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The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes

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Title The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes
 
Creator Bishop, Richard P.
Hemmink, W.I.
Morrison, J.D.
Weir, W.
Toye, Philip G.
Sitt, Tatjana
Spooner, P.R.
Musoke, A.J.
Skilton, Robert A.
Odongo, David O.
 
Subject cattle
 
Description African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is the wildlife reservoir of multiple species within the apicomplexan protozoan genus Theileria, including Theileria parva which causes East coast fever in cattle. A parasite, which has not yet been formally named, known as Theileria sp. (buffalo) has been recognized as a potentially distinct species based on rDNA sequence, since 1993. We demonstrate using reverse line blot (RLB) and sequencing of 18S rDNA genes, that in an area where buffalo and cattle co-graze and there is a heavy tick challenge, T. sp. (buffalo) can frequently be isolated in culture from cattle leukocytes. We also show that T. sp. (buffalo), which is genetically very closely related to T. parva, according to 18s rDNA sequence, has a conserved orthologue of the polymorphic immunodominant molecule (PIM) that forms the basis of the diagnostic ELISA used for T. parva serological detection. Closely related orthologues of several CD8 T cell target antigen genes are also shared with T. parva. By contrast, orthologues of the T. parva p104 and the p67 sporozoite surface antigens could not be amplified by PCR from T. sp. (buffalo), using conserved primers designed from the corresponding T. parva sequences. Collectively the data re-emphasise doubts regarding the value of rDNA sequence data alone for defining apicomplexan species in the absence of additional data. ‘Deep 454 pyrosequencing’ of DNA from two Theileria sporozoite stabilates prepared from Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks fed on buffalo failed to detect T. sp. (buffalo). This strongly suggests that R. appendiculatus may not be a vector for T. sp. (buffalo). Collectively, the data provides further evidence that T. sp. (buffalo). is a distinct species from T. parva.
 
Date 2015-12
2016-02-11T20:23:41Z
2016-02-11T20:23:41Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bishop, R.P., Hemmink, W.I., Morrison, J.D., Weir, W., Toye, P.G., Sitt, T., Spooner, P.R., Musoke, A.J., Skilton, R.A. and Odongo, D.O. 2015. The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4(3):333–342.
2213-2244
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/71030
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.08.006
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 333-342
 
Publisher Elsevier BV
 
Source International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife