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Parasite
Volume 18, Number 4, November 2011
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Page(s) | 287 - 294 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011184287 | |
Published online | 15 November 2011 |
Original contribution
Characterization of a novel Entamoeba histolytica strain from Burkina Faso, Africa, possessing a unique hexokinase-2 gene
Caractérisation d’une nouvelle souche d’Entamoeba histolytica au Burkina Faso, Afrique, présentant un gène unique codant pour l’hexokinase-2
1
Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan
2
Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
3
Department of Medical Genome Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
* Correspondence: Seiki Kobayashi, Ph.D., Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. Tel.: 81 3 5363 3761 – Fax: 81 3 3353 5958. E-mail: skobaya@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
Received:
14
April
2011
Accepted:
20
July
2011
An Entamoeba histolytica strain (BF-841 cl1) that originated from Burkina Faso, Africa presented with novel, polymorphic genotypes of the serine-rich E. histolytica protein and the anodic hexokinase-2 (HXK-2) isoenzyme band, which showed less electrophoretic mobility than that of an E. histolytica reference strain [HM-1:IMSS cl6 (zymodeme (Z)-II)] by starch gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing (IEF). The HXK-2 gene of BF-841 cl1 had amino acid variations at four positions compared to the sequence of HM-1: IMSS cl6. These variations were absent from the sequences of four other E. histolytica strains with different zymodemes [KU27 (Z-II), SAW1627 (Z-IIα-), SAW755CR clB (Z-XIV), and KU2 (Z-XIX)]. The results of IEF showed no difference in the substrate specificity of HXK (HXK-1 and HXK-2) between BF-841 cl1 and the three reference E. histolytica strains (HM-1:IMSS cl6, SAW755 clB, and KU27). It was also confirmed that BF-841 cl1 was able to form liver abscesses in Syrian hamsters.
Résumé
Une souche d’Entamoeba histolytica (BF-841 cl1), originaire du Burkina Faso en Afrique, présente un nouveau polymorphisme génétique pour la protéine riche en sérine et aussi pour l’hexokinase anodine (HXK-2) qui a une moindre mobilité électrophorétique que celle de la souche d’E. histolytica de référence [HM-1:IMSS cl6 (zymodème (Z)-II)] en électrophorèse sur gel d’amidon et dans l’analyse en focalisation isoélectrique (IEF). Le gène HXK-2 de la souche BF-841 cl1 présente des variations d’acides aminés à quatre positions par rapport à la souche de HM-I:IMSS cl6. Ces variations diffèrent aussi de celles de quatre autres souches d’E. histolytica avec différents zymodèmes [KU27 (Z-II), SAW1627 (Z-IIα-), SAW755CR clB (Z-XIV) et KU2 (Z-XIX)]. Les résultats de l’IEF ne montrent aucune différence dans la spécificité du substrat de HXK (HXK-1 et HXK-2) entre la souche BF-841 cl1 et les trois souches référencées (HM-1:IMSS cl6, SAW755 clB et KU27). Il a aussi été confirmé que BF-841 cl1 est capable de former un abcès du foie chez des hamsters syriens.
Key words: Entamoeba histolytica / isoenzyme / hexokinase / genetic variation / isoelectric focusing
Mots clés : Entamoeba histolytica / isoenzyme / hexokinase / variation génétique / concentration isoélectrique
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