Serodiagnosis of Babesia gibsoni Infection in Dogs by an Improved Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Recombinant Truncated P50
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- VERDIDA Rodolfo A.
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Department of Biology, De La Salle University
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- HARA Olgga A.
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine Department of Biology, De La Salle University
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- XUAN Xuenan
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
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- FUKUMOTO Shinya
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine The Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
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- IGARASHI Ikuo
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
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- ZHANG Shoufa
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Yanbian University
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- DONG Junyan
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Yanbian University
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- INOKUMA Hisashi
- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University
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- KABEYA Hidenori
- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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- SATO Yukita
- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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- MORITOMO Tadaaki
- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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- MARUYAMA Soichi
- College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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- CLAVERIA Florencia
- Department of Biology, De La Salle University
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- NAGASAWA Hideyuki
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
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Abstract
The surface antigen P50 of Babesia gibsoni is an important candidate for the development of a diagnostic reagent for canine piroplasmosis. In order to establish an effective diagnostic method for practical use, the gene encoding truncated P50 (P50t) lacking a signal peptide and C-terminal hydrophobic regions were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase (GST). More than 90% portion of the GST-P50t was expressed as a soluble form, in contrast with GST-P50f (full-length), which was completely expressed as an insoluble form. This result indicates that removal of the hydrophobic signal peptide and C-terminus had dramatically improved its hydrophilicity. The purified GST-P50t was tested in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of antibodies to B. gibsoni in dogs. The ELISA with GST-P50t clearly differentiated between B. gibsoni-infected dog sera and uninfected dog sera. In addition, the ELISA detected no cross-reactivity with sera from dogs experimentally infected with the closely related parasites, B. canis canis, B. canis vogeli, and B. canis rossi. Field serum samples collected from dogs in Japan and China were examined for the diagnosis of B. gibsoni infection by using the ELISA. 14.5% (9/62), 5.8% (7/120), and 5.4% (2/37) of tested samples were positive for dogs from Okinawa, Yamaguchi, and Osaka prefectures, Japan, respectively. On the other hand, 4.8% (2/41) of tested samples were positive for dogs from Nanjing, China. These results suggest that the GST-P50t could be a reliable reagent for practical use in ELISA for the serodiagnosis of canine piroplasmosis caused by B. gibsoni.<br>
Journal
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- Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
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Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 66 (12), 1517-1521, 2004
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
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- CRID
- 1390282681401429248
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- NII Article ID
- 110003963643
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- NII Book ID
- AA10796138
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- ISSN
- 13477439
- 09167250
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- NDL BIB ID
- 7194792
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- PubMed
- 15644601
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- Text Lang
- en
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