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ArticleInfection and immunity2004

In vitro induction of Neospora caninum bradyzoites in vero cells reveals differential antigen expression, localization, and host-cell recognition of tachyzoites and bradyzoites.

Nathalie Vonlaufen, Nicole Guetg, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Norbert Müller, Camilla Björkman, Gereon Schares, Daniela von Blumroeder, John Ellis, Andrew Hemphill

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Nathalie VonlaufenInstitute of Parasitology, Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland. vonlaufen@ipa.unibe.ch
Nicole Guetg
Arunasalam Naguleswaran
Norbert Müller
Camilla Björkman
Gereon Schares
Daniela von Blumroeder
John Ellis
Andrew Hemphill
University of Bern · CHSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences · SEUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report on an optimized method for the in vitro culture of tissue cyst-forming Neospora caninum bradyzoites in Vero cells and the separation of viable parasites from host cells. Treatment of tachyzoite-infected Vero cell cultures with 17 microM sodium nitroprusside for 8 days severely scaled down parasite proliferation, led to reduced expression of tachyzoite surface antigens, and induced the expression of the bradyzoite marker NcBAG1 and the cyst wall antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody MAbCC2. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that intracellular parasites were located within parasitophorous vacuoles that were surrounded by a cyst wall-like structure, and the dense granule antigens NcGRA1, NcGRA2, and NcGRA7 were incorporated into the cyst wall. Adhesion-invasion assays employing purified tachyzoites and bradyzoites showed that tachyzoites adhered to, and invaded, Vero cells with higher efficiency than bradyzoites. However, removal of terminal sialic acid residues from either the host cell or the parasite surface increased the invasion of Vero cells by bradyzoites, but not tachyzoites.

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Life Cycle StagesAnimalsAntigens, ProtozoanCell AdhesionChlorocebus aethiopsElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHost-Parasite InteractionsMicroscopy, ElectronNeosporaNitroprussideParasitologyVero CellsAntigens, ProtozoanGRA1 antigenNitroprusside

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PMID14688139
PMCPMC343979
OpenAlexW2021207689

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