A Novel IgM‐capture enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant Vag8 fusion protein for the accurate and early diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infection. (May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Otsuka, Nao; Gotoh, Kensei; Nishimura, Naoko; Ozaki, Takao; Nakamura, Yukitsugu; Haga, Kiyohito; Yamazaki, Makoto; Gondaira, Fumio; Okada, Kenji; Miyaji, Yusuke; Toyoizumi‐Ajisaka, Hiromi; Shibayama, Keigo; Arakawa, Yoshichika; Kamachi, Kazunari
• Is Part Of: Microbiology and immunology. Volume 60:Number 5(2016:May)
• Page Start: 326
• Page End: 333
• Publication Date: 2016-05
• Subjects: Bordetella pertussis -- IgM‐capture enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) -- serodiagnosis -- Vag8; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Immunology -- Periodicals; Allergy and Immunology -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Immunologie -- Périodiques; 579
• DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12378
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0385-5600

Abstract

ABSTRACT: An ELISA that measures anti‐PT IgG antibody has been used widely for the serodiagnosis of pertussis; however, the IgG‐based ELISA is inadequate for patients during the acute phase of the disease because of the slow response of anti‐PT IgG antibodies. To solve this problem, we developed a novel IgM‐capture ELISA that measures serum anti‐ Bordetella pertussis Vag8 IgM levels for the accurate and early diagnosis of pertussis. First, we confirmed that Vag8 was highly expressed in all B. pertussis isolates tested ( n = 30), but little or none in other Bordetella species, and that DTaP vaccines did not induce anti‐Vag8 IgG antibodies in mice (i.e. the antibody level could be unaffected by the vaccination). To determine the immune response to Vag8 in B. pertussis infection, anti‐Vag8 IgM levels were compared between 38 patients (acute phase of pertussis) and 29 healthy individuals using the anti‐Vag8 IgM‐capture ELISA. The results revealed that the anti‐Vag8 IgM levels were significantly higher in the patients compared with the healthy individuals ( P < 0.001). ROC analysis also showed that the anti‐Vag8 IgM‐capture ELISA has higher diagnostic accuracy (AUC, 0.92) than a commercial anti‐PT IgG ELISA kit. Moreover, it was shown that anti‐Vag8 IgM antibodies were induced earlier than anti‐PT IgG antibodies on sequential patients' sera. These data indicate that our novel anti‐Vag8 IgM‐capture ELISA is a potentially useful tool for making the accurate and early diagnosis of B. pertussis infection.