B-Cell Epitope Mapping of the Vibrio cholera Toxins A, B, and P and an ELISA Assay

Oral immunization with the choleric toxin (CT) elicits a high level of protection against its enterotoxin activities and can control cholera in endemic settings. However, the complete B-cell epitope map of the CT that is responsible for protection remains to be clarified. A library of one-hundred, twenty-two 15-mer peptides covering the entire sequence of the three chains of the CT protein (CTP) was prepared by SPOT synthesis. The immunoreactivity of membrane-bound peptides with sera from mice vaccinated with an oral inactivated vaccine (Schankol™) allowed the mapping of continuous B-cell epitopes, topological studies, multi-antigen peptide (MAP) synthesis, and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) development. Eighteen IgG epitopes were identified; eight in the CTA, three in the CTB, and seven in the protein P. Three V. cholera specific epitopes, Vc/TxA-3, Vc/TxB-11, and Vc/TxP-16, were synthesized as MAP4 and used to coat ELISA plates in order to screen immunized mouse sera. Sensitivities and specificities of 100% were obtained with the MAP4s of Vc/TxA-3 and Vc/TxB-11. The results revealed a set of peptides whose immunoreactivity reflects the immune response to vaccination. The array of peptide data can be applied to develop improved serological tests in order to detect cholera toxin exposure, as well as next generation vaccines to induce more specific antibodies against the cholera toxin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2022), 1 vom: 28. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

De-Simone, Salvatore G [VerfasserIn]
Napoleão-Pêgo, Paloma [VerfasserIn]
Gonçalves, Priscilla S [VerfasserIn]
Lechuga, Guilherme C [VerfasserIn]
Cardoso, Sergian V [VerfasserIn]
Provance, David W [VerfasserIn]
Morel, Carlos M [VerfasserIn]
da Silva, Flavio R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9012-63-9
Antibodies, Bacterial
B-cell epitope
Cholera Toxin
Cholera Vaccines
Cholera toxin
ELISA
Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte
Journal Article
MAPs
Peptide microarray
Synthetic peptide

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.01.2023

Date Revised 03.11.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms24010531

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351250654