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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
卷 34, 期 5, 页码 585-593出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2004.01.002
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Babesia divergens; gerbils; monoclonal antibody; passive transfer; merozoite; membrane antigen
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In Europe. Babesia divergens is the major agent responsible for babesiosis in cattle and can occasionally infect splenectomised humans. Recently. we reported the characterisation of a 37 kDa exoantigen (1307) anchored in the merozoite membrane of B. divergens by a glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol. After phospholipase hydrolyse of the glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol anchor, the Bd37 antigen could be isolated in the plasma of the infected host and from the in vitro culture supernatants. Immunisation of mice with a gel-filtration protective fraction of B. divergens exoantigens, produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb), called F4.2F8-INT, directed against Bd37. In the present study, we report data on passive protection using MAb F4.2F8-INT. This MAb was able to completely protect against virulent challenges with B. divergens isolates Rouen 1987 (Rouen87) and Weybridge 8843 (W8843) but had no protective effect against another French isolate from Massif Central (6303E). Physical characterisation of the epitope recognised by F4.2F8-INT allowed us to explain the differences observed between these isolates by western blotting and passive protection. These results suggest that the antigen carrying this epitope Could be used as a target in the development of a recombinant vaccine against B. divergens babesiosis. (C) 2004 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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