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The Purification and Immunogenicity of TB-14 Recombinant Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis  

Song, Ho-Yeon (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Young-Hee (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Chang-Hwan (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Min, Young-Ki (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
Kim, Dae-Joong (Department of Pathology, Cheongju St. Mary Hospital)
Ko, Kwang-Kjune (Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases / v.61, no.3, 2006 , pp. 239-247 More about this Journal
Abstract
Background: Culture filtrate proteins secreted by mycobacteria are thought to play an important role in inducing protective immunity and to develop new methods for diagnosing tuberculosis. Methods: A culture filtrate protein of M. avium that was strongly reactive with goat antiserum against M. intracellulare was constructed. Its homologous protein (TB-14) in M. tuberculosis was cloned, expressed and purified. The inductions of IFN-${\gamma}$ stimulated with $10{\mu}g$ of TB-14 recombinant protein and $10{\mu}g$ PPD were estimated by using whole bloods from seven PPD (-) subjects, seven PPD (+) healthy volunteers and nine tuberculosis patients. Results: M. avium culture filtrate protein was confirmed as a hypothetical protein that was termed contig 116. A novel 14-kDa recombinant protein (TB-14) of M. tuberculosis was composed of 148 amino acids, including 30 amino acids of the signal peptide, and it showed 78% homology with M. avium. In the PPD (+) healthy volunteers, recombinant TB-14 protein strongly induced the secretion of IFN-${\gamma}$ in whole blood cultures. Conclusion: These results suggest that TB-14 recombinant protein might play an important role in inducing cell-mediated immunity against tuberculosis. Furthermore, TB-14 protein antigen and its antiserum will be available for the development of new diagnostic tools for tuberculosis.
Keywords
Tuberculosis; TB-14 recombinant protein; IFN-${\gamma}$;
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