Serodiagnostic antigens of Clonorchis sinensis identified and evaluated by high-throughput proteogenomics

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Dec 28;14(12):e0008998. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008998. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Clonorchiasis caused by Clonorchis sinensis is endemic in East Asia; approximately 15 million people have been infected thus far. To diagnose the infection, serodiagnostic tests with excellent functionality should be performed. First, 607 expressed sequence tags encoding polypeptides with a secretory signal were expressed into recombinant proteins using an in vitro translation system. By protein array-based screening using C. sinensis-infected sera, 18 antigen candidate proteins were selected and assayed for cross-reactivity against Opisthorchis viverrini-infected sera. Of the six antigenic proteins selected, four were synthesized on large scale in vitro and evaluated for antigenicity against the flukes-infected human sera using ELISA. CsAg17 antigen showed the highest sensitivity (77.1%) and specificity (71.2%). The sensitivity and specificity of the bacterially produced CsAg17-28GST fusion antigen was similar to those of CsAg17 antigen. CsAg17 antigen can be used to develop point-of-care serodiagnostic tests for clonorchiasis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth / blood*
  • Antigens, Helminth / immunology*
  • Clonorchiasis / diagnosis*
  • Clonorchis sinensis / genetics
  • Clonorchis sinensis / immunology*
  • Cross Reactions / immunology
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Fishes / parasitology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Opisthorchis / immunology
  • Point-of-Care Testing
  • Proteogenomics
  • Raw Foods / parasitology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Serologic Tests

Substances

  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antigens, Helminth
  • Immunoglobulin G

Grants and funding

This study was supported by a grant of the Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Korea Health Industry Development Institute, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (A080681) to SJH. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.