title: Bi-antigenic immunoassay models based on the recombinant PvpA proteins for Mycoplasma gallisepticum diagnosis in chickens.
abstract: The present study aimed to produce the relatively conserved central fragment of the Mycoplasma gallisepticum PvpA cytadhesin as recombinant antigen and to determine its species-specific diagnostic potential in comparison with the full-length recombinant rPvpA336 protein. For this purpose, a recombinant protein (rPvpA134) consisting of 134 amino acids with apparent molecular mass of 27 kD was produced and highly purified. The rPvpA134 protein was composed of the amino acid residues at positions 133-265 with respect to the wild-type PvpA. Two bi-antigenic diagnostic models based on Western blot and enzymatic rapid immunofiltration assay (ERIFA) were developed to compare simultaneously the diagnostic potential of the recombinant antigens rPvpA134 and rPvpA336. Although 40% of the confirmed rPvpA336-positive chicken sera were detected as reactive with rPvpA134, this protein would be a useful secondary diagnostic antigen with which to confirm species-specific antibody response for monitoring M. gallisepticum infections. It can be concluded from the present study that 2 bi-antigenic models were successfully adapted to the specific diagnosis of chicken M. gallisepticum. Furthermore, by virtue of its simplicity and rapidity, the ERIFA model has multi-antigenic application potential, making it an alternative field test that is widely applicable in the veterinary diagnostic field.
authors.affiliation: Ondokuz Mayıs University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology, 55139 Samsun, Turkey. ozlemb@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Büyüktanir
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Genç
authors.forename: Nevzat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yurdusev
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D002645:Chickens; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000662:veterinary; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D045686:Mycoplasma gallisepticum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; C410583:pvpA protein, Mycoplasma gallisepticum