Abstract:
:Haemonchus contortus is an economically important parasite that survives the host defense system by modulating the immune response. Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is secreted by the parasite and the host responds by producing anti-enzyme antibodies. The enzyme inhibits complement cascade, an arm of the innate immunity, by binding to complement C3. In this study, the C3 binding site and the antigenic region of the enzyme were identified by generating short recombinant fragments and deleting a defined region of the enzyme. Using these proteins in ligand overlay and plate binding assay, the C3 binding region of GAPDH was localized within the 38 residues represented by 77-114 amino acids whereas one of the antigenic regions was identified in between 77 and 171 amino acids. In addition, deletion of amino acids 77 to 171 from GAPDH (fragment AB) also showed weak immunogenicity but lacked C3 binding activity. Fragment D comprising 95 residues (77-171), had both the C3 binding activity as well as immunogenicity like the parent enzyme, also stimulated host peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro. This truncated GAPDH moiety was stable at refrigerated temperature for at least 12 weeks and appears as a promising new therapeutic tool considering its longer shelf life as compared to the parent protein.
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Parasite Immunoljournal_title
Parasite immunologyauthors
Rajan P,Mishra PKK,Joshi Pdoi
10.1111/pim.12611subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-02-01 00:00:00pages
e12611issue
2eissn
0141-9838issn
1365-3024journal_volume
41pub_type
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