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Article: Detection of cell wall galactomannoprotein Afmp1p in culture supernatants of Aspergillus fumigatus and in sera of aspergillosis patients

TitleDetection of cell wall galactomannoprotein Afmp1p in culture supernatants of Aspergillus fumigatus and in sera of aspergillosis patients
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Issue Date2002
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology.
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Journal Of Clinical Microbiology, 2002, v. 40 n. 11, p. 4382-4387 How to Cite?
AbstractMannoproteins are important and abundant structural components of fungal cell walls. The AFMP1 gene encodes a cell wall galactomannoprotein of Aspergillusfumigatus. In the present study, we show that Afmplp is secreted into the cell culture supernatant at a level that can be detected by Western blotting. A sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) developed with antibodies against Afmplp was capable of detecting this protein from the cell culture supernatant of A. fumigatus. The anti-Afmp1p antibody is specific since it fails to react with any protein from lysates of Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus terreus, Penicillium marneffei, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Histoplasma capsulatum by Western blotting. In addition, this Afmp1p antigen-based ELISA is also specific for 4. fumigatus since the cell culture supernatants of the other eight fungi gave negative results. Finally, a clinical evaluation of sera from invasive aspergillosis patients indicates that 8 of 15 (53%) patients are Afmplp antigen test positive. Furthermore, an Afmplp antibody test was performed with these serum specimens. The combined antibody and antigen tests for invasive aspergillosis carry a sensitivity of 86.7% (13 of 15). The specificities of the tests are high since none of the 138 control sera, including 100 from normal blood donors, 20 from patients with penicilliosis marneffei, 6 from patients with candidemia, 8 from patients with typhoid fever, and 4 from patients with melioidosis, was positive by either test. In conclusion, the combined Afmplp antibody and antigen tests are highly sensitive and specific for A. fumigatus invasive aspergillosis.
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dc.contributor.authorWoo, PCYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, ASPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLau, SKPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChe, XYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, SSYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCao, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:51:27Z-
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dc.date.issued2002en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Clinical Microbiology, 2002, v. 40 n. 11, p. 4382-4387en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0095-1137en_HK
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dc.description.abstractMannoproteins are important and abundant structural components of fungal cell walls. The AFMP1 gene encodes a cell wall galactomannoprotein of Aspergillusfumigatus. In the present study, we show that Afmplp is secreted into the cell culture supernatant at a level that can be detected by Western blotting. A sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) developed with antibodies against Afmplp was capable of detecting this protein from the cell culture supernatant of A. fumigatus. The anti-Afmp1p antibody is specific since it fails to react with any protein from lysates of Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus terreus, Penicillium marneffei, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Histoplasma capsulatum by Western blotting. In addition, this Afmp1p antigen-based ELISA is also specific for 4. fumigatus since the cell culture supernatants of the other eight fungi gave negative results. Finally, a clinical evaluation of sera from invasive aspergillosis patients indicates that 8 of 15 (53%) patients are Afmplp antigen test positive. Furthermore, an Afmplp antibody test was performed with these serum specimens. The combined antibody and antigen tests for invasive aspergillosis carry a sensitivity of 86.7% (13 of 15). The specificities of the tests are high since none of the 138 control sera, including 100 from normal blood donors, 20 from patients with penicilliosis marneffei, 6 from patients with candidemia, 8 from patients with typhoid fever, and 4 from patients with melioidosis, was positive by either test. In conclusion, the combined Afmplp antibody and antigen tests are highly sensitive and specific for A. fumigatus invasive aspergillosis.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiology.en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Clinical Microbiologyen_HK
dc.rightsJournal of Clinical Microbiology. Copyright © American Society for Microbiology.en_HK
dc.subject.meshAntibodies, Fungal - blood - diagnostic use - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshAntibody Specificityen_HK
dc.subject.meshAntigens, Fungal - analysis - blood - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshAspergillosis - diagnosis - microbiologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshAspergillus fumigatus - chemistry - immunology - isolation & purificationen_HK
dc.subject.meshBlotting, Westernen_HK
dc.subject.meshCell Wall - chemistryen_HK
dc.subject.meshCulture Media, Conditioned - chemistryen_HK
dc.subject.meshEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assayen_HK
dc.subject.meshHumansen_HK
dc.subject.meshMembrane Glycoproteins - analysis - blood - immunologyen_HK
dc.subject.meshSensitivity and Specificityen_HK
dc.titleDetection of cell wall galactomannoprotein Afmp1p in culture supernatants of Aspergillus fumigatus and in sera of aspergillosis patientsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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