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ArticleParasitology research2007

A shared antigen among Babesia species: ribosomal phosphoprotein P0 as a universal babesial vaccine candidate.

M Alaa Terkawi, Honglin Jia, Aboge Gabriel, Youn-Kyoung Goo, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Naoaki Yokoyama, Ikuo Igarashi, Kozo Fujisaki, Xuenan Xuan

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Article in Parasitology research, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M Alaa TerkawiNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Honglin Jia
Aboge Gabriel
Youn-Kyoung Goo
Yoshifumi Nishikawa
Naoaki Yokoyama
Ikuo Igarashi
Kozo Fujisaki
Xuenan Xuan
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Babesia gibsoni ribosomal phosphoprotein P0 (BgP0) was previously identified as a cross-protective antigen against Babesia microti infection in mice. Interestingly, the same protein showed considerable antigenicity when tested with serum samples collected from Babesia-infected animals. Moreover, the polyclonal antibody raised against the recombinant BgP0 (rBgP0) recognized the P0 homologues from other Babesia species either by immunoblotting or by immunoscreening. The P0 genes from Babesia caballi, Babesia equi, and Babesia bigemina were then cloned and sequenced. The phylogenic analyses based on the amino acid sequences indicated that BgP0 has high identities with B. caballi P0 (88.1%), B. bigemina P0 (85.6%), Babesia bovis P0 (81.4%), and B. equi P0 (64.9%). Western blot analyses revealed that the corresponding native proteins ranged between 31 and 34 kDa, consistent with predicated molecular weight of Babesia P0. Furthermore, the immunogenic property of anti-rBgP0 IgG was evaluated against a B. bovis in vitro culture. The growth of B. bovis parasites was restricted by anti-rBgP0 IgG in a concentration-dependent manner, and significant reductions in parasitemia were observed only at 1 mg/ml in the culture. Taken together, these data suggest that P0 is a conserved protective antigen among Babesia species and might be a potentially universal vaccine candidate for babesiosis.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBabesiaCattleCells, CulturedCloning, MolecularDogsErythrocytesHorsesMolecular Sequence DataRibosomal ProteinsSpecies Specificityribosomal protein P0Ribosomal Proteins

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