Purification, characterization of O-acetylated sialoglycoconjugates-specific IgM, and development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis and follow-up of indian visceral leishmaniasis patients

Bandyopadhyay, Sumi ; Chatterjee, Mitali ; Pal, Santanu ; Waller, Ross F. ; Sundar, Shyam ; McConville, Malcolm J. ; Mandal, Chitra (2004) Purification, characterization of O-acetylated sialoglycoconjugates-specific IgM, and development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis and follow-up of indian visceral leishmaniasis patients Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 50 (1). pp. 15-24. ISSN 0732-8893

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Abstract

The surface expression of 9-O-acetylated sialic acid (9-OAcSA) is elevated on hematopoietic cells and erythrocytes of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) patients. In this study, we show that VL patients contain elevated levels of IgM antibodies directed against 9-O-acetylated sialoglycoconjugates (9-OAcSG). These antibodies were affinity purified with bovine submaxillary protein as the affinity matrix containing the terminal epitope, 9-OAcSAα2-6GalNAc. They also bound to 9-OAcSGs on hematopoietic cells of patients with VL and to epitopes in the cytosol of Leishmania donovani promastigotes. A novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was employed that showed 4-fold higher anti-OAcSG titers in VL patients (n = 38), mean ± S.E.M. being 0.83 ± 0.09 vs. 0.21 ± 0.04 detected in normal donors (n = 20) and patients with cross-reactive diseases such as malaria (n = 4) or tuberculosis (n = 4). Assay specificity and sensitivity was 100% and 92%, respectively, whereas positive and negative predictive values were 100% and 90%, respectively. Significantly, anti-OAcSG titers declined 30 days after completion of anti-leishmanial treatment, indicating that monitoring of anti-9-OAcSGs may be a valuable alternative toward increasing the efficiency of diagnosis and follow-up of VL.

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Keywords:Visceral Leishmaniasis; 9-O-acetylated Sialic Acids; Sialic Acids; Anti OAcSG; Achatinin-H; 9-O-acetyl Sialic Acid Binding Lectin
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