Characterization of a cDNA-clone encoding Nc-p43, a major Neospora caninum tachyzoite surface protein.

Hemphill, A; Felleisen, R; Connolly, B; Gottstein, Bruno; Hentrich, B; Müller, N (1997). Characterization of a cDNA-clone encoding Nc-p43, a major Neospora caninum tachyzoite surface protein. Parasitology, 115(06), pp. 581-590. Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0031182097001650

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Neospora caninum is an apicomplexan parasite of veterinary importance which invades many different cell types and tissues. N. caninum tachyzoites proliferate intracellularly by endodyogeny. Eventually the massive proliferation of tachyzoites leads to host cell lysis and the newly formed parasites are released and invade neighbouring cells. Tachyzoite cell surface molecules could serve as ligands, mediating host cell adhesion and invasion. Nc-p43 is a recently identified N. caninum tachyzoite surface protein which is functionally involved in the processes leading to host cell invasion in vitro. Affinity-purified antibodies directed against Nc-p43 were used to screen a lambda gt22A-cDNA expression library constructed from N. caninum tachyzoites. The cDNA insert of one immunoreactive clone was subcloned and expressed in E. coli as a poly-histidine fusion protein. The identity of the resulting recombinant antigen termed recNc-p43 was confirmed by immunoblotting, immunofluorescence and electron microscopy using affinity-purified antibodies. The sequence of the cDNA insert encoding recNc-p43 was determined. Analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed that Nc-p43 exhibited similarity to SAG1 (p30) and SAG3 (p43), 2 major surface antigens of Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. These similarities were not reflected on the immunochemical level, since no cross-antigenicity between SAG1, SAG3 and Nc-p43 was observed.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Parasitology

UniBE Contributor:

Gottstein, Bruno

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0031-1820

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Bruno Gottstein

Date Deposited:

19 Jul 2018 15:38

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:16

Publisher DOI:

10.1017/S0031182097001650

PubMed ID:

9488869

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/118730

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/118730

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