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COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 39-53Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2012.09.003
Keywords
Tick-borne diseases; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Dermacentor reticulatus; Salivary antigens; Exposure markers; Vaccine candidates
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- French Armed Forces Medical Service
- Delegation Generale pour l'Armement (DGA, ARTHROSER project) [10CO401]
- Foundation Mediterranean Infection
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To succeed blood meal, ticks inject salivary proteins to mammalian hosts, eliciting an antibody response against these foreign antigens. Although this immune response has been proposed as a surrogate marker of exposure to tick bites, identification of the corresponding antigens remains elusive. For this aim, a comparison by immunoblots of the kinetic IgG responses to protein salivary gland extracts from two European tick species, Rhipicephalus sanguineus or Dermacentor reticulatus, in rabbits was performed. A singularity in the immune patterns was observed according to rabbit exposure status and depending on the antigen source. Six and five bands were found specifically associated to R. sanguineus and to D. reticulatus exposures, respectively. The identity of these salivary antigenic proteins was determined using an original immunoproteomic approach. The utilization of these tick salivary proteins as biomarker candidates to discriminate R. sanguineus and/or D. reticulatus tick exposure or to develop anti-tick vaccines is discussed. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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