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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, February 2005, p. 334-338, Vol. 12, No. 2
1071-412X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CDLI.12.2.334-338.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Cloning of a Novel Babesia equi Gene Encoding a 158-Kilodalton Protein Useful for Serological Diagnosis

Haruyuki Hirata, Naoaki Yokoyama, Xuenan Xuan, Kozo Fujisaki, Naoyoshi Suzuki, and Ikuo Igarashi*

National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Received 25 August 2004/ Returned for modification 29 September 2004/ Accepted 14 December 2004

In this study, we characterized a Babesia equi Be158 gene obtained by immunoscreening a B. equi cDNA expression phage library with B. equi-infected horse serum. The Be158 gene consists of an open reading frame of 3,510 nucleotides. The recombinant Be158 gene product was produced in Escherichia coli and used for the immunization of mice. In Western blot analysis, mouse immune serum against the Be158 gene product recognized 75- and 158-kDa proteins from the lysate of B. equi-infected erythrocytes. In an indirect fluorescent-antibody test with the mouse immune serum, the Be158 antigen appeared in the cytoplasm of Maltese cross-forming parasites (which consist of four merozoites) and was located mainly in the extraerythrocytic merozoite body. When the recombinant Be158 gene product was used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as a serological antigen, it was found to react to B. equi-infected horse sera, indicating that the Be158 gene product is useful as a serologically diagnostic antigen for B. equi infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan. Phone: 81-155-49-5641. Fax: 81-155-49-5643. E-mail: igarcpmi{at}obihiro.ac.jp.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, February 2005, p. 334-338, Vol. 12, No. 2
1071-412X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CDLI.12.2.334-338.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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