In-vitro culture of Plasmodium falciparum: Utility of modified (RPNI) medium for drug-sensitivity studies using SYBR Green I assay

2011 ◽  
Vol 127 (1) ◽  
pp. 318-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shubhra Singh ◽  
Rajeev Kumar Srivastava ◽  
Mukesh Srivastava ◽  
S.K. Puri ◽  
K. Srivastava
2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Helena Arias Marciales ◽  
Yinneth Victoria Rodríguez Novoa ◽  
Giovanny Garavito Cárdenas

<p>El modelo farmacológico de cultivo in vitro de P. falciparum es crucial en el tamizaje inicial de sustancias o extractos de plantas con posible actividad antiplasmodial. La densidad parasitaria puede determinarse mediante variadas metodologías, sin embargo, se han descrito numerosas ventajas y desventajas asociadas a cada una de ellas. Se evaluaron el tiempo de incubación necesario para la tinción y el uso de cultivos asincrónicos o sincrónicos en busca de valores óptimos; evidenciando un tiempo óptimo de 2 h, y límites de detección y cuantificación, menores en cultivos asincrónicos. Empleando las cepas FCR3 y FCB2 se evidenció un ruido de fondo de 12% y 38% respectivamente; la linealidad mostró una buena correlación, r2 de 0,9644 (FCR3) y 0,9841 (FCB2) y una pendiente de 1761,8 y 852,4 respectivamente. Además, se comprobó había concordancia entre los métodos, fluorométrico con SYBR Green I (SYBRG I) y microscópico con Giemsa, con diferencia media de 0,00002% y 0,09109% para FCR3 y FCB2 respectivamente. Los límites de detección y cuantificación fueron 0,5% y 1,5% de parasitemia. El factor Z con FCB2 fue 0,376, en tanto que con FCR3 alcanzó 0,702. La concentración inhibitoria 50 (CI50) frente a P. falciparum FCR3, generada por cloroquina (CQ) fue 0,37 mcg/mL por microscopía y 0,35 mcg/mL por fluorometría. Nuestros hallazgos sugieren que el ensayo de fluorescencia con SYBRG I, empleando fluorómetros comúnmente disponibles en muchos laboratorios, es preciso, robusto, rápido y exacto; para la evaluación in vitro de sustancias o extractos con posible actividad antiplasmodial.</p>


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaxian Zhou ◽  
Alexis M. Grieser ◽  
Julie Do ◽  
Leslie S. Itsara ◽  
Ashley M. Vaughan ◽  
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1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Warburg ◽  
I. Schneider

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florence Humphrey Urio ◽  
Matilda Mkombachepa ◽  
Gration Rwegasira ◽  
Twilumba Makene ◽  
Billy Ngasala ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundMalaria morbidity and mortality, almost entirely from Plasmodium falciparum, are still rampant in Africa: therefore, it is important to study the biology of the parasite and the parasite-host cell interactions. In vitro cultivation of Plasmodium falciparum is most useful for this purpose, as well as for investigating drug resistance and possible new therapies. Here we report that the Trager & Jensen continuous culture of P. falciparum can be established in a laboratory in Tanzania with minimal facilities and with modest expenditure.MethodsAn in vitro set-up of continuous culture of P. falciparum was carried out in 2016 to 2020 at Muhimbili university of health and allied sciences, Dar-es salaam. Parasite samples were obtained from patients with acute malaria, frozen parasites and live cultures. Data was collected and analyzed using GraphPad Prism version 8.ResultsWe have successfully achieved exponential growth of existing strains that are used worldwide, as well as of parasites in clinical samples from patients with acute malaria. In the aim to optimize growth we have compared human serum and bovine serum albumin as components of the culture media. In addition, culture synchronization has been achieved using sorbitol.ConclusionThis experimental system is now available to our institution and to researchers aiming at investigating drug sensitivity and mechanisms of protection against Plasmodium falciparum that accrue from various genes expressed in red cells.


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 812-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Duffy ◽  
Vicky M. Avery

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 1043-1052
Author(s):  
Marie-Sophie Dheur ◽  
Hélène A. Poirel ◽  
Geneviève Ameye ◽  
Gaëlle Tilman ◽  
Pascale Saussoy ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Fokuo Ofori ◽  
Emma E. Kploanyi ◽  
Benedicta A. Mensah ◽  
Emmanuel K. Dickson ◽  
Eric Kyei Baafour ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Malaria continues to be a major health issue globally with nine out of ten cases reported in Africa. Although the current artemisinin derived combination therapies in Ghana are still efficacious against the Plasmodium falciparum parasite, compounding evidence of artemisinin and amodiaquine resistance in the African region establish the need for a full, up-to-date understanding and monitoring of antimalarial resistance to provide evidence for planning control strategies.Methods: The study was cross-sectional and was conducted during the peak transmission seasons of 2015, 2016, and 2017 in two study sites located in different ecological zones of Ghana involving children aged 0.5-14 years presenting with symptomatic uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria with parasitaemia greater than 1000 parasites/µl of blood. Using in vitro 4-,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) drug sensitivity assays, 328 Pf parasites collected were used to investigate susceptibility to five selected antimalarial drugs: chloroquine, amodiaquine, dihydroartemisinin, artesunate and mefloquine.Results: The geometric mean B (GMIC50) of five drugs against the parasites collected from Cape Coast were 9.6, 23.6, 9.1, 3.5 and 8.1nM for chloroquine, amodiaquine, artemisinin, artesunate, and mefloquine respectively in 2015. There was a 2 fold increase in the GMIC50 levels of all the drugs against the isolates collected in 2016 as compared to the 2015 data from Cape Coast .The a of the five drugs against the parasites collected from Cape Coast were significantly higher than those isolates collected from Begoro in 2016 and 2017 (P<0.001) . The chloroquine resistance ranged between 1.9% and 9.1% among isolates collected from Cape Coast but remained 0% in Begoro over the period. High amodiaquine resistance levels were recorded at both sites whilst that of artesunate resistance ranged between 4 and 10% over the study period.Conclusions: The study has assessed the antimalarial drug sensitivities of Ghanaian Pf isolates collected over 3 consecutive years. The parasites showed variable resistance levels to all the drugs used over the period. The study has demonstrated the continual return of chloroquine-sensitive parasites. The in vitro DAPI assay is a useful method for monitoring individual drugs used in combinations in Ghana for the generation of data on their sensitivities over time.


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