TY - JOUR
T1 - Gene analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum HNJ-1 strain isolated in Japan
AU - Satoh, Masaaki
AU - Kimata, Isao
AU - Iseki, Motohiro
AU - Nakai, Yutaka
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - We analyzed genetically Cryptosporidium parvum HNJ-1 strain, which is the Japanese reference strain isolated from human in Japan. DNA sequences of genes for thrombospondin-related adhesive protein of Cryptosporidium-1 and Cryptosporidium-2 (TRAP-C1, TRAP-C2), heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), oocyst wall protein (COWP), beta-tubulin, alpha-tubulin, polythreonine-region (Poly-T), elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1α), and 18S rRNA of this strain were determined. They showed high rate of homology to published sequences of genotype 2 strains, which were considered to be infective to both humans and animals. However, HNJ-1 had synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions in the nucleotide sequence of TRAP-C1 and beta-tubulin among HNJ-1 and published sequences of genotype 2 strains. These results implied that HNJ-1 strain was an unique subpopulation of genotype 2 strain of C. parvum.
AB - We analyzed genetically Cryptosporidium parvum HNJ-1 strain, which is the Japanese reference strain isolated from human in Japan. DNA sequences of genes for thrombospondin-related adhesive protein of Cryptosporidium-1 and Cryptosporidium-2 (TRAP-C1, TRAP-C2), heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), oocyst wall protein (COWP), beta-tubulin, alpha-tubulin, polythreonine-region (Poly-T), elongation factor 1 alpha (EF-1α), and 18S rRNA of this strain were determined. They showed high rate of homology to published sequences of genotype 2 strains, which were considered to be infective to both humans and animals. However, HNJ-1 had synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions in the nucleotide sequence of TRAP-C1 and beta-tubulin among HNJ-1 and published sequences of genotype 2 strains. These results implied that HNJ-1 strain was an unique subpopulation of genotype 2 strain of C. parvum.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00436-005-1474-8
DO - 10.1007/s00436-005-1474-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 16151736
AN - SCOPUS:27744547871
VL - 97
SP - 452
EP - 457
JO - Parasitology Research
JF - Parasitology Research
SN - 0932-0113
IS - 6
ER -