P.A.M. 발생은 ICR마우스보다 BALB/C마우스에서 많았으며 감염후 평균생존기간은 차이가 없었다. 2. 마우스 성별에 따른 N. fowleri감염후 P.A.M.발생율 및 발병후 평균생존기간은 차이가 없었다. 3. 체중이 다른 여러 실험군에서 P.A.M. 발생율 및 사망율은 차이가 없었으나 발병후 마우스의 평균생존 기간은 체중이 가벼운 실험군에서 짧았다. 4. 감염시킨 아메 바수에 따른 P.A.M. 발생율은 영양형 Ix104이상 감염 군에서는 차이가 없었으나 0.5x104인 경우 P.A.M 발생이 현저히 감소하였다.