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Isolation of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis glycolipid antigens and their reactivity with mAb SST-1, specific for parasites of Viannia subgenus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2005

T. G. V. SILVEIRA ,
K. A. G. YONEYAMA ,
H. K. TAKAHASHI  and
A. H. STRAUS
T. G. V. SILVEIRA
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry,Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP, 04023-900, Brazil Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, 87020-900, Brazil
K. A. G. YONEYAMA
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry,Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP, 04023-900, Brazil
H. K. TAKAHASHI
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry,Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP, 04023-900, Brazil
A. H. STRAUS
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry,Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina, Rua Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP, 04023-900, Brazil
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Abstract

Specific glycolipids (GLs) from Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis promastigotes were isolated and purified. A monoclonal antibody directed to carbohydrate epitopes of these GLs was produced. mAb SST-1 recognizes a low molecular weight GL as established by solid-phase radioimmunoassay and HPTLC immunostaining, and does not cross-react with lipophosphoglycan isolated from L. (V.) braziliensis promastigotes. An indirect immunofluorescence study indicated that the antigenic GLs are present at the L. (V.) braziliensis promastigote surface. SST-1 reacted with promastigotes of L. (V.) naiffi and L. (V.) guyanensis, but not with species in the L. Leishmania subgenus i.e. L. (L.) amazonensis, L. (L.) chagasi, or L. (L.) major. All L. (V.) braziliensis serodemes tested were reactive with SST-1. These results indicate that SST-1 recognizes specific GLs expressed by species of the Viannia subgenus, and will be particularly useful for identification of L. (V.) braziliensis.

Keywords

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensismonoclonal antibodyglycolipidpromastigotes
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 131 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 737 - 745
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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