title: Identification of immunogenic epitopes of the 170-kDa subunit adhesin of Entamoeba histolytica in patients with invasive amebiasis.
abstract: Entamoeba histolytica causes amebic dysentery (AD) and liver abscess (ALA). Little is known about protective immunity to amebiasis, and studies in this area have been complicated by the paucity of defined ameba antigens. We examined the proliferative responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with AD and ALA to a recombinant protein containing a portion of the 170 kDa adhesin of E. histolytica (170CR), and to two synthetic peptides (1 and 2) derived from the 170 kDa sequence that were predicted to contain T cell epitopes. A significant number of patients with AD and ALA had PBMC that proliferated to 170CR molecule, and several individuals with ALA and AD had T cells that recognized one or both peptides. Contrarily, individuals from a non-endemic region for amebiasis did not respond to 170CR protein, or to both peptides. In regard to antibody response, nine of fifteen patients with ALA showed antibodies to 170CR protein. These same patients had antibodies to peptide 2. We identified peptides from 170-kDa adhesin that may contain both T and B cell epitopes recognized by some patients with invasive amebiasis. These peptides may be valuable reagents in studies of the immune response to amebiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, CINVESTAV, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Velazquez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valette
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Labra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calderon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000276:immunology*; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000276:immunology*; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D037102:Lectins; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D037102:Lectins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C052452:galactose inhibitable adherence protein, Entamoeba histolytica