Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 287-294 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Parasite |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 Nov |
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Keywords
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Genetic variation
- Hexokinase
- Isoelectric focusing
- Isoenzyme
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Parasitology