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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, February 2005, p. 280-286, Vol. 12, No. 2
1071-412X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CDLI.12.2.280-286.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Membrane Antigens by Immunoblot Analysis of Sera of Patients from Low-Transmission Areas

Italo M. Cesari,* Diana E. Ballen, Leydi Mendoza, and César Matos

Laboratorio de Inmunoparasitología, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela

Received 12 August 2004/ Returned for modification 14 September 2004/ Accepted 11 November 2004

Schistosoma mansoni surface membrane components play a relevant role in the host-parasite interaction, and some are released in vivo as circulating antigens. n-Butanol extraction favors the release of membrane antigens like alkaline phosphatase, which has been shown to be specifically recognized by antibodies from S. mansoni-infected humans and animals. In the present study, components in the n-butanol extract (BE) of the adult S. mansoni worm membrane fraction were separated by one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (1D SDS-PAGE [15%]) and further analyzed by immunoblotting (immunoglobulin G) using defined sera. S. mansoni-infected patient sera, but not sera of uninfected patients or sera obtained from patients infected with other parasite species, specifically and variably recognized up to 20 polypeptides in the molecular mass range of ~8 to >80 kDa. There were some differences in the number, intensity, and frequency of recognition of the BE antigens among sera from Venezuelan sites of endemicity with a different status of schistosomiasis transmission. Antigens in the 28- to 24-kDa molecular mass range appeared as immunodominants and were recognized by S. mansoni-positive sera from all the sites, with recognition frequencies varying between 57.5 and 97.5%. Immunoblotting with BE membrane antigens resulted in a highly sensitive (98.1%), specific (96.1.0%), and confirmatory test for the immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis in low-transmission areas.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratorio de Inmunoparasitología, Centro de Microbiología y Biología Celular, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apdo. 21827, Caracas 1020 A, Venezuela. Phone: 58-212-504-1370. Fax: 58-212-504-1382. E-mail: icesari{at}ivic.ve.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, February 2005, p. 280-286, Vol. 12, No. 2
1071-412X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CDLI.12.2.280-286.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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