title: Strongyloides stercoralis recombinant NIE antigen shares epitope with recombinant Ves v 5 and Pol a 5 allergens of insects.
abstract: A new recombinant protein (NIE) for immunodiagnosis of human Strongyloides infection has 13% to 18% amino acid identity with antigen 5 insect venom allergen, but the C-terminal segment of NIE showed highest identity with Ves v 5 (yellow jacket) and Pol a 5 (paper wasp). A rabbit polyclonal anti-NIE antibody identified a single band of NIE antigen as well as bands of Pol a 5 and Ves v 5 antigens, and mouse anti-Pol a 5 and anti-Ves v 5 sera reacted with recombinant NIE antigen by Western blot. A cyanogen bromide-digested C-terminal fragment of NIE was reactive with mouse anti-Ves v 5 and Pol a 5 antibodies as well as with rabbit anti-NIE serum. Although IgE and IgG antibodies from pooled sera from Strongyloides-infected patients reacted with Pol a 5 and Ves v 5 recombinant antigens on immunoblots, neither antigen inhibited human IgG reaction with NIE antigen in a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. rvaratharajalu@niaid.nih.gov
authors.forename: Varatharajalu
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ravi
authors.forename: Te Piao
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Thomas B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Nutman
authors.forename: Franklin A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Neva
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D007313:Insecta; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D017171:Strongyloides stercoralis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D000939:Epitopes; C431906:Pol a 5 allergen; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C431905:Ves v 5 allergen