Differentiation of clinical isolates of Entamoeba histolytica by using specific DNA probes.
AUTOR(ES)
Bracha, R
RESUMO
Most individuals infected with Entamoeba histolytica are reported to be clinically asymptomatic. On the basis of the electrophoretic migration of hexokinase and phosphoglucomutase isoenzymes, two groups of E. histolytica isolates have been classified. Those derived from symptomatic cases were found to have fast-migrating hexokinase bands and were labeled pathogenic. The others, isolated from cyst passers, had (in most cases) slow-migrating bands and were called nonpathogenic. Differences between these two groups of E. histolytica were found recently at the DNA level. Two sets of different DNA probes derived from tandemly repeated sequences present in extrachromosomal circular DNA elements in each group of E. histolytica were characterized. Using these probes with procedures for direct hybridization of trophozoites on nylon membranes, we could correctly correlate hexokinase electromobility with the DNA hybridization signal of 81 different isolates of E. histolytica. The advantages of using DNA probes lie in their sensitivity (fewer than 200 trophozoites can be detected) and specificity. The probes hybridized only with amebae from the E. histolytica species and not with other enteric protozoa and can be useful as a diagnostic tool.
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