Chlamydophila felis CF0218 is a novel TMH family protein with potential as a diagnostic antigen for diagnosis of C. felis infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1606-1615

  Ohya, Kenji ^a   Takahara, Yu ^a   Kuroda, Etsuko ^a   Koyasu, Saori ^a   Hagiwara, Shigeyuki ^b   Sakamoto, Maki ^b   Hisaka, Mitsuaki ^b   Morizane, Kazuko ^b   Ishiguro, Shinryou ^b   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fukushi, Hideto ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN CF0218; PROTEIN TMH; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; CELL INCLUSION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PNEUMONIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMONIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 55449122645     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00134-08     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Azuma, Y., H. Hirakawa, A. Yamashita, Y. Cai, M. A. Rahman, H. Suzuki, S. Mitaku, H. Toh, S. Goto, T. Murakami, K. Sugi, H. Hayashi, H. Fukushi, M. Hattori, S. Kuhara, and M. Shirai. 2006. Genome sequence of the cat pathogen, Chlamydophila felis. DNA Res. 13:15-23.
2. Baker, J. A. 1942. A virus obtained from a pneumonia of cats and its possible relation to the cause of atypical pneumonia in man. Science 96:475-476.
3. Bannantine, J. P., R. S. Griffiths, W. Viratyosin, W. J. Brown, and D. D. Rockey. 2000. A secondary structure motif predictive of protein localization to the chlamydial inclusion membrane. Cell. Microbiol. 2:35-47.
4. Bannantine, J. P., D. D. Rockey, and T. Hackstadt. 1998. Tandem genes of Chlamydia psittaci that encode proteins localized to the inclusion membrane. Mol. Microbiol. 28:1017-1026.
5. Brade, L., O. Holst, P. Kosma, Y. X. Zhang, H. Paulsen, R. Krausse, and H. Brade. 1990. Characterization of murine monoclonal and murine, rabbit, and human polyclonal antibodies against chlamydial lipopolysaccharide. Infect. Immun. 58:205-213.
6. Cai, Y., H. Fukushi, S. Koyasu, E. Kuroda, T. Yamaguchi, and K. Hirai. 2002. An etiological investigation of domestic cats with conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract disease in Japan. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 64:215-219.
7. Caldwell, H. D., and J. Schachter. 1982. Antigenic analysis of the major outer membrane protein of Chlamydia spp. Infect. Immun. 35:1024-1031.
8. Chahota, R., H. Ogawa, Y. Mitsuhashi, K. Ohya, T. Yamaguchi, and H. Fukushi. 2006. Genetic diversity and epizootiology of Chlamydophila psittaci prevalent among the captive and feral avian species based on VD2 region of ompA gene. Microbiol. Immunol. 50:663-678.
9. Everett, K. D., R. M. Bush, and A. A. Andersen. 1999. Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 49:415-440.
10. Fields, K. A., and T. Hackstadt. 2000. Evidence for the secretion of Chlamydia trachomatis CopN by a type III secretion mechanism. Mol. Microbiol. 38:1048-1060.
11. Fukushi, H., and K. Hirai. 1989. Genetic diversity of avian and mammalian Chlamydia psittaci strains and relation to host origin. J. Bacteriol. 171:2850-2855.
12. Fukushi, H., and K. Hirai. 1988. Immunochemical diversity of the major outer membrane protein of avian and mammalian Chlamydia psittaci. J. Clin. Microbiol. 26:675-680.
13. Fukushi, H., K. Nojiri, and K. Hirai. 1987. Monoclonal antibody typing of Chlamydia psittaci strains derived from avian and mammalian species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 25:1978-1981.
14. Hartley, J. C., S. Stevenson, A. J. Robinson, J. D. Littlewood, C. Carder, J. Cartledge, C. Clark, and G. L. Ridgway. 2001. Conjunctivitis due to Chlamydophila felis (Chlamydia psittaci feline pneumonitis agent) acquired from a cat: case report with molecular characterization of isolates from the patient and cat. J. Infect. 43:7-11.
15. Helps, C., N. Reeves, K. Egan, P. Howard, and D. Harbour. 2003. Detection of Chlamydophila felis and feline herpesvirus by multiplex real-time PCR analysis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41:2734-2736.
16. Helps, C., N. Reeves, S. Tasker, and D. Harbour. 2001. Use of real-time quantitative PCR to detect Chlamydophila felis infection. J. Clin. Microbiol. 39:2675-2676.
17. Holst, B. S., L. Englund, S. Palacios, L. Renstrom, and L. T. Berndtsson. 2006. Prevalence of antibodies against feline coronavirus and Chlamydophila felis in Swedish cats. J. Feline Med. Surg. 8:207-211.
18. Kyte, J., and R. F. Doolittle. 1982. A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein. J. Mol. Biol. 157:105-132.
19. Livingstone, M., G. Entrican, S. Wattegedera, D. Buxton, I. J. McKendrick, and D. Longbottom. 2005. Antibody responses to recombinant protein fragments of the major outer membrane protein and polymorphic outer membrane protein POMP90 in Chlamydophila abortus-infected pregnant sheep. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 12:770-777.
20. Longbottom, D., and L. J. Coulter. 2003. Animal chlamydioses and zoonotic implications. J. Comp. Pathol. 128:217-244.
21. Longbottom, D., S. Fairley, S. Chapman, E. Psarrou, E. Vretou, and M. Livingstone. 2002. Serological diagnosis of ovine enzootic abortion by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with a recombinant protein fragment of the polymorphic outer membrane protein POMP90 of Chlamydophila abortus. J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:4235-4243.
22. Longbottom, D., and M. Livingstone. 2006. Vaccination against chlamydial infections of man and animals. Vet. J. 171:263-275.
23. Longbottom, D., E. Psarrou, M. Livingstone, and E. Vretou. 2001. Diagnosis of ovine enzootic abortion using an indirect ELISA (rOMP91B iELISA) based on a recombinant protein fragment of the polymorphic outer membrane protein POMP91B of Chlamydophila abortus. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 195:157-161.
24. Longbottom, D., M. Russell, S. M. Dunbar, G. E. Jones, and A. J. Herring. 1998. Molecular cloning and characterization of the genes coding for the highly immunogenic cluster of 90-kilodalton envelope proteins from the Chlamydia psittaci subtype that causes abortion in sheep. Infect. Immun. 66:1317-1324.
25. Longbottom, D., M. Russell, G. E. Jones, F. A. Lainson, and A. J. Herring. 1996. Identification of a multigene family coding for the 90 kDa proteins of the ovine abortion subtype of Chlamydia psittaci. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 142:277-281.
26. Low, H. C., C. C. Powell, J. K. Veir, J. R. Hawley, and M. R. Lappin. 2007. Prevalence of feline herpesvirus 1, Chlamydophila felis, and Mycoplasma spp DNA in conjunctival cells collected from cats with and without conjunctivitis. Am. J. Vet. Res. 68:643-648.
27. Marck, C. 1988. 'DNA Strider': a 'C' program for the fast analysis of DNA and protein sequences on the Apple Macintosh family of computers. Nucleic Acids Res. 16:1829-1836.
28. Matsuno, H., H. Fukushi, T. Yamaguchi, and K. Hirai. 1991. Antigenic analysis of feline and bovine Chlamydia psittaci with monoclonal antibodies. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 53:173-179.
29. McDonald, M., B. J. Willett, O. Jarrett, and D. D. Addie. 1998. A comparison of DNA amplification, isolation and serology for the detection of Chlamydia psittaci infection in cats. Vet. Rec. 143:97-101.
30. Pudjiatmoko, H. Fukushi, Y. Ochiai, T. Yamaguchi, and K. Hirai. 1997. Diversity of feline Chlamydia psittaci revealed by random amplification of polymorphic DNA. Vet. Microbiol. 54:73-83.
31. Pudjiatmoko, H. Fukushi, Y. Ochiai, T. Yamaguchi, and K. Hirai. 1996. Seroepidemiology of feline chlamydiosis by microimmunofluorescence assay with multiple strains as antigens. Microbiol. Immunol. 40:755-759.
32. Rampazzo, A., S. Appino, P. Pregel, A. Tarducci, E. Zini, and B. Biolatti. 2003. Prevalence of Chlamydophila felis and feline herpesvirus 1 in cats with conjunctivitis in northern Italy. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 17:799-807.
33. Read, T. D., G. S. Myers, R. C. Brunham, W. C. Nelson, I. T. Paulsen, J. Heidelberg, E. Holtzapple, H. Khouri, N. B. Federova, H. A. Carty, L. A. Umayam, D. H. Haft, J. Peterson, M. J. Beanan, O. White, S. L. Salzberg, R. C. Hsia, G. McClarty, R. G. Rank, P. M. Bavoil, and C. M. Fraser. 2003. Genome sequence of Chlamydophila caviae (Chlamydia psittaci GPIC): examining the role of niche-specific genes in the evolution of the Chlamydiaceae. Nucleic Acids Res. 31:2134-2147.
34. Rockey, D. D., R. A. Heinzen, and T. Hackstadt. 1995. Cloning and characterization of a Chlamydia psittaci gene coding for a protein localized in the inclusion membrane of infected cells. Mol. Microbiol. 15:617-626.
35. Rockey, D. D., M. A. Scidmore, J. P. Bannantine, and W. J. Brown. 2002. Proteins in the chlamydial inclusion membrane. Microbes Infect. 4:333-340.
36. Scidmore-Carlson, M. A., E. I. Shaw, C. A. Dooley, E. R. Fischer, and T. Hackstadt. 1999. Identification and characterization of a Chlamydia trachomatis early operon encoding four novel inclusion membrane proteins. Mol. Microbiol. 33:753-765.
37. Shewen, P. E., R. C. Povey, and M. R. Wilson. 1980. A comparison of the efficacy of a live and four inactivated vaccine preparations for the protection of cats against experimental challenge with Chlamydia psittaci. Can. J. Comp. Med. 44:244-251.
38. Shirai, M., H. Hirakawa, M. Kimoto, M. Tabuchi, F. Kishi, K. Ouchi, T. Shiba, K. Ishii, M. Hattori, S. Kuhara, and T. Nakazawa. 2000. Comparison of whole genome sequences of Chlamydia pneumoniae J138 from Japan and CWL029 from USA. Nucleic Acids Res. 28:2311-2314.
39. Stephens, R. S., S. Kalman, C. Lammel, J. Fan, R. Marathe, L. Aravind, W. Mitchell, L. Olinger, R. L. Tatusov, Q. Zhao, E. V. Koonin, and R. W. Davis. 1998. Genome sequence of an obligate intracellular pathogen of humans: Chlamydia trachomatis. Science 282:754-759.
40. Sykes, J. E. 2005. Feline chlamydiosis. Clin. Tech. Small Anim. Pract. 20:129-134.
41. Thomson, N. R., C. Yeats, K. Bell, M. T. Holden, S. D. Bentley, M. Livingstone, A. M. Cerdeno-Tarraga, B. Harris, J. Doggett, D. Ormond, K. Mungall, K. Clarke, T. Feltwell, Z. Hance, M. Sanders, M. A. Quail, C. Price, B. G. Barrell, J. Parkhill, and D. Longbottom. 2005. The Chlamydophila abortus genome sequence reveals an array of variable proteins that contribute to interspecies variation. Genome Res. 15:629-640.
42. von Bomhard, W., A. Polkinghorne, Z. H. Lu, L. Vaughan, A. Vogtlin, D. R. Zimmermann, B. Spiess, and A. Pospischil. 2003. Detection of novel chlamydiae in cats with ocular disease. Am. J. Vet. Res. 64:1421-1428.
43. Wills, J. M., T. J. Gruffydd-Jones, S. J. Richmond, R. M. Gaskell, and F. J. Bourne. 1987. Effect of vaccination on feline Chlamydia psittaci infection. Infect. Immun. 55:2653-2657.
44. Wills, J. M., W. G. Millard, and P. E. Howard. 1986. Evaluation of a monoclonal antibody based ELISA for detection of feline Chlamydia psittaci. Vet. Rec. 119:418-420.
45. Yan, C., H. Fukushi, H. Matsudate, K. Ishihara, K. Yasuda, H. Kitagawa, T. Yamaguchi, and K. Hirai. 2000. Seroepidemiological investigation of feline chlamydiosis in cats and humans in Japan. Microbiol. Immunol. 44:155-160.