Trypanosoma rangeli: Identification and purification of a 48-KDA- specific antigen

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Saldaña, Azael ^a   Harris, Robert A ^a,b   Örn, Anders ^a,b   Sousa, Octavio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; EPIMASTIGOTE; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; TRYPANOSOMA;

LEISHMANIA SP.; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 0031940708     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284532     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. AFCHAIN, D., D. LE RAY, J. FRUIT, AND A. CAPRON. 1979. Antigenic make-up of Trypanosoma cruzi culture forms identification of a specific component. Journal of Parasitology 65: 507-514.
2. ANTHONY, R. L., T. S. CODY, AND N. T. CONSTANTINE. 1981. Antigenic differentiation of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli by means of monoclonal-hybridoma antibodies. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 30: 1192-1197.
3. BASSO, B., E. R. A. MORETTI, S. FONTENLA, AND E. VOTTERO-CIMA. 1989. Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi and Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) rangeli. II. Overlapping of antigenic spectrum. Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiología 31: 141-146.
4. BRONZINA, A. A., A. D'ALESSANDRO, AND E. L. SEGURA. 1980. Diferencias y similitudes antigénicas entre Trypanosoma rangeli y Trypanosoma cruzi. Medicina (Buenos Aires) 40: 45-49.
5. D'ALESSANDRO, A. 1976. Biology of Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) rangeli Tejera 1920. In Biology of the Kinetoplastida, W. H. R. Lumsden and D. A. Evans (eds.). Academic Press, London, U.K., p. 327-403.
6. GARFIN, D. E. 1990. One-dimensional gel electrophoresis. In Guide to protein purification, M. P. Deutscher (ed.). Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, California, p. 425-441.
7. GRÖGL, M., AND R. E. KUHN. 1984. Identification of antigens of culture forms of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli recognized by sera from patients with chronic Chagas' disease. Journal of Parasitology 70: 822-824.
8. GUHL, F., L. HUDSON, C. J. MARINKELLE, C. A. JARAMILLO, AND D. BRIDGE. 1987. Clinical Trypanosoma rangeli infection as a complication of Chagas' disease. Parasitology 94: 475-484.
9. HORNA, A. E. 1992. Biochemical and immunological characterization of Trypanosoma rangeli (Tejera 1920) strains affecting rural populations of Central and South America. M.S. Thesis. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 100 p.
10. LABRIOLA, C., AND J. J. CAZZULO. 1995. Purification and partial characterization of a cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma rangeli. FEMS Microbiology Letters 129: 143-148.
11. LAEMMLI, U. K. 1970. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227: 680-685.
12. LEE, C., A. LEVIN, AND D. BRANTON. 1987. Copper staining: A five-minute protein stain for sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. Analytical Biochemistry 166: 308-312.
13. MERRIL, C. R. 1990. One-dimensional gel electrophoresis. In Guide to protein purification, M. P. Deutscher (ed.). Academic Press, Inc., San Diego California, p. 477-488.
14. O'DALY, J. A., H. CARRASCO, V. FERNANDEZ, AND M. B. RODRIGUEZ. 1994. Comparison of chagasic and non-chagasic myocardiopathies by ELISA and immunoblotting with antigens of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli. Acta Tropica 56: 265-287.
15. PEREIRA, E. A. 1990. Cell biology of Trypanosoma cruzi. In Modern parasite biology-Cellular, immunological, and molecular aspects, D. J. Wyler (ed.). W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, New York, p. 64-78.
16. PONTES-DE-CARVALHO, L. C., S. TOMLINSON, AND V. NUSSENZWEIG. 1993. Trypanosoma rangeli sialidase lacks trans-sialidase activity. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 62: 19-26.
17. SALDAÑA, A., A. ÖRN, J. HENRIKSSON, AND O. SOUSA. 1993. Evaluación de cuatro métodos inmunobioquímicos/moleculares en la identificación de cepas de Trypanosoma cruzi y Trypanosoma rangeli. Revista Médica de Panamá 18: 41-52.
18. _, AND O. E. SOUSA. 1994. Trypanosoma cruzi: Composición antigénica. Revista Médico Científica de la Asociación de Estudiantes de Medicina de Panamá 9: 25-36.
19. _, AND _. 1996a. Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi: Cross-reactions amongs their immunogenic components. Memórias do Institute Oswaldo Cruz 91: 81-82.
20. _, AND _. 1996b. Trypanosoma rangeli: Epimastigotes immunogenicity and cross-reaction with Trypanosoma cruzi. Journal of Parasitology 82: 363-366.
21. SMITH, L. E., H. UEMURA, AND D. EICHINGER. 1996. Isolation and expression of an open reading frame encoding sialidase from Trypanosoma rangeli. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 79: 21-33.
22. SNARY, D. 1985. The cell surface of Trypanosoma cruzi. In The biology of trypanosomes, L. Hudson (eds.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany, p. 75-92.
23. SOUSA, O. 1972. Anotaciones sobre la enfermedad de Chagas en Panamá. Frecuencia y distribución de Trypanosoma cruzi y Trypanosoma rangeli. Revista de Biología Tropical 20: 167-179.
24. _, AND C. M. JOHNSON. 1971. Frequency and distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in the republic of Panama. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20: 405-410.
25. TANOWITZ, H. B., L. V. KIRCHHOFF, D. SIMON, S. A. MORRIS, L. M. WEISS, AND M. WITTNER. 1992. Chagas' disease. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 5: 400-419.
26. TOWBIN, H., T. STAEHELIN, AND J. GORDON. 1979. Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: Procedure and some applications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 76: 4350-4354.
27. TUNG, A. S., S. T. JU, S. SATO, AND A. NISONOFF. 1976. Production of large amount of antibodies in individual mice. Journal of Immunology 116: 676-681.
28. VATTUONE, N. H., AND J. F. YANOVSKY. 1971. Trypanosoma cruzi: Agglutination activity of enzyme-treated epimastigotes. Experimental Parasitology 30: 349-355.