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Characterization of excretory-secretory antigens of Fasciola hepatica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. O. Irving  and
M. J. Howell
D. O. Irving
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
M. J. Howell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, P.O. Box 4, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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Summary

Twenty-one day old Fasciola hepatica were recovered from the livers of infected mice and cultured for 5–7 days in a serum-free medium containing either [C]leucine, [C]isoleucine or [S]methionine, or in a medium containing [C]leucine and serum from a sheep vaccinated with excretory– secretory (ES) antigens of juvenile F. hepatica. All three labelled amino acids were incorporated into fluke proteins. Labelled proteins also appeared in the culture medium. Three major polypeptides detected in the culture media had apparent molecular weights of 26000, 24000 and 23000. All were immunoprecipitated from [C]leucine-labelled culture medium using antisera against fluke somatic antigens raised in rabbits or from sheep vaccinated with ES antigens of juvenile F. hepatica. A polypeptide of molecular weight 27 000 was also prominent in the culture medium when [C]isoleucine was used. This polypeptide was present as a minor component when [C]leucine and [S]methionine were included in the culture media; it did not appear to be immunoprecipitated by the above antisera from [C]leucine-labelled culture medium. In the presence of serum from vaccinated sheep, the ES antigens formed immune complexes which contained the polypeptides mentioned above, together with several higher molecular weight polypeptides. Additionally, a number of minor bands of varying molecular weight were present. After micro-Ouchterlony gel immunodiffusion, 2 precipitin lines formed between the labelled ES antigens and antisera. Electrophoresis of these indicated that the 23000, 24000 and 26000 Dalton labelled polypeptides were present in each. The higher molecular weight and the 27000 Dalton labelled polypeptides were also present in one of the lines.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 85 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 179 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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