2002
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.571
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Continuous in vitro Culture of Erythrocytic Stages of Babesia gibsoni and Virulence of the Cultivated Parasite.

Abstract: ABSTRACT. Babesia gibsoni infected erythrocytes were collected from the blood of an experimentally infected dog. The parasite isolated could be continuously cultivated in vitro, with an average parasitemia of 18.2 ± 2.4% on day 3 of culture, in RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 7.5% normal dog serum in a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO 2 at 37°C. The parasites in the original culture were morphologically similar to those found in the peripheral blood of dogs, however, on the 4th generation of subcultur… Show more

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“…Tissue lysate likely provided factors that are lacking or insufficient in our culture medium to support robust growth of P. mediterraneus. The proliferation of various protistan parasites has also been routinely stimulated with the addition of host components such as cell lines, cell lysates, tissue explants, blood, serum, organ infusions, bile, and mucus (Steinhagen et al 2000;Schuster and Sullivan 2002;Sunaga et al 2002). For example, Giardia duodenalis, an intestinal protistan of vertebrates is cultured in medium supplemented with bile (Binz et al 1992), and Trypanoplasma borreli, a pathogenic flagellate from the blood of cyprinid fishes, only grows in media containing carp serum (Steinhagen et al 2000).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tissue lysate likely provided factors that are lacking or insufficient in our culture medium to support robust growth of P. mediterraneus. The proliferation of various protistan parasites has also been routinely stimulated with the addition of host components such as cell lines, cell lysates, tissue explants, blood, serum, organ infusions, bile, and mucus (Steinhagen et al 2000;Schuster and Sullivan 2002;Sunaga et al 2002). For example, Giardia duodenalis, an intestinal protistan of vertebrates is cultured in medium supplemented with bile (Binz et al 1992), and Trypanoplasma borreli, a pathogenic flagellate from the blood of cyprinid fishes, only grows in media containing carp serum (Steinhagen et al 2000).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…B. gibsoni strain NRCPD parasites (15) were maintained in splenectomized beagles, and B. gibsoni-infected dog erythrocytes were collected at peak parasitemia (14%) and stored at Ϫ80°C. In vitro stock cultures of B. gibsoni were grown in dog erythrocytes by using a previously established method (40).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For pyrimethamine and trimethoprim, 20 and 80 M of each drug was used for the inhibition. A 250-l mixture of the parasite culture per well was grown in a 48-well tissue culture plate using a previously described protocol (40). One-half volume (125 l) of the culture medium per well was replaced daily with an equivalent amount of fresh medium containing appropriate concentrations of the respective drugs for another two days.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To evaluate the effect of potential drugs against this pathogen, an in vitro susceptibility test would be important by Real Time-PCR (RT-PCR) but limited information is available. Because in vitro culturing of this parasite is difficult and it is successfully conducted only in a limited number of research institutes (Sunaga et al, 2002;Murase et al, 1991). B. gibsoni infected dogs either clinical patient or experimental are required for this method.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%