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Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol ; 2008 Mar; 26(1): 37-45
Article Dans Anglais | IMSEAR | ID: sea-36714

Résumé

Plasmodium falciparum, the protozoan parasite responsible for severe malaria infection, undergoes a complex life cycle. Infected red blood cells (iRBC) sequester in host cerebral microvessels, which underlies the pathology of cerebral malaria. Using immunohistochemistry on post mortem brain samples, we demonstrated positive staining for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on iRBC. Confocal microscopy of cultured iRBC revealed accumulation of VEGF within the parasitophorous vacuole, expression of host VEGF-receptor 1 and activated VEGF-receptor 2 on the surface of iRBC, but no accumulation of VEGF receptors within the iRBC. Addition of VEGF to parasite cultures had a trophic effect on parasite growth and also partially rescued growth of drug treated parasites. Both these effects were abrogated when parasites were grown in serum-free medium, suggesting a requirement for soluble VEGF receptor. We conclude that P. falciparum iRBC can bind host VEGF-R on the erythrocyte membrane and accumulate host VEGF within the parasitophorous vacuole, which may have a trophic effect on parasite growth.


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Animaux , Antipaludiques/pharmacologie , Artémisinines/pharmacologie , Cellules cultivées , Membrane érythrocytaire/métabolisme , Érythrocytes/métabolisme , Technique d'immunofluorescence , Humains , Paludisme à Plasmodium falciparum/métabolisme , Microscopie confocale , Plasmodium falciparum/effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques , Facteur de croissance endothéliale vasculaire de type A/métabolisme , Récepteur-1 au facteur croissance endothéliale vasculaire/métabolisme , Récepteur-2 au facteur croissance endothéliale vasculaire/métabolisme
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 2007 Jan; 38(1): 91-6
Article Dans Anglais | IMSEAR | ID: sea-34797

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Orientia tsutsugamushi is the causative agent of scrub typhus infection, a major cause of human disease in rural areas of Southeast Asia. Twenty-six blood samples collected from patients with serologically proven scrub typhus during a six month period were sent to Bangkok (535 km from the clinical site) by road at ambient temperature (average daily temperature range: 27.1-29.1 degrees C) for attempted in vitro isolation in Vero cells. O. tsutsugamushi was isolated from 12 samples (sensitivity 46.7%) with the time to isolation ranging from 16 to 37 days [median 27 days, inter-quartile range (IQR) 22.5-33.5 days]. Patient factors such as days of fever and O. tsutsugamushi IgM antibody titer, transport factors such as transit time, and isolate genotype (Karp and Gilliam/Kawasaki) were assessed to determine their influence on the outcome of in vitro isolation. None of the factors significantly influenced the isolation outcome. This study demonstrates that O. tsutsugamushi can often be isolated in vitro from the blood of scrub typhus patients when transported at ambient tropical temperatures for many days.


Sujets)
Animaux , Humains , Orientia tsutsugamushi/isolement et purification , Population rurale , Fièvre fluviale du Japon/sang , Shiga-toxines/sang , Manipulation d'échantillons/méthodes , Température , Thaïlande/épidémiologie , Facteurs temps
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Article Dans Anglais | IMSEAR | ID: sea-38743

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Melioidosis, a serious infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a leading cause of community-acquired sepsis in Northeast Thailand, and the commonest cause of death from community-acquired pneumonia in the Top End of Northern Australia. The causative organism is a Gram-negative, motile bacillus that is a facultative intracellular pathogen. B. pseudomallei flagella have been proposed as a possible vaccine candidate and putative virulence determinant. Flagella expression was highly conserved for 205 clinical B. pseudomallei isolates, as defined by in vitro swim and swarm motility assays. No association was found between motility and clinical factors including bacteremia and death.


Sujets)
Animaux , Techniques de typage bactérien , Burkholderia pseudomallei/isolement et purification , Flagelles/physiologie , Mélioïdose/microbiologie , Thaïlande
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