ELISA based on a recombinant Paragonimus heterotremus protein for serodiagnosis of human paragonimiasis in Thailand.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101462774 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1756-3305 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17563305 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Parasit Vectors Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central
    • Subject Terms:
      Antibodies, Helminth/*blood ; Antigens, Helminth/*immunology ; Paragonimiasis/*diagnosis ; Paragonimus/*immunology; Animals ; Cross Reactions ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G/blood ; Paragonimiasis/parasitology ; Recombinant Proteins ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Serologic Tests
    • Abstract:
      Background: Paragonimus heterotremus is the main causative agent of paragonimiasis in Thailand. In Western blot diagnostic assays for paragonimiasis, the 35 kDa band present in crude P. heterotremus somatic extracts represents one of the known diagnostic bands. This study aimed to use a P. heterotremus cDNA library to create a recombinant version of this antigen for use in immunodiagnosis of paragonimiasis.
      Methods: To accomplish this aim a cDNA expression library was constructed from adult worm mRNA and immuno-screened using antibodies from mice that had been immunized with the 35 kDa antigen. Screening resulted in the identification of an immunoreactive protein encoded by clone CE3, which contained an inserted sequence composed of 1292 base pairs. This clone was selected for use in the construction of a recombinant P. heterotremus protein because of its similarity to proactivator polypeptide. For recombinant protein expression, the CE3 gene sequence was inserted into the plasmid vector pRset and the resulting product had the expected molecular weight of 35 kDa. An IgG-ELISA based on the CE3 recombinant protein was evaluated by using sera from healthy individuals, from patients with paragonimiasis and other parasitic infections. This ELISA was performed by using human sera diluted at 1:2000, an optimized antigen concentration of 1 μg/ml, and anti-human IgG diluted at 1:4000.
      Results: The cut-off optical density value was set as the mean + 2 standard deviations (0.54), which resulted in the test having a sensitivity of 88.89% and a specificity of 95.51%. The recombinant antigen could react with antibodies from P. heterotremus, P. pseudoheterotremus and P. westermani infections. Cross-reactivity occurred with a few cases of Blastocystis hominis infection (2/3), Bancroftian filariasis (1/10), opisthorchiasis (3/10), strongyloidiasis (4/10) and neurocysticercosis (1/11).
      Conclusions: Given the high test sensitivity and specificity, reflected in the low level of heterologous infection cross-reactivity (11/215 serum samples), observed in the IgG-ELISA, this 35 kDa antigen may be useful for the detection of paragonimiasis.
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    • Grant Information:
      PHD/0269/2549 Thailand Research Fund
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: IgG-ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; Paragonimiasis; Paragonimus heterotremus; Recombinant protein; cDNA library
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Antibodies, Helminth)
      0 (Antigens, Helminth)
      0 (Immunoglobulin G)
      0 (Recombinant Proteins)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20180531 Date Completed: 20181217 Latest Revision: 20181217
    • Publication Date:
      20240829
    • Accession Number:
      PMC5975669
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s13071-018-2878-5
    • Accession Number:
      29843786