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Host serum modifies the drug susceptibility of Babesia bovis in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2004

S. BORK ,
M. OKAMURA ,
T. MATSUO ,
S. KUMAR ,
N. YOKOYAMA  and
I. IGARASHI
S. BORK
Affiliation:
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
M. OKAMURA
Affiliation:
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
T. MATSUO
Affiliation:
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
S. KUMAR
Affiliation:
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
N. YOKOYAMA
Affiliation:
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
I. IGARASHI
Affiliation:
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan
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Abstract

Babesia parasites generally require a defined percentage of serum in the culture medium for their in vitro growth. In this study, we attempted to culture Babesia bovis in a serum-free condition. The growth pattern and morphology of B. bovis in serum-free (plain) GIT medium were unaltered as compared to those of the standard growth condition containing 40% bovine serum in M199. When exposed to the test drugs, the parasite in plain GIT medium showed clearly lower IC50 values than those in 40% serum-containing GIT medium, indicating that several serum components may interfere with the drug bio-availability. Therefore, the serum-free culture system is useful for standardizing drug test protocols and understanding the roles of serum factors in the drug test.

Keywords

Babesia bovisin vitro cultivationserum-free mediumdrug susceptibility
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 130 , Issue 5 , May 2005 , pp. 489 - 492
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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