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Russler-Germain EV, Jung J, Miller AT, Young S, Yi J, Wehmeier A, Fox LE, Monte KJ, Chai JN, Kulkarni DH, Funkhouser-Jones LJ, Wilke G, Durai V, Zinselmeyer BH, Czepielewski RS, Greco S, Murphy KM, Newberry RD, Sibley LD, Hsieh CS. Commensal Cryptosporidium colonization elicits a cDC1-dependent Th1 response that promotes intestinal homeostasis and limits other infections. Immunity 2021; 54:2547-2564.e7. [PMID: 34715017 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cryptosporidium can cause severe diarrhea and morbidity, but many infections are asymptomatic. Here, we studied the immune response to a commensal strain of Cryptosporidium tyzzeri (Ct-STL) serendipitously discovered when conventional type 1 dendritic cell (cDC1)-deficient mice developed cryptosporidiosis. Ct-STL was vertically transmitted without negative health effects in wild-type mice. Yet, Ct-STL provoked profound changes in the intestinal immune system, including induction of an IFN-γ-producing Th1 response. TCR sequencing coupled with in vitro and in vivo analysis of common Th1 TCRs revealed that Ct-STL elicited a dominant antigen-specific Th1 response. In contrast, deficiency in cDC1s skewed the Ct-STL CD4 T cell response toward Th17 and regulatory T cells. Although Ct-STL predominantly colonized the small intestine, colon Th1 responses were enhanced and associated with protection against Citrobacter rodentium infection and exacerbation of dextran sodium sulfate and anti-IL10R-triggered colitis. Thus, Ct-STL represents a commensal pathobiont that elicits Th1-mediated intestinal homeostasis that may reflect asymptomatic human Cryptosporidium infection.
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- Emilie V Russler-Germain
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Immunobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Immunobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Immunobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Immunobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Miyamoto Y, Eckmann L. Drug Development Against the Major Diarrhea-Causing Parasites of the Small Intestine, Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1208. [PMID: 26635732 PMCID: PMC4652082 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Diarrheal diseases are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world, particularly among young children. A limited number of infectious agents account for most of these illnesses, raising the hope that advances in the treatment and prevention of these infections can have global health impact. The two most important parasitic causes of diarrheal disease are Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Both parasites infect predominantly the small intestine and colonize the lumen and epithelial surface, but do not invade deeper mucosal layers. This review discusses the therapeutic challenges, current treatment options, and drug development efforts against cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis. The goals of drug development against Cryptosporidium and Giardia are different. For Cryptosporidium, only one moderately effective drug (nitazoxanide) is available, so novel classes of more effective drugs are a high priority. Furthermore, new genetic technology to identify potential drug targets and better assays for functional evaluation of these targets throughout the parasite life cycle are needed for advancing anticryptosporidial drug design. By comparison, for Giardia, several classes of drugs with good efficacy exist, but dosing regimens are suboptimal and emerging resistance begins to threaten clinical utility. Consequently, improvements in potency and dosing, and the ability to overcome existing and prevent new forms of drug resistance are priorities in antigiardial drug development. Current work on new drugs against both infections has revealed promising strategies and new drug leads. However, the primary challenge for further drug development is the underlying economics, as both parasitic infections are considered Neglected Diseases with low funding priority and limited commercial interest. If a new urgency in medical progress against these infections can be raised at national funding agencies or philanthropic organizations, meaningful and timely progress is possible in treating and possibly preventing cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis.
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- Yukiko Miyamoto
- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla CA, USA
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Petry F, Jakobi V, Tessema TS. Host immune response to Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Exp Parasitol 2010; 126:304-9. [PMID: 20685209 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Species of the genus Cryptosporidium are protozoan parasites (Apicomplexa) that cause gastroenteritis in animals and humans. Of these Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis are the major causative agents of human cryptosporidiosis. Whereas infection is self-limiting in the immunocompetent hosts, immunocompromised individuals develop a chronic, life-threatening disease. As specific therapeutic or preventive interventions are not yet available, better understanding of the immune response to the parasite is required. This minireview briefly summarizes the factors involved in the innate and acquired immune response in this pathogen-host interaction with an emphasis on more recent data from mouse models of infection.
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- Franz Petry
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University, D-55131 Mainz, Germany.
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Motta I, Gissot M, Kanellopoulos JM, Ojcius DM. Absence of weight loss during Cryptosporidium infection in susceptible mice deficient in Fas-mediated apoptosis. Microbes Infect 2002; 4:821-7. [PMID: 12270729 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(02)01602-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Apoptosis plays a major role in the development of pathogenesis due to a number of microbial infections. Epithelial cells have been previously shown to die through apoptosis during in vitro infection by the Apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum. We now test the possibility that Fas (APO-1/CD95)-dependent apoptosis of uninfected cells, due to enhanced expression of the Fas ligand (FasL) on infected cells, may contribute to the pathology of cryptosporidiosis. Expression of the FasL increased by a large amount on the surface of intestinal epithelial cells infected with C. parvum, and the increase was limited exclusively to infected cells. In addition, a significant increase in FasL expression was observed in epithelial cells from the small intestine of mice infected with C. parvum. Finally, whereas wild-type mice depleted of CD4(+) lymphocytes lost weight during C. parvum infection, CD4(+) cell-depleted lpr mice (deficient in Fas function) infected with C. parvum gained weight at the same rate as undepleted wild-type or lpr mice. These results suggest that bystander Fas-dependent apoptosis of uninfected epithelial cells may exacerbate the weight loss associated with cryptosporidiosis.
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- Iris Motta
- Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, Inserm 277, Université Paris 7, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris cedex 15, France
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The coccidian Cryptosporidium infects epithelial cells of a variety of vertebrate hosts and is the causative agent of cryptosporidiosis. In mammals, including humans and domestic animals, C. parvum infects the gastrointestinal tract producing an acute watery diarrhoea and weight loss. CD4+ T-cell-deficient hosts have increased susceptibility to infection with the parasite and may develop severe life-threatening complications. The host responses which induce protective immunity and contribute to pathogenesis are poorly understood. In the immunological control of infection, recent studies with murine infection models suggest that IFN-gamma plays a key role in a partially protective innate immunity against infection identified in immunocompromised mice and also in the elimination of infection mediated by CD4+ T-cells. At the mucosal level, CD4+ intraepithelial lymphocytes are involved in the control of cryptosporidial infection, acting at least in part through production of IFN-gamma which has a direct inhibitory effect on parasite development in enterocytes. Primary infection of ruminants induces an intestinal inflammatory response in which increased numbers of various T-cell subpopulations appear in the villi. In addition, infection results in increased intestinal expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-12, IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. Because these cytokines appear to be important in the aetiology of inflammatory bowel disease, it is possible that they are involved in the mucosal pathogenesis of cryptosporidiosis.
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- V McDonald
- St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Digestive Diseases Research Centre, London, UK.
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Cryptosporidium parvum can be regarded as a minimally invasive mucosal pathogen, since it invades surface epithelial cells that line the intestinal tract but does not invade deeper layers of the intestinal mucosa. Nonetheless, infection can be associated with diarrhea and marked mucosal inflammation. This article briefly reviews in vitro and in vivo models useful for studying the pathogenesis of C. parvum infection and explores the role of innate and acquired immune responses in host defense against this protozoan parasite.
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- F Laurent
- Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0623, USA
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Mosier DA, Cimon KY, Kuhls TL, Oberst RD, Simons KR. Experimental cryptosporidiosis in adult and neonatal rabbits. Vet Parasitol 1997; 69:163-9. [PMID: 9195725 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(96)01123-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Neonatal and adult New Zealand White rabbits were infected experimentally with Cryptosporidium parvum. No histologic evidence of infection was found in adult rabbits. However, increased levels of anti-cryptosporidial serum IgG were present, and multiple antigens were detected by serum on immunoblots. In neonates, variably severe, transient infection was present from Days 3 to 21 postinoculation. Serum IgG was initially elevated, decreased until Day 10 postinoculation, then progressively increased for the remainder of the study. A prominent 15 kilodalton antigen was detected on immunoblots using serum obtained on Days 14 until 28 postinoculation. Neonate anti-cryptosporidial fecal IgA were slightly elevated on Days 14 and 21 postinoculation.
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- D A Mosier
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA
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Kuhls TL, Mosier DA, Crawford DL, Abrams VL, Greenfield RA. Improved survival of severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice with cryptosporidiosis by adoptively transferring CD4+ and CD4- CD8- B220- BALB/c splenocytes (Spls). J Eukaryot Microbiol 1996; 43:71S. [PMID: 8822867 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb05002.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- T L Kuhls
- Dept. Pediatrics, Univ. Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr., Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Greenfield RA, Mosier DA, Crawford DL, Abrams VL, Kuhls TL. Bismuth subsalicylate prophylaxis of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in immunodeficient mice. J Eukaryot Microbiol 1996; 43:69S. [PMID: 8822865 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb05000.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- R A Greenfield
- Dept. Medicine, Univ. Oklahoma Health Sciences Ctr, Oklahoma City 73190, USA
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Leng X, Mosier DA, Oberst RD. Simplified method for recovery and PCR detection of Cryptosporidium DNA from bovine feces. Appl Environ Microbiol 1996; 62:643-7. [PMID: 8593065 PMCID: PMC167830 DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.643-647.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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An assay to identify Cryptosporidium DNA in bovine feces has been developed emphasizing standardization of sample preparation and simplification of the DNA recovery process for PCR amplification and DNA hybridization detection. The Cryptosporidium DNA recovery-PCR detection procedure (CR-PCR) can recover DNA suitable for PCR amplification without using or generating hazardous chemicals or wastes. In comparisons with a commercial enzyme-linked immunoassay (Color Vue-Cryptosporidium; Seradyn, Indianapolis, Ind.), the CR-PCR could detect 10(3) to 10(4) times fewer purified oocysts diluted in solution (water or buffered saline) and 10(2) times fewer oocysts from diarrheic feces and showed earlier detectability from solid, nondiarrheic feces in an experimental infection. This assay may prove useful for detecting Cryptosporidium oocysts in feces and in clarifying the role of livestock in waterborne outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis.
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- X Leng
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine-Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-5606, USA
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Steele MI, Kuhls TL, Nida K, Meka CS, Halabi IM, Mosier DA, Elliott W, Crawford DL, Greenfield RA. A Cryptosporidium parvum genomic region encoding hemolytic activity. Infect Immun 1995; 63:3840-5. [PMID: 7558289 PMCID: PMC173540 DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.10.3840-3845.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Successful parasitization by Cryptosporidium parvum requires multiple disruptions in both host and protozoan cell membranes as cryptosporidial sporozoites invade intestinal epithelial cells and subsequently develop into asexual and sexual life stages. To identify cryptosporidial proteins which may play a role in these membrane alterations, hemolytic activity was used as a marker to screen a C. parvum genomic expression library. A stable hemolytic clone (H4) containing a 5.5-kb cryptosporidial genomic fragment was identified. The hemolytic activity encoded on H4 was mapped to a 1-kb region that contained a complete 690-bp open reading frame (hemA) ending in a common stop codon. A 21-kDa plasmid-encoded recombinant protein was expressed in maxicells containing H4. Subclones of H4 which contained only a portion of hemA did not induce hemolysis on blood agar or promote expression of the recombinant protein in maxicells. Reverse transcriptase-mediated PCR analysis of total RNA isolated from excysted sporozoites and the intestines of infected adult mice with severe combined immunodeficiency demonstrated that hemA is actively transcribed during the cryptosporidial life cycle.
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- M I Steele
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73126, USA
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Fleta J, Sánchez-Acedo C, Clavel A, Quílez J. Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in extra-intestinal tissues of sheep and pigs. Vet Parasitol 1995; 59:201-5. [PMID: 8533278 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(94)00758-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Extra-intestinal infections by Cryptosporidium parvum have been detected in pigs and sheep. Detection was carried out by imprints of the mucosa of different organs and viscera in 55 sheep and 57 pigs slaughtered at three abattoirs in Zaragoza (northeast Spain). Imprints were stained by using a modified Ziehl-Neelsen technique. In addition to intestinal infections, cryptosporidial oocysts were found in the gall-bladders of two pigs which were 2 months old, and in some organs of sheep aged 5 days or more, including the gall-bladder (5), mesenteric lymph nodes (2), trachea (7), lung (3) and the uterus of one lamb.
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- J Fleta
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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Kuhls TL, Orlicek SL, Mosier DA, Crawford DL, Abrams VL, Greenfield RA. Enteral human serum immunoglobulin treatment of cryptosporidiosis in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency. Infect Immun 1995; 63:3582-6. [PMID: 7642294 PMCID: PMC173497 DOI: 10.1128/iai.63.9.3582-3586.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The anti-cryptosporidial immunoglobulin G antibodies in two commercially available human serum immunoglobulin (HSIG) products were quantified and characterized. The mean level of Cryptosporidium parvum-specific immunoglobulin G in HSIG was eightfold higher than the antibody level found in the sera of three immunocompetent individuals convalescing from cryptosporidiosis. However, HSIG products displayed no reactivity to cryptosporidial antigens in immunoblot analyses, while convalescent-phase sera demonstrated characteristic banding patterns. When HSIG was given to newborn severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) mice before and shortly after experimental infection, a decreased intensity of infection was observed in the intestines of the mice compared with that of control mice. However, there was no difference in mortality or histopathologic findings in the intestines of HSIG-treated and control mice when treatment was not started until 22 days of age. These results indicate that HSIG may be beneficial when given prophylactically; however, HSIG cannot eradicate cryptosporidia from mucosal surfaces in an established infection.
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- T L Kuhls
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73104, USA
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Tatalick LM, Perryman LE. Attempts to protect severe combined immunodeficient (scid) mice with antibody enriched for reactivity to Cryptosporidium parvum surface antigen-1. Vet Parasitol 1995; 58:281-90. [PMID: 8533267 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(94)00729-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoal pathogen which infects the gastrointestinal epithelium of mammals causing diarrhoea, the duration and severity of which is determined by the immunocompetency of the host. Currently, there is no effective treatment or prevention. We evaluated the ability of surface antigen-1 (SA-1), defined as those antigens recognized by neutralizing mAb 17.41, to elicit a protective antibody response when used as an immunogen. A SA-1 enriched fraction was obtained by immunoaffinity chromatography and was used to immunize a naive Holstein calf. SA-1 immune serum from this calf detected C. parvum epitopes to a 1:10,000 dilution in a dot blot assay, and sporozoite surface epitopes at a 1:10,000 dilution in a live immunofluorescence assay. Western blot analysis showed that SA-1 immune bovine serum recognized a similar pattern of C. parvum antigens as the defining mAb 17.41. Oral passive transfer of SA-1 immune bovine serum did not protect severe combined immunodeficient (scid) mice or suckling BALB/c mice from initial infection with C. parvum, or terminate a persistent infection in scid mice.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/isolation & purification
- Antigens, Surface/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/isolation & purification
- Cattle
- Cryptosporidiosis/immunology
- Cryptosporidiosis/prevention & control
- Cryptosporidium parvum/immunology
- Female
- Immunization, Passive
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, SCID
- Protozoan Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Protozoan Vaccines/immunology
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- L M Tatalick
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040, USA
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Hays MP, Mosier DA, Oberst RD. Enhanced karyotype resolution of Cryptosporidium parvum by contour-clamped homogeneous electric fields. Vet Parasitol 1995; 58:273-80. [PMID: 8533266 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(94)00728-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Previous karyotype analysis with contour-clamped homogeneous electric fields (CHEF) indicated that the Cryptosporidium parvum karyotype comprises a minimum of five chromosomes all less than 1.6 Mb in size. In this study we were able to improve the resolution of the karyotype using a modified CHEF gel electrophoretic procedure that allows for the routine identification of seven C. parvum chromosomes ranging in size from about 0.945 to 2.2 Mb. Our data also suggest that an eighth chromosome is present and comigrates with another chromosome at about 1.3 Mb.
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- M P Hays
- Department of Pathology & Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-5605, USA
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Mead JR, You X, Pharr JE, Belenkaya Y, Arrowood MJ, Fallon MT, Schinazi RF. Evaluation of maduramicin and alborixin in a SCID mouse model of chronic cryptosporidiosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1995; 39:854-8. [PMID: 7785984 PMCID: PMC162642 DOI: 10.1128/aac.39.4.854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Two polyether ionophores, maduramicin and alborixin, were evaluated for anticryptosporidial activity in a severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mouse model of cryptosporidiosis. Groups of SCID mice were inoculated with 10(6) oocysts of bovine origin by oral gavage. Maduramicin or alborixin was administered beginning 4 weeks postinfection at 3 mg/kg of body weight per day. Maduramicin treatment resulted in a 96% reduction in fecal parasite load over the 3-week treatment period (P < 0.003). This reduction correlated with decreases in tissue parasite loads observed in histological sections of the small intestine (P < 0.000002) and the colon (P < 0.000006). A significant decrease in oocyst shedding was also observed after a 3-week treatment with alborixin (71% reduction, P < 0.01). Maduramicin was also evaluated in a relapsing model of cryptosporidiosis in which the infection was observed to recur after treatments were discontinued. Some toxicity, as demonstrated by weight loss, was observed with both maduramicin and alborixin. Both drugs exhibited significant anticryptosporidial activities with concomitant moderate toxicity. These polyether ionophores should be valuable as positive controls in compound evaluation studies and as lead compounds for chemical optimization (modification).
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- J R Mead
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30022, USA
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- P J O'Donoghue
- Parasitology Section, VETLAB, Department of Primary Industries, Adelaide, Australia
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Kaup FJ, Kuhn EM, Makoschey B, Hunsmann G. Cryptosporidiosis of liver and pancreas in rhesus monkeys with experimental SIV infection. J Med Primatol 1994; 23:304-8. [PMID: 7869359 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1994.tb00288.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Following an experimental SIV infection, 11 rhesus monkeys were evaluated to determine the presence of opportunistic infections. Five animals had severe alterations of the hepatobiliary tree, three of which were associated with the presence of numerous Cryptosporidium spp. Subacute to chronic inflammatory changes were observed in the pancreatic ducts of four animals, one without histologic evidence of parasites. In one animal, the inflamed ducts were associated with a chronic interstitial pancreatitis. The rate of Cryptosporidium infection together with hepatic and pancreatic involvement (36%) supports the hypothesis that systemic cryptosporidiosis is the result of a loss of protective mucosal immunity.
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- F J Kaup
- Working Group of Experimental Pathology, F.R.G
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Riggs MW, Cama VA, Leary HL, Sterling CR. Bovine antibody against Cryptosporidium parvum elicits a circumsporozoite precipitate-like reaction and has immunotherapeutic effect against persistent cryptosporidiosis in SCID mice. Infect Immun 1994; 62:1927-39. [PMID: 8168959 PMCID: PMC186444 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.5.1927-1939.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Control of cryptosporidiosis is currently hampered by the absence of drugs or vaccines proven consistently effective against Cryptosporidium parvum. On the basis of observations that anti-C. parvum antibody has therapeutic effect against cryptosporidiosis, cows were immunized with C. parvum to produce hyperimmune colostral antibody. An antibody-rich fraction was prepared and differentiated from control (nonhyperimmune) antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, immunofluorescence assay, immunoelectron microscopy, and in vitro neutralizing titer against DEAE-cellulose-isolated C. parvum sporozoites. Oocyst, purified sporozoite, and merozoite antigens recognized by hyperimmune antibody were defined by Western blot (immunoblot). Hyperimmune antibody recognized antigens common to oocysts, sporozoites, and merozoites, as well as stage-specific antigens. Upon incubation with hyperimmune antibody, sporozoites underwent distinct morphologic changes characterized by progressive formation and eventual release of membranous sporozoite surface antigen-antibody complexes, similar to the malaria circumsporozoite precipitate reaction. The infectivity of sporozoites having undergone this reaction was neutralized. The reaction was minimal or absent on sporozoites incubated with control antibody. To determine therapeutic effect in vivo, persistent C. parvum infection was established in adult severe combined immune-deficient (SCID) mice by oral inoculation with 10(7) oocysts. At 5 weeks postinfection, infected mice were treated for 10 days with hyperimmune or control antibody by inclusion in drinking water and daily gavage. Fecal oocyst shedding and infection scores in the gastrointestinal tract and gall bladder/common bile duct in hyperimmune antibody-treated mice were significantly lower than those in the control antibody-treated mice. Hyperimmune bovine antibody prepared against C. parvum may provide a first-generation therapy for control of cryptosporidiosis. Additionally, the defined antigens can be evaluated as subunit immunogens to produce better-characterized polyclonal antibody for control of cryptosporidiosis or as targets for monoclonal antibody-based immunotherapy.
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- M W Riggs
- Department of Veterinary Science, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
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Mead JR, Ilksoy N, You X, Belenkaya Y, Arrowood MJ, Fallon MT, Schinazi RF. Infection dynamics and clinical features of cryptosporidiosis in SCID mice. Infect Immun 1994; 62:1691-5. [PMID: 8168930 PMCID: PMC186384 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.5.1691-1695.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cryptosporidial infections in severe combined immune deficient (SCID) mice produce a chronic disease state which in the later stages leads to extraintestinal involvement and hepatic dysfunction. To further characterize the infection dynamics in this model and monitor the changes in the hepatic system, a dose titration of the oocyst inoculum was performed and alkaline phosphatase levels in the sera were assayed. Ten SCID mice per dose were inoculated with 10(3), 10(4), 10(5), 10(6), or 10(7) oocysts. Oocyst shedding in the feces was quantified by microscopic enumeration. Mice inoculated with 10(6) oocysts and those inoculated with 10(7) oocysts demonstrated similar oocyst shedding patterns, but the 10(7)-oocyst group exhibited signs of distress (e.g., weight loss and icterus) earlier. The intensity of the infection increased markedly approximately 14 days postinoculation (p.i.) and continued to increase steadily over the next 6 weeks. Inoculation with lower oocyst doses produced a delay in patency (e.g., it occurred 7 days later with the 10(5)-oocyst inoculum and 14 days later with the 10(4)-oocyst inoculum). Mean serum alkaline phosphatase levels in the 10(7)-oocyst group were more than twice control values at 5 weeks p.i. and continued to increase over the next 8 weeks. Oocyst doses and alkaline phosphatase levels were positively correlated with hepatobiliary colonization (r = 0.71) and liver necrosis (r = 0.65) at 13 weeks p.i. A strong positive correlation between hepatobiliary colonization and liver necrosis at 13 weeks p.i. (r = 0.87) was observed.
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- J R Mead
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30022
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Perryman LE, Mason PH, Chrisp CE. Effect of spleen cell populations on resolution of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in SCID mice. Infect Immun 1994; 62:1474-7. [PMID: 7907581 PMCID: PMC186306 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.4.1474-1477.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Persistent infection was established in SCID mice given 10(7) Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. Nine groups of infected SCID mice were inoculated with 10(6), 10(5), or 10(4) total spleen cells, CD8-depleted spleen cells, or CD4-depleted spleen cells from naive BALB/c donors. Infection was significantly reduced in all treatment groups. The most profound effect occurred with spleen cell preparations containing CD4 T lymphocytes but depleted of CD8 T lymphocytes.
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- L E Perryman
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040
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Aguirre SA, Mason PH, Perryman LE. Susceptibility of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I- and MHC class II-deficient mice to Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Infect Immun 1994; 62:697-9. [PMID: 7905464 PMCID: PMC186160 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.2.697-699.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I-deficient and MHC class II-deficient mice lack functional CD8 T cells and CD4 T cells, respectively. These mice were evaluated for infection following oral administration of 10(7) Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. MHC class II-deficient (but not MHC class I-deficient) mice dosed with C. parvum oocysts at 3 to 5 days of age remained infected 8 weeks postexposure. MHC class II-deficient mice exposed to C. parvum oocysts at 5 to 6 weeks of age were significantly more susceptible to infection than control mice (P < 0.0001).
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- S A Aguirre
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040
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Thulin JD, Kuhlenschmidt MS, Rolsma MD, Current WL, Gelberg HB. An intestinal xenograft model for Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Infect Immun 1994; 62:329-31. [PMID: 8262647 PMCID: PMC186107 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.1.329-331.1994] [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: 01/29/2023] Open
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Paired segments of near-term fetal rabbit small intestine were transplanted subcutaneously into athymic nude mice. At 5 weeks postsurgery, the xenografts were inoculated intraluminally with Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites. Parasites rapidly and reliably infected the xenograft mucosal epithelium. Lesions typical of cryptosporidiosis were readily apparent by light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Xenografts are well suited to the study of the early events of C. parvum infection and are of potential value in the evaluation of anticryptosporidial chemotherapeutic agents.
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- J D Thulin
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801
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Perryman LE, Kegerris KA, Mason PH. Effect of orally administered monoclonal antibody on persistent Cryptosporidium parvum infection in scid mice. Infect Immun 1993; 61:4906-8. [PMID: 8406894 PMCID: PMC281254 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.11.4906-4908.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Scid mice, persistently infected after exposure to 10(7) Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, were treated daily for 14 to 17 days with 0.4 mg of monoclonal antibody (mAb) 17.41 administered by the oral route. Mice receiving mAb 17.41 shed significantly fewer (P < 0.005) C. parvum oocysts than scid mice receiving isotype control mAb. Intestinal (but not gastric) infectivity scores were also reduced for scid mice treated with mAb 17.41 (P < 0.01).
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- L E Perryman
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040
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Chen W, Harp JA, Harmsen AG, Havell EA. Gamma interferon functions in resistance to Cryptosporidium parvum infection in severe combined immunodeficient mice. Infect Immun 1993; 61:3548-51. [PMID: 8335387 PMCID: PMC281038 DOI: 10.1128/iai.61.8.3548-3551.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) adult mice are relatively resistant to Cryptosporidium parvum infection, even though they are deficient in both T- and B-cell function. The requirement for gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) in this resistance was examined by treatment of these mice with monoclonal antibody to IFN-gamma. SCID mice injected intraperitoneally with monoclonal anti-IFN-gamma 4 h before and three times weekly after challenge with C. parvum had heavy intestinal infections 3 weeks postchallenge. SCID mice similarly injected with irrelevant antibody were not infected. Furthermore, SCID mice receiving a single injection of anti-IFN-gamma either 2 h before or 18 h after challenge were also susceptible to infection. Although IFN-gamma was not detected in SCID mouse intestinal samples, it was found in the supernatant of SCID mouse splenocyte cultures after stimulation with C. parvum antigens. On the other hand, SCID mice receiving multiple injections of antibodies against tumor necrosis factor remained resistant to infection. These data indicate that the resistance of SCID mice to C. parvum infection is IFN-gamma dependent, whereas tumor necrosis factor appears not to play a significant role.
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- W Chen
- Trudeau Institute, Inc., Saranac Lake, New York 12983
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Mosier DA, Kuhls TL, Simons KR, Oberst RD. Bovine humoral immune response to Cryptosporidium parvum. J Clin Microbiol 1992; 30:3277-9. [PMID: 1452716 PMCID: PMC270649 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.30.12.3277-3279.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrheal disease predominantly affecting cattle and humans. Sera from experimentally infected calves and calves of various ages with no histories of exposure were evaluated for immunoglobulin G to Cryptosporidium parvum. An age-associated increase in immunoglobulin G was present in experimental calves and in calves with no histories of infection from 1 to 3, but not > 3, months of age.
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- D A Mosier
- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506
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