ANTIGENICITY OF BRUCELLA PROTEINS BY THE ELISA TEST

Aitbay Kabykeshovich Bulashev, Alfiya S. Syzdykova, Zhanbolat A. Suranshiyev, Kanat Tursunov, Saule Z. Eskendirova

2019

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DOI 10.31677/2072-6724-2019-50-1-92-100
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Abstract

Lifetime diagnostics of animal brucellosis is mainly based on serological reactions as SAT, RBPT and CFT. The tests determine antibodies by means of antigen produced from Brucella S-cells that mainly contain lipopolysaccharides (LPS). The LPS may cause cross-reactions with other clinically significant gram-negative bacteria; this leads to false-positive results. Due to this fact, the researchers involved in improving. The paper highlights the research results on antigenicity of 5 recombinant Brucella proteins (rOMP19, rOMP25, rOMP31, rBP26 and rSOD) and soluble protein preparations (CSP) of B. abortus and/or B. melitensis by indirect ELISA using cattle and sheep serum samples positive for brucellosis by classical serological tests. CSP appeared to be the most antigenic among the protein specimens; it determined antibodies in 94.8% of the cattle and 69% of sheep. Antibodies which were specific to rOMP19, rOMP25 and rOMP31 were detected in 39%; 50.6 and 76.6% of antibody-positive cows. Periplasmic proteins (rBP26 and rSOD) were observed as less antigenic than outer membrane proteins and revealed anti-Brucella antibodies in 29.9 and 14.3% of the cattle. Recombinant proteins were not detected by antibodies of sheep positive for brucellosis. Antibodies to recombinant proteins by i-ELISA were detected in the small number of the cattle kept at brucellosis free farm (from 2.1 to 12.5%). The results obtained outline the necessity to carry out experimental infection of animals in order to assess properly the capacities of recombinant proteins when diagnosing brucellosis.