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ArticleInfection and immunity2002

Transcript heterogeneity of the p44 multigene family in a human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent transmitted by ticks.

Ning Zhi, Norio Ohashi, Tomoko Tajima, Jason Mott, Roger W Stich, Debra Grover, Sam R Telford, Quan Lin, Yasuko Rikihisa

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ning ZhiDepartment of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1093, USA.
Norio Ohashi
Tomoko Tajima
Jason Mott
Roger W Stich
Debra Grover
Sam R Telford
Quan Lin
Yasuko Rikihisa
The Ohio State University · USHarvard University · US

Funding

GENE EXPRESSION BY HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS AGR01AI047407 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RIKIHISA, YASUKO · 2000 to 2004
$1.6M
ROLES OF EHRLICHIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN IN PARASITISMR01AI040934 · NIAID · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RIKIHISA, YASUKO · 1997 to 2001
$406k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI047407NIAID NIH HHS R01AI40934NIAID NIH HHS R01AI47407
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) is an emerging tick-borne zoonosis caused by a strain of Anaplasma phagocytophila called the HGE agent, an obligatory intracellular bacterium. The agent expresses immunodominant 44-kDa outer membrane proteins (P44s) encoded by a multigene family. The present study established an experimental process for transmission of the HGE agent from infected mice (a reservoir model) to nymphal Ixodes scapularis ticks (a biological vector) and subsequently to horses (a patient model) by the adult infected ticks. Overall, a total of 20 different p44 transcripts were detected in the mammals, ticks, and cell cultures. Among them, a transcript from a p44-18 gene was major at acute stage in mice and horses but minor in ticks. Both mRNA and protein produced from the p44-18 gene were detected in the HGE agent cultivated in HL-60 cells at 37 degrees C, but their expression levels decreased in the organisms cultivated at 24 degrees C, suggesting that temperature is one of the factors that influence the expression of members of the p44 multigene family. Several additional p44 transcripts that were not detected in the mammals at the acute stage of infection were detected in ticks. Phylogenetic analysis of the 20 different p44 transcripts revealed that the major transcripts found in mammals and ticks were distinct, suggesting a difference in surface properties between populations of the HGE agent in different host environments. The present study provides new information for understanding the role of the p44 multigene family in transmission of the HGE agent between mammals and ticks.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnaplasmaAnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsCloning, MolecularEhrlichiosisGenetic HeterogeneityHorsesIxodesMiceMice, Inbred DBAMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, DNABacterial Outer Membrane Proteinsp44 protein, Anaplasma phagocytophilaRNA, BacterialRNA, Messenger

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PMID11854198
PMCPMC127761
OpenAlexW2154360959

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