Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 of the Lyme disease spirochetes is expressed in humans and induces antibody responses restricted to nondenatured structural determinants.
Borrelia burgdorferi complement regulator-acquiring surface protein 1 (CRASP-1), the dominant factor H and FHL-1-binding protein of the Lyme disease spirochete B. burgdorferi, is implicated in pathogen persistence and was recently reported to be nonimmunogenic in humans. Here we show that serum samples from Lyme disease patients contain antibodies with exclusive specificity for nondenatured structural determinants of CRASP-1.
Rossmann
Evelyn
E
Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 305, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Kitiratschky
Veronique
V
Hofmann
Heidelore
H
Kraiczy
Peter
P
Simon
Markus M
MM
Wallich
Reinhard
R
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C440651:complement regulator-acquiring surface proteins, Borrelia burgdorferi