Cloning and characterization of an immunoreactive gene encoding a calcium-binding protein from Naegleria fowleri

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 169-173

  Jeong, Seok Ryoul ^a   Cho, Myung Soo ^a   Park, Sun ^a   Kim, Kyongmin Hwang ^a   Song, Kyoung Ju ^a   Im, Kyung Il ^b   Shin, Ho Joon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

bovine serum albumin; BSA; calcium binding protein; CBP1; EGTA; ethylenebis (oxyethylenenitrilo) tetraacetic acid; IFAT; indirect immunofluorescent antibody test; IPTG; isopropyl D thiogalactopyranoside

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BOVINAE; NAEGLERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3342908834     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. John D.T. Primary amebic meningoencephalitis and the biology of Naegleria fowleri. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 36:1982;101-123
2. Marciano-Cabral F. Biology of Naegleria spp. Microbiol. Rev. 52:1988;114-133
3. Ma P., Visvesvara G.S., Martinez A.J., et al. Naegleria and Acanthamoeba infections: review. Rev. Inf. Dis. 12:1990;490-513
4. Marciano-Cabral F. Cytopathic action of Naegleria fowleri amoebae on rat neuroblastoma target cells. J. Protozool. 37:1990;138-144
5. Shin H.J., Cho M.S., Jung S.Y., et al. Molecular cloning and characterization of a gene encoding a 13.1 kDa antigenic protein of Naegleria fowleri. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 48:2001;713-717
6. Cursons R.T.M., Broun T.S., Keys E.A., Moriaty K.M., Till D. Immunity to pathogenic free-living amoebae: role of humoral antibody. Infect. Immun. 29:1980;401-407
7. Reilly M.F., Marciano-Cabral F., Bradley D.W., Bradley S.G. Agglutination of Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria gruberi by antibodies in human serum. J. Clin. Microbiol. 17:1983;576-581
8. Tsang V.C.M., Peralta J.M., Simons A.R. Enzyme-linked Immuno-electrotransfer blot techniques (EITB) for studying the specificities of antigens and antibodies separated by gel electrophoresis. Methods Enzymol. 92:1983;377-391
9. Ryu J.S., Im K.I. The production and characterization of anti-Naegleria fowleri monoclonal antibodies. Korean J. Parasitol. 30:1992;33-41
10. Reveiller F.L., Marciano-Cabral F., Rernin P., Cabanes P.A., Legastelis S. Species specificity of a monoclonal antibody produced to Naegleria fowleri and partial characterization of its antigenic determinants. Parasitol. Res. 86:2000;634-641
11. Klee C.B., Draetta G.F., Hubbard M.J. Calcineurin. Adv. Enzymol. Rel. Areas Mol. Biol. 61:1988;149-200
12. Klee C.B., Crouch T.H., Krinks M.H. Calcineurin: a calcium- and calmodulin-binding protein of the nervous system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76:1979;6270-6273
13. Kincaid R.L., Nightingale M.S., Martin B.M. Characterization of a cDNA clone encoding the calmodulin-binding domain of mouse brain calcineurin. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85:1988;8983-8987
14. Visvesvara G.S., Balamuth W. Comparative studies on related free-living and pathogenic amoebae with special reference to Acanthamoeba. J. Protozool. 22:1975;245-256
15. Im K.I., Shin H.J. Acanthamoeba sohi, n. sp., a pathogenic Korean isolate YM-4 from a fresh water fish. Korean J. Parasitol. 41:2003;181-188
16. Harwood JC, Harwood AJ, Screening λ libraries. In: Harwood, AJ, editors. Basic DNA and RNA protocols. Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press Inc.; 1996. p. 211-8.
17. Kennedy M.T., Brockman H., Rusnak F. Contributions of myristoylation to calcineurin structure/function. J. Biol. Chem. 271:1996;26517-26521
18. Kumar S, Koichiro T, Nei M. MEGA: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis. Version 1.01. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University; 1993.
19. Eguino A.R.D., Machín A., Casais R., et al. Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a Fasciola hepatica gene encoding a calcium-binding protein. Mol. Biolchem. Parasitol. 101:1999;13-21
20. Cursons R.T.M., Keys T.E.A., Brown T.J., et al. IgA and primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Lancet. 1:1979;223-224
21. Stevens A.R., Shulman S.T., Lansen T.A., Cichon M.J., Willaert E. Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis: a report of two cases and antibiotic and immunologic studies. J. Infect. Dis. 143:1981;193-199
22. Dubray B.L., Walter E.W., Jenings B.R. Serology of Naegleria fowleri and Naegleria lovaniensis in a hospital survey. J. Protozool. 34:1987;322-327
23. Visvesvara G.S., Pearlta M.J., Brandt F.H., et al. Production of monoclonal antibodies to Naegleria fowleri agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 25:1987;1629-1634
24. 2+- and calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase: probable identity with calcineurin (CaM-BP80). FEBS Lett. 137:1982;80-84
25. 2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase (2B) from rabbit skeletal muscle. Eur. J. Biochem. 132:1983;289-295
26. Bernal R.M., Tovar R., Santos J.L., Muñoz M.L. Possible role of calmodulin in excystation of Giardia lamblia. Parasitol. Res. 84:1998;687-693
27. Fulton C. Intracellular regulation of cell shape and motility in Naegleria: First insights and a working hypothesis. J. Supramol. Struct. 6:1977;13-43
28. Fulton C. A research partner for cell and developmental biology. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 40:1993;520-532
29. Ludlow J.W., Nelson D.A. Control and activity of type-1 serine/threonine protein phosphatase during the cell cycle. Seminar Cancer Biol. 6:1995;195-202
30. Havercroft J.C., Huggins M.C., Dunne D.W., Taylor D.W. Nucleotide characterization of Sm20, a 20-kilodalton calcium-binding protein of Schistosoma mansoni. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 38:1990;211-219