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ArticleActa parasitologica2024

MicroRNA mmu-miR-511-5p: A promising Diagnostic Biomarker in Experimental Toxoplasmosis Using Different Strains and Infective Doses in Mice with Different Immune States Before and After Treatment.

Rasha Fadly Mady, Mona Mohamed El-Temsahy, Yasmine Amr Issa, Aya Saied Zaghloul, Safaa Ibrahim Khedr

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Rasha Fadly MadyDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 2nd Floor, El Mowasah Medical and Educational Complex, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9164-122X
Mona Mohamed El-TemsahyDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 2nd Floor, El Mowasah Medical and Educational Complex, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0826-6631
Yasmine Amr IssaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6888-7857
Aya Saied ZaghloulDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 2nd Floor, El Mowasah Medical and Educational Complex, Alexandria, Egypt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8785-8805
Safaa Ibrahim KhedrDepartment of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 2nd Floor, El Mowasah Medical and Educational Complex, Alexandria, Egypt. Safa.elhali.m@alexmed.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7657-1764

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purposeSearching for a novel early diagnostic biomarker for toxoplasmosis, real-time-PCR was currently used to measure the serum mmu-miR-511-5p level in male Swiss-albino mice infected with either; ME49 or RH Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) strains.

methodsThree mice groups were used; (GI) constituted the non-infected control group, while (GII) and (GIII) were experimentally infected with ME49 or RH strains, respectively. GII mice were orally infected using 10 or 20 ME49 cysts (ME-10 and ME-20), both were subdivided into; non-treated (ME-10-NT and ME-20-NT) and were further subdivided into; immunocompetent (ME-10-IC and ME-20-IC) [euthanized 3-days, 1, 2, 6 or 8-weeks post-infection (PI)], and immunosuppressed using two Endoxan

resultsRevealed significant upregulation of mmu-miR-511-5p in GII, one-week PI, with gradually increased expression, reaching its maximum 8-weeks PI, especially in ME-20-NT group that received the higher infective dose. Immunosuppression increased the upregulation. Contrarily, treatment caused significant downregulation. GIII recorded significant upregulation 3-days PI, yet, treatment significantly decreased this expression.

conclusionSerum mmu-miR-511-5p is a sensitive biomarker for early diagnosis of ME49 and RH infection (as early as one-week and 3-days, respectively), and its expression varies according to T. gondii infective dose, duration of infection, spiramycin-treatment and host immune status.

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BiomarkersMicroRNAsToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis, AnimalAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMaleMiceSpiramycinToxoplasmosisBiomarkersMicroRNAsSpiramycinImmunosuppressionME49 strainmmu-miR-511-5pRH strainSpiramycinT. gondii

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PMCPMC11182863

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