Inter-species variation of schistosome 28-kDa glutathione S-transferases. |
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| Authors: | F Trottein C Godin R J Pierce B Sellin M G Taylor I Gorillot M S Silva J P Lecocq A Capron |
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| Affiliation: | Centre d'Immunologie des Maladies Transmissibles et Allergiques, Unité mixte INSERM 167-CNRS 624, Institut Pasteur, Lille, France. |
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| Abstract: | The 28-kDa glutathione S-transferase from Schistosoma mansoni (Sm28GST) is a candidate vaccine antigen. To evaluate the antigenic and phylogenetic variations between the 28-kDa GSTs from 4 species of schistosome, we have cloned and sequenced the 28-kDa GSTs from Schistosoma haematobium (Sh28GST) and Schistosoma bovis (Sb28GST). Sb28GST and Sh28GST are more similar to each other (97%) than to Sm28GST (90%) and particularly to the 28-kDa GST from Schistosoma japonicum (Sj28GST, 77%). Antisera directed against the major Sm28GST epitopes revealed differences in the recognition of the 28-kDa GSTs from the other schistosome species suggesting that these regions have been subjected to evolutionary pressure. The consequences of such species-specific epitopes on the development of a multi-species anti-schistosome vaccine are discussed. |
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