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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2009

Characterising the KMP-11 and HSP-70 recombinant antigens' humoral immune response profile in chagasic patients.

Ivonne D Flechas, Adriana Cuellar, Zulma M Cucunubá, Fernando Rosas, Víctor Velasco, Mario Steindel, María del Carmen Thomas, Manuel Carlos López, John Mario González, Concepción Judith Puerta

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Ivonne D FlechasLaboratorio de Parasitología Molecular, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Cra, 7a No, 43-82, Ed, 50, Lab, 113, Bogotá, Colombia. iflechas@gmail.com
Adriana Cuellar
Zulma M Cucunubá
Fernando Rosas
Víctor Velasco
Mario Steindel
María del Carmen Thomas
Manuel Carlos López
John Mario González
Concepción Judith Puerta
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana · COConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESInstituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López - Neyra" · ESInstituto Nacional de Salud · COUniversidad de Los Andes · COUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina · BR

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Abstract

backgroundAntigen specificity and IgG subclass could be significant in the natural history of Chagas' disease. The relationship between the different stages of human Chagas' disease and the profiles of total IgG and its subclasses were thus analysed here; they were directed against a crude T. cruzi extract and three recombinant antigens: the T. cruzi kinetoplastid membrane protein-11 (rKMP-11), an internal fragment of the T. cruzi HSP-70 protein 192-433, and the entire Trypanosoma rangeli HSP-70 protein.

methodsSeventeen Brazilian acute chagasic patients, 50 Colombian chronic chagasic patients (21 indeterminate and 29 cardiopathic patients) and 30 healthy individuals were included. Total IgG and its subtypes directed against the above-mentioned recombinant antigens were determined by ELISA tests.

resultsThe T. cruzi KMP-11 and T. rangeli HSP-70 recombinant proteins were able to distinguish both acute from chronic chagasic patients and infected people from healthy individuals. Specific antibodies to T. cruzi crude antigen in acute patients came from IgG3 and IgG4 subclasses whereas IgG1 and IgG3 were the prevalent isotypes in indeterminate and chronic chagasic patients. By contrast, the specific prominent antibodies in all disease stages against T. cruzi KMP-11 and T. rangeli HSP-70 recombinant antigens were the IgG1 subclass.

conclusionT. cruzi KMP-11 and the T. rangeli HSP-70 recombinant proteins may be explored together in the immunodiagnosis of Chagas' disease. Polarising the IgG1 subclass of the IgG response to T. cruzi KMP-11 and T. rangeli HSP-70 recombinant proteins could have important biological effects, taking into account that this is a complement fixing antibody.

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Antibodies, ProtozoanAntibody SpecificityAntigens, ProtozoanBrazilCase-Control StudiesChagas DiseaseColombiaEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansImmunity, HumoralImmunoglobulin GMembrane GlycoproteinsProtozoan ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsTrypanosomaAntibodies, ProtozoanAntigens, ProtozoanHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsImmunoglobulin GMembrane GlycoproteinsProtozoan ProteinsRecombinant Proteins

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PMID19939275
PMCPMC2789076
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