Verma Ashutosh, Matsunaga James, Artiushin Sergey, Pinne Marija, Houwers Dirk J, Haake David A, Stevenson Brian, Timoney John F
M. H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Mar;19(3):452-6. doi: 10.1128/CVI.05524-11. Epub 2012 Jan 11.
Screening of an expression library of Leptospira interrogans with eye fluids from uveitic horses resulted in identification of a novel protein, LruC. LruC is located in the inner leaflet of the leptospiral outer membrane, and an lruC gene was detected in all tested pathogenic L. interrogans strains. LruC-specific antibody levels were significantly higher in eye fluids and sera of uveitic horses than healthy horses. These findings suggest that LruC may play a role in equine leptospiral uveitis.
用葡萄膜炎马的眼液筛选问号钩端螺旋体表达文库,鉴定出一种新型蛋白LruC。LruC位于钩端螺旋体外膜的内小叶,在所有测试的问号钩端螺旋体致病菌株中均检测到lruC基因。葡萄膜炎马的眼液和血清中LruC特异性抗体水平显著高于健康马。这些发现表明LruC可能在马钩端螺旋体葡萄膜炎中起作用。