title: Expression, immunolocalization and serodiagnostic value of a myophilin-like protein from Schistosoma japonicum.
abstract: The cDNA of a Schistosoma japonicum myophilin-like protein was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli as a recombined protein (rSj myophilin-like protein), and the protein was purified by affinity chromatography. The deduced amino acid sequences of the Sj myophilin-like protein showed significant homology to myophilin, calponin, Np22 and Mp20. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyzes revealed expression of the Sj myophilin-like protein mRNA in eggs, sporocysts, cercariae, hepatic schistosomula and adult worms. Confocal fluorescence microscopy localized the native protein to the muscle of the adult worm. In schistosome-infected rabbits, the rSj myophilin-like protein antibody level, assessed by ELISA, was elevated after infection but was reduced after praziquantel treatment. In humans, the myophilin-like protein antibody level was evaluated by ELISA in sera from 33 non-infected humans and 61 schistosomiasis patients; the results showed a highly significant difference between the two groups with a sensitivity of 57.4%. Taken together, the myophilin-like protein may prove useful for monitoring the therapeutic effect of praziquantel rather than in serodiagnosis of schistosomiasis.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital, State Key Laboratory of Medical Genomics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hailin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Chengyu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Sai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Huaiguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Zeguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Donald P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.forename: Guoping
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D015870:Gene Expression; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011223:Praziquantel / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011817:Rabbits; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012549:Schistosoma japonicum / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012908:Snails
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D007106:Immune Sera; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011223:Praziquantel