Characterization of the carcinoma-associated Tk antigen in helminth parasites

Luis Ubillos, Andrea Medeiros, Martín Cancela, Cecilia Casaravilla, Jenny Saldaña, Laura Domínguez, Carlos Carmona, Jacques Le Pendu, Eduardo Osinaga

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Expression of Tk antigen, a truncated carbohydrate antigen, was examined in helmith parasites. Using the monoclonal antibody LM389, this antigen was detected in extracts from Taenia hydatigena, Mesocestoides vogae (syn corti), and Taenia crassiceps. No reactivity was observed in Thysanosoma spp., Dipylidium caninum, Fasciola hepatica, and Nyppostrongylus brasiliensis. On the basis of their electrophoretic mobility, different patterns of Tk-bearing glycoproteins were observed among T. hydatigena, M. corti and T. crassiceps by immunoblotting, with certain components resolved as broad bands typical of mucin-like glycoproteins. Most Tk-reactive material remained in the 0.6 N perchloric acid-soluble fraction, confirming that Tk epitopes are carried by mucin-type glycoproteins. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that in T. hydatigena, Tk antigen is mainly expressed in the tegument, whereas in M. corti the reactivity was principally observed in the subtegumental parenchyma. The presence of a novel tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen in invertebrates, contributes to strengthen the notion that truncated mucin-type O-glycosylation is a normal phenomenon in parasitic worms and may help identify new biological characteristics of helminth parasites.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)129-136
Número de páginas8
PublicaciónExperimental Parasitology
Volumen116
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - jun. 2007
Publicado de forma externa

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