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Clearance of Theileria sergenti-infected bovine red blood cells in severe combined immune deficiency mice |
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| Authors: | Yutaka Terada Masayoshi Tsuji Katsuro Hagiwara Kiyoshi Takahashi Chiaki Ishihara |
| Institution: | a Department of Grazing Animal Production, National Grassland Research Institute, Nishinasuno, Tochigi 329-27, Japan b School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno-gakuen University, Ebetsu 069, Japan |
| Abstract: | Clearance of Theileria sergenti-infected bovine red blood cells (Bo-RBCs) from the blood circulation of severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) mice was studied to help understand the mechanisms of anemia developing in cattle infected with T. sergenti. For the clearance test, Bo-RBC samples having 2%, 58%, and 76% parasitemia and, as a control, parasite-free Bo-RBCs were prepared in the Bo-RBC-SCID mouse model. The T. sergenti-infected Bo-RBCs and the uninfected control Bo-RBCs were separately labeled with two, green and red, fluorescent dyes, mixed together, and injected intravenously into SCID mice. The blood samples collected at various time points were observed under a fluorescent microscope, and the numbers of green and red fluorescing RBCs were counted differentially to determine the clearance rates of T. sergenti-infected and uninfected Bo-RBCs. This test clearly demonstrated that the Bo-RBC samples having higher parasitemias were cleared faster from the blood circulation of SCID mice. The results suggest that the intravascular clearance system in SCID mice may have a mechanism by which T. sergenti-parasitized and non-parasitized Bo-RBCs are recognized and cleared differentially. |
| Keywords: | Theileria sergenti Mouse Anemia SCID mice |
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