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Origin of Nontreponemal Antibodies During Treponema pallidum Infection: Evidence From a Rabbit Model.
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The Journal of infectious diseases [J Infect Dis] 2018 Jul 24; Vol. 218 (5), pp. 835-843. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The origin of nontreponemal antibodies during syphilis infection is hotly debated. Here, we analyzed the immune response in rabbits immunized with various antigens. Inactivated treponemes elicited the production of low-titer nontreponemal antibodies in some rabbits. Cardiolipin combined with bovine serum albumin also induced anticardiolipin antibody production. These findings indicate that Treponema pallidum contained a cardiolipin antigen with weak immunogenicity. However, active T. pallidum induced higher nontreponemal antibody production with strong immunogenicity at an earlier time point, and the antibody titer was consecutive, suggesting the high nontreponemal antibody titer resulted from the combined effects of both the T. pallidum cardiolipin antigen and the damaged host-cell cardiolipin antigen during syphilis infection, the latter of which plays a major role in the induction of nontreponemal antibody production. Our study provides direct animal evidence of the origin of nontreponemal antibodies during T. pallidum infection.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1537-6613
- Volume :
- 218
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of infectious diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29701849
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy241