Reactivity of antibodies from patients with acute and chronic paracoccidioidomycosis to a high molecular mass antigen from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Date
2005-01-01Author
Marquez, A. S.
Vicentini, A. P.
Ono, M. A.
Watanabe, MAE
Camargo, Z. P. de
Itano, E. N.
Type
ArtigoISSN
0887-8013Is part of
Journal of Clinical Laboratory AnalysisDOI
10.1002/jcla.20078Metadata
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Yeast forms of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis produce polydispersed high molecular mass (h-MM) antigens. We investigated the antibodies to an h-MM antigen from P. brasiliensis by immunoblotting and ELISA in sera from paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) patients. IgG from the sera of chronic PCIVI patients was able to recognize the h-MM antigen at a higher frequency in the cell-free antigen (CFA) (8/13) than in the somatic antigen (SA) (2/13), as assessed by immunoblotting. the CFA was fractionated by Sephadex G-200 chromatography, and fraction 17 (F17) with the h-MM antigen of approximately 366 kDa was used in ELISA to analyze specific levels of IgG and IgE. Patients with the chronic form showed significantly higher levels of IgG (P < 0.05) but not IgE (P > 0.05) to F17 by ELISA, compared to patients with the acute form or to healthy donors. in conclusion, CFA is better than SA as a source of the P. brasiliensis h-MM antigen. This study reveals a new characteristic to differentiate between the acute and chronic forms of PCM, by demonstrating a higher level of seric IgG to h-MM antigen in chronic compared to acute PCM patients.
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Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis. Hoboken: Wiley-liss, v. 19, n. 5, p. 199-204, 2005.Collections
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