Antigens shared by Leishmania species and Trypanosoma cruzi: immunological comparison of the acidic ribosomal P0 proteins.
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Skeiky, Y A
RESUMO
Patients with visceral leishmaniasis produce high levels of immunoglobulin, but the specificities of antibodies produced are not well characterized. In an effort to identify leishmania antigens that are specific to Leishmania species or are cross-reactive with other parasitic protozoa, we have cloned and characterized full-length genomic and cDNA clones encoding a Leishmania chagasi acidic ribosomal antigen, LcP0, recognized during human infections. The protein is homologous to the Trypanosoma cruzi and human ribosomal proteins TcP0 and HuP0, respectively. Unlike most higher eukaryotes, but similar to TcP0, LcP0 has a C-terminal heptapeptide sequence resembling those of the archaebacterial acidic (P-like) proteins. The highly charged C-terminal acidic domain of LcP0 contains a serine residue typically found in most eukaryotes but lacking in all T. cruzi P proteins we have characterized thus far. L. chagasi-infected individuals as well as those with T. cruzi infections have antibodies cross-reactive with recombinant LcP0 and TcP0 as well as HuP0. However, the properties of anti-P0 antibodies in T. cruzi and L. chagasi infection sera are quite different. Through the use of synthetic peptides, we showed that while T. cruzi infection anti-TcP0 antibodies are exclusively directed against the C-terminal domain of TcP0, L. chagasi infection sera contain antibodies reactive with epitopes other than the C-terminal sequence of LcP0. Thus, anti-LcP0 antibodies in L. chagasi infection sera represent the first characterized deviation from the restricted immunodominant C-terminal epitope involved in the generation of anti-P0 antibodies following infection or autoimmune diseases.
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