Abstract:
:The plasma membrane components of the parasitic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of human invasive amebiasis, have been biochemically and immunologically characterized during the last decade. In addition, genes coding for certain surface proteins have been cloned. In spite of these advances, a unified characterization of plasma membrane antigenic components of the parasite is still required for badly needed advancements in the design of useful diagnostic, epidemiologic, and immunoprophylactic tools. Here we review current knowledge on this issue and address the problem of the considerable variation in the electrophoretic profiles of plasma membrane proteins obtained by different groups. In addition, the differences in the degree of recognition of reported membrane antigens with human immune sera, and the diverse interpretations concerning the possible functions of the surface molecules characterized are discussed. A comparative analysis of plasma membrane proteins of E histolytica trophozoites using three different isolation methods revealed that it is possible to select for specific membrane proteins, depending on the lysis conditions. In our view, the method of Calderón and Avila preserves more proteins than other methods tested. Using sera from recent cases of invasive amebiasis studied by several laboratories in various geographical areas, a basic antigenic pattern of 11 principal proteins with molecular weights of 220, 170, 150, 125, 97, 80, 60, 45, 20 and 9 kDA was established for the pathogenic E histolytica strain HM1:IMSS, used by most research groups.
journal_name
Biol Celljournal_title
Biology of the cellauthors
Espinosa-Cantellano M,Martínez-Palomo Adoi
10.1111/j.1768-322x.1991.tb03015.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-01-01 00:00:00pages
189-200issue
3eissn
0248-4900issn
1768-322Xpii
0248-4900(91)90289-Yjournal_volume
72pub_type
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