Biochemical and Immunological Characterization of MP65, a Major Mannoprotein Antigen of the Opportunistic Human Pathogen Candida albicans
Open Access
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Infection and Immunity
- Vol. 68 (2), 1409-1419
- https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.68.2.694-701.2000
Abstract
In the search of the antigenic determinants of a 65-kDa mannoprotein (MP65) of Candida albicans , tryptic fragments of immunoaffinity-purified MP65 preparations were tested for their ability to induce lymphoproliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Five major peptides (T1 to T5) were shown to induce a vigorous proliferation of PBMC from the majority of the eight healthy human subjects tested. With the use of synthetic peptides, critical amino acid sequences of the two most immunoactive (T1 and T2) peptides were determined. Similar to what was found for the MP65 molecule, no PBMC multiplication was induced by the antigenic peptides in cultures of naive cord blood cells. The amino acid sequence analysis of tryptic and chymotryptic peptides of MP65 demonstrated a substantial homology with the deduced sequences of two cell wall proteins of Saccharomyces cerevisiae , encoded by the genes YRM305C and YGR279C . However, the antigenic peptides were those showing the least similarity with the corresponding regions of the above proteins. In particular, the lymphoproliferation-inducing sequence of the T1 peptide scored only 20% identity with the homologous regions of S. cerevisiae proteins. Besides disclosing the amino acid sequence of MP65, this study provides an initial characterization of some of its antigenic determinants, as well as of synthetic peptides of potential use to detect specific immune responses against MP65, a major target of anticandidal cell-mediated immunity in humans.Keywords
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