Bannai Hiroshi, Nemoto Manabu, Tsujimura Koji, Yamanaka Takashi, Maeda Ken, Kondo Takashi
Epizootic Research Center, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, 1400-4 Shiba, Shimotsuke, Tochigi 329-0412, Japan.
J Vet Med Sci. 2016 Feb;78(2):309-11. doi: 10.1292/jvms.15-0275. Epub 2015 Oct 1.
To increase the sensitivity of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for equine herpesvirus type 4 (EHV-4) that uses a 12-mer peptide of glycoprotein G (gG4-12-mer: MKNNPIYSEGSL) [4], we used a longer peptide consisting of a 24-mer repeat sequence (gG4-24-mer: MKNNPIYSEGSLMLNVQHDDSIHT) as an antigen. Sera of horses experimentally infected with EHV-4 reacted much more strongly to the gG4-24-mer peptide than to the gG4-12-mer peptide. We used peptide ELISAs to test paired sera from horses naturally infected with EHV-4 (n=40). gG4-24-mer ELISA detected 37 positive samples (92.5%), whereas gG4-12-mer ELISA detected only 28 (70.0%). gG4-24-mer ELISA was much more sensitive than gG4-12-mer ELISA.
为提高用于检测马疱疹病毒4型(EHV-4)的酶联免疫吸附测定(ELISA)的灵敏度,该测定使用糖蛋白G的12肽(gG4-12-mer:MKNNPIYSEGSL)[4],我们使用了由24肽重复序列组成的更长肽段(gG4-24-mer:MKNNPIYSEGSLMLNVQHDDSIHT)作为抗原。经EHV-4实验感染的马的血清对gG4-24-mer肽的反应比对gG4-12-mer肽的反应强烈得多。我们使用肽ELISA检测自然感染EHV-4的马(n = 40)的配对血清。gG4-24-mer ELISA检测到37个阳性样本(92.5%),而gG4-12-mer ELISA仅检测到28个(70.0%)。gG4-24-mer ELISA比gG4-12-mer ELISA灵敏得多。