And The Bands Played On - Western blot serological test for Lyme disease http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/western-blot.txt ************************************************************************ as of 1 March 2001 Table of Contents Terminology. Borrelia burgdorferi bands mentioned in medical literature (MEDLINE). Named bands - the gene names. Bands specific for Borrelia burgdorferi. Cross-reacting bands. Bands found, or tested for, in IgM analysis in USA or Mexico. Bands found, or tested for, in IgG analysis in USA or Mexico. Other bands found in IgM/IgG in other countries. The "CDC recommended" bands for Western blot testing - CDC/MMWR 1995. For more information about the Western blot test and Lyme disease. ----- Terminology: Bb Borrelia burgdorferi (the Lyme disease bacteria) Bdr Borrelia direct repeat Bmp Bacterial membrane protein Dbp decorin binding protein Fla flagellin Fn-B fibronectin-binding protein GroEL a chaperonin 60 heat-shock protein isolated from Escherichia coli Hsp heat shock protein HSP Heat Stress Protein kDa kilodaltons (a measurement of size) Mab monoclonal antibodies MgtE magnesium transporter protein Oms outer membrane-spanning Osp outer surface protein P protein p protein PBP penicillin-binding protein PMID PubMed ID (identification system for citations) Tbp transferrin-binding protein Other terms might be found at: The Jounrnal of Clinical Investigation - Abbreviations http://www.jci.org/misc/abbreviations.shtml ----- Borrelia burgdorferi bands mentioned in medical literature (MEDLINE): Note: Bands preceded with an asterisk are the 11 Western blot bands for the ASTPHLD, CDC, FDA, NIH, CSTE, NCCLS 1994 conference recommendation ("CDC recommendation") for the serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease - see 1995 CDC MMWR link below. 5-kDa 7.5-kDa 11-kDa 13-kDa surface protein - sensu stricto, afzelii 14-kDa internal flagellin fragment [specific for Bb] 15 kDa polypeptide [also for syphilis] 16-kDa 17-kDa Osp 17 [B. afzelii] *18-kDa p18 flagellin fragment 19-kDa immunogenic integral membrane lipoproteins cross-reactive with other spirochetes/bacteria Characterization of antigenic determinants of Bb shared by other bacteria. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1372635&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 19-kDa decorin-binding protein 20-kDa decorin-binding protein 20.5-kDa 20.7-kDa *21-kDa OspC [specific for Bb] 22-kDa [specific for Bb or cross-reactive depending on what one reads] immunogenic integral membrane lipoproteins [cross-reactive with other spirochetes/bacteria] Characterization of antigenic determinants of Bb shared by other bacteria. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1372635&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 22-kDa OspC [specific for Bb] 22-25kDa OspC 23-kDa OspC *24-kDa OspC 25-kDa OspC [specific for Bb] 26-kDa 27-kDa Osp, Hsp (Europe burgdorferi strain B29, but not American strain B31) *28-kDa OspD, Oms28 [specific for Bb] 29-kDa OspA? 30-32-kDa OspA *30-kDa OspA substrate binding protein 31-kDa OspA [specific for Bb] 32-kDa OspA 33-kDa outer membrane 34-kDa OspB [specific for Bb] 34-36-kDa OspB 35-kDa OspB [specific for Bb] 35.5-kDa 36-37-kDa 37-kDa P37, FlaA gene product, [specific for Bb] 38.0-kDa FlaA *39-kDa BmpA [specific for Bb] 40-kDa *41-kDa FlaB 42-kDa 43-kDa 44-kDa *45-kDa [appeared in IgM in control group in 1998 study done in Poland] MEDLINE - 9972057 - "...whereas in control group only antibodies against 45 kDa and 58 kDa were present." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9972057&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b [appears for HGE] MEDLINE - 9620365 - "...confirmed the importance of the 42- to 45-kDa antigens as early, persistent, and specific markers of HGE infection." http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9620365&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 46-kDa 47-kDa P47 fibronectin-binding protein [specific for Bb] 48-kDa 49-kDa 50-kDa [specific for Bb] 51 kDa MgtE 52-kDa Fn-BA 54-kDa [other Borrelia] 55-kDa 56-kDa 57-kDa PBP *58-kDa (not GroEL) 59-kDa [a genetically engineeried fragment of the 83-kDa protein] 60-kDa Hsp [all Borrelia] 62-kDa Hsp60 63.7-kDa 64-kDa (P64) [cross-reacts to human axonal proteins] 65-kDa *66-kDa P66 Oms66 Hsp outer/integral membrane protein 67-kDa 68-kDa 70-kDa Hsp 71-kDa 72-kDa Hsp [cross-reactive with other spirochetes] [cross-reactive with other spirochetes/bacteria] Characterization of antigenic determinants of Bb shared by other bacteria. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1372635&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 73-kDa 75-kDa 77-kDa a genetically engineered recombinant hybred Use of a hybrid protein consisting of the variable region of the Borrelia burgdorferi flagellin and part of the 83-kDa protein as antigen for serodiagnosis of Lyme disease. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8027303&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 78-kDa OspA 79.8-kDa 80-kDa 83-kDa p83 high molecular mass protein [specific for Bb] 84-kDa [B. garinii] 88-kDa 92-kDa *93-kDa an immunodominant protoplasmic cylinder antigen, associated with the flagellum [specific for Bb] 94-kDa PBP [specific for Bb] 95-kDa 97-kDa associated with flagella 100-kDa P100 110-kDa 200-kDa a fusion protein, a hybrid protein ----- Named bands - the gene names: BmpA, BmpB, BmpC "the 39 kDa Bmp protein family", PMID: 8978084 BmpD, PMID: 8606088 FlaA, an outer sheath protein of the periplasmic flagella 37-kDa, PMID: 9986810 38-kDa, PMID: 9573194, PMID: 8990312 FlaB, 41-kDa PMID: 9573194 FlgE, protein 40-kDa?, PMID: 8548542 ospAB,28-34-kDa, PMID: 9596714 --- OspA = 29-33.5 kDa Regarding OspA AND Lyme disease the following molecular weights are associated with OspA in the MEDLINE database: Note: To see the abstract for a particular PMID number, simply insert the number, via copy and paste, in the following URL after the "&list_uids=" term: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=&dopt=Abstract Example, using the first number below: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10638032&dopt=Abstract 29-31 kDa - PMID: 10638032, 8429231 29.6 kDa - PMID: 1406458 30 kDa - PMID: 7500914 30-32 kDa - PMID: 2461135 31-kDa - PMID: 10030131, PMID: 8005219, PMID: 8406878, PMID: 1520966 PMID: 1554741, PMID: 10699329, PMID: 8825913 32-kDa - PMID: 8005219, PMID: 1520966 32-kDa/rOspA dog vaccine - PMID: 8567917 32.5 kDa - PMID: 9144917, PMID: 8004045 33 kDa - PMID: 1520966, PMID: 8005219 33.5 kDa - PMID: 8004045, PMID: 1520966 --- OspB 34-kDa PMID: 10030131 OspC 21-25-kDa, 22-25-kDa - PMID: 8825913, OspD 28-kDa, PMID: 8825913 OspE 19.2-kDa [calculated], PMID: 8262642 OspF 26.1-kDa [calculated], PMID: 8262642 ----- Bands specific for Borrelia burgdorferi: 14-kDa ? 21-kDa 22-kDa OspC 25-kDa OspC 28-kDa OspD 31-kDa OspA 34-kDa OspB 35-kDa 37-kDa 39-kDa 47-kDa 50-kDa 83-kDa 93-kDa 94-kDa Notes: 14-kDa ? PMID: 9920119, PMID: 1556546 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9920119&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1556546&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b B. burgdorferi: 22 kDa, 31 kDa, 34 kDa, 39 kDa, 83 kDa - PMID: 9440203 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9440203&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b p35 and p37 are Borrelia burgdorferi genes - PMID: 9175831 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9175831&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b at least one is an apparently specific band (25, 28, 39, 47, 50, or 93 kDa). - PMID: 7791177 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=7791177&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b antibodies against the 94 kDa, 31 kDa and 21 kDa proteins are largely species-specific. - PMID: 8223404 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8223404&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b ----- Cross-reacting bands: 19-kDa 22-kDa ?? 20-kDa 30-kDa 33-kDa 34-kDa ?? 36-kDa 40-kDa 41-kDa 60-kDa 66-kDa 72-kDa Notes: Search terms: cross-react* cross-antigenicity crossreact Immunoblot analysis indicated the presence of cross-reacting antibodies directed to B. burgdorferi antigens with apparent molecular weights of 60, 41, 40, 36, 30 and 20 kDa. - PMID: 1385332 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b P66, P60, P41 which are dominant immunogens of all types of borrelias PMID: 9162453 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9162453&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 19, 22[??], 72 - PMID: 1372635 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1372635&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 60-75 kDa range, p40, p33 and two proteins in the range of 20 kDa. - PMID: 1597198 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=1597198&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b Whereas the 60 kDa, 41 kDa, and 34 kDa[??] constituents reveal a marked cross-antigenicity with other spirochetes and even more distantly related bacteria,...PMID: 8223404 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8223404&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b ----- Bands found, or tested for, in IgM analysis in USA or Mexico. 18-kDa 21-kDa 23-kDa 24-kDa 25-kDa 28-kDa 37-kDa 39-kDa 41-kDa 45-kDa 55-kDa 58-kDa 60-kDa 66-kDa 93-kDa Notes: 37 - PMID: 9986810 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9986810&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 41 kDa and 58 kDa - PMID: 9972057 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9972057&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 24 kDa (OspC), 41 kDa, and 37 kDa - PMID: 8748261 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8748261&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 39, 58, 60, 66, or 93 kDa - PMID: 8748261 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8748261&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 55-kDa - PMID: 7642278 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=7642278&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b Recommended criteria for the immunoglobulin M (IgM) immunoblot are the recognition of two of three proteins (24, 39, and 41 kDa). PMID: 7714202 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=7714202&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 25-kDa antigens - PMID: 8308100 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8308100&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 23-kDa - PMID: 8225587 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8225587&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b at least 2 of the 8 most common IgM bands in early disease (18, 21, 28, 37, 41, 45, 58, and 93 kDa) - PMID: 8380611 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8380611&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b ----- Bands found, or tested for, in IgG analysis in USA or Mexico. 18-kDa 20-kDa 21-kDa 22-kDa 23-kDa 24-kDa 28-kDa 29-kDa 30-kDa 31-kDa 34-kDa 35-kDa 39-kDa 41-kDa 45-kDa 55-kDa 58-kDa 88-kDa 62-kDa 66-kDa 93-kDa Notes: A serum sample was considered positive by WB [IgG] if at least three of the following protein bands were recognized: 18, 24, 28, 29, 31, 34, 39, 41, 45, 58, 62, 66, and 93 kDa. PMID: 10071428 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=10071428&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 93, 39, 34 or 23 kDa IgG bands - PMID: 9580180 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9580180&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 55-kDa - PMID: 7642278 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=7642278&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b The recommended criteria for a positive IgG immunoblot are the recognition of two of five proteins (20, 24 [> 19 intensity units], 35, 39, and 88 kDa). Alternatively, if band intensity cannot be measured, the 22-kDa protein can be substituted for the 24-kDa protein with only a small decrease in sensitivity. PMID: 7714202 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=7714202&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b at least 5 of the 10 most frequent IgG bands after the first weeks of infection (18, 21, 28, 30, 39, 41, 45, 58, 66, and 93 kDa)-PMID: 8380611 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8380611&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b 66 kDa and 31/34 kDa - PMID: 3819479 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=3819479&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b ----- Other bands found in IgM/IgG in other countries: Europe/Germany - PMID: 9163458 The following interpretation criteria resulting in specificities of greater than 96% were recommended: for IgG WB, at least one band of p83/100, p58, p56, OspC, p21, and p17a for PKa2; at least two bands of p83/100, p58, p43, p39, p30, OspC, p21, p17, and p14 for PKo; and at least one band of p83/100, p39, OspC, p21, and p17b for PBi; for IgM WB, at least one band of p39, OspC, and p17a or a strong p41 band for PKa2; at least one band of p39, OspC, and p17 or a strong p41 band for PKo; and at least one band of p39 and OspC or a strong p41 band for PBi. IgG titers to P35 and P37 Mice/Northern blot - PMID: 9175831 Italy - PMID: 8809552 The overall reactivity of the three Borrelia strains in IgG immunoblots indicated that ten protein bands were significant, with a different prevalence of some of them in the two groups of patient sera: bands at 60-58, 30-33, 36-37 and 28-27 kDa were markers for neuroborreliosis sera; proteins at 100-83, 72-70 and 18-17 kDa behaved like markers for Lyme arthritis. The IgM Immunoblots revealed significant bands at 100-83, 72-70, 51, 24- 21 and 18-17 kDa only with neuroborreliosis sera. Russia - PMID: 7791165 IgG reactivity with > or = 5 spirochetal proteins, particularly the 37, 39, 41, 60, and 93 kDa antigens Germany - PMID: 8167425 IgG - 95 and 19-17 kDa France - PMID: 8405312 [IgG] Reactions with specific protein bands (94, 73, 30 and 21 KDa) ----- The "CDC recommended" bands for Western blot testing - CDC/MMWR 1995. The ASTPHLD, CDC, FDA, NIH, CSTE, NCCLS 1994 conference recommendation ("CDC recommendation") for the serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease - CDC/MMWR 1995: ASTPHLD - Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention FDA - Food and Drug Administration NIH - National Institutes of Health CSTE - Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists NCCLS - National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards According to CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 1995; 44 (31):590-591, an IgM immunoblot is considered positive if two of the following three bands are present: 24 kDa (OspC)* 39 kDa (BmpA) 41 kDa (Fla) An IgG immunoblot is considered positive if five of the following 10 bands are present: 18 kDa 21 kDa (OspC)* 28 kDa 30 kDa 39 kDa (BmpA) 41 kDa (Fla) 45 kDa 58 kDa (not GroEL) 66 kDa 93 kDa * The apparent molecular mass of OspC is dependent on the strain of B. burgdorferi being tested. The 24 kDa and 21 kDa proteins referred to are the same. Recommendations for Test Performance and Interpretation from the Second National Conference on Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease, CDC MMWR, August 11, 1995 / 44(31);590-591 http://www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00038469.htm or http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0038469/entire.htm ----- For more information about the Western blot test and Lyme disease, see: The National Lyme Disease Network LymeNet Newsletter Volume 4 - Number 13 - 9/23/96 SPECIAL ISSUE - Understanding the Western Blot http://www2.lymenet.org/domino/nl.nsf/UID/4-13 Explanation of the Lyme Disease Western Blot by Carl Brenner http://www.lymealliance.org/Medical/MedCategory4/Lab4/lab4.html Laboratory Tests by Tom Grier - Part 2 - Western Blot and ELISA http://www.lymealliance.org/Medical/MedCategory4/Med12A/med12a.html IGeneX, Inc. - Lyme Disease Western Blot http://www.igenex.com/lymeset2.htm MRL Diagnostics' Lyme Disease B. burgdorferi Genogroup 1 Western Blot IgG test http://www.mrldiagnostics.com/insert/wb0400g.htm Immuno-Biological Laboratories (IBL) - Hamburg [Germany] - Borrelia burgdorferi/Lyme IgG Western Blot http://www.ibl-hamburg.com/prod/re_97228.htm The western immunoblot for Lyme disease: determination of sensitivity, specificity, and interpretive criteria with use of commercially available performance panels. Tilton RC, Sand MN, Manak M BBI Clinical Laboratories, Inc., New Britain, Connecticut 06053, USA. Clin Infect Dis 1997 Jul;25 Suppl 1:S31-S34 http://www.x-l.net/Lyme/BBI_TEST.htm SIMULTANEOUS ELISA AND WESTERN BLOT TESTING IN EVALUATION OF PATIENTS FOR SUSPECTED LYME DISEASE Janice M. Kochevar, FNP-C, Kenneth B. Liegner, M.D. LDF 10th Annual International Scientific Conference on Lyme Borreliosis & Other Tick-borne Disorders: April 28-30, 1997 http://www.x-l.net/Lyme/elisawb497.htm MEDLINE - Western Immunoblot*/blot* [in Title] AND Lyme Disease - 33 on 1 Mar 2001 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=PubMed&orig_db=PubMed&dispmax=1000&doptcmdl=DocSum&term=%28western%5BTI%5D+AND+%28immunoblot*%5BTI%5D+OR+blot*%5BTI%5D%29+AND+%28lyme+OR+burgdorferi+OR+%28borreli*+AND+ixodes%29+OR+%28%28erythema+AND+migrans%29+NOT+glossitis%29+OR+garinii+OR+afzelii+OR+neuroborreli*%29 ----- For more information on Lyme disease, see: Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/lyme-links.html ----- Prepared by Art Doherty Lompoc, California doherty@utech.net