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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5-6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Fractionated excretory/secretory products (ES) of adult Haemonchus contortus were evaluated as protective antigens. The proteins were successively eluted from a Thiol Sepharose column using 25 mM cysteine followed by 25 mM Dl-dithiothreitol (DTT). Sheep were vaccinated three times and challenged with 5000 third stage infective larvae (L3) of H. contortus. Highest level of protection was found in sheep vaccinated with the DTT-eluted fraction in which egg output and worm burden were reduced by 52 and 50%, respectively, compared to the adjuvant control group. There was a positive correlation between fecundity (number of eggs per female) and the cumulative EPG or worm burden. Serum and mucus antibody levels of ES-specific immunoglobulins increased after immunizations and after challenge for IgG, IgA and IgE. The harvesting of H. contortus from animals clustered per group revealed the presence of cysteine protease activity in the ES of all groups but in addition to that, metalloprotease activity was also detected in the groups vaccinated with the DTT-eluted fraction, total ES and adjuvant only, in contrast to previous batches of ES (completely inhibited by E64) obtained from non vaccinated animals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0264-410X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
618-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Abomasum, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Antibodies, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Antigens, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Chromatography, Agarose, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Cysteine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Haemonchiasis, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Haemonchus, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Lymphocyte Count, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Mucus, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Parasite Egg Count, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Sheep Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:14741153-Sulfhydryl Compounds
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Vaccination against the nematode Haemonchus contortus with a thiol-binding fraction from the excretory/secretory products (ES).
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't