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ArticleInfection and immunity2017

Outer Membrane Proteins BB0405 and BB0406 Are Immunogenic, but Only BB0405 Is Required for Borrelia burgdorferi Infection.

Binu Shrestha, Melisha R Kenedy, Darrin R Akins

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Binu ShresthaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Melisha R KenedyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Darrin R AkinsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA darrin-akins@ouhsc.edu.
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

Outer Membrane Proteins of Borrelia burgdorferiR01AI059373 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI AKINS, DARRIN R. · 2005 to 2022
$4.7M
Outer membrane proteins of Borrelia burgdorferiR56AI059373 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HLTH SCIENCES CTR · PI AKINS, DARRIN R. · 2011 to 2011
$329k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI059373NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI059373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We recently identified the Borrelia burgdorferi outer membrane protein (OMP) BB0406 and found that the gene encoding this OMP was cotranscribed with the gene encoding the OMP BB0405. Interestingly, BB0405 and BB0406 share 59% similarity and are grouped into the same B. burgdorferi paralogous gene family. Given their overall similarity, it is plausible that both OMPs have similar or overlapping functions in this pathogenic spirochete. BB0405 was recently shown to be required for mammalian infection despite the observations that BB0405 is poorly immunogenic and not recognized during mouse or human infection. BB0405 orthologs have also been shown to bind the complement regulator protein factor H. Therefore, to better elucidate the role of BB0405 and its paralog BB0406 during infection and in serum resistance, we examined both proteins in animal infection, factor H binding, and serum sensitivity assays. Our combined results suggest that BB0405- and BB0406-specific antibodies are borreliacidal and that both OMPs are immunogenic during nonhuman primate infection. Additionally, while BB0405 was found to be required for establishing mouse infection, BB0406 was not found to be essential for infectivity. In contrast to data from previous reports, however, neither OMP was found to bind human factor H or to be required for enhancing serum resistance of B. burgdorferi in vitro.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBorrelia burgdorferiComplement Factor HConserved SequenceDisease Models, AnimalGene ExpressionGene TargetingGenetic Complementation TestHumansLyme DiseaseMiceMutationAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsComplement Factor HBorrelia burgdorferiLyme diseaseouter membrane proteinsspirochete

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PMID27920211
PMCPMC5278167
OpenAlexW2560397218

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