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Zhou J, Chen J, Peng Y, Xie Y, Xiao Y. A Promising Tool in Serological Diagnosis: Current Research Progress of Antigenic Epitopes in Infectious Diseases. Pathogens 2022; 11:1095. [PMID: 36297152 PMCID: PMC9609281 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11101095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Infectious diseases, caused by various pathogens in the clinic, threaten the safety of human life, are harmful to physical and mental health, and also increase economic burdens on society. Infections are a complex mechanism of interaction between pathogenic microorganisms and their host. Identification of the causative agent of the infection is vital for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Etiological laboratory diagnostic tests are therefore essential to identify pathogens. However, due to its rapidity and automation, the serological diagnostic test is among the methods of great significance for the diagnosis of infections with the basis of detecting antigens or antibodies in body fluids clinically. Epitopes, as a special chemical group that determines the specificity of antigens and the basic unit of inducing immune responses, play an important role in the study of immune responses. Identifying the epitopes of a pathogen may contribute to the development of a vaccine to prevent disease, the diagnosis of the corresponding disease, and the determination of different stages of the disease. Moreover, both the preparation of neutralizing antibodies based on useful epitopes and the assembly of several associated epitopes can be used in the treatment of disease. Epitopes can be divided into B cell epitopes and T cell epitopes; B cell epitopes stimulate the body to produce antibodies and are therefore commonly used as targets for the design of serological diagnostic experiments. Meanwhile, epitopes can fall into two possible categories: linear and conformational. This article reviews the role of B cell epitopes in the clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases.
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Chaves LL, Patriota Y, Soares-Sobrinho JL, Vieira ACC, Lima SAC, Reis S. Drug Delivery Systems on Leprosy Therapy: Moving Towards Eradication? Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E1202. [PMID: 33322356 PMCID: PMC7763250 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Leprosy disease remains an important public health issue as it is still endemic in several countries. Mycobacterium leprae, the causative agent of leprosy, presents tropism for cells of the reticuloendothelial and peripheral nervous system. Current multidrug therapy consists of clofazimine, dapsone and rifampicin. Despite significant improvements in leprosy treatment, in most programs, successful completion of the therapy is still sub-optimal. Drug resistance has emerged in some countries. This review discusses the status of leprosy disease worldwide, providing information regarding infectious agents, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, actual treatment and future perspectives and strategies on targets for an efficient targeted delivery therapy.
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- Luíse L. Chaves
- Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (A.C.C.V.); (S.A.C.L.)
- Núcleo de Controle de Qualidade de Medicamentos e Correlatos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50740-521, Brazil; (Y.P.); (J.L.S.-S.)
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- Núcleo de Controle de Qualidade de Medicamentos e Correlatos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50740-521, Brazil; (Y.P.); (J.L.S.-S.)
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- Núcleo de Controle de Qualidade de Medicamentos e Correlatos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50740-521, Brazil; (Y.P.); (J.L.S.-S.)
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- Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (A.C.C.V.); (S.A.C.L.)
- Laboratório de Tecnologia dos Medicamentos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife 50740-521, Brazil
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- Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (A.C.C.V.); (S.A.C.L.)
- Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário, Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
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- Laboratório Associado para a Química Verde, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade do Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal; (A.C.C.V.); (S.A.C.L.)
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Opuni KFM, Koy C, Russ M, Reepmeyer M, Danquah BD, Weresow M, Alef A, Lorenz P, Thiesen HJ, Glocker MO. ITEM-THREE analysis of a monoclonal anti-malaria antibody reveals its assembled epitope on the pfMSP1 19 antigen. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:14987-14997. [PMID: 32848020 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rapid diagnostic tests are first-line assays for diagnosing infectious diseases, such as malaria. To minimize false positive and false negative test results in population-screening assays, high-quality reagents and well-characterized antigens and antibodies are needed. An important property of antigen-antibody binding is recognition specificity, which best can be estimated by mapping an antibody's epitope on the respective antigen. We have cloned a malarial antigen-containing fusion protein, MBP-pfMSP119, in Escherichia coli, which then was structurally and functionally characterized before and after high pressure-assisted enzymatic digestion. We then used our previously developed method, intact transition epitope mapping-targeted high-energy rupture of extracted epitopes (ITEM-THREE), to map the area on the MBP-pfMSP119 antigen surface that is recognized by the anti-pfMSP119 antibody G17.12. We identified three epitope-carrying peptides, 386GRNISQHQCVKKQCPQNSGCFRHLDE411, 386GRNISQHQCVKKQCPQNSGCFRHLDEREE414, and 415CKCLLNYKQE424, from the GluC-derived peptide mixture. These peptides belong to an assembled (conformational) epitope on the MBP-pfMSP119 antigen whose identification was substantiated by positive and negative control experiments. In conclusion, our data help to establish a workflow to obtain high-quality control data for diagnostic assays, including the use of ITEM-THREE as a powerful analytical tool. Data are available via ProteomeXchange: PXD019717.
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- Kwabena F M Opuni
- Proteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, College of Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Proteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Proteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Proteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Proteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Proteome Center Rostock, University Medicine Rostock and University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
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San Segundo-Acosta P, Montero-Calle A, Fuentes M, Rábano A, Villalba M, Barderas R. Identification of Alzheimer's Disease Autoantibodies and Their Target Biomarkers by Phage Microarrays. J Proteome Res 2019; 18:2940-2953. [PMID: 31136180 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The characterization of the humoral response in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients might aid in detecting the disease at early stages. We have combined phage display and protein microarrays to identify AD autoantibodies and their target biomarkers. After enrichment of the T7 phage display libraries from AD and healthy brain tissue mRNA in AD-specific phages, 1536 monoclonal phages were printed on microarrays to probe them with 8 AD and 8 healthy control sera. A total of 57 phages showed higher seroreactivity in AD. In total, 13 out of the 44 unique sequences displayed on the phages were selected for validation using 68 AD and 52 healthy control sera. Peptides from Anthrax toxin receptor 1, Nuclear protein 1, Glycogen phosphorylase, and Olfactory receptor 8J1 expressed in bacteria as HaloTag fusion proteins showed a statistically significant ability to discriminate between AD patients and controls. The identified panel of AD autoantibodies might provide new insights into the blood-based diagnosis of the disease.
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- Pablo San Segundo-Acosta
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas , Universidad Complutense de Madrid , E-28040 Madrid , Spain.,Chronic Disease Programme (UFIEC) , Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Majadahonda, E-28220 , Madrid , Spain
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- Chronic Disease Programme (UFIEC) , Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Majadahonda, E-28220 , Madrid , Spain
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- Proteomics Unit , Cancer Research Centre (IBMCC/CSIC/USAL/IBSAL) , 37007 Salamanca , Spain.,Department of Medicine and General Cytometry Service-Nucleus, CIBERONC CB16/12/00400 , Cancer Research Centre (IBMCC/CSIC/USAL/IBSAL) , 37007 Salamanca , Spain
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- Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, CIEN Foundation , Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center , 28031 Madrid , Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas , Universidad Complutense de Madrid , E-28040 Madrid , Spain
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- Chronic Disease Programme (UFIEC) , Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Majadahonda, E-28220 , Madrid , Spain
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de Santana JF, da Silva MR, Picheth GF, Yamanaka IB, Fogaça RL, Thomaz-Soccol V, Machado-de-Avila RA, Chávez-Olórtegui C, Sierakowski MR, de Freitas RA, Alvarenga LM, de Moura J. Engineered biomarkers for leprosy diagnosis using labeled and label-free analysis. Talanta 2018; 187:165-171. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2018] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Mapping polyclonal antibody responses to bacterial infection using next generation phage display. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24232. [PMID: 27072017 PMCID: PMC4829855 DOI: 10.1038/srep24232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Mapping polyclonal antibody responses to infectious diseases to identify individual epitopes has the potential to underpin the development of novel serological assays and vaccines. Here, phage-peptide library panning coupled with screening using next generation sequencing was used to map antibody responses to bacterial infections. In the first instance, pigs experimentally infected with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium was investigated. IgG samples from twelve infected pigs were probed in parallel and phage binding compared to that with equivalent IgG from pre-infected animals. Seventy-seven peptide mimotopes were enriched specifically against sera from multiple infected animals. Twenty-seven of these peptides were tested in ELISA and twenty-two were highly discriminatory for sera taken from pigs post-infection (P < 0.05) indicating that these peptides are mimicking epitopes from the bacteria. In order to further test this methodology, it was applied to differentiate antibody responses in poultry to infections with distinct serovars of Salmonella enterica. Twenty-seven peptides were identified as being enriched specifically against IgY from multiple animals infected with S. Enteritidis compared to those infected with S. Hadar. Nine of fifteen peptides tested in ELISA were highly discriminatory for IgY following S. Enteritidis infection (p < 0.05) compared to infections with S. Hadar or S. Typhimurium.
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Amin N, Pupo M, Aguilar A, Vázquez S, Caballero Y, Ochoa R, Guzmán MG, Acosta A. Recognition of a multiple antigen peptide containing sequence from mimotope of the dengue type 3 virus NS4B protein by human antibodies. ASIAN PAC J TROP MED 2016; 9:130-3. [PMID: 26919941 DOI: 10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2015] [Revised: 12/20/2015] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the recognition of NS4B mimotope, as multiple antigen peptide (MAP), by dengue antibodies presents in serum samples from patients with different serotype infections. METHODS A MAP containing mimotope sequence was synthesized and used to evaluate the recognition of NS4B mimotope as MAP by a panel of 66 human sera from dengue cases by an indirect ELISA assay. RESULTS The MAP differentiated between sera from dengue viruses infected patients and sera from healthy individuals and the best reactivity was shown by serum from dengue type 3 virus patients. The recognition was more intense with serum from patients with secondary infection. CONCLUSIONS The findings suggest the potential use of NS4B mimotope on the development of a multi-epitope diagnostic tool. These results are important for further immunogenicity studies.
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- Nevis Amin
- Implementation and Design of Clinical Trials, Clinical Research and Impact Evaluation Direction, Finlay Institute, 11600, Havana, Cuba.
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- 'Pedro Kourí' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, 17100, Havana, Cuba
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- Implementation and Design of Clinical Trials, Clinical Research and Impact Evaluation Direction, Finlay Institute, 11600, Havana, Cuba
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- 'Pedro Kourí' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, 17100, Havana, Cuba
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- 'Pedro Kourí' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, 17100, Havana, Cuba
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- Implementation and Design of Clinical Trials, Clinical Research and Impact Evaluation Direction, Finlay Institute, 11600, Havana, Cuba
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- 'Pedro Kourí' Tropical Medicine Institute (IPK), PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for the Study of Dengue and its Vector, 17100, Havana, Cuba
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- Implementation and Design of Clinical Trials, Clinical Research and Impact Evaluation Direction, Finlay Institute, 11600, Havana, Cuba
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Araujo GR, Vaz ER, Fujimura PT, Fonseca JE, de Lima LM, Canhão H, Venturini G, Cardozo KHM, Carvalho VM, Napimoga MH, Goulart LR, Gonçalves J, Ueira-Vieira C. Improved serological detection of rheumatoid arthritis: a highly antigenic mimotope of carbonic anhydrase III selected in a murine model by phage display. Arthritis Res Ther 2015; 17:168. [PMID: 26099944 PMCID: PMC4493817 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0685-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that affects around 1% of the human population worldwide. RA diagnosis can be difficult as there is no definitive test for its detection. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify biomarkers that could be used for RA diagnosis. METHODS Sera from a collagen-induced arthritis mouse model were used to select potential biomarkers for RA diagnosis by phage display technology. In silico and in vitro analyses were performed to characterize and validate the selected peptides. Samples were classified into three groups: RA; two other immune-mediated rheumatic diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS)); and healthy controls (HC). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was carried out to determine antibody levels, and diagnostic parameters were determined by constructing receiver operating characteristic curves. Mass spectrometry and Western blot were performed to identify the putative autoantigen that was mimicked by a highly reactive mimotope. RESULTS After three rounds of selection, 14 clones were obtained and tested for immunoreactivity analysis against sera from RA and HC groups. The phage-fused peptide with the highest immunoreactivity (M12) was synthesized, and was able to efficiently discriminate RA patients from SLE, AS and HCs (p < 0.0001) by ELISA. The specificity and sensitivity of anti-M12 antibodies for RA diagnosis were 91 % and 84.3 %, respectively. The M12 peptide was identified as one that mimics a predicted antigenic site of the carbonic anhydrase III (CAIII) protein, a ubiquitous biomarker that has been identified in patients with other diseases. CONCLUSION M12 is the first peptide associated with the CAIII protein that may be used as an antigen for antibody detection to aid in RA diagnosis with high sensitivity and specificity.
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- Galber Rodrigues Araujo
- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
- iMed.UL - Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
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- Rheumatology Research Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Rheumatology Department, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
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- Rheumatology Research Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal.
- Rheumatology Department, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Molecular Biology, São Leopoldo Mandic Institute and Research Center, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
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- iMed.UL - Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
- IMM - Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, Institute of Genetics and Biochemistry, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
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Schnatbaum K, Schmoldt HU, Daneschdar M, Plum LM, Jansong J, Zerweck J, Kühne Y, Masch A, Wenschuh H, Fiedler M, Türeci Ö, Sahin U, Reimer U. Peptide microarrays enable rapid mimotope optimization for pharmacokinetic analysis of the novel therapeutic antibody IMAB362. Biotechnol J 2014; 9:545-54. [DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Revised: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Antigenicity in sheep of synthetic peptides derived from stress-regulated Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis proteins and comparison with recombinant protein and complex native antigens. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2014; 158:46-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2013.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Identification and characterization of mimotopes of classical swine fever virus E2 glycoprotein using specific anti-E2 monoclonal antibodies. Virus Res 2013; 175:12-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2013.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2012] [Revised: 03/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Casey JL, Sanalla AM, Tamvakis D, Thalmann C, Carroll EL, Parisi K, Coley AM, Stewart DJ, Vaughan JA, Michalski WP, Luke R, Foley M. Peptides specific for Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection: diagnostic potential. Protein Eng Des Sel 2011; 24:589-96. [PMID: 21669956 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzr026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) is the causative agent of Johne's disease (JD). Current serological diagnostic tests for JD are limited by their sensitivity when used in sub-clinical stages of the disease. Our objective was to identify peptides that mimic diagnostically important Map epitopes that might be incorporated into a new-generation JD diagnostic. Four peptides were isolated from a phage-displayed random peptide library by screening on antibodies derived from Map-infected goats. The peptides were recognised by antibodies from Map-infected goats but not by antibodies from uninfected goats. The peptides elicited immune responses in rabbits, which reacted strongly with bona fide Map antigens proving the peptides were true epitope mimics. To assess the diagnostic value a panel of goat sera was screened for reactivity's with peptides. The peptides were recognised by antibodies from a proportion of goats infected with Map compared with control animals with a diagnostic specificity of 100% and the sensitivity ranged from 50 to 75%. Combinations of any two peptides improved sensitivity 62.5-87.5% and 100% sensitivity was achieved with three of the four peptides in combination. These data suggest peptides representing diagnostically important Map epitopes could be incorporated into a sensitive diagnostic test.
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- J L Casey
- La Trobe University, AdAlta Pty Ltd, 2 Research Drive, VIC 3083, Australia.
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A Novel Neutralizing Epitope of Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein M Screened by Phage Display*. PROG BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2009. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1206.2008.00391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Antibody reactivity of conformational peptide mimics of a conserved H5N1 neutralization site in different fusion proteins. Arch Virol 2009; 155:19-26. [PMID: 19911251 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0542-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Several peptide mimics of a conserved H5N1 avian influenza virus neutralization site recognized by 8H5 mAb have been reported previously. In this study, the secondary and possibly higher structural orders of the peptide mimics 122 and 125 were investigated and found to be closely related to the specific binding with 8H5 mAb. These two peptide mimics were fused to three different carrier proteins, and the antibody binding activities were recovered in 4 of the 11 fusion proteins. HEV structural protein p239 and HBc were more suitable than the outer membrane protein T47 of the Treponema pallidum particle for the recovery of reactivity. The increase in the copy number of peptide mimics was important for the recovery of antibody-binding activity and the interaction between peptide and carrier protein may affect the spatial structure of both the peptide and the carrier protein. These results are likely to be of relevance for conformational peptide mimics in diagnostic tests, vaccine and inhibitors.
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Kessel C, Kreuz W, Klich K, Becker-Peters K, Vorpahl F, Dietrich U, Klingebiel T, Königs C. Multimerization of peptide mimotopes for blocking of factor VIII neutralizing antibodies. ChemMedChem 2009; 4:1364-70. [PMID: 19533722 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200900023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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About 30 % of patients with severe hemophilia A develop neutralizing antibodies (inhibitors) to coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) upon treatment with exogenous factor preparations. Two peptides, C6 (NPVENMMDRDSQ) and H10 (QSPWQTWFTRAL), that mimic putative inhibitor epitopes (mimotopes), were previously selected by phage display screening of plasma samples from patients with inhibitors. Synthetic peptide mimotopes inhibited IgG binding to FVIII (IC(50): 30-50 microM). This effect was increased by an equimolar combination of both mimotopes. Mimotopes were fused to the C-terminal multimerization domain of the C4bp alpha-chain and expressed as multimers in 293T cells. Multimerized mimotopes showed improved binding to anti-FVIII IgG and prolonged in vitro half-life relative to synthetic peptides. The two mimotopes were combined in heteromultimers by co-transfection of 293T cells with respective vectors, resulting in bi-specific molecules that almost completely blocked polyclonal antibody binding to FVIII (IC(50): 2-3 microM). This strategy is capable of functionally improving synthetic peptides by multimerization and could provide a basis for novel therapeutic approaches for patients with hemophilia A and inhibitors.
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- Christoph Kessel
- Department of Pediatrics III, JW Goethe University, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Chiang KC, Shimada Y, Nakano T, Lai CY, Hsu LW, Goto S, Ohmori N, Mori K, Miyagi T, Kawamoto S, Ono K, Chen CL, Goto T, Sato S. A novel peptide mimotope identified as a potential immunosuppressive vaccine for organ transplantation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:4282-8. [PMID: 19299727 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0800641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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We reported that anti-histone H1 autoantibody is one of the main immunosuppressive factors in serum that is induced after orthotopic liver transplantation in a rat tolerogenic model. We generated a novel anti-histone H1 IgM mAb produced by hybridoma 16G9 (16G9 mAb) that shows MLR-inhibitory activity. Identification of a functional epitope responsible for the immunosuppressive activity of 16G9 mAb may lead to the establishment of a novel therapeutic strategy. We used a combinatorial phage display peptide library to screen for peptides that bind to 16G9 mAb. Consequently, two peptides that bind to 16G9 mAb, SSV and LPQ, were selected from the library. The binding of 16G9 mAb to histone H1 was inhibited by SSV. SSV was recognized by rat tolerogenic post-orthotopic liver transplantation serum and the binding to SSV was inhibited by histone H1. Mice were immunized with keyhole limpet hemocyanin-conjugated SSV and LPQ. Abs induced by SSV immunization inhibited Con A-stimulated splenocyte proliferation, and the inhibition was neutralized by preincubation with SSV. Splenocytes stimulated by anti-CD3 Ab were inhibited by SSV-induced Abs using CFSE labeling. SSV immunization in rats before heterotopic heart transplantation resulted in significant prolonged allograft survival. These findings suggested that SSV is a functional histone H1-binding epitope for 16G9 mAb. SSV is capable of determining serum immunoreactivity against histone H1 as an index marker for tolerance. The inhibitory activity of SSV-induced Abs on blast cell proliferation and the prolonged graft survival that results from SSV immunization imply a potential for the development of an immunosuppressive vaccine.
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- Kuei-Chen Chiang
- Kazusa Institute for Drug Discovery, Josai International University, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
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Casey JL, Coley AM, Parisi K, Foley M. Peptide mimics selected from immune sera using phage display technology can replace native antigens in the diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus infection. Protein Eng Des Sel 2008; 22:85-91. [PMID: 19073711 PMCID: PMC2660343 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzn076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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There is an expanding area of small molecule discovery, especially in the area of peptide mimetics. Peptide sequences can be used to substitute for the entire native antigen for use in diagnostic assays. Our approach is to select peptides that mimic epitopes of the natural immune response to Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) that may be recognised by antibodies typically produced after infection with EBV. We screened a random peptide library on sera from rabbits immunised with a crude preparation of EBV and serum antibodies from a patient with a high titer of EBV antibodies. We selected four peptides (Eb1–4) with the highest relative binding affinity with immune rabbit sera and a single peptide with high affinity to human serum antibodies. The peptides were coupled to the carrier molecule BSA and the recognition of the peptides by IgM antibodies in clinical samples after infection with EBV was measured. The sensitivities were Eb1 94%, Eb2, 3, 4 88%, H1 81% and all had 100% specificity. This study illustrates that the phage display approach to select epitope mimics can be applied to polyclonal antibodies and peptides that represent several diagnostically important epitopes can be selected simultaneously. This panel of EBV peptides representing a wide coverage of immunodominant epitopes could replace crude antigen preparations currently used for capture in commercial diagnostic tests for EBV.
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- J L Casey
- AdAlta Pty Ltd, 15/2 Park Drive, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
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Peptides as protein binding site mimetics. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2008; 12:707-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2008] [Revised: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/19/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Álvarez-Lafuente R, Aguilera B, Suárez-Mier MP, Morentin B, Vallejo G, Gómez J, Fernández-Rodríguez A. Detection of human herpesvirus-6, Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus in formalin-fixed tissues from sudden infant death: A study with quantitative real-time PCR. Forensic Sci Int 2008; 178:106-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2007] [Revised: 01/31/2008] [Accepted: 02/23/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tschiggerl H, Casey JL, Parisi K, Foley M, Sleytr UB. Display of a peptide mimotope on a crystalline bacterial cell surface layer (S-layer) lattice for diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus infection. Bioconjug Chem 2008; 19:860-5. [PMID: 18376854 DOI: 10.1021/bc7003523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fusion proteins based on the crystalline bacterial cell surface layer (S-layer) proteins SbpA from Bacillus sphaericus CCM 2177 and SbsB from Geobacillus stearothermophilus PV72/p2 and a peptide mimotope F1 that mimics an immunodominant epitope of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) were designed and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Constructs were designed such that the peptide mimotope was presented either at the C-terminus (SbpA/F1) or at the N-terminus (SbsB/F1) of the respective S-layer proteins. The resulting S-layer fusion proteins, SbpA/F1 and SbsB/F1, fully retained the intrinsic self-assembly capability of the S-layer moiety into monomolecular lattices. As determined by immunodot assays and ELISAs using monoclonal antibodies, the F1 mimotope was well-presented on the outer surface of the S-layer lattices and accessible for antibody binding. Further comparison of the two S-layer fusion proteins showed that the S-layer fusion protein SbpA/F1 had a higher antibody binding capacity than SbsB/F1 in aqueous solution and in immune sera, illustrating the importance of epitope orientation on the performance of solid-phase immunoassays. To assess the diagnostic values of S-layer mimotope fusion protein SbpA/F1, we screened a panel of 83 individual EBV IgM-positive, EBV negative, and potential cross-reactive sera for their reactivities. This resulted in 98.2% specificity and 89.3% sensitivity, and furthermore no cross-reactivity with related viral disease states including rheumatoid factor was observed. This study shows the potential of S-layer fusion proteins as a matrix for site-directed immobilization of small ligands in solid-phase immunoassays using EBV diagnostics as a model system.
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- Helga Tschiggerl
- Center for NanoBiotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
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