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Stijlemans B, Schoovaerts M, De Baetselier P, Magez S, De Trez C. The Role of MIF and IL-10 as Molecular Yin-Yang in the Modulation of the Host Immune Microenvironment During Infections: African Trypanosome Infections as a Paradigm. Front Immunol 2022; 13:865395. [PMID: 35464430 PMCID: PMC9022210 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.865395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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African trypanosomes are extracellular flagellated unicellular protozoan parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and causing Sleeping Sickness disease in humans and Nagana disease in cattle and other livestock. These diseases are usually characterized by the development of a fatal chronic inflammatory disease if left untreated. During African trypanosome infection and many other infectious diseases, the immune response is mediating a see-saw balance between effective/protective immunity and excessive infection-induced inflammation that can cause collateral tissue damage. African trypanosomes are known to trigger a strong type I pro-inflammatory response, which contributes to peak parasitaemia control, but this can culminate into the development of immunopathologies, such as anaemia and liver injury, if not tightly controlled. In this context, the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and the interleukin-10 (IL-10) cytokines may operate as a molecular “Yin-Yang” in the modulation of the host immune microenvironment during African trypanosome infection, and possibly other infectious diseases. MIF is a pleiotropic pro-inflammatory cytokine and critical upstream mediator of immune and inflammatory responses, associated with exaggerated inflammation and immunopathology. For example, it plays a crucial role in the pro-inflammatory response against African trypanosomes and other pathogens, thereby promoting the development of immunopathologies. On the other hand, IL-10 is an anti-inflammatory cytokine, acting as a master regulator of inflammation during both African trypanosomiasis and other diseases. IL-10 is crucial to counteract the strong MIF-induced pro-inflammatory response, leading to pathology control. Hence, novel strategies capable of blocking MIF and/or promoting IL-10 receptor signaling pathways, could potentially be used as therapy to counteract immunopathology development during African trypanosome infection, as well as during other infectious conditions. Together, this review aims at summarizing the current knowledge on the opposite immunopathological molecular “Yin-Yang” switch roles of MIF and IL-10 in the modulation of the host immune microenvironment during infection, and more particularly during African trypanosomiasis as a paradigm.
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- Benoit Stijlemans
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) Centre for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB) Centre for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratory of Biomedical Research, Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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Malatji DP. Breeding of African sheep reared under low-input/output smallholder production systems for trypanotolerance. Vet World 2022; 15:1031-1043. [PMID: 35698514 PMCID: PMC9178589 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2022.1031-1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Trypanosomiasis is a disease caused by unicellular protozoan parasites. Small ruminants succumb to trypanosomiasis in areas of high tsetse fly challenge, resulting in serious economic loss often to farmers in low-input smallholder systems. At present, trypanosomiasis is treated with trypanocidal drugs, but access to these can be limited, and increasing parasite resistance raises questions about their efficacy. The development of trypanotolerance in small ruminant flocks through targeted breeding strategies is considered a sustainable and economical option for controlling African trypanosomiasis. Recently, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with trypanotolerance traits in sheep have been reported. The results of these studies form the basis for more studies to identify QTLs associated with trypanosomiasis resistance, particularly in African livestock species. For example, signatures of positive selection for trypanotolerance have been identified using genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data. However, there are several challenges in performing genetic analyses using data from low-input smallholder systems, including a lack of recorded pedigree and production records and the need for large sample sizes when flock sizes are often fewer than 50 animals. Breeding strategies to improve trypanotolerance should also preserve existing genetic diversity as well as minimize excessive genetic introgression by trypanosusceptible breeds. This review discusses the possibilities of breeding for trypanosome tolerance/resistance in low-input/low-output small ruminant production systems. Potential challenges are outlined, and potential available genetic resources are described as a foundation for future work.
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- Dikeledi P. Malatji
- Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa
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Yaro M, Munyard KA, Morgan E, Allcock RJN, Stear MJ, Groth DM. Analysis of pooled genome sequences from Djallonke and Sahelian sheep of Ghana reveals co-localisation of regions of reduced heterozygosity with candidate genes for disease resistance and adaptation to a tropical environment. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:816. [PMID: 31699027 PMCID: PMC6836352 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6198-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Djallonke sheep is well adapted to harsh environmental conditions, and is relatively resistant to Haemonchosis and resilient to animal trypanosomiasis. The larger Sahelian sheep, which cohabit the same region, is less well adapted to these disease challenges. Haemonchosis and Trypanosomiasis collectively cost the worldwide animal industry billions of dollars in production losses annually. RESULTS Here, we separately sequenced and then pooled according to breed the genomes from five unrelated individuals from each of the Djallonke and Sahelian sheep breeds (sourced from Ghana), at greater than 22-fold combined coverage for each breed. A total of approximately 404 million (97%) and 343 million (97%) sequence reads from the Djallonke and Sahelian breeds respectively, were successfully mapped to the sheep reference genome Oar v3.1. We identified approximately 11.1 million and 10.9 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Djallonke and Sahelian breeds, with approximately 15 and 16% respectively of these not previously reported in sheep. Multiple regions of reduced heterozygosity were also found; 70 co-localised within genomic regions harbouring genes that mediate disease resistance, immune response and adaptation in sheep or cattle. Thirty- three of the regions of reduced heterozygosity co-localised with previously reported genes for resistance to haemonchosis and trypanosomiasis. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses suggest that these regions of reduced heterozygosity may be signatures of selection for these economically important diseases.
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- M. Yaro
- School of Biomedical Sciences, CHIRI Biosciences Research Precinct, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845 Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, CHIRI Biosciences Research Precinct, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845 Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, CHIRI Biosciences Research Precinct, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845 Australia
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- The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Perth, WA Australia
- Pathwest Laboratory Medicine WA, QEII Medical Centre, Monash Avenue, Nedlands, 6009 Australia
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- Agribio centre for Agribioscience, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine University of Glasgow, Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, CHIRI Biosciences Research Precinct, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845 Australia
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Stijlemans B, De Baetselier P, Magez S, Van Ginderachter JA, De Trez C. African Trypanosomiasis-Associated Anemia: The Contribution of the Interplay between Parasites and the Mononuclear Phagocyte System. Front Immunol 2018; 9:218. [PMID: 29497418 PMCID: PMC5818406 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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African trypanosomosis (AT) is a chronically debilitating parasitic disease of medical and economic importance for the development of sub-Saharan Africa. The trypanosomes that cause this disease are extracellular protozoan parasites that have developed efficient immune escape mechanisms to manipulate the entire host immune response to allow parasite survival and transmission. During the early stage of infection, a profound pro-inflammatory type 1 activation of the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS), involving classically activated macrophages (i.e., M1), is required for initial parasite control. Yet, the persistence of this M1-type MPS activation in trypanosusceptible animals causes immunopathology with anemia as the most prominent pathological feature. By contrast, in trypanotolerant animals, there is an induction of IL-10 that promotes the induction of alternatively activated macrophages (M2) and collectively dampens tissue damage. A comparative gene expression analysis between M1 and M2 cells identified galectin-3 (Gal-3) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) as novel M1-promoting factors, possibly acting synergistically and in concert with TNF-α during anemia development. While Gal-3 enhances erythrophagocytosis, MIF promotes both myeloid cell recruitment and iron retention within the MPS, thereby depriving iron for erythropoiesis. Hence, the enhanced erythrophagocytosis and suppressed erythropoiesis lead to anemia. Moreover, a thorough investigation using MIF-deficient mice revealed that the underlying mechanisms in AT-associated anemia development in trypanosusceptible and tolerant animals are quite distinct. In trypanosusceptible animals, anemia resembles anemia of inflammation, while in trypanotolerant animals’ hemodilution, mainly caused by hepatosplenomegaly, is an additional factor contributing to anemia. In this review, we give an overview of how trypanosome- and host-derived factors can contribute to trypanosomosis-associated anemia development with a focus on the MPS system. Finally, we will discuss potential intervention strategies to alleviate AT-associated anemia that might also have therapeutic potential.
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- Benoit Stijlemans
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Laboratory for Biomedical Research, Ghent University Global Campus, Incheon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.,Myeloid Cell Immunology Laboratory, VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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Yaro M, Munyard KA, Stear MJ, Groth DM. Combatting African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) in livestock: The potential role of trypanotolerance. Vet Parasitol 2016; 225:43-52. [PMID: 27369574 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Revised: 04/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is endemic in at least 37 of the 54 countries in Africa. It is estimated to cause direct and indirect losses to the livestock production industry in excess of US$ 4.5 billion per annum. A century of intervention has yielded limited success, owing largely to the extraordinary complexity of the host-parasite interaction. Trypanotolerance, which refers to the inherent ability of some African livestock breeds, notably Djallonke sheep, N'Dama cattle and West African Dwarf goats, to withstand a trypanosomiasis challenge and still remain productive without any form of therapy, is an economically sustainable option for combatting this disease. Yet trypanotolerance has not been adequately exploited in the fight against AAT. In this review, we describe new insights into the genetic basis of trypanotolerance and discuss the potential of exploring this phenomenon as an integral part of the solution for AAT, particularly, in the context of African animal production systems.
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- M Yaro
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, Glasgow University, Garscube Estate, Bearsden Road, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
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Effects of experimental Trypanosoma evansi infection on pregnancy in Yankasa ewes. Theriogenology 2015; 85:862-869. [PMID: 26643605 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Twenty pregnant Yankasa ewes were assigned to three groups to determine the effect of Trypanosoma evansi infection on pregnancy. Groups A and B comprising seven ewes each were infected with approximately 1.0 × 10(6) cells of T evansi per ewe through venepuncture at the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, respectively. Group C comprising six ewes served as uninfected control. There was slight pyrexia in the infected groups (groups A and B) but was absent in group C. The mean body weight, glucose concentration, and packed cell volume of ewes in group A were not significantly different from those in group C throughout the study. There was also no significant difference in mean glucose concentration between groups B and C. However, in group B, mean body weight was significantly (P < 0.05) lower compared to group C at week 2 and from week 4 post infection (pi) till the end of the study; the packed cell volume also significantly (P < 0.05) decreased but at weeks 4 and 6 pi. The mean plasma protein of ewes in group A was significantly (P < 0.05) increased compared to those of group C at weeks 7, 11 pi and thereafter till the end of the study. On the contrary, the plasma protein of ewes in group B decreased significantly (P < 0.05) compared to those in group C at weeks 2 and 6 pi. There were no reproductive losses throughout the study. This was characterized by insignificant differences in the gestation length between ewes in the infected groups (groups A and B) compared with those in group C. However, there were significant (P < 0.05) decreases in lamb birth weights of ewes in group B compared with ewes in groups A and C. Mice inoculation with blood from infected ewes postpartum was parasitemic 18 to 25 days pi, for ewes in group B, whereas none of the mice in groups A and C were parasitemic. Lambs born from the infected groups (groups A and B) were also aparasitemic for 40 days postpartum. It was therefore concluded that the T evansi isolate used caused mild trypanosomosis when infected at third trimester, whereas ewes infected at second trimester were resistant.
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Berthier D, Peylhard M, Dayo GK, Flori L, Sylla S, Bolly S, Sakande H, Chantal I, Thevenon S. A comparison of phenotypic traits related to trypanotolerance in five west african cattle breeds highlights the value of shorthorn taurine breeds. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0126498. [PMID: 25954819 PMCID: PMC4425517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Animal African Trypanosomosis particularly affects cattle and dramatically impairs livestock development in sub-Saharan Africa. African Zebu (AFZ) or European taurine breeds usually die of the disease in the absence of treatment, whereas West African taurine breeds (AFT), considered trypanotolerant, are able to control the pathogenic effects of trypanosomosis. Up to now, only one AFT breed, the longhorn N'Dama (NDA), has been largely studied and is considered as the reference trypanotolerant breed. Shorthorn taurine trypanotolerance has never been properly assessed and compared to NDA and AFZ breeds. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This study compared the trypanotolerant/susceptible phenotype of five West African local breeds that differ in their demographic history. Thirty-six individuals belonging to the longhorn taurine NDA breed, two shorthorn taurine Lagune (LAG) and Baoulé (BAO) breeds, the Zebu Fulani (ZFU) and the Borgou (BOR), an admixed breed between AFT and AFZ, were infected by Trypanosoma congolense IL1180. All the cattle were genetically characterized using dense SNP markers, and parameters linked to parasitaemia, anaemia and leukocytes were analysed using synthetic variables and mixed models. We showed that LAG, followed by NDA and BAO, displayed the best control of anaemia. ZFU showed the greatest anaemia and the BOR breed had an intermediate value, as expected from its admixed origin. Large differences in leukocyte counts were also observed, with higher leukocytosis for AFT. Nevertheless, no differences in parasitaemia were found, except a tendency to take longer to display detectable parasites in ZFU. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated that LAG and BAO are as trypanotolerant as NDA. This study highlights the value of shorthorn taurine breeds, which display strong local adaptation to trypanosomosis. Thanks to further analyses based on comparisons of the genome or transcriptome of the breeds, these results open up the way for better knowledge of host-pathogen interactions and, furthermore, for identifying key biological pathways.
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- CIRAD, UMR INTERTRYP, F-34398, Montpellier, France
- CIRDES, 01 BP 454 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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- CIRAD, UMR INTERTRYP, F-34398, Montpellier, France
- INRA, UMR 1313 GABI, F-78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- CIRDES, 01 BP 454 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Burkina Faso
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Dayo GK, Gautier M, Berthier D, Poivey JP, Sidibe I, Bengaly Z, Eggen A, Boichard D, Thevenon S. Association studies in QTL regions linked to bovine trypanotolerance in a West African crossbred population. Anim Genet 2011; 43:123-32. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02227.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Courtin D, Berthier D, Thevenon S, Dayo GK, Garcia A, Bucheton B. Host genetics in African trypanosomiasis. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2008; 8:229-38. [PMID: 18394971 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/21/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In Africa, the protozoan parasite of the genus Trypanosoma causes animal (AAT) and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). These diseases are responsible for considerable mortality and economic losses, and until now the drugs commonly used have often been very toxic and expensive, with no vaccine available. A range of clinical presentations, from chronic to acute symptoms, is observed in both AAT and HAT. Host, parasite, and environmental factors are likely to be involved in this clinical variability. In AAT, some West African cattle (N'Dama, Bos taurus) have the ability to better control the disease development (and therefore to remain productive) than other taurine breeds (Zebu, Bos indicus). This phenomenon is called trypanotolerance and seems to have major genetic components. In humans, tolerance/resistance to the disease is suspected, however, this needs confirmation. This review focuses on recent advances made in the field of host genetics in African trypanosomiasis in animals (mouse and bovine) and humans. The perspectives for the development of new control strategies and their applications as well as a better understanding of the physiopathology of the disease are discussed.
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- David Courtin
- Radboud University Medical Center, Medical Parasitology, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Berthier D, Chantal I, Thévenon S, Marti J, Piquemal D, Maillard JC. Bovine transcriptome analysis by SAGE technology during an experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1081:286-99. [PMID: 17135528 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1373.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In central and sub-Saharan Africa, trypanosomosis is a tsetse fly-transmitted disease, which is considered as the most important impediment to livestock production in the region. However, several indigenous West African taurine breeds (Bos taurus) present remarkable tolerance to the infection. This genetic capability, named trypanotolerance, results from numerous biological mechanisms most probably under multigenic dependences, among which are control of the trypanosome infection by limitation of parasitemia and control of severe anemia due to the pathogenic effects. Today, some postgenomic biotechnologies, such as transcriptome analyses, allow characterization of the full expressed genes involved in the majority of animal diseases under genetic control. One of them is serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) technology, which consists of the construction of mRNA transcript libraries for qualitative and quantitative analysis of the entire genes expressed or inactivated at a particular step of cellular activation. We developed four different mRNA transcript libraries from white blood cells on a N'Dama trypanotolerant animal during an experimental Trypanosoma congolense (T. congolense) infection: one before experimental infection (ND0), one at the parasitemia peak (NDm), one at the minimal packed cell volume (NDa), and the last one at the end of the experiment after normalization (NDf). Bioinformatic comparisons in bovine genomic databases allowed us to obtain more than 75,000 sequences, among which are several known genes, some others are already described as expressed sequence tags (ESTs), and the last are completely new, but probably functional in trypanotolerance. The knowledge of all identified named or unnamed genes involved in trypanotolerance characteristics will allow us to use them in a field marker-assisted selections strategy and in microarrays prediction sets for bovine trypanotolerance.
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- David Berthier
- Cirad-Emvt Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Naessens J. Bovine trypanotolerance: A natural ability to prevent severe anaemia and haemophagocytic syndrome? Int J Parasitol 2006; 36:521-8. [PMID: 16678182 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2005] [Revised: 02/08/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Trypanotolerance is the capacity of certain West-African, taurine breeds of cattle to remain productive and gain weight after trypanosome infection. Laboratory studies, comparing Trypanosoma congolense infections in trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle (Bos taurus) and in more susceptible Boran cattle (Bos indicus), confirmed the field observations. Experiments using haemopoietic chimeric twins, composed of a tolerant and a susceptible co-twin, and T cell depletion studies suggested that trypanotolerance is composed of two independent traits. The first is a better capacity to control parasitaemia and is not mediated by haemopoietic cells, T lymphocytes or antibodies. The second is a better capacity to limit anaemia development and is mediated by haemopoietic cells, but not by T lymphocytes or antibodies. Weight gain was linked to the latter mechanism, implying that anaemia control is more important for survival and productivity than parasite control. Anemia is a marker for a more complex pathology which resembles human haemophagocytic syndrome: hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia and a large number of hyperactivated phagocytosing macrophages in bone marrow, liver and other tissues. Thus, mortality and morbidity in trypanosome-infected cattle are primarily due to self-inflicted damage by disproportionate immune and/or innate responses. These features of bovine trypanotolerance differ greatly from those in murine models. In mice, resistance is a matter of trypanosome control dependent on acquired immunity. However, a model of anaemia development can be established using C57BL/6J mice. As in cattle, the induction of anaemia was independent of T cells but its development differed with different trypanosome strains. Identification of the molecular pathways that lead to anaemia and haemophagocytosis should allow us to design new strategies to control disease.
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- J Naessens
- International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
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Maillard JC, Berthier D, Thevenon S, Piquemal D, Chantal I, Marti J. Efficiency and limits of the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) method: discussions based on first results in bovine trypanotolerance. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2005; 108:59-69. [PMID: 16144719 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Post genomic biotechnologies, such as transcriptome analysis, are now efficient enough to characterize the full complement of genes involved in the expression of specific biological functions. One of them is the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) technique. SAGE involves the construction of transcript libraries for a quantitative analysis of the entire set of genes expressed or inactivated at particular stages of cellular activation. Bioinformatic comparisons in hosts and pathogens genomic databases allow the identification of several up- and down-regulated genes, ESTs and unknown transcripts directly involved in the host-pathogen immunological interaction mechanisms. Based on the first results obtained during an experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection in trypanotolerant cattle, the efficiency and limits of such a technique, from the data acquisition level to the data analysis level, is discussed in this analysis.
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Maillard JC, Berthier D, Thevenon S, Quéré R, Piquemal D, Manchon L, Marti J. Use of the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) method in veterinary research: A concrete application in the study of the bovine trypanotolerance genetic control. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2005; 1026:171-82. [PMID: 15604489 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1307.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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New postgenomic biotechnologies, such as transcriptome analyses, are now able to characterize the full complement of genes involved in the expression of specific biological functions. One of these is the Serial Analysis of Gene Expression (SAGE) technique, which consists of the construction of transcripts libraries for a quantitative analysis of the entire gene(s) expressed or inactivated at a particular step of cellular activation. Bioinformatic comparisons in the bovine genomic databases allow the identification of several up- and downregulated genes, expressed sequence tags, and unknown functional genes directly involved in the genetic control of the studied biological mechanism. We present and discuss the preliminary results in comparing the expressed genes in two total mRNA transcripts libraries obtained during an experimental Trypanosoma congolense infection in one trypanotolerant N'Dama animal cow. Knowing all the functional genes involved in the trypanotolerance control will permit validation of some results obtained with the quantitative trait locus approach, to set up specific microarrays sets for further metabolic and pharmacological studies, and to design field marker-assisted selection by introgression programs.
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- Jean-Charles Maillard
- Cirad-Prise, c/o National Institute for Animal Husbandry (NIAH), Thuy Phuong, Tu Liem, Hanoï, Vietnam.
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Population parameters for traits defining trypanotolerance in an F2 cross of N’Dama and Boran cattle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0301-6226(03)00078-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Naessens J, Teale AJ, Sileghem M. Identification of mechanisms of natural resistance to African trypanosomiasis in cattle. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2002; 87:187-94. [PMID: 12072233 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2427(02)00070-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Natural resistance to African trypanosomiasis in certain Bos taurus cattle in West Africa, called trypanotolerance, may hold solutions for control of this economically crippling disease. Comparison of immune responses between trypanotolerant and trypanosusceptible cattle have shown some differences in antibody response, complement level and cytokine expression, but it is not known whether these differences are the cause of resistance. Two experiments were carried out to assess the contribution of the immune and haemopoietic systems to trypanotolerance. The production of haemopoietic chimaeras from trypanotolerant and susceptible twin calves and comparison of their responses after infection with singleton calves, allowed an assessment of the role of the haemopoietic system in trypanotolerance. An in vivo depletion of CD4 cells in the two breeds allowed an appraisal of the role of T and B lymphocytes in trypanotolerance. The results of the two experiments suggest that natural resistance comprises at least two mechanisms, an innate mechanism that controls parasite growth, and another, involving the haemopoietic system, that is able to limit anaemia. This supports the hypothesis that innate mechanisms in trypanotolerant cattle are more efficient in controlling disease, making them less reliant on antibody responses.
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- J Naessens
- International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Suliman HB, Logan-Henfrey L, Majiwa PA, ole-Moiyoi O, Feldman BF. Analysis of erythropoietin and erythropoietin receptor genes expression in cattle during acute infection with Trypanosoma congolense. Exp Hematol 1999; 27:37-45. [PMID: 9923442 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(98)00019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Acute Trypanosoma congolense infection induced moderate, transient anemia in N'Dama cattle (trypanotolerant) and severe anemia in Boran cattle (trypanosusceptible). Erythropoietin receptor (EpoR) was cloned and sequenced from the two breeds of cattle. A single position mutation of Tyr in the Boran to His in the N'Dama predicted amino acid sequence was revealed. The mRNA transcription of erythropoietin (Epo) in kidneys and EpoR in the bone marrow of infected cattle was determined by competitive reverse transcription and the polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Though Epo mRNA transcription increased in the kidneys during infection, the increase was not significantly different (p>0.05) between the two breeds of infected cattle. The level of EpoR transcripts in the bone marrow of infected N'Damas was significantly higher (p<0.05) than that detected in the marrows from infected Boran cattle. While infection seem to increase levels of transcription of IL-1alpha and beta, and TNFalpha in kidneys from both Boran and N'Dama cattle, no significant difference was detected in the level of mRNAs of these cytokines in the kidney from the two breed of cattle. The amount of IFNgamma mRNA transcripts were not changed with infection in N'Dama cattle, while on the contrary a significant higher levels of IFNgamma was found in kidneys from infected Boran cattle as compared to the other groups. A significant (p<0.05) increase in the levels of IL-1alpha and beta, and IFNgamma mRNA transcripts were detected in the marrows of infected Borans as compared to the infected N'Dama cattle. In this study the increase in the level of TNFalpha mRNA in the marrows of the two infected breeds was not different. This implies there is no negative effect of TNFalpha on hematopoiesis during acute infection. These findings suggest that the levels of Epo and EpoR in the infected Boran cattle were inadequate for their degree of anemia, which might be due in part to high expression of IFNgamma during acute infection with T. congolense.
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- H B Suliman
- Department of Medicine, Duke Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Rowlands G, Mulatu W, Nagda S, Dolan R, d'Ieteren G. Genetic variation in packed red cell volume and frequency of parasitaemia in East African Zebu cattle exposed to drug-resistant trypanosomes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0301-6226(95)00008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rowlands GJ, Mulatu W, Nagda SM, d'Ieteren GD. Variations in packed red cell volume and trypanosome prevalence and relationships with reproductive traits in east African Zebu cows exposed to drug-resistant trypanosomes. Acta Trop 1995; 59:105-16. [PMID: 7676902 DOI: 10.1016/0001-706x(95)00074-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Approximately 320 East African Zebu cows over 36 months of age were monitored monthly from 1986 to 1992 in nine village herds in an area of high trypanosomiasis risk in southwest Ethiopia where there was resistance to all available trypanocidal drugs. Cows were individually treated with diminazene aceturate, either when they were detected parasitaemic and their packed red cell volume (PCV) decreased below 26%, or when they showed clinical signs of trypanosomiasis. The average annual monthly trypanosome prevalence was 24% and the number of treatments of diminazene aceturate per cow per year was 3.1, both of which increased with age. Mean PCV decreased and mean trypanosome prevalence increased during lactation. There was a significant linear association between the time detected parasitaemic during the first 150 days of lactation and calving interval. When corrected for frequency of parasitaemia and treatment there was also an average reduction of 8.4 +/- 2.6 days in calving interval per % unit increase in PCV. Age at first calving decreased by 0.44 +/- 0.26 months per % unit increase in mean PCV maintained between 24 and 30 months corrected for parasitaemia and treatment. The percentage of pregnancies terminating in abortions significantly increased from 6.8 +/- 1.0% to 10.4 +/- 1.3% when cows detected parasitaemic at least once during the last three months of pregnancy were compared with cows not detected parasitaemic. The largest increase to 19.4 +/- 4.3% was in cows with low mean PCVs < 22%. It was concluded that cows which were able to maintain higher than average PCVs when parasitaemic showed superior reproductive performance than those with lower than average PCVs.
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- G J Rowlands
- International Livestock Centre for Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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Trail JC, Wissocq N, d'Ieteren GD, Kakiese O, Murray M. Quantitative phenotyping of N'Dama cattle for aspects of trypanotolerance under field tsetse challenge. Vet Parasitol 1994; 55:185-95. [PMID: 7879377 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(94)00649-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Matching animal health and performance data were recorded over the 2 year period from weaning at 10 months of age on 255 N'Dama cattle in a high natural tsetse challenge situation in Zaire. Four parameters that are regarded as possible indicators of trypanotolerance, species of trypanosomes detected, length of time parasitaemic, intensity of parasitaemia (parasitaemia score), and anaemic condition as estimated by packed cell volume (PCV) values, were measured and the relative effects of changes in these parameters on trypanocidal drug requirements and growth were assessed. The effects of species of trypanosome on drug requirements and growth were directly measurable. In the case of the other three indicators, the effects on drug requirements and growth that would be brought about by a change of one standard deviation in each were calculated. This allowed comparison of similar sized changes in these three indicators that are of necessity recorded in dissimilar units. Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma congolense infections had equal effects on the number of trypanocidal drug treatments required, an average of 0.61 treatments being administered to each infected post-weaner. A reduction of one standard deviation (SD) in length of time infected reduced the number of treatments required by 0.23 or 36% and an increase of 1 SD in PCV reduced the number required by 0.27 or 43%. Changes in parasitaemia score were not important. In the case of growth, a T. congolense infection reduced growth by 12.4 g day-1 or 8% more than a T. vivax infection. A reduction of 1 SD in length of time infected increased growth by 9.8 g day-1 or 6.5%, a reduction of 1 SD in parasitaemia score increased growth by 9.0 g day-1 or 6.0%, and an increase of 1 SD in average PCV increased growth by 8.4 g day-1 or 5.6%. The necessity to simultaneously measure the four criteria is clearly indicated by their approximately equal effects on the final performance trait of daily liveweight gain. Thus, absence of information on any of these criteria would significantly affect the accuracy of the estimate of an animal's overall trypanotolerance phenotype in this central African situation and reduce the progress possible in production projects involving N'Dama cattle.
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- J C Trail
- International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), Nairobi, Kenya
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Paling RW, Dwinger RH. Potential of trypanotolerance as a contribution to sustainable livestock production in tsetse affected Africa. Vet Q 1993; 15:60-7. [PMID: 8285944 DOI: 10.1080/01652176.1993.9694374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis is possibly the major constraint on livestock and agriculture development in Subsaharan Africa. Control of the disease has been based on vector control as well as on the use of trypanocidal drugs to treat or prevent infection in animals. Both control methods are effective but have proven not to be sustainable. Moreover, the development of a vaccine against trypanosomiasis is unlikely to be successful in the near future. On the other hand, trypanotolerant cattle, like the N'Dama can survive and produce in tsetse affected areas without interventions. This taurine breed has been indigenous to Africa for approximately 7,000 years and forms presently about 6% of the bovine population of Africa. Generally the N'Dama are kept in the rural areas by the small-scale farmer as a multi-purpose animal. Recent studies have defined management characteristics and assessed the production potential at the village level and under ranching conditions of N'Dama cattle exposed to various levels of tsetse challenge. Furthermore, experimental infections showed conclusively the superior resistance to the effects of infection of the N'Dama cattle when compared to zebu cattle and have confirmed that trypanotolerance is innate in N'Dama cattle. Studies have been conducted on development of protective humoral and cellular responses, the regulation of parasite multiplication and control of anaemia. These studies provided tools for identifying components of trypanotolerance. The ability to resist the development of anaemia in the face of infection, has shown to be correlated with the capacity to be productive; moreover, PCV values can serve as selection criterium for trypanotolerance. Subsequently, repeatabilities and heritabilities of trypanotolerance and performance traits were estimated.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- R W Paling
- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
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Authié E, Muteti DK, Mbawa ZR, Lonsdale-Eccles JD, Webster P, Wells CW. Identification of a 33-kilodalton immunodominant antigen of Trypanosoma congolense as a cysteine protease. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1992; 56:103-16. [PMID: 1474989 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90158-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A 33-kDa protein of Trypanosoma congolense is a major antigen in infected cattle and the production of antibody to this antigen appeared to correlate with enhanced resistance to trypanosomiasis [4]. Immunoelectron microscopy using a monoclonal antibody (mAb 4C5) raised against the 33-kDa antigen showed a lysosomal localisation, similar to that of a previously described 32-kDa cysteine protease of T. congolense. Both mAb 4C5 and anti-33 kDa antibody from infected cattle bound on Western blots to the cysteine protease that had been purified by affinity chromatography on cystatin-Sepharose. Sepharose-coupled mAb 4C5 was used to affinity purify the antigen from bloodstream forms of T. congolense. On sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), the affinity-purified antigen had a molecular mass of 33 kDa under non-reducing conditions, and 40 kDa under reducing conditions. Anti-33-kDa antibody from infected cattle bound to both non-reduced and reduced affinity-purified antigen on Western blots. Serum from a rabbit immunised with the biochemically purified enzyme also bound the affinity-purified antigen. The affinity-purified antigen displayed proteolytic activity in fibrinogen-containing SDS-PAGE and against Azocoll. It hydrolysed benzyloxycarbonyl-Phe-Arg-7-amino-methyl coumarin (Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec) with a Km similar to that of the biochemically purified enzyme. Proteolytic and peptidolytic activities of the antigen were inhibited by the inhibitors of cysteine proteases, cystatin and trans-epoxysuccinyl-L-leucyl-amido (4-guanidino)butane (E-64). On two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, the antigen displayed similar characteristics to those of the biochemically purified enzyme. We conclude that the 33-kDa antigen of T. congolense and the cysteine protease are the same molecule.
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- E Authié
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Trail JC, d'Ieteren GD, Viviani P, Yangari G, Nantulya VM. Relationships between trypanosome infection measured by antigen detection enzyme immunoassays, anaemia and growth in trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle. Vet Parasitol 1992; 42:213-23. [PMID: 1496781 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(92)90063-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Relationships were evaluated between trypanosome infection as measured by antigen detection enzyme immunoassays (antigen ELISA), anaemia as determined by average packed red cell volume (PCV), and animal performance as assessed by daily weight gain in 99 N'Dama cattle in Gabon exposed to natural tsetse challenge at 11.5 months of age and recorded 14 times over a 13 week period. Approximately half the animals were found to be infected for an average of five of the 14 times that they were examined: 38% with Trypanosoma congolense, 13% with Trypanosoma vivax and 49% with a mixed infection. Trypanosoma congolense infections had significant deleterious effects on animal growth, while T. vivax infections did not. Animals found on several occasions to be infected with T. congolense had significantly lower PCV values than those demonstrated to be infected on fewer occasions. No relationship was found between mean optical density (OD) values in antigen ELISA and PCV values. Animals capable of maintaining PCV values, even when antigen ELISA positive on a high number of occasions, grew at the same rate as uninfected animals. Animals that could not maintain PCV values when infected had poorer growth. Antigen ELISA has the potential to increase the efficiency of selection of trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle under tsetse challenge in the field, in three main ways. (1) Accurate identification of trypanosome species, especially in mixed species infections, clarifies relations between infection, anaemia and animal performance. (2) Detection of animals antigenaemic without patent parasitaemia could allow individuals with superior ability to control trypanosome infection to be identified. (3) More accurate measurement of the proportion of time an animal is infected allows more accurate evaluation of its anaemia control capability.
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- J C Trail
- International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), Nairobi, Kenya
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Trail JC, d'Ieteren GD, Maille JC, Yangari G, Nantulya VM. Use of antigen-detection enzyme immunoassays in assessment of trypanotolerance in N'Dama cattle. Acta Trop 1991; 50:11-8. [PMID: 1686140 DOI: 10.1016/0001-706x(91)90068-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Antigen-detection enzyme immunoassays (ELISA) were used for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma vivax, T. congolense and T. brucei in N'Dama cattle in Gabon, Central Africa. The assays are based on monoclonal antibodies which recognise trypanosome antigens specific for each of the three species and animals were termed 'antigenaemic' when found positive by this technique but not found parasitaemic by the buffy coat technique. 148 one-year-old animals were exposed to a medium natural tsetse challenge and an average of 6 assays per animal were carried out over a 92-day period. Blood samples were routinely examined 11 times over this period and 28% of animals were detected as parasitaemic by the buffy coat technique. 90% of these were antigen-ELISA positive. More importantly, 40% of the animals with negative parasitological findings were also found to be antigenaemic. Parasitaemic animals with above-average packed-red-cell volume percent (PCV) values had 32% higher daily weight gains than those with below average, while antigenaemic animals showed no significant linkage between PCV values and weight gain. Thus only the 28% of animals with detectable parasitaemias could have been used for selection decisions based on PCV values. Antigenaemic animals grew at the same rate as negative animals and had 22% superior growth rates to parasitaemic animals. When antigenaemic animals were classified as having more ability to control parasite growth than parasitaemic animals, a significant sire effect suggested some possibility of a degree of genetic control being involved. Thus the ELISA could offer a practical possibility for selection of trypanotolerant animals based on infection criteria.
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- J C Trail
- International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), Nairobi, Kenya
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Paling RW, Moloo SK, Scott JR, Gettinby G, McOdimba FA, Murray M. Susceptibility of N'Dama and Boran cattle to sequential challenges with tsetse-transmitted clones of Trypanosoma congolense. Parasite Immunol 1991; 13:427-45. [PMID: 1923567 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1991.tb00295.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The susceptibility of N'Dama cattle (Bos taurus) to four consecutive infections with different tsetse-transmitted clones of Trypanosoma congolense was compared with that of Borans (Bos indicus). All animals were aged 13 months at the start of the study and had been born and raised free from trypanosomiasis under the same management and nutritional conditions, thereby limiting environmental factors that could have influenced susceptibility. While cattle of both breeds were equally susceptible to the establishment of trypanosome infections, the N'Damas exhibited superior resistance. Despite infection with virulent parasites, the N'Damas gained weight at the same rate as uninfected control animals, they did not develop anaemia to the extent that trypanocidal drug treatment was required, and all made a spontaneous recovery to normal haematological values within two to four months. In contrast, all the Borans needed treatment during the course of the four infections because of severe anaemia and showed markedly reduced liveweight gains. These clinical differences in the N'Damas were associated with two repeatable characteristics, namely, the ability to control parasitaemia and to 'resist' anaemia, processes that did not appear to be linked. Also in contrast to the Borans, the N'Damas were able to mount accelerated haemopoietic responses, resulting in the reduced severity of anaemia following a primary infection. These findings pose the question as to whether the ability to control parasitaemia and to 'resist' anaemia could be used as criteria for identifying resistant or trypanotolerant cattle.
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- R W Paling
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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