Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of serum antibody to Blastocystis hominis in symptomatic infections. 1995

C H Zierdt, and W S Zierdt, and B Nagy
Clinical Pathology Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was devised in order to search for antibodies against Blastocystis hominis in infected humans. Reaction proteins were obtained from washed, axenic B. hominis cells, as sonicate. Sonicate was diluted to provide 17 and 34 micrograms of protein per well. Dilutions of patients' sera were applied, followed by phosphatase-conjugated goat anti-human serum and phosphatase substrate. Color was measured at 405 microns wavelength. Immunoglobulin G antibodies to high titers were found. Of 30 sera tested from 28 patients, 3 were negative at the 1/50 threshold dilution, 8 were positive at 1/50, 3 at 1/100, 2 at 1/200, 3 at 1/400, 6 at 1/800, and 5 at 1/1,600. Normal sera (42 blood bank sera) were all negative at 1/50. Each serum was subjected to multiple testing. Duplicate tests were included for each run, and runs were made from 4 to 6 for each serum. Blastocystis hominis is increasingly recognized to be a cause of human enteric disease, with symptoms often like those in giardiasis. Demonstration of strong antibody response is consistent with this view.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007074 Immunoglobulin G The major immunoglobulin isotype class in normal human serum. There are several isotype subclasses of IgG, for example, IgG1, IgG2A, and IgG2B. Gamma Globulin, 7S,IgG,IgG Antibody,Allerglobuline,IgG(T),IgG1,IgG2,IgG2A,IgG2B,IgG3,IgG4,Immunoglobulin GT,Polyglobin,7S Gamma Globulin,Antibody, IgG,GT, Immunoglobulin
D004797 Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay An immunoassay utilizing an antibody labeled with an enzyme marker such as horseradish peroxidase. While either the enzyme or the antibody is bound to an immunosorbent substrate, they both retain their biologic activity; the change in enzyme activity as a result of the enzyme-antibody-antigen reaction is proportional to the concentration of the antigen and can be measured spectrophotometrically or with the naked eye. Many variations of the method have been developed. ELISA,Assay, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Assays, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays,Immunosorbent Assay, Enzyme-Linked,Immunosorbent Assays, Enzyme-Linked
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000913 Antibodies, Protozoan Immunoglobulins produced in a response to PROTOZOAN ANTIGENS. Protozoan Antibodies
D000953 Antigens, Protozoan Any part or derivative of any protozoan that elicits immunity; malaria (Plasmodium) and trypanosome antigens are presently the most frequently encountered. Protozoan Antigens
D016776 Blastocystis Infections Infections with organisms of the genus BLASTOCYSTIS. The species B. hominis is responsible for most infections. Parasitologic surveys have generally found small numbers of this species in human stools, but higher positivity rates and organism numbers in AIDS patients and other immunosuppressed patients (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST). Symptoms include ABDOMINAL PAIN; DIARRHEA; CONSTIPATION; VOMITING; and FATIGUE. Blastocystis hominis Infections,Infections, Blastocystis,Blastocystis Infection,Blastocystis hominis Infection,Infection, Blastocystis,Infection, Blastocystis hominis,Infections, Blastocystis hominis
D016845 Blastocystis hominis A species of parasitic protozoa found in the intestines of humans and other primates. It was classified as a yeast in 1912. Over the years, questions arose about this designation. In 1967, many physiological and morphological B. hominis characteristics were reported that fit a protozoan classification. Since that time, other papers have corroborated this work and the organism is now recognized as a protozoan parasite of humans causing intestinal disease with potentially disabling symptoms. Blastocystis homini,hominis, Blastocystis

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