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To develop ELISA to detect antibodies specific to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. paratuberculosis), the carboxyl termini of the 34 kDa proteins of M. paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium (M. avium) were expressed in Escherichia coli expression system. Antibodies specific to M. paratuberculosis were detected with the truncated 34 kDa protein of M. paratuberculosis in ELISA after pre-absorption of serum samples with the truncated 34 kDa protein of M. avium. All the serum samples from cattle confirmed to be infected with M. paratuberculosis were positive and those from healthy cattle were negative in the present ELISA system. These results indicate that the established ELISA detects antibodies specific to M. paratuberculosis with high specificity and sensitivity and is an useful tool for the screening of Johne's disease. 相似文献
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against a recombinant carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis were produced in mice. Two of the mAbs cross-reacted with Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare in both an elisa and immunoblot. The recombinant protein also reacted with polyclonal sera produced in rabbits against all three mycobacteria, indicating the presence of cross-reactive epitopes in the protein. To determine the reactivity of cattle sera against epitopes recognised by the mAbs, competition assays between bovine sera and the mAbs were carried out. Two mAbs were significantly inhibited by sera from cattle that were naturally infected with M paratuberculosis. The results indicate that epitopes on the carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein common to M paratuberculosis, M avium and M intracellulare readily induce antibody production in naturally infected cattle. These epitopes reduce the diagnostic specificity of the carboxyl terminus of the 34 kDa protein, which was originally thought to contain only M paratuberculosis-specific epitopes. 相似文献
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Basagoudanavar SH Goswami PP Tiwari V Pandey AK Singh N 《Veterinary research communications》2004,28(3):209-224
The full-length open reading frame coding for a potentially immunogenic 35 kDa protein of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis was generated using polymerase chain reaction technology. The gene was inserted in-frame into Escherichia coli expression plasmid pQE32. The resulting recombinant plasmid pPMP35 was transformed into E. coli M15. Analysis of the E. coli induced with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside revealed that the protein accumulated into the cytoplasm as insoluble inclusion bodies. The level of expression of the recombinant 35 kDa protein (P35) was more than 30% of the total protein of E. coli cells. Expression of the recombinant protein was confirmed by immunoblotting. The P35 reacted with a rabbit antiserum raised against a sonicate of M. a. paratuberculosis. The protein was also recognized by serum from a goat with clinical paratuberculosis. Further, a polyclonal antiserum against P35 recognized a 35 kDa band in a membrane fraction of M. a. paratuberculosis. Also, the protein provoked a significant skin reaction in outbred guinea pigs sensitized with M. a. paratuberculosis, as well as in those sensitized with Mycobacterium avium. The results indicate that the 35 kDa protein of M. a. paratuberculosis is a membrane protein, having a role in the cellular immune response. 相似文献
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为表达并纯化禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种主要抗原基因的串联重组蛋白r22-ag85B,期望研制出一种新型副结核病疫苗,以禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种参考株P18的基因组DNA为模板,扩增了22KD基因和ag85B基因。采用重叠延伸剪接PCR技术（SOE-PCR）获得了融合基因22-agS5B,将基因连接于表达载体pET32a（＋）,构建了重组质粒pET22-ag85B。将其转化到大肠杆菌感受态细胞BL21（DE3）中,以IPTG（终浓度1mmol／L）诱导后对表达产物进行Western blot检测。检测结果显示,成功表达并纯化了重组蛋白r22-ag85B,其分子质量约为65ku。Western blot检测表明此蛋白具有良好的免疫学活性。禽分枝杆菌副结核亚种22-ag85B重组蛋白的成功表达及纯化为副结核病疫苗的研究工作奠定了基础。 相似文献
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Souza GS Rodrigues AB Gioffré A Romano MI Carvalho EC Ventura TL Lasunskaia EB 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2011,143(1-2):75-82
Comparative genomics of Mycobacterium spp. have revealed conservative genes and respective proteins differently expressed in mycobacteria that could be used as targets for the species-specific immunodiagnostics. The alanine and proline-rich antigen Apa is a mycobacterial protein that present significant variability in primary sequence length and composition between members of M. avium and M. tuberculosis complexes. In this study, the recombinant Apa protein encoded by the MAP1569/ModD gene of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) was used to generate a panel of monoclonal antibodies which were shown to recognize the most important veterinary pathogens of the M. avium complex, specifically Map and M. avium subsp. hominissuis, and which did not cross-react with M. bovis or M. tuberculosis. The produced antibodies were demonstrated to be a useful tool for the species-specific immunofluorescence or immunohistochemical detection of Map in experimentally infected cell cultures or intestinal tissues from cattle with bovine paratuberculosis and, additionally, they may be employed for the discrimination of pathogenic M. avium subspecies via Western blotting. 相似文献
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Willemsen PT Westerveen J Dinkla A Bakker D van Zijderveld FG Thole JE 《Veterinary microbiology》2006,114(3-4):337-344
We here describe the identification and characterization of three novel secreted Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis antigens of 9, 15 and 34 kDa (Map2609, Map2942c and Map0210c, respectively) by screening a genomic expression library with a serum of a naturally infected clinical cow. The 9, 15 and 34 kDa antigens display strong homology to previously described M. tuberculosis antigens, TB8.4, MPT53 and Erp, respectively. Furthermore, these antigens were shown to be recognized by antibodies from infected cattle, when tested with a limited number of sera from subclinical (n=7) and clinical (n=3) infected cattle. 相似文献
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Olsen I Johansen TB Billman-Jacobe H Nilsen SF Djønne B 《Veterinary microbiology》2004,98(3-4):297-306
A novel insertion element belonging to the IS110 family was identified in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. The IS element, ISMpa1, is 1500 bp and has one ORF encoding a putative transposase. Three copies of ISMpa1 were identified in the M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis genome. The element had inserted into the 3' end of the highly conserved mycobacterial genes prrB and a homologue of M. tuberculosis Rv1593c, and between a putative cytochrome p450 oxygenase and a putative hydrolase. The IS element was present in all (n = 11) M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis strains but not detected in most other mycobacterial species examined, including 10 M. avium subsp. avium isolates of human, avian and porcine origin. However two porcine isolates of M. avium subsp. avium and the reference strain IWGMT49 did harbour ISMpa1. These three strains belong to a previously described subgroup of M. avium subsp. avium based on IS1245 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern and serovars. All of the M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis strains examined had an identical RFLP pattern when probed with sequences corresponding to the 5' end of ISMpa1, whereas a different pattern was seen in the positive M. avium subsp. avium strains. This novel IS element might be a useful tool in strain classification of M. avium subsp. avium and also for the identification of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis when used in combination with IS900. 相似文献
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为探索MAP0862蛋白在分枝杆菌感染鉴别诊断中的作用,研究构建了MAP0862的原核表达map0862-pET32a(+)质粒,并对其进行了诱导表达。以副结核分枝杆菌P10基因组DNA为模板,经PCR方法扩增副结核分枝杆菌map0862基因片段,将其克隆到原核表达载体pET32a(+)中。将重组子转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),在E.coli中诱导表达带组氨酸标签的map0862-pET32a(+)的融合蛋白。结果显示,经IPTG诱导表达出约55 kD的融合蛋白,用副结核阳性血清进行Western blot检测,证明MAP0862重组蛋白具有良好的免疫原性。 相似文献
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Whittington RJ Reddacliff LA Marsh I McAllister S Saunders V 《Australian veterinary journal》2000,78(1):34-37
OBJECTIVES: To determine the frequency of excretion of Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis in Merino sheep with Johne's disease and to quantify excretion in a group of Merino sheep. DESIGN: A pen and laboratory experiment. PROCEDURE: Seven sheep selected from an affected flock on the basis of acid-fast bacilli in the sheep's faeces were housed and total daily faecal output was collected, weighed and subjected to culture for M avium subsp paratuberculosis. An end-point titration method was used to enumerate viable M avium subsp paratuberculosis in a 15 day pooled sample from five sheep that had acid-fast bacilli in their faeces while housed. RESULTS: Four sheep with subclinical multibacillary Johne's disease excreted M avium subsp paratuberculosis each day for 11 days of cultural observation. A further three sheep were intermittent excreters but lacked other evidence of infection with M avium subsp paratuberculosis. The average number of viable bacteria excreted was 1.09 x 10(8) per gram of faeces while total daily excretion was 8.36 x 10(10) viable M avium subsp paratuberculosis per sheep. Examination of faecal smears stained with Ziehl Neelsen was an unreliable means of assessing daily excretion in individual animals except in those with severe lesions. CONCLUSION: Excretion of M avium subsp paratuberculosis in Merino sheep with multibacillary Johne's disease occurred daily, proving that environmental contamination can be continuous on farms with endemic ovine Johne's disease. Faecal culture is a useful method for detecting infection as it does not appear to be affected by the timing of collection of a sample from sheep with multibacillary disease however, to maximise the sensitivity of disease surveillance using faecal culture, sampling rates should be adjusted to take account of the proportions of multibacillary and paucibacillary cases. 相似文献
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Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. paratuberculosis) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is often hampered by the lack of efficient methods for sample treatment. We report a protocol for analysis of faecal samples based on buoyant density centrifugation in Percoll and IS900 sequence capture PCR combined with a dot blot assay for detection of low-grade infection of M. paratuberculosis. Serial dilutions of M. paratuberculosis genomic DNA and M. paratuberculosis bacteria were used to assess the sensitivity of the method. The final evaluation was performed with spiked faecal samples, which also were analysed by culture. The presence of PCR inhibitory substances in processed faecal samples was evaluated by including a PCR internal control. By using buoyant density centrifugation, sequence capture PCR, and dot blot hybridisation, we achieved a sensitivity of 10(3)CFU (colony forming units)/g of faeces. The detection limit by culture was assessed to 10(2)CFU/g of faeces. We conclude that the described protocol is a fast and sensitive alternative to bacterial culture of faecal samples. 相似文献
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Bannantine JP Rosu V Zanetti S Rocca S Ahmed N Sechi LA 《Veterinary immunology and immunopathology》2008,122(1-2):116-125
Methods to improve the ELISA test to detect Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis have been explored over several years. Previously, selected recombinant proteins of M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis were found to be immunogenic in cattle with Johne's disease. In the present study, antibody responses of infected and healthy sheep were evaluated using 18 purified recombinant proteins in an ELISA-based format for the serodiagnosis of ovine paratuberculosis. These selected recombinant proteins represent heat shock proteins, hypothetical proteins and cell surface proteins of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Whereas, Map0862 (a gene uniquely present in M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis) and Map3786 encoded protein solicited the strongest antibody response in infected sheep. The protein encoded by Map2116c showed the weakest antibody response among the animals tested. Although none of the recombinant proteins detected all 11 infected sheep singly, antibodies to Map0862 were detected in 9 of 11 (81%) infected sheep. Furthermore, ovine responses to these selected antigens were assessed temporally over the course of 1 year during which we found a spiking effect rather than an incremental increase of antibody reactivity. This study evaluated multiple M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis recombinant proteins in an ELISA-based format for sheep. 相似文献
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Weiss DJ Evanson OA de Souza C Abrahamsen MS 《American journal of veterinary research》2005,66(4):721-726
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of interleukin (IL)-10 in the inability of monocyte-derived bovine macrophages to kill Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis organisms in vitro. SAMPLE POPULATION: Monocytes were obtained from healthy adult Holstein dairy cows that had negative results when tested for infection with M avium subsp paratuberculosis. PROCEDURE: Monocyte-derived macrophages were incubated with M avium subsp paratuberculosis for 2, 6, 24, 72, or 96 hours with or without addition of saturating concentrations of a goat anti-human IL-10 that has been documented to neutralize bovine IL-10 activity. Variables assessed included ingestion and killing of M avium subsp paratuberculosis; expression of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, IL-12, IL-8, major histocompatability (MHC) class II, vacuolar H+ ATPase, and B cell CLL/lymphoma 2 (BCL-2); production of nitric oxide; acidification of phagosomes; and apoptosis of macrophages. RESULTS: Neutralization of IL-10 enabled macrophages to kill 57% of M avium subsp paratuberculosis organisms within 96 hours. It also resulted in an increase in expression of TNF-alpha, IL-12, IL-8, MHC class II, and vacuolar H+ ATPase; decrease in expression of BCL-2; increase in acidification of phagosomes; apoptosis of macrophages; and production of nitric oxide. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: The capacity of M avium subsp paratuberculosis to induce IL-10 expression may be a major determinant of virulence for this organism. 相似文献
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The GroES antigen provokes a strong immune response in human beings with tuberculosis or leprosy. We cloned and sequenced the Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis GroES genes. M. avium and M. paratuberculosis have identical GroES sequences which differ from other mycobacterial species. This supports the current formal designation of M. paratuberculosis as M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Immunodominant epitopes from Mycobacterium tuberculosis GroES are conserved in M. avium, but some Mycobacterium leprae epitopes are distinct. GroES is unlikely to be specific as a serologic or skin test reagent, but may be an appropriate component of a broad mycobacterial vaccine. 相似文献
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Englund S 《Veterinary microbiology》2003,96(3):277-287
There is an increasing demand for fast and reliable methods to distinguish Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. paratuberculosis) from closely related mycobacteria and also a need for rapid strain specific typing of clinical isolates for epidemiological reasons. In the present study, the potential of rep-PCR as a fingerprinting method for M. paratuberculosis was assessed and compared to conventional RFLP. A PCR assay was designed and optimised to obtain reproducible fingerprints of mycobacterial DNA with primers targeting the enterobacterial intergenic consensus (ERIC) sequence and the M. paratuberculosis specific insertion sequence IS900. Reproducible fingerprints were obtained with 60 strains of M. paratuberculosis, 16 strains of M. avium subsp. avium, 3 strains of M. intracellulare, and 11 other mycobacterial strains. A species-specific band pattern that was clearly distinguishable from that of other mycobacteria was obtained with M. paratuberculosis. The rep-PCR did not detect any differences among M. paratuberculosis strains of different RFLP types, and was therefore not considered as an alternative fingerprinting method. However, the species-specific band pattern make IS900/ERIC-PCR a suitable alternative for distinguishing M. paratuberculosis from other mycobacteria, especially in cases of IS900 PCR positive mycobacteria. The fingerprinting method reported was fast and easy to perform, and produced highly reproducible results. 相似文献
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Intracellular fate of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in monocytes from normal and infected, interferon-responsive cows as determined by a radiometric method. 
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下载免费PDF全文 The ability of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis to survive in bovine monocytes was studied using radiometric (BACTEC) culture, standard plate counting and microscopic counting of acid-fast stained monocyte monolayers. Results of microscopic counts sharply contrasted with results of viable counts determined both by plate counting and radiometric counting. We observed an early phase (the first 6 d after in vitro infection) of intracellular bacillary growth, followed by a later phase of mycobacteriostasis or killing (up to 12 d after in vitro infection) in monocytes from non-infected cows. The data suggest that multiplication and death of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis occur simultaneously in bovine monocytes infected in vitro. Using the BACTEC method, we compared the ability of bovine monocytes from normal cows and cows infected with M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis and showing evidence of a strong Thl-like cellular immune response to ingest and inhibit the intracellular growth of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. There was a trend toward greater phagocytosis and faster killing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by monocytes from the infected, immune responder cows. However, the observed numbers of viable M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis at each time after monocyte infection were not significantly different between normal and infected cows. 相似文献
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Sigurdardóttir OG Bakke-McKellep AM Djønne B Evensen O 《Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases》2005,28(3):223-230
The main lesions of paratuberculosis in ruminants are in the small intestine. Previous studies have shown that the bacterium enters the small intestine through M cells found in the follicle-associated epithelium lining the domes of the Peyer's patches. The everted sleeve method, devised for the in vitro study of intestinal absorption, was used in this study to investigate the uptake of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in goat intestine. Everted small intestinal sleeves of goat kids, prepared from areas with and without Peyer's patches, were incubated for 60 min in 3H-labeled bacterial solution. The results of this study imply that the bacteria can enter the intestinal mucosa of the jejunum, both in areas with and without Peyer's patches. These findings indicate, therefore, that M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis bacteria not only enter through M cells but also through enterocytes. 相似文献
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Glawischnig W Awad-Masalmeh M Khaschabi D Schönbauer M 《Berliner und Münchener tier?rztliche Wochenschrift》2004,117(3-4):136-139
During a post mortem of a six year old simmental bull with severe paratuberculosis infection the testicles were further examined by pathological, histological and microbiological methods. No gross or histological lesions could be observed. Single acid fast organisms were detected in smears taken from sterile testicle tissue. Tissue material was additionally cultured in mycostatin culture media and after 8 weeks of incubation acid fast colonies were demonstrated. Polymerase chain reaction with DNA extracted from cultured bacteria and testicle tissue material resulted in M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis-specific amplicons. The detection of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the testicle of the bull demonstrates the possibility of bacteriemia in the final stage of clinical paratuberculosis infection. The evidence of transmitting paratuberculosis through contaminated semen and its relevance for artificial insemination is being discussed in the presented paper. 相似文献
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CD5 is a cell surface molecule involved in antigen recognition and is present on all T lymphocytes and a subset of B lymphocytes. The purpose of this study was to examine CD5+ expression on peripheral blood B cells from healthy, noninfected cattle and cattle with subclinical and clinical paratuberculosis. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were freshly isolated or cultured for 7 days in the presence or absence of live Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis), and then analyzed by flow cytometry for CD5 expression within the B cell subpopulation. Analysis demonstrated a significant increase (P<0.01) in B cells in clinical animals as compared to healthy control cows and subclinically infected cows. In addition, three subpopulations within the CD5+ B cell population were identified: CD5dim, CD5bright, and a minor population that was characterized as CD5extra bright. A decrease in the CD5dim B cell population along with a concomitant increase in CD5bright B cells was observed in infected cows, an effect that was highly significant (P<0.01) for subclinically infected cows in cultured PBMC. In vitro infection with live M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis did not affect CD5+ expression patterns on B cells, regardless of animal infection status. Addition of exogenous IL-10 to PBMC cultures resulted in decreased numbers of CD5(bright) B cells for healthy control cows, whereas, a synergistic effect of IL-10 and infection with live M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis resulted in increased CD5bright B cells for subclinically infected cows. These results suggest that differential expression of CD5bright and CD5dim subpopulations on B cells in animals with paratuberculosis may reflect a shift in host immunity during the disease process. 相似文献