title: Spatiotemporal Expression Patterns and Antibody Reactivity of Taeniidae Endophilin B1.
abstract: Larval Taeniidae, such as metacestodes of Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus, and Echinococcus multilocularis, produce chronic and fatal helminthic diseases. Proper identification of these zoonotic cestodiases is often challenging and is hampered in some clinical settings. Endophilin B1 plays critical roles in the maintenance of membrane contours and endocytosis. We isolated proteins homologous to endophilin B1 from T. solium, Taenia saginata, and Taenia asiatica The three Taeniidae endophilin B1 proteins shared 92.9 to 96.6% sequence identity. They harbored a Bin1/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain and residues for a dimeric interface but lacked a SRC homology 3 (SH3) domain. Endophilin B1 showed a unique immunological profile and was abundantly expressed in the tegumental syncytium of Taeniidae metacestodes and adults. Bacterially expressed recombinant T. solium endophilin B1 (rTsMEndoB1) demonstrated a sensitivity of 79.7% (345/433 cases) for serodiagnosis of larval Taeniidae infections. The protein showed strong immune recognition patterns against sera from patients with chronic neurocysticercosis, cystic echinococcosis, or advanced-stage alveolar echinococcosis. Adult Taeniidae infections exhibited moderate degrees of positive antibody responses (65.7% [23/35 samples]). rTsMEndoB1 showed some cross-reactivity with sera from patients infected with Diphyllobothriidae (23.6% [25/106 samples]) but not with sera from patients with other parasitic diseases or normal controls. The specificity was 91.7% (256/301 samples). The positive and negative predictive values were 93.6% and 73.4%, respectively. Our results demonstrate that Taeniidae endophilin B1 may be involved in the control of membrane dynamics, thus contributing to shaping and maintaining the tegumental curvature. rTsMEndoB1 may be useful for large-scale screening, as well as for individual diagnosis and follow-up surveillance of Taeniidae infections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Parasitology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Chun-Seob
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Gachon University Graduate School of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young-An
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Gachon University Graduate School of Medicine, Incheon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seon-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Parasitology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Geun
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental and Tropical Medicine and Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Ran
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Medical Research Institute and Parasite Resource Bank, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Keeseon S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.affiliation: Qinghai Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control, Xining, China.
authors.forename: Hu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Insug
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Guangxi Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Nanning, China.
authors.forename: Yichao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Parasitology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea kongy@skku.edu.
authors.forename: Yoon
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D062211:Spatio-Temporal Analysis; D013621:Taenia / Q000276:immunology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D000217:Acyltransferases