Identification and Characterization of a <i>Trypanosoma congolense</i> 46 kDa Protein as a Candidate Serodiagnostic Antigen
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- ZHOU Mo
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- SUGANUMA Keisuke
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- RUTTAYAPORN Ngasaman
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- NGUYEN Thu-Thuy
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- YAMASAKI Shino
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- IGARASHI Ikuo
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- KAWAZU Shin-ichiro
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- SUZUKI Yasuhiko
- Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, North 20, West 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001–0020, Japan
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- INOUE Noboru
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080–8555, Japan
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- Parasitology : Identification and Characterization of a Trypanosoma congolense 46 kDa Protein as a Candidate Serodiagnostic Antigen
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Abstract
Trypanosoma congolense is a major livestock pathogen in Africa, causing large economic losses with serious effects on animal health. Reliable serodiagnostic tests are therefore urgently needed to control T. congolense infection. In this study, we have identified one T. congolense protein as a new candidate serodiagnostic antigen. The 46.4 kDa protein (TcP46, Gene ID: TcIL3000.0.25950) is expressed 5.36 times higher in metacyclic forms than epimastigote forms. The complete nucleotide sequences of TcP46 contained an open reading frame of 1,218 bp. Southern blot analysis indicated that at least two copies of the TcP46 gene were tandemly-arranged in the T. congolense genome. The recombinant TcP46 (rTcP46) was expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion protein. Western blot analysis and confocal laser scanning microscopy revealed that the native TcP46 protein is expressed in the cytoplasm during all life-cycle stages of the parasite. Moreover, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on rTcP46 detected the specific antibodies as early as 8 days post-infection from mice experimentally infected with T. congolense. No cross-reactivity was observed in the rTcP46-based ELISA against serum samples from cattle experimentally infected with Babesia bigemina, B. bovis and Anaplasma marginale. These results suggest that rTcP46 could be used as a serodiagnostic antigen for T. congolense infection.
Journal
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- Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
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Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 76 (6), 799-806, 2014
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
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- CRID
- 1390001206429819520
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- NII Article ID
- 130003391280
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- AA10796138
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- 1:STN:280:DC%2BC2cvhs1GgsA%3D%3D
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- 13477439
- 09167250
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- 025617269
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- 24492330
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- en
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