Title
Immunoglobulin M antibodies are not specific for serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis
Date Issued
01 August 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Abstract
Serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis is established by detecting serum anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies, but there is little knowledge regarding the reactivity of human IgM antibodies against the Toxocara antigens. In this study, we have evaluated the reactivity of IgM antibodies in sera from patients with toxocariasis, patients with other helminth infections, and healthy individuals, against Toxocara larval excretory-secretory (TES) antigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot (WB). Anti-Toxocara IgM were detected in 91.4% of sera from patients with toxocariasis, 76% of sera from patients with other helminth infections, and 45.3% of sera from healthy individuals when ELISA was used. Likewise, IgM antibodies were detected in 94.8% of sera from patients with toxocariasis, 65.3% of sera from patients with other helminth infections, and 41% of sera from healthy individuals when WB was used. This reactivity exhibited only a slight decrease when the TES antigens were deglycosylated, showing that not only glycosidic epitopes, but also peptide epitopes are involved in the recognition and binding of IgM antibodies during the immune response against the parasite. The results shown that IgM antibodies are not specific for serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis.
Volume
39
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Inmunología Parasitología Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85021289223
PubMed ID
Source
Parasite Immunology
ISSN of the container
01419838
Sponsor(s)
We thank to Prof. Dr. Thelma Suely Okay (LIM-48 FMUSP) for supporting with the electrophoresis and blotting equipment. WHR received support from Programa Estudantes-Convênio de Pós-Graduação (PEC-PG), CAPES/CNPq-Brazil.
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