The outer membrane proteins of Anaplasma marginale have been the focus of research to obtain an improved vaccine against bovine anaplasmosis. We evaluated the capacity of the recombinant plasmids pcDNA-msp1alpha, pcDNA-msp1beta, and pcDNA-mp5 to express MSP1a, MSP1b, and MSP5 proteins, and to determine the immunogenicity of BALB/c mice immunized with these plasmids individually or in association. Expression of proteins was confirmed in Vero cells by IFA. The combination of recombinant plasmids showed high antibodies response, produced better induction of Th1 response than individual plasmids, and induced significant proliferation of splenocytes. The mice sera immunized with A. marginale showed seroconversion and reacted with all native MSPs, but demonstrated predominance of the humoral IgG1 isotype and did not induce significant proliferation of splenocytes. The use of association of recombinant plasmid can be an effective strategy for the immunoprophylaxis of anaplasmosis.
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Infect Immun
June 2024
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.
is an obligate, intracellular, tick-borne bacterial pathogen that causes bovine anaplasmosis, an often severe, production-limiting disease of cattle found worldwide. Methods to control this disease are lacking, in large part due to major knowledge gaps in our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of basic host-pathogen interactions. For example, the surface proteins that serve as adhesins and, thus, likely play a role in pathogen entry into tick cells are largely unknown.
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Parasitology Research Laboratory (PRL), Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, 73170, Thailand. Electronic address:
Anaplasma marginale is an intracellular rickettsial bacterium causing anaplasmosis in ruminants. A. marginale is transmitted biologically by ticks and mechanically by blood-sucking vectors.
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May 2019
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Aims: MSP1A and MSP1B polymorphic sites located in the GH genomic area have been found associated with GH response to insulin stimulation, with familiar short stature and with age at onset of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D). These observations prompted us to search for a possible relationship between stature and age at onset of the disease.
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Res Vet Sci
February 2009
Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Pr 445 Km 380, Cx. Postal 6001, 86051-990 Londrina, PR, Brazil.
The Anaplasma marginale is a bacterium that has obligate intraerythrocytic multiplication in cattle causing important economic loss. The A. marginale major surface protein 1 (MSP1) complex, heterodimer composed of MSP1a and MSP1b, has been identified as adhesins for bovine erythrocytes.
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June 2008
Protozoology Laboratory, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, CCA, Universidade de Londrina-UEL, Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil.
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