Author:
HATANAKA A.,UMEDA N.,HIRAZAWA N.
Abstract
SUMMARYA surface agglutination/immobilization antigen was purified from the novel agglutination/immobilization serotype (serotype G37) of the ciliated protozoanCryptocaryon irritans, a parasite of seawater fishes. Serum from fish immunized withC. irritanstheronts had agglutination/immobilization activity against therontsin vitro. However, fish and rabbit antisera raised against serotype G32 (reported previously) caused little agglutination/immobilization of serotype G37 theronts. Immunological analysis indicated that the 37 kDa theront surface membrane protein may be the agglutination/immobilization antigen of this serotype. The full-length 37 kDa antigen cDNA contained 1171 base pairs, encoding a 331–amino acid protein with hydrophobic N- and C-termini, which are characteristically found in proteins containing a C-terminal glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. In addition, the genetically characterized nucleotide sequences of the first internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA of these 2 serotypes were compared. The internal transcribed spacer rDNA sequence of serotype G32 was identical to that of isolates from Pingtung, Taiwan, and from the USA. On the other hand, the sequences of serotype G37 were not identical to those of anyC. irritansisolate.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Animal Science and Zoology,Parasitology
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