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ArticlePloS one2018

High-content imaging assay to evaluate Toxoplasma gondii infection and proliferation: A multiparametric assay to screen new compounds.

Bastien Touquet, Léonie Pelissier, Pierre Cavailles, Wei Yi, Valeria Bellini, Corinne Mercier, Marie-France Cesbron-Delauw, Ahcène Boumendjel, Delphine Aldebert

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Bastien TouquetInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, Team Membrane Dynamics of Parasite-Host Cell Interactions, CNRS UMR 5309, INSERM U1209, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Léonie PelissierUnité Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Equipe TheREx, CNRS UMR 5525, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Pierre CavaillesUnité Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Equipe BNI, CNRS UMR 5525, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5559-8634
Wei YiDépartement de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 5063, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Valeria BelliniInstitute for Advanced Biosciences, Team Host-Pathogen Interactions and Immunity to Infection, CNRS UMR 5309, INSERM U1209, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Corinne MercierUnité Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Equipe GEM, CNRS UMR 5525, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Marie-France Cesbron-DelauwUnité Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Equipe BNI, CNRS UMR 5525, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Ahcène BoumendjelDépartement de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 5063, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.
Delphine AldebertUnité Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Equipe TheREx, CNRS UMR 5525, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4939-0367
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite widely distributed in animals and humans. Infection of host cells and parasite proliferation are essential steps in Toxoplasma pathology. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a novel automatic High Content Imaging (HCI) assay to study T. gondii infection and proliferation. We tested various fluorescent markers and strategies of image analysis to obtain an automated method providing results comparable to those from gold standard infection and proliferation assays. No significant difference was observed between the results obtained from the HCI assay and the standard assays (manual fluorescence microscopy and incorporation of [3H]-uracil). We developed here a robust and time-saving assay. This automated technology was then used to screen a library of compounds belonging to four classes of either natural compounds or synthetic derivatives. Inhibition of parasite proliferation and host cell toxicity were measured in the same assay and led to the identification of one hit, a thiosemicarbazone that allows important inhibition of Toxoplasma proliferation while being relatively safe for the host cells.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedFibroblastsFluorescent DyesForeskinHumansMaleMicroscopy, FluorescenceSoftwareThiosemicarbazonesToxoplasmaToxoplasmosisUracilFluorescent DyesThiosemicarbazonesUracil

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PMID30157171
PMCPMC6115017
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