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  • Title: Comparison of Sarcocystis neurona isolates derived from horse neural tissue.
    Author: Mansfield LS, Schott HC, Murphy AJ, Rossano MG, Tanhauser SM, Patterson JS, Nelson K, Ewart SL, Marteniuk JV, Bowman DD, Kaneene JB.
    Journal: Vet Parasitol; 2001 Feb 26; 95(2-4):167-78. PubMed ID: 11223197.
    Abstract:
    Sarcocystis neurona is a protozoan parasite that can cause neurological deficits in infected horses. The route of transmission is by fecal-oral transfer of sporocysts from opossums. However, the species identity and the lifecycle are not completely known. In this study, Sarcocystis merozoites from eight isolates obtained from Michigan horses were compared to S. neurona from a California horse (UCD1), Sarcocystis from a grackle (Cornell), and five Sarcocystis isolates from feral opossums from Michigan. Comparisons were made using several techniques. SDS-PAGE analysis with silver staining showed that Sarcocystis spp. from the eight horses appeared the same, but different from the grackle isolate. One Michigan horse isolate (MIH6) had two bands at 72 and 25kDa that were more prominent than the UCD1 isolate and other Michigan horse isolates. Western blot analysis showed that merozoites of eight of eight equine-derived isolates, and the UCD1 S. neurona isolate had similar bands when developed with serum or CSF of an infected horse. Major bands were seen at 60, 44, 30, and 16kDa. In the grackle (Cornell) isolate, bands were seen at 60, 44, 29, and 16kDa. DNA from merozoites of each of the eight equine-derived isolates and the grackle-derived isolate produced a 334bp PCR product (Tanhauser et al., 1999). Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of these horse isolates showed banding patterns characteristic for S. neurona. The grackle (Cornell) isolate had an RFLP banding pattern characteristic of other S. falcatula species. Finally, electron microscopy examining multiple merozoites of each of these eight horse isolates showed similar morphology, which differed from the grackle (Cornell) isolate. We conclude that the eight Michigan horse isolates are S. neurona species and the grackle isolate is an S. falcatula species.
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