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Infect Immun, June 1998, p. 2648-2654, Vol. 66, No. 6
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Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Borrelia burgdorferi Erp Proteins Are Immunogenic
in Mammals Infected by Tick Bite, and Their Synthesis Is
Inducible in Cultured Bacteria
Brian
Stevenson,*
James L.
Bono,
Tom G.
Schwan, and
Patricia
Rosa
Laboratory of Microbial Structure and
Function, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,
Hamilton, Montana 59840
Received 5 December 1997/Returned for modification 13 February
1998/Accepted 24 March 1998
Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme
disease, can contain multiple genes encoding different members
of the Erp lipoprotein family. Some arthropod-borne bacteria increase
the synthesis of proteins required for transmission or mammalian
infection when cultures are shifted from cool, ambient air temperature
to a warmer, blood temperature. We found that all of the
erp genes known to be encoded by infectious isolate B31
were differentially expressed in culture after a change in temperature,
with greater amounts of message being produced by bacteria shifted from
23 to 35°C than in those maintained at 23°C. Mice infected with B31 by tick bite produced antibodies that recognized each of the Erp proteins within 4 weeks of infection, suggesting that the Erp proteins
are produced by the bacteria during the early stages of mammalian
infection and may play roles in transmission from ticks to mammals.
Several of the B31 Erp proteins were also recognized by antibodies from
patients with Lyme disease and may prove to be useful antigens for
diagnostic testing or as components of a protective vaccine.
*
Corresponding author. Present address: Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, MS 415 UKMC, University of Kentucky
College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536. Phone: (606) 323-8967. Fax: (606) 257-8994. E-mail: lkspic00{at}pop.uky.edu.
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