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Nuevas mutaciones cuádruples en los genes de la dihidropteroato sintetasa de Plasmodium falciparum en Bengala occidental, India
Author(s) -
Das Sabyasachi,
Chakraborty Subhankari P.,
Tripathy Satyajit,
Hati AmiyaKumar,
Roy Somenath
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
tropical medicine and international health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1365-3156
pISSN - 1360-2276
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03071.x
Subject(s) - dihydropteroate synthase , plasmodium falciparum , biology , dhps , polymerase chain reaction , genotype , malaria , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , genetics , pyrimethamine , immunology
Objective To evaluate the anti‐folate (sulphadoxine)‐resistant pattern in Kolkata, one of the malaria endemic zones of Eastern India. Methods At first, 107 P. falciparum suspected cases were enrolled in this study. Ninety isolates (84.11%) of 107 suspected cases were analysed, as they had mono‐infection with P. falciparum . In vitro susceptibility assays were performed in all 90 isolates. Parasitic DNA was isolated by phenol‐chloroform extraction method and polymerase chain reaction was followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of different codons of the pfdhps gene (436, 437, 540, 581 and 613). Results Among 90 isolates from Kolkata, dhps mutant isolates at codons 436, 437, 540, 581 and 613 were found in 53.33%, 67.78%, 46.66%, 15.56% and 45.55%, respectively. In vitro sulphadoxine resistance was found in 49 isolates (54.44%). Interestingly we found 33 isolates (36.67%) with quadruple AGEAT mutant allele, of which 32 isolates (96.97%) were highly sulphadoxine resistant (P < 0.01) in vitro . Conclusion Our present findings implicate that because of enormous drug (sulphfadoxine) pressure, novel AGEAT mutation was highly correlated ( P < 0.01) with sulphadoxine resistance.