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Potential Immunogenic Polypeptides of Burkholderia pseudomallei Identified by Shotgun Expression Library and Evaluation of Their Efficacy for Serodiagnosis of Melioidosis

Suat Moi Puah1, SD Puthucheary2, Kek Heng Chua1 ✉

1. Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya.
2. Department of Medical Education, Research & Evaluation, DUKE-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857.

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Puah SM, Puthucheary SD, Chua KH. Potential Immunogenic Polypeptides of Burkholderia pseudomallei Identified by Shotgun Expression Library and Evaluation of Their Efficacy for Serodiagnosis of Melioidosis. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(5):539-547. doi:10.7150/ijms.5516. https://www.medsci.org/v10p0539.htm
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Abstract

The search for novel immunogenic polypeptides to improve the accuracy and reliability of serologic diagnostic methods for Burkholderia pseudomallei infection is ongoing. We employed a rapid and efficient approach to identify such polypeptides with sera from melioidosis patients using a small insert genomic expression library created from clinically confirmed local virulent isolates of B. pseudomallei. After 2 rounds of immunoscreening, 6 sero-positive clones expressing immunogenic peptides were sequenced and their identities were: benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase beta subunit, a putative 200 kDa antigen p200, phosphotransferase enzyme family protein, short chain dehydrogenase and 2 hypothetical proteins. These immunogens were then transferred to an ELISA platform for further large scale screening. By combining shotgun expression library and ELISA assays, we identified 2 polypeptides BPSS1904 (benzoate 1,2-dioxygenase beta subunit) and BPSL3130 (hypothetical protein), which had sensitivities of 78.9% and 79.4% and specificities of 88.1% and 94.8%, respectively in ELISA test, thus suggesting that both are potential candidate antigens for the serodiagnosis of infections caused by B. pseudomallei.

Keywords: melioidosis, shotgun expression library, serodiagnosis, recombinant polypeptide, ELISA.


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Puah, S.M., Puthucheary, SD., Chua, K.H. (2013). Potential Immunogenic Polypeptides of Burkholderia pseudomallei Identified by Shotgun Expression Library and Evaluation of Their Efficacy for Serodiagnosis of Melioidosis. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 10(5), 539-547. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.5516.

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Puah, S.M.; Puthucheary, SD.; Chua, K.H. Potential Immunogenic Polypeptides of Burkholderia pseudomallei Identified by Shotgun Expression Library and Evaluation of Their Efficacy for Serodiagnosis of Melioidosis. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2013, 10 (5), 539-547. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.5516.

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Puah SM, Puthucheary SD, Chua KH. Potential Immunogenic Polypeptides of Burkholderia pseudomallei Identified by Shotgun Expression Library and Evaluation of Their Efficacy for Serodiagnosis of Melioidosis. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10(5):539-547. doi:10.7150/ijms.5516. https://www.medsci.org/v10p0539.htm

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Puah SM, Puthucheary SD, Chua KH. 2013. Potential Immunogenic Polypeptides of Burkholderia pseudomallei Identified by Shotgun Expression Library and Evaluation of Their Efficacy for Serodiagnosis of Melioidosis. Int J Med Sci. 10(5):539-547.

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