Periodate-sensitive immunological cross-reactivity between keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) and serodiagnostic Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens

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作者
Hamilton, JV
Chiodini, PL
Fallon, PG
Doenhoff, MJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Wales, Sch Biol Sci, Bangor LL57 2UW, Gwynedd, Wales
[2] Hosp Trop Dis, Dept Clin Parasitol, London NW1 0PE, England
关键词
serodiagnosis; keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH); CEF6; cross-reactivity;
D O I
10.1017/S0031182098003461
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
Both CEF6, a cation-exchange fraction of soluble Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens (SEX), composed of the 2 antigens, alpha-1 and omega-1, and haemocyanin from the keyhole limper, Megathura crenulata, have shown potential for immunodiagnosis of human schistosomiasis. Possible cross-reactivity between antigens in SEA and keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) was explored by Western immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using sera from rabbits immunized with KLH, SEA, CEF6, alpha-1, omega-1, or egg antigen k5. Both immunoassays revealed a high degree of serological cross-reactivity between the schistosome egg antigens and KLH, much of it due to sodium periodate-sensitive epitopes. Cross-reactivity with schistosome antigens with proven diagnostic efficacy may thus, in part, explain the usefulness of KLH for the diagnosis of human schistosomiasis mansoni.
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