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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.10.2007.tde-15052007-142624
Document
Author
Full name
Alessandra Mara Alves Ragozo
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2007
Supervisor
Committee
Gennari, Solange Maria (President)
Brandão, Paulo Eduardo
Langoni, Hélio
Pena, Hilda Fátima de Jesus
Soares, Rodrigo Martins
Title in Portuguese
Isolamento e caracterização biológica e genotipica de Toxoplasma gondii de ovinos e caprinos
Keywords in Portuguese
Toxoplasma gondii
Caprinos
Caracterização molecular
Genótipos
Ovinos
Abstract in Portuguese
O objetivo deste estudo foi o isolamento de Toxoplasma gondii de ovinos e caprinos e posterior caracterização genotípica desses isolados. Amostras de soros ovinos (495) de 36 Municípios do Estado de São Paulo e de caprinos (143) de seis Municípios dos Estados da Bahia (10), Paraíba (12), Rio Grande do Norte (7) e São Paulo (114) foram testadas, através do Teste de Aglutinação Modificado (MAT≥25) à presença de anticorpos anti-T. gondii. Dos animais amostrados, 24,2% e 32,2% dos ovinos e caprinos respectivamente, apresentaram-se positivos com títulos que variaram de 25 a 3200 em ambas espécies. Dentre os ovinos houve associação (p<0,001) entre sexo, idade e sistema de produção com a presença de anticorpos anti-T. gondii. Os caprinos apresentaram associação entre idade, sistema de produção, e raça com a soropositividade. Para o isolamento do agente o bioensaio em camundongos foi realizado utilizando-se pool de tecidos de ovinos (cérebro, coração e diafragma) e caprinos soropositivos (cérebro, coração e diafragma e masseter). Dos 82 bioensaios realizados com amostras de ovinos, 16 isolados (19,5%) foram obtidos. Houve associação entre o título de anticorpos anti-T. gondii e o isolamento do agente (p<0,001) com maior quantidade de isolados obtidos de animais com títulos mais altos. Para a caracterização genotípica das amostras utilizou-se a análise de polimorfismo de comportamento dos fragmentos de DNA gerados por enzimas de restrição (RFLP) sobre produtos do locus SAG2 amplificados pela PCR, que as identifica em genótipos I, II e III. Amostras do tipo I (87,5% dos ovinos e 100 % dos caprinos) e do tipo III (12,5% dos isolados de ovinos) foram obtidas e não houve o encontro de isolados tipo II ou mistas. Nos tecidos dos animais com títulos de anticorpos superiores a 400, e dos quais não se obteve o isolamento do agente pelo bioensaio (21 amostras de ovinos), foi realizada a nested-PCR das amostras primárias (homogeneizado de tecidos), não sendo obtida nenhuma amplificação. Amostras do tipo III não causaram óbitos nos camundongos e as tipo I causaram óbitos em 51,0% e 83,4% dos isolados de ovinos e caprinos, respectivamente. Houve associação entre a sobrevida dos camundongos infectados com o genótipo I de caprinos e ovinos (p<0,001).
Title in English
Isolation and biological and genotypic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from sheep and goats
Keywords in English
Toxoplasma gondii
Characterization molecular
Genotypes
Goat
Sheep
Abstract in English
The aim of this study was to analyze the SAG2 locus of Toxoplasma gondii isolated from sheep and goats in order to determine the frequency of occurrence of the three different lineages (types I, II and III). Serum samples of sheep (495) from 36 counties in São Paulo State and goat (143) from six counties in States of Bahia (10), Paraíba (12), Rio Grande do Norte (7) and São Paulo (114) were analyzed by the modified agglutination test (MAT≥25) for the detection of antibodies anti-T. gondii. Occurrence of antibodies anti-T. gondii was 24.2% and 32.2% in sheep and goats, respectively. The titers varied from 25 to 3200 in both species. Among sheeps, association of seropositivity (p<0,001) with sex, age, production system and presence of antibodies anti-T. gondii was observed. Association was also observed between the frequency of seropositive goats and age, production system and breed. For T. gondii isolation, pool of tissues of each seropositive sheep (brain, heart and diaphragm) and goat (brain, heart, diaphragm and masseter) were bioassayed in mice. From a total of 82 bioassay performed with sheep samples, 16 isolates (19.5%) were obtained. Association between antibodies anti-T. gondii titers and isolation was observed (p<0.001). Considering the goats, 12 isolates (42.6%) were obtained from 26 bioassays. For the genotypic characterization (genotype I, II and III), the restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) was performed on fragments of the locus SAG2 amplified by PCR. Samples of type I (87.5% from sheep and 100% from goats) and type III (12.5% from sheep) was observed. Neither type II nor mixed samples were observed. In tissues samples from animals with antibodies titers above 400 in which T. gondii was not isolated (21 sheep sample), nested-PCR was performed and no amplification was observed. Mortality was not observed in the mice infected by the isolates type III. The isolates of type I from sheep and goats, respectively, killed 51.0% and 83.4% of the infected mouse. Association was also observed between mortality rate in infected mice and genotype I of sheep and goat (p<0.001).
 
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2007-05-29
 
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