TY - JOUR
T1 - Real-time PCR to quantify Leishmania donovani in hamsters
AU - Srivastava, Anuradha
AU - Sweat, J. Mark
AU - Azizan, Azliyati
AU - Vesely, Brian
AU - Kyle, Dennis E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Visceral leishmaniasis, a vector-borne disease caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum, currently affects 12 million individuals in 88 countries. In the present study, a real-time PCR (rt-PCR) assay has been optimized and validated against 2 other routine methods, i.e., microscopy and limiting dilution culture assay, to estimate parasite load in the liver of infected Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). A set of specific primers amplified a 116-bp target template of the kinetoplastid DNA of L. donovani in a SYBR® Green-based rt-PCR assay. To assess the methods, we tested 2 anti-leishmanial compounds belonging to the class of arylimidamides, DB745 (2,5-bis[2-ethoxy-4-(2-pyridylimino)aminophenyl]furan) and DB766 (2,5-bis[2-(2-propoxy)-4-(2-pyridylimino)aminophenyl]furan) for efficacy in vivo in Syrian hamsters infected with L. donovani promastigotes. Parasite load was quantified in liver by all 3 methods and was found comparable. Of the 3 methods, rt-PCR was the fastest and most convenient, sensitive, and reproducible method.
AB - Visceral leishmaniasis, a vector-borne disease caused by Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum, currently affects 12 million individuals in 88 countries. In the present study, a real-time PCR (rt-PCR) assay has been optimized and validated against 2 other routine methods, i.e., microscopy and limiting dilution culture assay, to estimate parasite load in the liver of infected Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). A set of specific primers amplified a 116-bp target template of the kinetoplastid DNA of L. donovani in a SYBR® Green-based rt-PCR assay. To assess the methods, we tested 2 anti-leishmanial compounds belonging to the class of arylimidamides, DB745 (2,5-bis[2-ethoxy-4-(2-pyridylimino)aminophenyl]furan) and DB766 (2,5-bis[2-(2-propoxy)-4-(2-pyridylimino)aminophenyl]furan) for efficacy in vivo in Syrian hamsters infected with L. donovani promastigotes. Parasite load was quantified in liver by all 3 methods and was found comparable. Of the 3 methods, rt-PCR was the fastest and most convenient, sensitive, and reproducible method.
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U2 - 10.1645/GE-3221.1
DO - 10.1645/GE-3221.1
M3 - Article
C2 - 22924923
AN - SCOPUS:84873658806
VL - 99
SP - 145
EP - 150
JO - Journal of Parasitology
JF - Journal of Parasitology
SN - 0022-3395
IS - 1
ER -