Characterization of a monoclonal antibody reacting with antigen-4 domain of gp900 in Cryptosporidium parvum invasive stages

ORCiD

David M. Ojcius: 0000-0003-1461-4495

Department

Biomedical Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Parasitology Research

ISSN

0932-0113

Volume

87

Issue

8

DOI

10.1007/s004360100424

First Page

589

Last Page

592

Publication Date

8-1-2001

Abstract

Cryptosporidium parvum (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) infects the apical surface of intestinal epithelial cells, where it grows and divides within a membrane-bound parasitophorous vacuole. gp900, an abundant glycoprotein of C. parvum merozoites and sporozoites, is localized in micronemes and at the surface of invasive stages and participates in the invasion process. Here, we describe a new monoclonal antibody (mAb) against gp900. As shown by immunofluorescence of excysted parasites and immunoelectron microscopy of infected tissues, the mAb reacted with micronemes present in the apical pole of invasive stages. In immunoprecipitation experiments, the mAb was shown to react with a high molecular weight antigen co-migrating with gp900. Finally, three reactive clones were selected upon screening of a C. parvum genomic expression library with the mAb; and sequencing of the insert from one of them showed a 596 bp sequence identical to the DNA region encoding a domain of gp900 identified as antigen 4.

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