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E Moses

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PubMed1991

Evaluation of a visual, rapid, membrane enzyme immunoassay for the detection of herpes simplex virus antigen.

We evaluated a 12-min, direct, monoclonal antibody-based enzyme immunoassay (EIA) (SureCell; Kodak, Rochester, N.Y.) which aids in the detection of herpes simplex virus infection; the assay system is also approved for culture confirmation. The test was evaluated from direct clinical samples and compared with conventional culture methodology by using a single swab. A total of 265 specimens from 180 female cervical-urogenital sites, 62 male urogenital sites, 4 rectal sites, 3 skin sites, 6 oral sites, and 10 colposcopy sites were collected on Dacron or cotton swabs and placed in viral transport medium (VTM). Within 6 h of receipt, 0.2 ml of the vortexed VTM was inoculated into each of two replicate cell cultures. Cell monolayers were observed daily for ten days, and cytopathic effect was confirmed by using an indirect immunoperoxidase reagent. The procedure for the SureCell assay conformed to the manufacturer's recommendations. When conventional culture was compared with EIA results, the overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and agreement were 64.4, 98.9, 96.7, 84.4, and 87.2%, respectively. Variables affecting the EIA sensitivity are the stage of the lesion and conventional culture methodologies. A review of culture results for 32 EIA false-negative tests indicated that 15 were detected after 48 h of incubation. Cytopathic effect observed at 48-, 72-, and 96-h cutoffs altered the sensitivity for the EIA. To ensure detection of SureCell herpes simplex virus-negative specimens, it is recommended that an unused aliquot of VTM be tested in cell culture.

Antigens, Viral↗
PubMed1991

[Overexpression of an extracellular Bacteroides nodosus protease in E. coli and isolation and characterization of its promoter].

Bacteroides nodosus is the essential causative agent of ovine footrot. It produces extracellular proteases which involved in pathogenesis of footrot. In this paper, we report the subcloning of Bacteroides nodosus protease, its overexpression in E. coli and its N-terminal polypeptide sequence. The subclone library was constructed in E. coli using SphI digested original clone (15 kb) and plasmid PTZ18R and screened using immunological assay. The expression was observed using SDS-PAGE. The subcloned DNA fragment was then cut with Sau3AI, cloned into pKK232-8 vector to perform promoter isolation and analysis. The promoter strength was determined using spectrophotometric assay.

Bacteroides↗
PubMed1989

Common variable immunodeficiency: a family study and therapeutic trial with cimetidine.

Various immunologic parameters were tested in a family of two patients with common variable immunodeficiency. Both patients had low serum immunoglobulin levels, low peripheral B cell and T4 subclass of lymphocytes, and reversed T4/T8 ratio. One of the patients had excessive suppressor activity. Two of the asymptomatic members of the family (the father and one brother) had also low T4/T8 ratio that was not associated with excessive suppressor activity. No linkage between the disease inheritance to HLA could be observed. A study of the T cell helper activity to an antigen, the response to which is regulated by an HLA-linked gene, suggested a defect in the immune response of the two patients and their asymptomatic brother with immunologic disorders. Treatment with cimetidine of the patient with excessive suppressor activity led to an improvement in his clinical state, reduction in suppressor activity, temporary effect on his proliferative response capacity to mitogens, and an increase in the antigen-specific helper activity.

Adult↗
PubMed1989

Phosphorylation of superior cervical ganglion proteins during regeneration.

The incorporation of radioactive phosphate into proteins of both normal and regenerating ganglia of the sympathetic nervous system of the rat is reported. The incorporation reactions were carried out in vitro by incubating homogenates of excised ganglia with [gamma-32P]ATP under various conditions. It was found that incorporation of phosphate into proteins of regenerating ganglia in the molecular mass range 10,000-100,000 daltons increased up to 40% over incorporation into proteins from control ganglia during the first 3 days following injury and returned to control levels after 14 days. Analysis of the proteins by two-dimensional electrophoresis revealed that only few, i.e., less than 20, became radioactively labelled in homogenates of superior cervical ganglia in the presence of Ca2+, and even fewer in the presence of cyclic AMP. Furthermore, all these proteins fell within a narrow pI range of 4-6. The growth-associated protein, variously designated GAP-43, B-50, F-1, and pp46, has an enhanced level of expression and phosphorylation in regenerating ganglia compared with controls at day 3. Injury also caused consistently higher levels of incorporation into two other proteins with molecular masses at positions 55,000 and 85,000 and pI values of 5.1 and 4.5, respectively; the former protein most probably is beta-tubulin. The fact that both proteins are found in the 15,000 g pellet after the tissue has been solubilized in 0.5% nonionic detergent indicates that they may indeed by components of filament assemblies. Thus, the results suggest that protein phosphorylation is a mechanism involved in cytoskeletal function in regenerating nerve.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗
PubMed1983

Basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor has unusual thermodynamic stability parameters.

The stability parameters delta Gst, delta Hst and delta Sst of native basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) have been characterized by microcalorimetric unfolding studies in various buffer solutions, at different pH values and in the presence of guanidine hydrochloride. The unfolding enthalpy of BPTI, in contrast ot other globular proteins, exhibits a very small dependence on temperature, which results in a characteristic different temperature dependence of the Gibbs energy of stabilization. BPTI has a very high specific Gibbs energy of stabilization, which renders the slow exchange rates of amide protons understandable. Comparison of the unfolding entropy of BPTI at 110 degrees C with corresponding values of other proteins, revealed that the delta S values of BPTI are lower by 2.9 J/(K X residue). This lower value of the unfolding entropy is in good agreement with predictions of a theoretical study by Poland & Scheraga (1965) where the influence of crosslinks on the configurational entropy has been studied. Additionally, we were able to calculate an interaction enthalpy per site of -5.6 kJ/mol based on the measurements of unfolding of BPTI in 6 M-guanidine hydrochloride.

Aprotinin↗