Genome-wide profiling of humoral immune response to Coxiella burnetii infection by protein microarray.
Comprehensive evaluation of the humoral immune response to Coxiella burnetii may identify highly needed diagnostic antigens and potential subunit vaccine candidates. Here we report the construction of a protein microarray containing 1901 C. burnetii ORFs (84% of the entire proteome). This array was probed with Q-fever patient sera and naïve controls in order to discover C. burnetii-specific seroreactive antigens. Among the 21 seroreactive antigens identified, 13 were significantly more reactive in Q-fever cases than naïve controls. The remaining eight antigens were cross-reactive in both C. burnetii infected and naïve patient sera. An additional 64 antigens displayed variable seroreactivity in Q-fever patients, and underscore the diversity of the humoral immune response to C. burnetii. Nine of the differentially reactive antigens were validated on an alternative immunostrip platform, demonstrating proof-of-concept development of a consistent, safe, and inexpensive diagnostic assay alternative. Furthermore, we report here the identification of several new diagnostic antigens and potential subunit vaccine candidates for the highly infectious category B alphaproteobacteria, C. burnetii.
Vigil
Adam
A
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. vigila@uci.edu
Ortega
Rocio
R
Nakajima-Sasaki
Rie
R
Pablo
Jozelyn
J
Molina
Douglas M
DM
Chao
Chien-Chung
CC
Chen
Hua-Wei
HW
Ching
Wei-Mei
WM
Felgner
Philip L
PL
D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D056724:Immunity, Humoral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
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