The 39-kilodalton protein of Borrelia burgdorferi: a target for bactericidal human monoclonal antibodies.
AUTOR(ES)
Scriba, M
RESUMO
Three human monoclonal immunoglobulin M antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi, obtained from in vitro-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes, reacted in Western blots (immunoblots) with a prominent 39-kDa peptide and a faint band of approximately 66 kDa. Two of these antibodies showed bactericidal activity without addition of complement. All three antibodies were reactive in an enzyme immunoassay with cloned P39 (W.J. Simpson, M.E. Schrumpf, and T.G. Schwan, J. Clin. Microbiol. 28:1329-1337, 1990), suggesting that the target molecule of these antibodies is identical to the P39 protein. In addition, the majority of supernatants from human lymphocytes stimulated in vitro with crude B. burgdorferi antigen reacted in this assay, demonstrating that P39, although a minor component of B. burgdorferi, is an immunodominant antigen in these spirochetes. A fourth monoclonal antibody, reacting with OspA, also exhibited bactericidal activity.
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