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11578687

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-1
pubmed:abstractText
The humoral immune response to epitopes expressed on cruzipain was evaluated in 31 Chagas disease patients (CDP) with different degrees of cardiac dysfunction. We took advantage of the availability of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi microsomal fraction monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) reactive with epitopes that are recognized (5A9B11) or not recognized (1A10C11) by CDP sera. The 5A9B11- and 1A10C11-like epitopes are expressed on cruzipain. The reactivity of 5A9B11 against cruzipain was completely inhibited by sera of severe cardiopathy patients while a partial inhibition was found with sera from chagasic patients with mild disease. CDP sera did not block cruzipain recognition by 1A10C11. The antigenic determinants recognized by CDP sera appeared to be linear and carbohydrate free. When the overall anti-cruzipain immune response was evaluated, 70% of CDP with severe disease showed cruzipain titers higher than 1/800 while none of them displayed titers lower that 1/400. This report shows for the first time that the humoral immune response against epitopes expressed on cruzipain appeared to be related with the severity of chronic Chagas disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0165-2478
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
135-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Humoral immune response to cruzipain and cardiac dysfunction in chronic Chagas disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnólogicas, Universidad Nacional de General San Martín, INTI. Av. Gral. Paz entre Albarellos y Constituyentes (Edificio 24) Casilla de Correo 30 (1650), San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't