title: An assay for selection of sera with circulating Toxoplasma gondii antigens.
abstract: We have developed an ELISA that employs monoclonal anti-Toxoplasma SAG1 (p30) as the capture antibody to detect T. gondii circulating antigens in patients' serum samples. Using serum spiked with Toxoplasma soluble and with SAG1 recombinant proteins, the detection limits were 31.25 ng/mL and 62.50 ng/mL, respectively. We obtained positive results in 28% (21/75) and 11% (23/206) of probable active and chronic toxoplasmosis serum samples, respectively. Western blot analysis on pooled antigen-positive serum samples showed antigenic bands of molecular weights 25 and 75 kDa from sera of probable active infection and five antigenic bands ranging in size from 26 to 33 kDa from chronic infection sera. This assay would be useful as an initial serum selection step in developing a Toxoplasma antigen detection test and for characterization studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Emelia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zeehaida
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohela
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saadatnia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yeng
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rahmah
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017931:DNA Primers; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D017931:DNA Primers