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Vet Res Commun ; 47(3): 1687-1695, 2023 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37100969

RESUMO

Bovine Trichomonosis (BT), a sexually transmitted disease endemic in countries with extensive cattle farming and natural service, is one of the most common causes of reproductive failure. 5-nitroimidazoles and their derivatives are used for its treatment, mainly metronidazole. The emergence of drug resistance mechanisms and treatment failures raise the need to investigate the effectiveness of new active compounds that contribute to parasite control. In this regard, extracts of Lantana camara (Verbenacea) have shown high biocidal potential against isolates of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania braziliensis in vitro assays, although their effect on Tritrichomonas foetus has not been demonstrated yet. The available information on in vitro susceptibility of trichomonicidal drugs comes from the use of a diversity of methodologies and criteria, especially the observation of parasite motility under the optical microscope to assess their viability. Recently, in our laboratory, the use of flow cytometry has been described for the first time as a rapid and efficient method to evaluate the viability of T. foetus against metronidazole. The present study aimed to evaluate the cytostatic effect of L. camara extracts against T. foetus isolates by flow cytometry. Under aerobic conditions, IC50 values of 22.60 µg/mL were obtained on average. Under anaerobic conditions, the IC50 oscilated around 29.04 µg/mL. The results obtained allowed describing the susceptibility exhibited by these protozoa, being a valuable information for the development of potential BT treatments.


Assuntos
Lantana , Tritrichomonas foetus , Verbenaceae , Animais , Bovinos , Metronidazol/farmacologia , Citometria de Fluxo/veterinária
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Res Vet Sci ; 152: 633-639, 2022 Dec 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36209616

RESUMO

Bovine tritrichomonosis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus, is characterized by producing reproductive alterations in cattle. Carbohydrates on the surface of the uterine epithelium are involved in the process of adhesion and colonization of the protozoan. The murine model has proved to be an inexpensive, practical and representative alternative to study the lesions produced in the natural host. For this work, during the first stage, 6-8 week old female BALB/c mice were inoculated with 24 different T. foetus isolates in order to classify them according to their pathogenicity. Then, seven isolates were selected and processed with lectin histochemistry to determine if the differences in pathogenicity corresponded to the changes found in the uterine carbohydrate expression pattern. In this work, we demonstrate the differences in the expression of the carbohydrate pattern between infected and uninfected mice. In addition, within the group of infected mice, differences were found in the degree of pathogenicity of the isolates, thus evidencing their biological variability.


Assuntos
Doenças dos Bovinos , Infecções Protozoárias em Animais , Doenças dos Roedores , Tritrichomonas foetus , Bovinos , Animais , Feminino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Útero/patologia , Doenças dos Bovinos/metabolismo , Carboidratos , Infecções Protozoárias em Animais/metabolismo , Infecções Protozoárias em Animais/patologia
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Am J Med Genet ; 103(1): 48-55, 2001 Sep 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11562934

RESUMO

Heterozygous carriers of HPRT1 mutations responsible for Lesch-Nyhan syndrome can be detected by analysis of somatic cell hybrids derived from peripheral blood lymphocytes and Hprt1-negative cells of rodent origin followed by selection in culture medium containing hypoxanthine, aminopterine, and thymidine (HAT). The parental origin of the X chromosome containing the normal HPRT1 allele in HPRT1(+) hybrid cell lines can be determined by molecular haplotyping attributable to highly polymorphic X-linked markers. We used this procedure to study a presumed carrier whose paternal active X chromosome always segregated in the cell hybrids derived from her. Conversely, her maternal X chromosome was systematically absent in most cell hybrids, or when present, it was inactive and coexisted with an active, paternal X chromosome. These results clearly demonstrated that the proband was a heterozygous carrier of a mutation responsible for HPRT1 deficiency.


Assuntos
Heterozigoto , Hipoxantina Fosforribosiltransferase/genética , Síndrome de Lesch-Nyhan/genética , Adulto , Animais , DNA/genética , Saúde da Família , Feminino , Triagem de Portadores Genéticos/métodos , Haplótipos , Humanos , Células Híbridas , Hipoxantina Fosforribosiltransferase/deficiência , Síndrome de Lesch-Nyhan/enzimologia , Síndrome de Lesch-Nyhan/patologia , Mutação , Cromossomo X/genética
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