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Pratlong F, Balard Y, Lami P, Talignani L, Ravel C, Dereure J, Lefebvre M, Serres G, Bastien P, Dedet JP. The Montpellier Leishmania Collection, from a Laboratory Collection to a Biological Resource Center: A 39-Year-Long Story. Biopreserv Biobank 2016; 14:470-479. [PMID: 27379470 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2015.0101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
We report the development of a laboratory collection of Leishmania that was initiated in 1975 and, after 39 years, has become an international Biological Resource Center (BRC-Leish, Montpellier, France, BioBank No. BB-0033-00052), which includes 6353 strains belonging to 36 Leishmania taxa. This is a retrospective analysis of the technical and organizational changes that have been adopted over time to take into account the technological advances and related modifications in the collection management and quality system. The technical improvements concerned the culture and cryopreservation techniques, strain identification by isoenzymatic and molecular techniques, data computerization and quality management to meet the changes in international standards, and in the cryogenic and microbiological safety procedures. The BRC is working toward obtaining the NF-S 96-900 certification in the coming years. Our long-term expertise in Leishmania storage and typing and collection maintenance should encourage field epidemiologists and clinical practitioners in endemic countries to secure their own strain collection with the help of the French BRC-Leish.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francine Pratlong
- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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- Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montpellier-National Reference Centre for Leishmaniases-Unit MIVEGEC (CNRS 5290/IRD 224/University of Montpellier)-Academic Hospital Center (C.H.U.) of Montpellier , Montpellier, France
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Stanojcic S, Sollelis L, Kuk N, Crobu L, Balard Y, Schwob E, Bastien P, Pagès M, Sterkers Y. Single-molecule analysis of DNA replication reveals novel features in the divergent eukaryotes Leishmania and Trypanosoma brucei versus mammalian cells. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23142. [PMID: 26976742 PMCID: PMC4791591 DOI: 10.1038/srep23142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 02/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Leishmania and Trypanosoma are unicellular parasites that possess markedly original biological features as compared to other eukaryotes. The Leishmania genome displays a constitutive 'mosaic aneuploidy', whereas in Trypanosoma brucei, the megabase-sized chromosomes are diploid. We accurately analysed DNA replication parameters in three Leishmania species and Trypanosoma brucei as well as mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF). Active replication origins were visualized at the single molecule level using DNA molecular combing. More than one active origin was found on most DNA fibres, showing that the chromosomes are replicated from multiple origins. Inter-origin distances (IODs) were measured and found very large in trypanosomatids: the mean IOD was 160 kb in T. brucei and 226 kb in L. mexicana. Moreover, the progression of replication forks was faster than in any other eukaryote analyzed so far (mean velocity 1.9 kb/min in T. brucei and 2.4-2.6 kb/min in Leishmania). The estimated total number of active DNA replication origins in trypanosomatids is ~170. Finally, 14.4% of unidirectional replication forks were observed in T. brucei, in contrast to 1.5-1.7% in Leishmania and 4% in MEF cells. The biological significance of these original features is discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Slavica Stanojcic
- University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France
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- University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France
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- University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France
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- CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - University of Montpellier (UMR "MiVEGEC"), Montpellier, F34090, France
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- University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, CNRS UMR5535 &University of Montpellier, Montpellier, F34293, France
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- University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France.,CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - University of Montpellier (UMR "MiVEGEC"), Montpellier, F34090, France.,University Hospital Centre (CHU), Department of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France
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- CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - University of Montpellier (UMR "MiVEGEC"), Montpellier, F34090, France
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- University of Montpellier, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France.,CNRS 5290 - IRD 224 - University of Montpellier (UMR "MiVEGEC"), Montpellier, F34090, France.,University Hospital Centre (CHU), Department of Parasitology-Mycology, Montpellier, F34090, France
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Pigott DM, Bhatt S, Golding N, Duda KA, Battle KE, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Balard Y, Bastien P, Pratlong F, Brownstein JS, Freifeld CC, Mekaru SR, Gething PW, George DB, Myers MF, Reithinger R, Hay SI. Global distribution maps of the leishmaniases. eLife 2014; 3:e02851. [PMID: 24972829 PMCID: PMC4103681 DOI: 10.7554/elife.02851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases that have a broad global distribution throughout much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Despite representing a significant public health burden, our understanding of the global distribution of the leishmaniases remains vague, reliant upon expert opinion and limited to poor spatial resolution. A global assessment of the consensus of evidence for leishmaniasis was performed at a sub-national level by aggregating information from a variety of sources. A database of records of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis occurrence was compiled from published literature, online reports, strain archives, and GenBank accessions. These, with a suite of biologically relevant environmental covariates, were used in a boosted regression tree modelling framework to generate global environmental risk maps for the leishmaniases. These high-resolution evidence-based maps can help direct future surveillance activities, identify areas to target for disease control and inform future burden estimation efforts.
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- David M Pigott
- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Laboratoire de
Parasitologie–Mycologie, UFR
Médecine, Université Montpellier 1 and UMR
‘MiVEGEC’, CNRS 5290/IRD 224,
Montpellier,
France
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- Laboratoire de
Parasitologie–Mycologie, UFR
Médecine, Université Montpellier 1 and UMR
‘MiVEGEC’, CNRS 5290/IRD 224,
Montpellier,
France
- Departement de
Parasitologie–Mycologie,
CHRU de Montpellier, Centre National de Référence des
Leishmanioses, Montpellier,
France
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- Laboratoire de
Parasitologie–Mycologie, UFR
Médecine, Université Montpellier 1 and UMR
‘MiVEGEC’, CNRS 5290/IRD 224,
Montpellier,
France
- Departement de
Parasitologie–Mycologie,
CHRU de Montpellier, Centre National de Référence des
Leishmanioses, Montpellier,
France
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- Department of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School, Boston, United
States
- Children's Hospital Informatics Program,
Boston Children's Hospital,
Boston, United States
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- Children's Hospital Informatics Program,
Boston Children's Hospital,
Boston, United States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Boston University, Boston, United
States
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- Children's Hospital Informatics Program,
Boston Children's Hospital,
Boston, United States
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, United
States
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
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- Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group, Department of
Zoology, University of
Oxford, Oxford, United
Kingdom
- Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, United
States
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Dereure J, Vanwambeke SO, Malé P, Martinez S, Pratlong F, Balard Y, Dedet JP. The Potential Effects of Global Warming on Changes in Canine Leishmaniasis in a Focus outside the Classical Area of the Disease in Southern France. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2009; 9:687-94. [DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jacques Dereure
- Université Montpellier 1, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, UMR 2724 GEMI, Montpellier, France
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- Clinique vétérinaire du Haut-Vivarais, Annonay, France
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- GI-TTB Laboratorio de Botánica y Biogeografia, IBADER, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain
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- Université Montpellier 1, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, UMR 2724 GEMI, Montpellier, France
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- Université Montpellier 1, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, UMR 2724 GEMI, Montpellier, France
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- Université Montpellier 1, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, UMR 2724 GEMI, Montpellier, France
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Pratlong F, Dereure J, Ravel C, Lami P, Balard Y, Serres G, Lanotte G, Rioux JA, Dedet JP. Geographical distribution and epidemiological features of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis foci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 1048 strains. Trop Med Int Health 2009; 14:1071-85. [PMID: 19624480 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02336.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Francine Pratlong
- Université Montpellier 1, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, Génétique et Evolution des Maladies Infectieuses, Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Montpellier, France
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