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Development of new in vitro phenotypic assay to detect the artemisinin resistant Plasmodium falciparum

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K16631
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 49040:Parasitology-related
Research InstitutionJuntendo University

Principal Investigator

IKEDA Mie  順天堂大学, 大学院医学研究科, 学振特別研究員(RPD) (40734314)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsアルテミシニン耐性 / 熱帯熱マラリア原虫 / pyknotic form / in vitro 検査法 / RSA / qRSA / C469Y / A675V / 熱帯熱マラリア / Pyknotic form / マラリア原虫 / 原虫密度 / ヘマトクリット / アルテミシニン / ELISA / Pyknotic / 薬剤耐性 / in vitro 解析 / pyknotic
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では、流行地でも利用可能な新規アルテミシニン耐性検査法(qRSA)の開発を行う。特に、熱帯熱マラリア原虫では、アルテミシニンによってpyknoticとよばれる死原虫が出現する。しかし、pyknoticが耐性判定に及ぼす影響、特にしばしば混同される熱帯熱マラリア原虫の休眠体との違いいは統一された見解がない。そこで、Pyknoticの特徴をFACSを用いて明らかにする。
その後、培養株を用いたqRSAの開発を進める。FACSは流行地において実用することが困難であるため、解析法としてELISAによってマラリア生存原虫数を解析可能にする。そのため、最終的な検証をウガンダにおいて実施、有効性を確認する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Artemisinin is the first-line drug for malaria treatment, and artemisinin resistance Plasmodium falciparum has already appeared in Africa. This study focused on a dead parasite called the pyknotic form, which appeared due to artemisinin. I set out to determine whether this structure is associated with artemisinin resistance. I thought that the existing method could be improved further if the effect of the pyknotic form on the existing method could be clarified.
Contrary to expectations at the beginning of the study, I found no clear relationship between the appearance of the pyknotic form and artemisinin resistance. The new method enables a semi-quantitative assessment of P. falciparum drug resistance by using seven levels of set concentration in the existing method.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Pynotic formとアルテミシニン耐性の強さには相関が無いこと、pyknotic formの出現にはiマラリア原虫の培養条件が大きく関与することが明らかになった。この事実は、pyknotic formが培養環境の良し悪しを評価する一つの指標となることを示唆している。
また、改良法(qRSA)で行ったウガンダでのアルテミシニン耐性調査によって、ドミナントとなっているC469Yがin vitroレベルでは非常に弱い耐性であることを示した。C469Yが蔓延するウガンダでの今後の薬剤耐性対策には蚊体内やヒト体内でのC469Y原虫の挙動を調べる必要がある。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2024 2023 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Gulu University/St Mary's Hospital Lacor(ウガンダ)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Gulu University/St Mary's Hospital Lacor(ウガンダ)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] St Mary's Hospital Lacor/Gulu University(ウガンダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Isolation of Mutants With Reduced Susceptibility to Piperaquine From a Mutator of the Rodent Malaria Parasite Plasmodium berghei.2021

    • Author(s)
      Ikeda M, Hirai M, Tachibana SI, Mori T, Mita T.
    • Journal Title

      Front Cell Infect Microbiol.

      Volume: - Pages: 672691-672691

    • DOI

      10.3389/fcimb.2021.672691

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Evidence of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria in Africa.2021

    • Author(s)
      Balikagala B, Fukuda N, Ikeda M, Katuro OT, Tachibana SI, Yamauchi M, Opio W, Emoto S, Anywar DA, Kimura E, Palacpac NMQ, Odongo-Aginya EI, Ogwang M, Horii T, Mita T.
    • Journal Title

      N Engl J Med.

      Volume: 385 Issue: 13 Pages: 1163-71

    • DOI

      10.1056/nejmoa2101746

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Emergence of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum with kelch13 C580Y mutations on the island of New Guinea2020

    • Author(s)
      Miotto Olivo、Sekihara Makoto、Tachibana Shin-Ichiro、Yamauchi Masato et al
    • Journal Title

      PLOS Pathogens

      Volume: 16 Issue: 12 Pages: e1009133-e1009133

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.ppat.1009133

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Recovery and stable persistence of chloroquine sensitivity in Plasmodium falciparum parasites after its discontinued use in Northern Uganda2020

    • Author(s)
      Balikagala Betty、Sakurai-Yatsushiro Miki、Hirai Makoto  et al
    • Journal Title

      Malaria Journal

      Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1186/s12936-020-03157-0

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] マルチプレックスqPCRを用いた熱帯熱マラリア原虫の薬剤耐性変異迅速検出法の精度評価2024

    • Author(s)
      都留衣吹、福田直到、池田美恵、バリカガラ ベティ、吉田菜穂子、平井誠、オドンゴ=アギーニャ エマニュエル、美田敏宏
    • Organizer
      第93回日本寄生虫学会大会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] ウガンダ北部における熱帯熱マラリア原虫アルテミシニン感受性調査2023

    • Author(s)
      池田美恵,吉田菜穂子,Betty Balikagala,平井誠,福田直到,Osbert Katuro,Dennis Anywar,Nirianne M.Q. Palacpac , Emmanuel Aginya ,木村栄作,堀井俊宏,美田敏宏
    • Organizer
      第92回日本寄生虫学会大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Efficacy of piperaquine drug in Gulu Northern Uganda2023

    • Author(s)
      Betty Balikagala,Naoko Yoshida, Mie Ikeda, Naoyuki Fukuda, Makoto Hirai, Denis AAnywar, Osbert T Katuro, Gerald Odong, Eisaku Kimura, Nirianne M Q Paracpac, Martin Ogwang, Emmanuel I Odongo-Aginya, Toshihiro Horii, Toshihiro Mita.
    • Organizer
      第92回日本寄生虫学会大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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