Antigens of scrub typhus rickettsiae: separation by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and identification by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

AUTOR(ES)

Eisemann, C S

RESUMO

Antigens of plaque-purified Rickettsia tsutsugamushi strains Gilliam, Karp, and Kato were separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and were analyzed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Six antigens were identified in each of the three prototype strains; in strain Gilliam, these antigens were located in the cell envelope fraction of the organisms. Reactivity of these isolated antigens with homologous or heterologous immune sera indicated that different macromolecules existed in all three strains, although they exhibited very similar mobilities during electrophoresis. Antigens of strain Gilliam reacted equally well with antibodies directed against Gilliam, Karp, or Kato rickettsiae. However, strains Karp and Kato each had two distinct antigens which did not react with heterologous antisera. R. tsutsugamushi antigens retained immunogenicity after electrophoresis, and antisera raised against them reacted with intact organisms and exhibited specificity in reactions with isolated antigens.

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