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Clinical chemistry of congenic mice with quantitative trait loci for predicted responses to Trypanosoma congolense infection

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Title Clinical chemistry of congenic mice with quantitative trait loci for predicted responses to Trypanosoma congolense infection
 
Creator Rathkolb, B.
Noyes, H.A.
Brass, A.
Dark, P.
Fuchs, H.
Gailus-Durner, V.
Gibson, John P.
Angelis, M.H. de
Ogugo, M.
Iraqi, F.A.
Kemp, Stephen J.
Naessens, Jan
Pope, M.E.
Wolf, E.
Agaba, Morris
 
Subject TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE
INFECTION
DIAGNOSIS
MICE
 
Description John Gibson, Moses Ogugo, Fuad Iraqi, Steve J.Jan Naessens, Mathew E. Pope, & Morris Agaba are ILRI authors
Trypanosoma congolense is a protozoan parasite that causes severe diseases in livestock. Three major quantative trait loci (QTL), Tir1, Tir2, and Tir3, control the survival time of mice after infection with T. congolense. Congenic mice carrying the C57BL/6 resistance alleles on the A/J background were developed for each of these loci. The congenic mice were used to physically map the regions containing the QTL gene(s) and to investigate the physiological effect of each locus. Clinical chemistry data for infected A/J, C57BL/6, and BALB/c mice were obtained for 15 analytes at five time points. Congenic mice were assessed for survival, parasitemia, and anemia as well as seven clinical-chemical analytes. The survival times were significantly increased in the Tir1 and Tir2 mice but not Tir3 congenic mice. The survival time of the parental inbred mice correlated egatively with parasitemia but positively with alanine aminotransferase activities in serum, suggesting that inflammatory reactions in the liver had a beneficial effect possibly associated with reduced parasitemia. However, there was no difference in parasitemia or liver enzyme activities of Tir1 and Tir2 congenic mice relative to their controls, showing that survival, parasitemia, and degree of liver damage are not associated with each other, despite the correlation in the parental lines. These data suggest that the congenic loci affect survival but do not affect control of parasite number. They may therefore act by limiting the pathological consequences of T. congolense infection.
 
Date 2009-11-01T09:32:44Z
2009-11-01T09:32:44Z
2009-09-08
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Rathkolb, B.; Noyes, H.A.; Brass, A.; Dark, P.; Fuchs, H.; Gailus-Durner, V.; Gibson, J.; Angelis, M.H. de; Ogugo, M.; Iraqi, F.; Kemp, S.J.; Naessens, J.; Pope, M.E.; Wolf, E.; Agaba, M. 2009. Clinical chemistry of congenic mice with quantitative trait loci for predicted responses to Trypanosoma congolense infection. Infection and Immunity. v. 77(9). p. 3948-3957.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/46
 
Language en
 
Source Infection and Immunity