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Rev. cuba. oftalmol ; 33(2): e824, graf
Article Dans Espagnol | LILACS, CUMED | ID: biblio-1139081

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RESUMEN Se reporta el uso del crosslinking como tratamiento de la queratitis por Acanthamoeba en una serie de 7 pacientes quienes acudieron al Servicio de Córnea por queratitis multitratadas. Se les realizó biopsia corneal, la cual se cultivó en solución de Page. Los pacientes fueron tratados con un protocolo de PACK-CXL durante más de 5 minutos y fueron sometidos a la exposición a la luz UV-A. El edema del nuevo epitelio era de 2 cruces a las 24 horas, y desapareció a las dos semanas del procedimiento en todos los casos. El porcentaje de desepitelización basal al momento del diagnóstico fue de 75,7 por ciento. La agudeza visual mejor corregida fue de entre 20/20 y 20/30. Se concluye que el uso de crosslinking en pacientes con Acanthamoeba en fases inicales pudiera ser una opción terapéutica segura y efectiva(AU)


ABSTRACT A report is presented of the use of crosslinking as treatment for Acanthamoeba keratitis in a series of 7 patients attending the Cornea Service for multitreated keratitis. Corneal biopsy was performed, which was cultured in Page solution. The patients were treated with a PACK-CXL protocol for more than 5 minutes and subjected to UV-A light exposure. Edema of the new epithelium was 2 crosses at 24 hours and disappeared 2 weeks after the procedure in all cases. Basal de-epithelialization percentage at diagnosis was 75.7 percent. Best corrected visual acuity ranged between 20/20 and 20/30. It is concluded that the use of crosslinking in patients with Acanthamoeba keratitis in its initial stages could be a safe and effective therapeutic option(AU)


Sujets)
Humains , Adulte , Adulte d'âge moyen , Sujet âgé , Acanthamoeba/cytologie , Kératite à Acanthamoeba/diagnostic , Kératite à Acanthamoeba/traitement médicamenteux , Rapport de recherche , Littérature de revue comme sujet , Bases de données bibliographiques
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The Korean Journal of Parasitology ; : 151-160, 2001.
Article Dans Anglais | WPRIM | ID: wpr-94817

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Randomly selected 435 clones from Acanthamoeba healyi cDNA library were sequenced and a total of 387 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) had been generated. Based on the results of BLAST search, 130 clones (34.4%) were identified as the genes encoding surface proteins, enzymes for DNA, energy production or other metabolism, kinases and phosphatases, protease, proteins for signal transduction, structural and cytoskeletal proteins, cell cycle related proteins, transcription factors, transcription and translational machineries, and transporter proteins. Most of the genes (88.5%) are newly identified in the genus Acanthamoeba. Although 15 clones matched the genes of Acanthamoeba located in the public databases, twelve clones were actin gene which was the most frequently expressed gene in this study. These ESTs of Acanthamoeba would give valuable information to study the organism as a model system for biological investigations such as cytoskeleton or cell movement, signal transduction, transcriptional and translational regulations. These results would also provide clues to elucidate factors for pathogenesis in human granulomatous amoebic encephalitis or keratitis by Acanthamoeba.


Sujets)
Animaux , Humains , Acanthamoeba/cytologie , Amibiase/parasitologie , ADN des protozoaires/génétique , Étiquettes de séquences exprimées , Banque de gènes , Protéines de protozoaire/génétique , Analyse de séquence d'ADN , Transduction du signal
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Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health ; 1999 Dec; 30(4): 670-7
Article Dans Anglais | IMSEAR | ID: sea-33840

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The pathogenicity of Acanthamoeba isolates from keratitis patients (the Hamburg isolate from Germany, H-1 and a Philippine isolate, IB-1-7) as well as an environmental isolate, W4 was assayed in vitro using rat glial C6 cell line. Results indicate that both live amebae and cell-free supenatants from H-1 and IB-1-7 clones produced cytopathic effects (CPE) on rat glial C6 cells in a dose-and-time-dependent fashion. A dose of 10(5) cells/ml induced death and moderate areas of destruction of individual cells after 48 hours of incubation. Results of both free zone capillary electrophoresis and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis suggest the release of amebic products to the culture medium that could at least partially explain the observed cytopathogenicity after 48 hours. Furthermore, results of SDS-PAGE indicate differences between the secretions of the isolates, with bands produced by the two ocular isolates that were not seen with the environmental isolates. That the secretions can produce a cytopathic effect (CPE) has been shown by the cytotoxicity assays using protein concentrations of the secretory products. Protein concentration of 0.30 microg/microl of culture supenatants from H-1 and IB-1-7 clones produced similar effects on the cell monolayers after 2 hours of incubation. This concentration caused the highest % cell death as measured by both trypan blue exclusion (TBE) and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl) 2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assays. In contrast, using W4 clone, corresponding concentrations of both trophozoites and culture supernatant did not cause significant cell death and cellular disintegration.


Sujets)
Acanthamoeba/cytologie , Animaux , Lignée cellulaire , Cytotoxines/physiologie , Femelle , Humains , Kératite/parasitologie , Mâle , Névroglie/parasitologie , Philippines , Rats
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The Korean Journal of Parasitology ; : 127-133, 1997.
Article Dans Coréen | WPRIM | ID: wpr-226267

Résumé

Transmission electron microscopy of an Acanthamoeba isolate (KA/L5) from a contact lens case revealed bacterial endosymbionts within cytoplasm of the amoebae. The Acanthamoeba isolate belonged to the morphological group II. Based on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of 18S ribosomal RNA coding DNA (rDNA), the isolate was identified as A. lugdunensis. Strain typing by isoenzyme analysis using isoelectric focusing (IEF) and mitochondrial (Mt) DNA RFLP revealed that the isolate was closely related with KA/L1, the most predominant type of isolates from contact lens storage cases, KA/E2, a clinical isolate, KA/W4, previously reported to host endosymbionts, and L3a strains of A. lugdunensis. The endosymbionts were similar to those of KA/W4 in aspects that they were randomly distributed in both trophozoites and cysts, and were rod-shaped bacteria measuring approximately 1.38 x 0.50 microns. But the number of endosymbionts per amoeba was significantly lower than that of KA/W4. They were neither limited by phagosomal membranes nor included in lacunaelike structure.


Sujets)
Acanthamoeba/microbiologie , Acanthamoeba/cytologie , Animaux , Bactéries/isolement et purification , Numération de colonies microbiennes , Lentilles de contact , Cytoplasme/microbiologie , Symbiose
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