High-density peptide microarray exploration of the antibody response in a rabbit immunized with a neurotoxic venom fraction
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| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2017 |
| Descripción: | Polyvalent snakebite antivenoms derive their therapeutic success from the ability of their antibodies to neutralize venom toxins across multiple snake species. This ability results from a production process involving immunization of large mammals with a broad suite of toxins present in venoms. As a result of immunization with this wide range of toxins, many polyvalent antivenoms have a high degree of crossreactivity to similar toxins in other snake venoms e a cross-reactivity which cannot easily be deconvoluted. As a proof of concept, we aimed at exploring the opposite scenario by performing a highthroughput evaluation of the extent of cross-reactivity of a polyclonal mixture of antibodies that was raised against only a single snake venom fraction. For this purpose, a venom fraction containing short neurotoxin 1 (SN-1; Uniprot accession number P01416, three-finger toxin (3FTx) family), which is the medically most important toxin from the notorious black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), was employed. Following immunization of a rabbit, a specific polyclonal antibody response was confirmed by ELISA and immunodiffusion. Subsequently, these antibodies were investigated by high-density peptide microarray to reveal linear elements of recognized epitopes across 742 3FTxs and 10 dendrotoxins. This exploratory study demonstrates in a single immunized animal that cross-reactivity between toxins of high similarity may be difficult to obtain when immunizing with a single 3FTx containing venom fraction. Additionally, this study explored the influence of employing different lengths of peptides in high-density peptide microarray experiments for identification of toxin epitopes. Using 8-mer, 12-mer, and 15-mer peptides, a single linear epitope element was identified in SN-1 with high precision. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/74730 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041010117302738?via%3Dihub#! https://hdl.handle.net/10669/74730 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Epitope mapping Single toxin immunization Three-finger toxin Dendroaspis polylepis Short neurotoxin Snake venom |