Diethylaminoethyl (DEAE) binding fraction from Taenia solium metacestode improves the neurocysticercosis serodiagnosis

Parasitol Res. 2014 Jul;113(7):2569-75. doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-3908-7. Epub 2014 Apr 29.

Abstract

Neurocysticercosis (NC) is one of the most important diseases caused by parasites affecting the central nervous system. We fractionated by ion-exchange chromatography using diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-sepharose resin the total saline extract (S) from Taenia solium metacestodes and evaluated obtained fractions (DEAE S1 and DEAE S2) by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA, n = 123) and immunoblotting (IB, n = 22) to detect human NC in serum. Diagnostic parameters were established by ROC and TG ROC curves for ELISA tests. IB was qualitatively analyzed. S and DEAE S1 presented sensitivity of 87. 5% and DEAE S2 90%. The best specificity was observed for DEAE S2 (90.4%). In IB, using DEAE S2 samples from NC patients presented bands of 20-25, 43-45, 55-50, 60-66, 82, 89, and 140 kDa. The great diagnostic parameters reached by DEAE S2 suggest the potential applicability of this fraction in NC immunodiagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth / blood*
  • Antigens, Helminth / immunology
  • Antigens, Helminth / isolation & purification*
  • Chemical Fractionation
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Ethanolamines / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Neurocysticercosis / blood
  • Neurocysticercosis / diagnosis*
  • Neurocysticercosis / immunology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serologic Tests
  • Swine
  • Taenia solium / immunology*
  • Taenia solium / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Ethanolamines
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • 2-diethylaminoethanol