Monoclonal antibodies (mabs) were generated against whole sonicated Neospora caninum tachyzoites as immunogen. Initial ELISA screening of the reactivity of hybridoma culture supernatants using the same antigen and antigen treated with sodium periodate prior to antibody binding resulted in the identification of 8 supernatants with reactivity against putative carbohydrate epitopes. Following immunoblotting, mab6D12 (IgG1), binding a 52/48-kDa doublet, and mab6C6 (IgM), binding a 190/180-kDa doublet, were selected for further studies. Immunofluorescence of tachyzoite-infected cultures localized the corresponding epitopes not to the surface, but to interior epitopes at the apical part of N. caninum tachyzoites. During in vitro tachyzoite to bradyzoite stage conversion, mab6C6 labeling translocated toward the cyst periphery, while for mab6D12 no changes in localization were noted. Upon extraction of tachyzoites with the nonionic detergent Triton-X-100, the 52-kDa band recognized by mab6D12 was present exclusively in the insoluble, cytoskeletal fraction of both N. caninum and Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites. Tandem mass spectrometry analysis identified this protein as N. caninum β tubulin. The 48-kDa band labeled by mab6D12 was a Vero cell protein contamination. The protein(s) reacting with mab6C6 could not be conclusively identified by mass spectrometry. Immunofluorescence consistently failed to label T. gondii tachyzoites, indicating that β tubulin in T. gondii and N. caninum could be differentially modified or that the reactive epitope in T. gondii is masked. Immunogold TEM of isolated apical cytoskeletal preparations and dual immunofluorescence with antibody to tubulin confirmed that mab6D12 binds to the anterior part of apical complex–associated microtubules. The sodium periodate sensitivity of the β tubulin associated epitope was confirmed by immunoblotting and ELISA, and treatment of N. caninum cytoskeletal proteins with sialidase prior to mab6D12 labeling resulted in a profound loss of antibody binding, suggesting that mab6D12 reacts with sialylated β tubulin.
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MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DIRECTED AGAINST NEOSPORA CANINUM TACHYZOITE CARBOHYDRATE EPITOPE REACTS SPECIFICALLY WITH APICAL COMPLEX–ASSOCIATED SIALYLATED BETA TUBULIN
Sangeetha Srinivasan;
Sangeetha Srinivasan
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
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Timothy Baszler;
Timothy Baszler
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
* Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-7034
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Nathalie Vonlaufen;
Nathalie Vonlaufen
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
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Angela Leepin;
Angela Leepin
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
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Sanya J. Sanderson;
Sanya J. Sanderson
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
† Departments of Pre-Clinical Veterinary Science and Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Jonathan M. Wastling;
Jonathan M. Wastling
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
† Departments of Pre-Clinical Veterinary Science and Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Andrew Hemphill
Andrew Hemphill
Institute of Parasitology, University of Bern, Switzerland. andrew.hemphill@ipa.unibe.ch
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J Parasitol (2006) 92 (6): 1235–1243.
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Sangeetha Srinivasan, Timothy Baszler, Nathalie Vonlaufen, Angela Leepin, Sanya J. Sanderson, Jonathan M. Wastling, Andrew Hemphill; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY DIRECTED AGAINST NEOSPORA CANINUM TACHYZOITE CARBOHYDRATE EPITOPE REACTS SPECIFICALLY WITH APICAL COMPLEX–ASSOCIATED SIALYLATED BETA TUBULIN. J Parasitol 1 December 2006; 92 (6): 1235–1243. doi: https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-889R.1
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