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ArticleInfection and immunity1999

Specific antibodies reactive with the 22-kilodalton major outer surface protein of Borrelia anserina Ni-NL protect chicks from infection.

V Sambri, A Marangoni, A Olmo, E Storni, M Montagnani, M Fabbi, R Cevenini

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Article in Infection and immunity, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

V SambriSezione di Microbiologia, DMCSS, University of Bologna, St. Orsola Hospital, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
A Marangoni
A Olmo
E Storni
M Montagnani
M Fabbi
R Cevenini
University of Bologna · ITIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna "Bruno Ubertini" · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An outer surface lipoprotein of 22 kDa was identified in the avian pathogen Borrelia anserina Ni-NL by using antibody preparations reactive with bacterial surface-exposed proteins. Amino acid sequence analysis of the 22-kDa protein demonstrated 90% identity with VmpA of B. turicatae, suggesting that the protein belongs to the family of 20-kDa outer surface proteins of the genus Borrelia. All of the 60 chicks intramuscularly treated with antibodies specifically reacting with the 22-kDa protein and infected with strain Ni-NL were completely protected from infection, since no spirochetemia was detected, and from death. Control chicks were treated with immune sera raised against apathogenic strain B. anserina Es, which expresses a prominent 20-kDa polypeptide that is also a member of the Vmp family but does not cross-react immunologically with the 22-kDa protein of the Ni-NL strain. These animals, infected with B. anserina Ni-NL, showed a high degree of spirochetemia 10 days after infection, and all died between 14 and 21 days after infection. The results showed that the 22-kDa surface protein of B. anserina Ni-NL is a determinant of the pathogenic potential of the strain and also confirmed that only strain-specific antibodies are protective against B. anserina infection.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntibody SpecificityAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBase SequenceBorreliaBorrelia InfectionsChickensDNA PrimersIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMolecular Sequence DataMolecular WeightAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsDNA Primers

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PMID10225933
PMCPMC116016
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