Synthetic peptide-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-248

  Fargeas, Christel ^a   Hommel, Marcel ^b   Maingon, Rhaiza ^b   Dourado, Cibele ^b   Monsigny, Michel ^a   Mayer, Roger ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 0030039034     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.241-248.1996     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Avrameas, S., and T. Ternynck. 1969. The cross linking of proteins with glutaraldehyde and its use for the preparation of immunoadsorbent. Immunochemistry 6:53-66.
2. Badaro, R., T. C. Jones, R. Lorenco, B. J. Cerf, D. Sampaio, E. M. Carvahlo, H. Rocha, R. Teixeira, and W. D. Johnson, Jr. 1986. A prospective study of visceral leishmaniasis an endemic area of Brazil. J. Infect. Dis. 154:639-649.
3. Badaro, R., S. G. Reed, A. Barral, G. Orge, and T. C. Jones. 1986. Evaluation of the micro enzyme-linked assay (ELISA) for antibodies in American visceral leishmaniasis: antigen selection for detection of infection-specific response. Am. J. Trop. Med Hyg 35:72-78.
4. Badaro, R., S. G. Reed, and E. M. Carvalho. 1983. Immunofluorescence test in American visceral leishmaniasis: sensitivity and specificity of different morphological forms of two Leishmama species Am. J Trop. Med. Hyg 32:480-484.
5. Basil, D., and K. K. Mallick. 1992. Fluorescence antibody litres after recovery from visceral leishmaniasis. Acta Trop. 50:87-88.
6. Berens, R. L., R. Brun, and S. M. Krassner. 1976. A simple monophasic medium for axenic culture of hemoflagellates. J. Parasitol. 62:360-365.
7. Bradford, M. M. 1976. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding. Anal. Biochem. 72:248-254.
8. Briand, J. P., S. Muller, and M. H. V. Van Regenmorten. 1985. Synthetic peptides as antigens: pitfalls of conjugation methods. J Immunol. Methods 78:59-69.
9. Bouvier, J., R. Etges, and C. Bordier. 1987. Identification of promastigote surface protease in species of Leishmania. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 24:73-79.
10. Bray, R. S. 1976. Immunodiagnosis of leishmaniasis, p. 65-76. In S. Cohen and E. H. Sadun (ed ), Immunology of parasitic infections. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
11. Burns, J. A., J. C. Bulter, J. Moran, and G. M. Whitesides. 1991 Selective reduction by Tris (2-carboxyethyl)phosphine J Org. Chem. 56:2648-2650.
12. Burns, Jr., J. M., W. G. Schraffier, D. R. Benson, H. W. Ghalib, R. Badaro, and S. G. Reed. 1993. Molecular characterization of a kinesin-related antigen of L chagasi that detects specific antibody in African and American visceral leishmaniasis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90:775-779.
13. Button, L. L., and W. R. McMaster. 1988. Molecular cloning of the major surface antigen of Leishmania. J. Exp. Med. 167:724-729. (Erratum, 171:589, 1990.)
14. Camargo, M. E., and C. Rebonato. 1969 Cross-reactivity in the immunofluorescence test for Trypanosoma and Leishmama antibodies. A simple procedure to ensure specific results Am J Trop Med. Hyg 18:500-505.
15. Carlsson, J., H. Drevin, and R. Axen. 1978. Protein thiolalion and reversible protein-protein conjugation. Biochem. J 173:723-737.
16. Cerf, B. J., T. C. Jones, R. Badaro, D. Sampaio, R. Teixeira, and W. D. Johnson, Jr. 1987. Malnutrition as a risk factor for severe visceral leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis. 85:48-53.
17. Chang, K. P., D. Fong, and R. S. Bray (ed.). 1985. In Leishmania, p. 1-33. Elsevier, Amsterdam
18. Chowdhury, M. S., A. E. Harith, A. Al Massum, E. Al Karim, and A. Al Rahman. 1993. Prevalence of agglutination anti-Leishmania antibodies in two multi-thousand Bengoli communities. 79:444-450.
19. Dourado, C. 1993. Ph.D. thesis. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
20. Edrissian, G. H., and P. Darabian. 1979. A comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and indirect fluorescent antibody test in the serodiagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in Iran. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 73:289-292
21. El Safi, S. H., and D. A. Evans. 1989. A comparison of the direct agglutination test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the serodiagnosis of leishmaniasis in the Sudan. Trans R. Soc Trop. Med. Hyg. 83:334-337.
22. Goris, M. 1993. M.Sc. dissertation. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
23. Guimaraes, M. C. S., B. J. Celeste, E. A. Castilho, J. R. Mineo, and J. M. P. Diniz. 1981. Immunoenzymatic assay (ELISA) in mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, kala-azar and Chagas' disease: an epimastigote Trypanosoma cruzi antigen able to distinguish between anti-Trypanosoma and anti-Leishmania antibodies. Am. J. Trop. Med Hyg. 30:942-947.
24. Harith, A. E., A. H. Kolk, P. A. Kager, J. Leeuwenburg, F. J. Faber, R. Mnigai, S. Kiugu, and J. J. Laarman. 1987. Evaluation of a newly developed direct agglutination test (DAT) for serodiagnosis and sero-epidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis. comparison with IFAT and ELISA. Trans. R Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 81:602-606.
25. Harith, A. E., A. H. J. Kolk, P. A. Kager, J. Leeuwenburg, R. Muigai, S. Kiugu, and J. J. Laarman. 1986. A simple and economical direct agglutina-tion test for serodiagnosis and sero-epidemiological studies, of visceral leishmaniasis. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 80:583-587.
26. Hommel, M. 1978. The genus Leishmania: biology of the parasites and clinical aspects. Bull. Inst Pasteur 75:5-102.
27. Hommel, M., W. Peters, J. Ranque, M. Quilici, and G. Lanotte. 1978 The micro-ELISA technique in the serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 72:213-218.
28. Hopp, T. P., and K. R. Woods. 1981. Prediction of protein antigenic determinants from amino acid sequences. Proc Natl. Acad Sci USA 78:3824-3828.
29. Jaffe, C. L., and M. Zalis. 1988. Use of purified parasite proteins from Leishmania donovani for the rapid serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. J. Infect. Dis. 157:1212-1220.
30. Kager, P. A. 1985. Visceral leishmaniasis in The Netherlands. Neth. J. Med. 28:477-481.
31. King, D., C. G. Fields, and G. B. Fields. 1991. A cleavage method which minimizes side reactions following Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis. Int. J. Peptide Protein Res. 38:385-391.
32. Kyte, J., and R. R. Doolittle. 1982 A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein. J. Mol. Biol 157:105-132.
33. Lainson, R. 1983. The American leishmaniases: some observations on their ecology and epidemiology Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 77:569-596.
34. Lee, A. C. J., J. E. Powell, G. W. Tregear, H. D. Niall, and V. C. Stevens. 1980. A method for preparing β-hCG COOH peptide-carrier conjugates of predictable composition. Mol. Immunol. 17:749-756.
35. Maingon, R. D. C., L. Elson, M. Hommel, J. M. Crampton, and M. L. Chance. 1990 Multiple distinct gp63-like genes in amastigotes of Leishmania donovani, p. 191-204. In N Agabian and A Cerami (ed.), Parasites: molecular biology, drug and vaccine design. UCLA symposia on molecular and cellular biology, new series, vol. 130. Wiley-Liss. Inc., New York.
36. Medrano, F. J., J. Hernandez-Quero, E. Jimenez, R. Pineda, A. Rivero, A. Sanchez-Quijano, I. D. Velez, P. Viciara, R. Castillo, M. J. Carvajal, M. Leal, and E. Lissen. 1992. Visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-1 infected individuals: a common opportunistic infection in Spain? AIDS 6:1499-1503
37. Merrifield, R. B. 1963. Solid phase peptide synthesis. I. The synthesis of a tetrapeptide. J. Am. Chem. Soc 85:2149-2154
38. Okong'o-Odera, E. A., A. Wamachi, J. M. Kagai, J. A. L. Kurtzhals, J. I. Githure, A. S. Hey, J. B. O. Were, D. K. Koech, E. S. Mitena, and A. Kharazmi. 1993 Field application of an ELISA using redefined Leishmania antigen for the detection of visceral leishmaniasis Trans. R Soc. Trop Med. Hyg. 87:423-424.
39. Pal, A., K. Mukherji. D. Basu, K. Naskar, K. K. Mallick, and D. K. Ghosh. 1991. Evaluation of a direct agglutination test (DAT) and ELISA for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India. J. Clin. Lab. Anal. 5:303-306.
40. Pappas, M. G., R. Hajkowsky, and W. T. Hockmeyer. 1983. Dot enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (DOT-ELISA): a microtechnique for the rapid diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. J. Immunol. Methods 64:205-214.
41. Peralta, J. M., M. M. Teixeira, W. G. Shreffler, J. B. Pereira, J. M. Burns, Jr., P. R. Sleath, and S. G. Reed. 1994. Serodiagnosis of Chagas' disease by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using two synthetic peptides as antigen's J Clin. Microbiol. 32:971-974.
42. Perea, W. A., A. Moren, T. Ancelle, and E. Sondorp. 1989. Epidemic of visceral leishmaniasis in southern Sudan. Lancett ii:1222-1223.
43. Piarroux, R., F. Gambarelli, H. Dumon, M. Fonted, S. Dunan, C. Mary, B. Toba, and M. Quilici. 1994. Comparison of PCR with direct examination of bone marrow aspiration, myeloculture, and serology of diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompromised patients. J Clin. Microbiol. 32:746-749
44. Reichlin, M. 1980. Use of glutaraldehyde as a coupling agent for proteins and peptides Methods Enzymol 70:159-165.
45. Rosenthal, E., P. Marty, I. Poizot-Martin, J. Reynes, F. Pratlong, A. Lafeuillade, D. Jaubert, D. Boulat, J. Dereure, F. Gambarelli, J. A. Gastaut, P. Dujardin, P. Dellamonica, and J. P. Cassuto. 1995 Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV-1 co-infection in southern France. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 89:159-162.
46. Schreffler, W. C., J. M. Burns, Jr., R. Badaro, H. W. Ghalib, L. L. Button, W. R. McMaster, and S. G. Reed. 1993 Antibody response of visceral leishmaniasis patients to gp63, a major surface glycoprotein of Leishmania species. J. Infect. Dis. 167:426-430.
47. Vergara, U., C. Veloso, A. Gonzales, and M. Lorca. 1992. Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of Chagas' disease using synthetic peptides. Am .T. Trop. Med. Hyg. 46:39-43.
48. Xu, Z. B., J. Xiong, J. Y. You, H. L. Zhong, W. K. Chen, L. E. Jiag, and J. S. Li. 1982. Micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in diagnosis of kalaazar. Chinese Med J. 95:649-652.
49. Yolken, R. H. 1980. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). a practical tool for diagnosis of viruses and other infectious agents. Yale J. Biol. Med 53:85-92.
50. Zijlstra, E. E., M. Siddig Ali, A. M. El-Hassam, I. A. El-Toum, M. Sati, H. W. Ghalib, and P. A. Kager. 1992 Kala-azar: a comparative study of parasitological method and the direct agglutination test in diagnosis. Trans. R. Soc. Trop Med. Hyg. 86:505-507.