Construction of a fusion protein carrying antigenic determinants of enteric clostridial toxins.

Abstract:

:Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens type A are infectious agents of enteric diseases. The main virulence factors of these microorganisms include toxins A and B of C. difficile (ToxA and ToxB) and enterotoxin of C. perfringens (Cpe). In this study genetic constructions have been created for the expression of ToxA, ToxB and Cpe fragments either as individual components or as a hybrid multidomain (ToxA-ToxB-Cpe) protein. Rabbit monospecific sera raised against individual peptides reacted with the chimeric product indicating that the corresponding antigenic determinants were correctly expressed on the hybrid molecule. Furthermore, mice immunized with the fusion protein produced antibodies specific to each of the three separate components. These data suggest that the constructed three-domain molecule could be used in future studies for development of a vaccine against enteric clostridial diseases.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Belyi IF,Varfolomeeva NA

doi

10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00560-3

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2003-08-29 00:00:00

pages

325-9

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

pii

S0378109703005603

journal_volume

225

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