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Alonso MN, Garcia VS, Moyano RD, Romero MA, Gugliotta LM, Travería GE, Romano MI, Gonzalez VDG. New and rapid strategies for the diagnosis of bovine paratuberculosis "in situ" using latex particles. J Immunol Methods 2021; 496:113085. [PMID: 34157319 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2021.113085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The chemical coupling of a protoplasmatic antigen from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratubeculosis onto core-shell carboxylated particles was investigated with the aim of producing latex-protein complexes to be used in immunoagglutination assays capable of detecting bovine paratuberculosis disease. For this purpose, sensitizations were carried out using both colored and not colored carboxylated latexes as well as the protoplasmatic antigen at pH close to its isoelectric point to favor the antigenic protein to approach the particle surface. In all cases, higher fractions of proteins were chemically-bound to carboxyl groups on the surface of the particles. The assessment of the performance of the visual immunoagglutination assays consisted of evaluating 111 sera from healthy and infected bovines with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Complexes obtained from the colored latex allowed an acceptable visual discrimination between the studied positive and negative sera. Most of the positive samples showed strong to very strong agglutination and only a few samples reacted weakly, i.e. a sensitivity of 70%. The specificity of the assay, on the other hand, was 86%. Therefore, this rapid detection technique allows an easy and inexpensive identification of animals possibly infected with paratuberculosis "in situ" in the herds.
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- M N Alonso
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA - CONICET), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (CONICET - UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA - CONICET), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Diagnóstico e Investigaciones Veterinarias (FCV-UNLP), Argentina
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- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (CONICET - UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina; Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Centro de Diagnóstico e Investigaciones Veterinarias (FCV-UNLP), Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (INTA - CONICET), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Química (CONICET - UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina; Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Ma H, Hua Y, Hou Z, Gao F, Zhang X, Shao M, Ma T, Liu M, Li T, Xu J. Adsorption-Reaction Processes Between Gelatin and PDMS-E Emulsion Droplets. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:13915-13925. [PMID: 34095683 PMCID: PMC8173617 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this work, the effects of droplet size and reaction time on the adsorption-reaction processes between gelatin and α-[3-(2,3-epoxypropoxy) propyl]-ω-butyl-polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS-E) emulsion droplets were studied. Gelatin molecules were only physically adsorbed on the surface of the PDMS-E droplet in the 0-75 min range, which was unrelated to the droplet size (100-1000 nm). For the small-size droplets (<410 nm), the physical adsorption proceeded over 75 min followed by agglomeration. For middle-size droplets (410-680 nm), the physical adsorption finished at 125 min; subsequently, the nucleophilic reaction between the primary amino group and the epoxy group began to happen, and globular-like or core-shell colloidal particles were formed. For large-size droplets (>680 nm), the nucleophilic reaction occurred at 75 min and produced core-shell or multi-layered colloidal particles. In a word, the physical absorption or nucleophilic reaction between gelatin and PDMS-E emulsion droplets could be controlled by controlling the droplet size and reaction time. Furthermore, the soft tissue paper coated with large-size droplets exhibited excellent resistance to water permeability and flame-resistant performance, which were carried out by water resistance and flammability tests.
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- Huijun Ma
- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
- College
of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250100, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Department
of Blood Transfusion, Shandong Provincial
Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan 250021, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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- Shandong
Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Mathematics
and Statistics, Qilu University of Technology Library, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of
Sciences), Jinan 250353, P. R. China
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Femia AL, Gonzalez VDG, Garcia VS, Gugliotta LM. Carboxyl fuchsine-based colored particles for application to immunodetection. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2021.1876056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- INTEC, UNL-CONICET, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- INTEC, UNL-CONICET, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Facultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Peretti LE, Gonzalez VDG, Clementi LA, Gugliotta LM. Latex particles by emulsion and dispersion polymerizations: sensitization with specific antigens of leptospirosis and application to immunoagglutination. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s43153-020-00080-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Evaluation of carboxyl beads based latex agglutination test for rapid sero-diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis. Biologicals 2019; 62:72-76. [PMID: 31519538 DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a major public health problem in the South Asian countries including India. Pigs serve as a relevant sentinel model, the surveillance of which could predict a potential JE outbreak in human population nearby. However, existing serological detection methods like Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA), virus neutralization test (VNT) and Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI) require elaborative laboratory facilities which are invariably not available in field conditions. Recognizing the lacunae, attempts were made to develop recombinant antigen (rNS1) based latex agglutination test (LAT) as a rapid on-site test using covalent coupling method. Four different formats were evaluated using different coupling buffers, blocking buffers and reaction conditions. The format in which borate buffer at alkaline pH (8.5) was used for coupling of antigen with carboxylated beads followed by blocking with skimmed milk powder was found to be the best amongst all. Developed latex based test was used for screening of 207 pig serum samples for JE which revealed relative diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of 80.2% and 95.2%, respectively in comparison with indirect IgG ELISA. Hence, the present study demonstrated that covalently coupled recombinant antigen based LAT could be used as a reliable screening test for surveillance of JE in pigs under field conditions.
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Femia AL, Gonzalez VDG, Garcia V, Gugliotta LM. Polymerizable dye for colored particles synthesis with potential use in immunoassays. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2019.1616202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- INTEC (UNL- CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, UNL, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Ma H, Hua Y, Zhu C, Hou Z, Zhao B, Pu Y, Cai Z, Zhang L, Li T, Xu J. Reaction Kinetics at PDMS-E Emulsion Droplet-Gelatin Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:894-900. [PMID: 30607955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In this work, interfacial reaction kinetics between α-[3-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)propyl]-ω-butyl-polydimethylsiloxane emulsion droplets with different sizes and gelatin was studied. The results of amino conversion rate determination show that the reaction proceeded in two steps. Fluorescence spectra analysis indicates that step 1 (0-2 h) should be the adsorption of gelatin on droplet surface. In step 2 (2-13 h), amino conversion rate increased rapidly. The reaction rate in step 2 ( k2) was obtained by using the 2nd-order approach to model the grafting reaction kinetics. The quantitative relationships among amino conversion rate, droplet size, the concentration of surfactant, reaction temperature, and time were described by linear regression models in given ranges of conditions in step 2. Thermodynamic analysis indicates that the interfacial reaction is an endothermic reaction. After 13 h, the reaction was almost stopped.
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- Huijun Ma
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , Shandong Normal University , Jinan 250100 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering; College of Mathematics and Statistics , Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) , Jinan 250353 , P. R. China
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Diagnosis of toxoplasmosis in pregnancy. Evaluation of latex–protein complexes by immnunoagglutination. Parasitology 2017; 144:1073-1078. [DOI: 10.1017/s0031182017000294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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SUMMARYThe aim of this work was to obtain a reagent based on latex particles for ruling out acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women by immunoagglutination (IA). Latex–protein complexes (LPC) were previously synthesized coupling the recombinant protein ofToxoplasma gondiiP22Ag and the homogenate of the parasite to latex particles with different size, chemical functionality and charge density. LPC were tested in IA assays against a panel of 72 pregnant women serum samples. Results were analysed through receiver operating characteristic curves, determining area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, specificity positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV, respectively). It was observed that the antigenicity of proteins was not affected during sensitization by either physical adsorption or covalent coupling. The best results in the sense of maximizing discrimination of low avidity sera from chronic ones were observed for the IA test based on latex particles with carboxyl functionality and the recombinant P22Ag, obtaining an AUC of 0·94, a sensitivity of 100% and a NPV of 100%. In this way, the proposed test could be useful for the toxoplasmosis diagnosis in pregnant women, with the advantages of being cheap, rapid and easy to be implemented.
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Garcia VS, Gonzalez VDG, Marcipar IS, Gugliotta LM. Immunoagglutination test to diagnose Chagas disease: comparison of different latex-antigen complexes. Trop Med Int Health 2014; 19:1346-54. [PMID: 25175083 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic performance of novel latex-protein complexes obtained from different antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi through immunoagglutination test using a panel of T. cruzi-positive sera, leishmaniasis-positive sera and negative sera for both parasites. METHODS Complexes' behaviour using total parasite homogenate (TPH), two simple recombinant proteins (RP1 and RP5) and two chimeric recombinant proteins (CP1 and CP2) was comparatively evaluated. The area under ROC curves was used as an index of accuracy. Sensitivity, specificity and discrimination efficiency were assessed. RESULTS All recombinant antigens showed higher specificity than TPH. The lower specificity of TPH was mainly due to cross-reacting peptides between T. cruzi and Leishmania spp. In turn, all performance indicators were higher for CP1 and CP2 than for RP1 and RP5. The carboxylated latex-CP2 (C2-CP2) complex was able to detect antibodies against T. cruzi. The values of area under ROC curve (0.96), sensitivity (92.3%, 95% CI: 79.4-100.0%) and specificity (84.0%, 95% CI: 67.6-100.0%) indicate that the assay could be used as a screening test. CONCLUSION The C2-CP2 complex could be an important tool to carry out sero-epidemiological studies.
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- Valeria S Garcia
- INTEC (Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
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Peretti LE, Gonzalez VD, Marcipar IS, Gugliotta LM. Latex–protein complexes from an acute phase recombinant antigen of Toxoplasma gondii for the diagnosis of recently acquired toxoplasmosis. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2014; 120:88-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2013] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Santamaria C, Chatelain E, Jackson Y, Miao Q, Ward BJ, Chappuis F, Ndao M. Serum biomarkers predictive of cure in Chagas disease patients after nifurtimox treatment. BMC Infect Dis 2014; 14:302. [PMID: 24894358 PMCID: PMC4059459 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Chagas disease (CD), caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, remains an important public health issue in many Central and South American countries, as well as non-endemic areas with high rates of immigration from these countries. Existing treatment options for CD are limited and often unsatisfactory. Moreover the lack of post-treatment tests of cure limits the development of new drugs. To address this issue, we sought to identify serum biomarkers following nifurtimox (Nfx) treatment that could be used as an early test of cure and/or markers of a therapeutic response. METHODS Human sera from Chagas patients pre- and post-treatment with Nfx (n = 37) were compared to samples from healthy subjects (n = 37) using a range of proteomic and immunologic techniques. Biomarker peaks with the best discriminatory power were further characterized. RESULTS Using serum samples (n = 111), we validated the presence of five key biomarkers identified in our previous study, namely human apolipoprotein A-I (APOA1) and specific fragments thereof and one fragment of human fibronectin (FN1). In chagasic serum samples all biomarkers except full-length APOA1 were upregulated. These five biomarkers returned to normal in 43% (16/37) of the patients treated with Nfx at three years after treatment. CONCLUSIONS The normalization of biomarker patterns strongly associated with CD suggests that these markers can be used to identify patients in whom Nfx treatment is successful. We believe that these are the first biomarkers predictive of cure in CD patients.
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- National Reference Center for Parasitology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave,, Room R3-137, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada.
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Garcia VS, Gonzalez VDG, Marcipar IS, Vega JR, Gugliotta LM. Optimisation and standardisation of an immunoagglutination assay for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection based on latex-(recombinant antigen) complexes. Trop Med Int Health 2013; 19:37-46. [PMID: 24219561 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the conditions under which the immunoagglutination assay to detect Chagas disease, obtained from a novel latex-(chimeric recombinant antigen) complex, shows greater discrimination between the responses of a positive control serum and a negative control serum. METHODS The following variables were determined: (i) the sensitisation mechanism, (ii) the emulsifier employed for protein desorption, (iii) the reaction time, (iv) the ionic strength of the reaction medium, (v) the particle concentration, (vi) the presence of blocking agents, (vii) the presence of polyethyleneglycol as potentiator of reaction and (viii) the antigen and antibody concentrations. The search of optimal conditions was investigated by varying one variable at a time. To this effect, monodisperse latex particles sensitised with a recombinant chimeric protein (CP1) were subjected to different conditions. The agglutination reaction was followed by measuring the changes in the optical absorbance by turbidimetry. RESULTS The maximum discrimination between negative and positive sera was obtained at a reaction time of 5 min, when latex complexes with a concentration of covalently coupled protein of 2.90 mg/m(2) were put in contact with undiluted sera in buffer borate pH 8-20 mm containing glycine (0.1 m) and polyethyleneglycol 8000 (3% w/v). Finally, the latex-protein complex was tested under the obtained optimal conditions, with a panel of Trypanosoma cruzi-positive sera, leishmaniasis-positive sera and -negative sera for both parasites. CONCLUSION The immunoagglutination test based on the latex-CP1 complex could be used as a screening method for detecting Chagas disease. This test is rapid, easy to implement and could be used under field conditions; but its results should be confirmed by reference techniques like ELISA, HAI, and IFI.
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- Valeria S Garcia
- INTEC, Universidad Nacional del Litoral and CONICET, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Wagner G, Eiko Yamanaka L, Moura H, Denardin Lückemeyer D, Schlindwein AD, Hermes Stoco P, Bunselmeyer Ferreira H, Robert Barr J, Steindel M, Grisard EC. The Trypanosoma rangeli trypomastigote surfaceome reveals novel proteins and targets for specific diagnosis. J Proteomics 2013; 82:52-63. [PMID: 23466310 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 02/10/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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UNLABELLED Sympatric distribution and sharing of hosts and antigens by Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas' disease, often incur in misdiagnosis and improper epidemiological inferences. Many secreted and surface proteins (SP) have been described as important antigens shared by these species. This work describes the T. rangeli surfaceome obtained by gel-free (LC-ESI-MS/MS) and gel-based (GeLC-ESI-MS/MS) proteomic approaches, and immunoblotting analyses and the comparison of these SP with T. cruzi. A total of 138 T. rangeli proteins and 343 T. cruzi proteins were obtained, among which, 42 and 157 proteins were exclusively identified in T. rangeli or T. cruzi trypomastigotes, respectively. Immunoblotting assays using sera from experimentally infected mice revealed a distinct band pattern for each species. MS/MS analysis of T. rangeli exclusive bands revealed two unique GP63-related proteins and flagellar calcium-binding protein. Also, a ~32kDa band composed of 12 distinct proteins was exclusively recognized by anti-T. cruzi serum. This highly sensitive proteomic assessment of surface proteins characterized the T. rangeli surfaceome, revealing several differences and similarities between these two parasites. The study reports new T. rangeli-specific proteins with promising use in differential diagnosis from T. cruzi. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE In this manuscript, we report the first proteomic analysis of the T. rangeli surface (surfaceome), a non-pathogenic parasite occurring in sympatry with T. cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. This comparative proteomic analysis was performed using high-throughput in-gel and gel-free proteomic approaches combined with immunoblotting, allowing us to identify new T. rangeli-specific proteins with promising use in differential serodiagnosis, among several other protein not previously reported for this taxon. Additionally, cross-recognition assays showed that T. cruzi surface proteins were recognized by heterologous serum (anti-T. rangeli) that strengthens the possibility of misdiagnosis of Chagas disease in humans and other mammals. Thus, this work provides new insights to understand the serological cross-reactivity between T. cruzi and T. rangeli, as well as, the identification of targets for specific T. rangeli diagnosis as revealed by the comparative surfaceome analysis. We strongly believe that this research is of importance to the readers of Journal of Proteomics since it provides new potential markers for diagnosis of both T. cruzi and T. rangeli parasites increasing the spectrum of specific targets for unambiguous diagnosis of T. rangeli and T. cruzi infections, besides describing new approaches to assess the trypanosomatids proteome.
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- Glauber Wagner
- Laboratórios de Protozoologia e de Bioinformática, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Synthesis of latex-antigen complexes from single and multiepitope recombinant proteins. Application in immunoagglutination assays for the diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2013; 101:384-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2012.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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