Title
Evaluation of two recombinant Leishmania proteins identified by an immunoproteomic approach as tools for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral and human tegumentary leishmaniasis
Date Issued
15 January 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Coelho E.A.F.
Costa L.E.
Lage D.P.
Martins V.T.
Garde E.
de Jesus Pereira N.C.
Lopes E.G.P.
Borges L.F.N.M.
Duarte M.C.
Menezes-Souza D.
de Magalhães-Soares D.F.
Soto M.
Tavares C.A.P.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Serological diagnostic tests for canine and human leishmaniasis present problems related with their sensitivity and/or specificity. Recently, an immunoproteomic approach performed with Leishmania infantum proteins identified new parasite antigens. In the present study, the diagnostic properties of two of these proteins, cytochrome c oxidase and IgE-dependent histamine-releasing factor, were evaluated for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral (CVL) and human tegumentary (HTL) leishmaniasis. For the CVL diagnosis, sera samples from non-infected dogs living in an endemic or non-endemic area of leishmaniasis, sera from asymptomatic or symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) dogs, from Leish-Tec®-vaccinated dogs, and sera from animals experimentally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi or Ehrlichia canis were used. For the HTL diagnosis, sera from non-infected subjects living in an endemic area of leishmaniasis, sera from active cutaneous or mucosal leishmaniasis patients, as well as those from T. cruzi-infected patients were employed. ELISA assays using the recombinant proteins showed both sensitivity and specificity values of 100% for the serodiagnosis of both forms of disease, with high positive and negative predictive values, showing better diagnostic properties than the parasite recombinant A2 protein or a soluble Leishmania antigen extract. In this context, the two new recombinant proteins could be considered to be used in the serodiagnosis of CVL and HTL.
Start page
63
End page
71
Volume
215
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Inmunología Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84958752984
PubMed ID
Source
Veterinary Parasitology
ISSN of the container
03044017
Sponsor(s)
We would like to thank Dr. Denise U. Gonçalves and Dr. Manoel O. C. Rocha (both from Faculdade de Medicina, UFMG) for their technical and scientific assistance in this study. This work was supported by grants from Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Nanobiofarmacêutica (INCT-Nanobiofar) , FAPEMIG ( CBB-APQ-00819-12 and CBB-APQ-01778-2014 ), and CNPq (APQ-472090/2011-9, APQ-482976/2012-8, and APQ-488237/2013-0). Also, this study was partially funded in Madrid by the Spanish grant from Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad-FEDER (FISPI14/00366 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III). MACF is a grant recipient of FAPEMIG/CAPES. EAFC and MOCR are grant recipient of CNPq.
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