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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Humans produce highly specific borreliacidal antibodies against outer surface protein C (OspC) shortly after infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. We previously demonstrated the epitope recognized by immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG OspC borreliacidal antibodies was located within the 50 amino acids nearest the carboxy (C) terminus. In this study, we show the immunodominant epitope is located in the highly conserved region within the seven C-terminal amino acids. Six early Lyme disease sera that contained borreliacidal activity and IgM and/or IgG OspC antibodies were chosen randomly and adsorbed with truncated OspC containing the 16 or 7 amino acids nearest the C terminus. Adsorptions with each truncated protein abrogated the borreliacidal activity completely. In addition, only small concentrations of OspC antibodies remained detectable by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blotting. Moreover, borreliacidal OspC antibodies were not induced in laboratory mice or hamsters despite heavy infections with B. burgdorferi spirochetes. These findings confirm that borreliacidal antibodies comprise the majority of the IgM and IgG OspC antibody response in human Lyme disease and that the epitope is located in the highly conserved C terminus. In addition, rodent animal models appear to be inappropriate subjects for assessing the effectiveness of the epitope for serodiagnosis or as a human Lyme disease vaccine.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1071-412X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
746-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Adsorption, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Antibodies, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Bacterial Vaccines, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Borrelia burgdorferi, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Lipoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Lyme Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15939749-Species Specificity
pubmed:year
2005
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