Screening of Mimic Epitopes of Trichinella spiralis Antigen from Phage 12-mer Peptide Library

›› 2004, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 11-105.

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Screening of Mimic Epitopes of Trichinella spiralis Antigen from Phage 12-mer Peptide Library

PAN Hong,JIANG Chang-fu,LI Tian-qun,LEI Jia-hui,SHI Hong-bo,WEI Lan-ying
  

  1. Department of Pathogenic Biology,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan,430030,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2004-04-30 Published:2004-04-30

Abstract:  Objective To screen special mimic epitopes of Trichinella spiralis antigen from peptide library for exploring new diagnostic antigens. Methods Ts-IgG purified from serum of trichinosis patients was used to screen the phage 12-mer peptide library for 5 rounds. 24 clones were picked out randomly to detect the immunoactivity. The sensitivity and specificity of the 6 clones (T1-T6) whose A values were higher than others were tested by ELISA. Results The sensitivity of the clones T1-T6 was the same with larval antigen of Trichinella spiralis (TsA) (positive rate: 100%, P>0.05), and there was no difference in specificity between T1-T6 and TsA (negative rate: 0-40%, P>0.05); T3 and T6 did not react with sera from patients of paragonimiasis, showing higher specificity than TsA(P<0.05); T6 did not react with sera from patients of schistosomiasis, also showing higher specificity than TsA(P<0.05). Conclusion The mimic antigenic epitopes of Trichinella spiralis have been successfully obtained by screening phage 12-mer peptide library.

Key words: Trichinella spiralis, trichinosis, phages, peptide library