Title
Protective antibodies against a sphingomyelinase D from Loxosceles intermedia spider venom elicited in mice with different genetic background
Date Issued
19 July 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Oliveira C.F.B.
Vilela A.
Coura L.A.M.
Rodrigues F.T.G.
Nagem R.A.P.
Maioli T.U.
Felicori L.F.
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas – ICB
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
In the present investigation we used a recombinant LiD1 toxin, named rLiD1his, from Loxosceles intermedia brown spider to elicit specific antibodies in mice carrying different Human Leukocyte Antigens class II (HLAII) {DRB1.0401 (DR4), DQB1.0601 (DQ6) and DQB1.0302 (DQ8)} as well as in BALB/C and C57BL/6 control mice. All mice strains produced high antibody titers against rLiD1his but DR4 mice antibodies (the lower responder mice) were not able to recognize L. intermedia crude venom. The anti-rLiD1his sera, except from DR4 mice, were able to neutralize dermonecrotic, hemorrhagic and edematogenic effects of rLiD1his in naïve rabbits. Overlapping peptides from the amino acid sequence of LiD1 toxin were prepared by SPOT method and differences in LiD1 epitope recognition were observed using different mice anti-rLiD1his sera. The region 160DKVGHDFSGNDDISDVGK177 was recognized by transgenic DQ8 and DQ6 mice sera. Other epitopes were recognized by at least two different animals’ sera including 10MGHMVNAIGQIDEFVNLG27, 37FDDNANPEYTYHGIP51, 70GLRSATTPGNSKYQEKLV87 and 259AAYKKKFRVATYDDN273. Among these epitopes, the epitopes 37–51 and 160–177 have already been shown in previously studies as good candidates to be used alone or combined with other peptides to induce protective immune response against Loxosceles venoms. The results presented here highlight the importance of HLAII in antibody response and recognition of specific B-cell epitopes of rLiD1his spider toxin according to HLAII type and impact in the epitopic vaccine development against this spider.
Start page
3828
End page
3834
Volume
34
Issue
33
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84990909752
PubMed ID
Source
Vaccine
ISSN of the container
0264410X
Sponsor(s)
This research was supported by Brazilian Funding Agencies: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) PVE, BioComputacional and Toxinologia, Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
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