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CysQ of $Cryptosporidium$ $parvum$, a Protozoa, May Have Been Acquired from Bacteria by Horizontal Gene Transfer

  • Lee, Ji-Young;Kim, Sang-Soo
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2012
  • Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material between kingdoms and is considered to play a positive role in adaptation. $Cryptosporidium$ $parvum$ is a parasitic protozoan that causes an infectious disease. Its genome sequencing reported 14 bacteria-like proteins in the nuclear genome. Among them, cgd2_1810, which has been annotated as CysQ, a sulfite synthesis pathway protein, is listed as one of the candidates of genes horizontally transferred from bacterial origin. In this report, we examined this issue using phylogenetic analysis. Our BLAST search showed that $C.$ $parvum$ CysQ protein had the highest similarity with that of proteobacteria. Analysis with NCBI's Conserved Domain Tree showed phylogenetic incongruence, in that $C.$ $parvum$ CysQ protein was located within a branch of proteobacteria in the cd01638 domain, a bacterial member of the inositol monophosphatase family. According to Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway, the sulfate assimilation pathway, where CysQ plays an important role, is well conserved in most eukaryotes as well as prokaryotes. However, the Apicomplexa, including $C.$ $parvum$, largely lack orthologous genes of the pathway, suggesting its loss in those protozoan lineages. Therefore, we conclude that $C.$ $parvum$ regained cysQ from proteobacteria by HGT, although its functional role is elusive.

닭 콕시듐병의 면역학적 접근에 대한 전망 (Prospects for Immunological Intervention for Coccidiosis)

  • Lillehoj, H.S.
    • 한국가금학회지
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    • 제19권3호
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    • pp.161-176
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    • 1992
  • 콕시듐병은 감수성이 있는 숙주의 장에 주로 감염된 Eimeria에 의하여 일어나는 것으로 가축과 가금의 성장과 사료이용에 막대한 해를 미친다. Eimeria속에 속하는 원충은 주로 세포내에 기생하며 무성생식과 유성생식을 거쳐야 하는 매우 복잡한 생활사를 가진다. Eimeria에 대한 백신개발은 주로 방어면역의 기전과 백신에 사용될 수 있는 항원을 찾는 방면으로 활발한 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 원충은 질병 본래의 모습이나 전파방법이 독특하므로 원충성 질병의 방제에 있어서는 이러한 점이 충분히 숙고되어야 할 것이다. 난해하고 복잡한 세포나 세포 분비물질간의 작용은 콕시듐병의 병성기전 뿐 아니라 방어 면역의 형성에도 매우 깊이 관여하고 있다. 따라서, Eimeria의 감염에 따른 방어기전을 충분히 이해하는 것이 가장 좋은 백신을 개발하는 첩경이 될 것이다.

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Ethylene glycol chitin을 이용한 진드기 H. longicornis 재조합 CHT1 단백의 키틴분해능 검정 연구 (A simple and sensitive assay for chitinolytic activity of the recombinant CHT1 proteins from the hard tick H. longicornis using ethylene glycol chitin)

  • 유명조;고조 후지사끼
    • 대한수의학회지
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    • 제43권1호
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2003
  • To determine effectively the chitinolytic activity of rCHT1 from the hard tick H. longicornis expressed in baculovirus-mediated Spodoptera frugtperda (Sf) 9 cells, a simple and sensitive assay system was established in solid phase using agarose gel containing ethylene glycol chitin as substrate. The various factors affecting the efficacy of the assay were also investigated. The effects of various temperature, dosages of proteins, pH of media and time courses of reaction were examined to verify the sensitivity of assay for chitinolytic activity of rCHT1 protein. It was found that the optimal reactive conditions were $37^{\circ}C$ of temperature, 12 to 15 hours of reactive times, $0.1{\mu}g$ of protein concentration and pH 5 to 7 of media. Using the assay system designed, the functional activities of H. longicornis rCHT1l protein could be evaluated simply and sensitively.

An animal model using Eimeria live vaccine and to study coccidiosis protozoa pathogenesis

  • Lee, Hyun-A;Hong, Sunhwa;Choe, Ohmok;Kim, Okjin
    • 대한수의학회지
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    • 제51권3호
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    • pp.249-252
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    • 2011
  • Cell culture systems for the protozoan Eimeria are not yet available. The present study was conducted to develop an animal model system by inoculating animals with a live Eimeria vaccine. This study was conducted on 3-day-old chickens (n = 20) pretreated with cyclophosphamide. The chickens were divided into 2 groups: the control group (n = 10) and the inoculated group that received the live Eimeria vaccine (n = 10). During the study period, we compared the clinical signs, changes in body weight, and number of oocysts shed in the feces of the control and inoculated group. This study showed that oocyst shedding was significantly higher in the chickens inoculated with live Eimeria oocysts than in the control chickens. Moreover, body weight gain was lesser in the animals in the inoculated group than in the control animals. Fecal oocyst shedding was observed in the inoculated animals. On the basis of these findings, we suggest that live Eimeria vaccination with cyclophosphamide pretreatment may be used to obtain an effective animal model for studying protozoan infections. This animal study model may eliminate the need for a tedious continuous animal inoculation process every 6 months because the live coccidiosis vaccine contains live oocysts.

멍게, Halocynthia roretzi 물렁증의 원인충인 Azumiobodo hoyamushi의 살충효과 평가를 위한 현미경계수법과 alamar blue assay 비교 (Comparison of microscopic counting and alamar blue assay to evaluate anti-protozoal effects against Azumiobodo hoyamushi that causes soft tunic syndrome to Halocynthia roretzi)

  • 이재근;전승렬;박경일;최상훈;박관하
    • 한국어병학회지
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    • 제26권1호
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2013
  • The edible ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi is a commercially important fisheries resource in Korea. However, there have been outbreaks of mass mortality due to soft tunic syndrome. It was discovered recently that the cause of death is infection by a protozoan parasite Azumiobodo hoyamushi. Alamar blue assay and microscopic counting were used to estimate anti-protozoal effects of 20 drugs having different action mechanisms. Through comparison of alamar blue assay and microscopic counting, 6 drugs were found to be potential in protozoan-killing effects: amphotericin B, formalin, hydrogen peroxide, bithionol, benzalkonium chloride, bronopol (24hr-$EC_{50}{\leq}20{\mu}g/ml$). The preliminary data can be used as a basis to develop anti-protozoal agents against A. hoyamushi.

Intestinal parasite infections at an institution for the handicapped in Korea

  • Lee, Jong-Weon;Park, Gab-Man;Lee, Du-Ho;Park, Soon-Jung;Yong, Tai-Soon
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제38권3호
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    • pp.179-181
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    • 2000
  • Stool and cellotape anal swab examinations were carried out in August 1997 on handicapped people at an institution located in Chorwon-gun, Kangwon-do, Korea. A total of 112 stool samples (78 males and 34 females) revealed three cases of Trichuris trichiura infection and one case of Enterobius vermicularis infection. Other helminth eggs were not detected. The overall prevalence rate was 35.7% (38.5% for males and 29.4% for females). More than two different kinds of parasites were found in 42.0% of the positive stool samples (17 cases). The infection rates for protozoan cysts are as follow : Entamoeba coli (25.0%), E. histoIUtica (1.8%), Endolinax nana (21.4%), Iodoamoeba butschlii (1.8%) and Giardia lamblia (0.9%). In cellotape anal swab examinations (165 samples), the prevalence rate of E. vemicularis was 20.6% (25.7% of males and 9.6% of females). In conclusion, the handicapped people in the institution showed higher infection rates of protozoan parasites and E. vemicularis, possibly due to more accessibility to the infection.

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