›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (11): 2856-2861.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.11.006

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Antigen Epitopes Analysis and Verification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Flagellin

LIN Min-ling1,2, LI Jun2,3, PAN Yan2,3, CHEN Ze-xiang2,3, YANG Wei2,3, HU Ting-jun1   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China;
    2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Animal Vaccines and New Technology, Nanning 530001, China;
    3. Guangxi Veterinary Research Institute, Nanning 530001, China
  • Received:2015-04-13 Online:2015-11-20 Published:2015-11-26

Abstract: To understand the pathogenicity of Escherichia coli O157:H7,the secondary structures,hydrophilicity plot,antigenic index,flexibility plot and surface probability plot of the flagellin FliC of Escherichia coli O157:H7 were analyzed by bioinformatics.The α-helix,β-sheet,turn and coil regions of flagellin FliC were analyzed by the methods of Garnier-Robson and Chou-Fasman of DNAStar software,hydrophilicity plot was used the method of Kyte-Doolittle,the flexibility plot was based on the Karplus-Schulz method,surface probability plot and antigenic index were analyzed by the methods of Emini and Jameson-Wolf,respectively.The results showed that 63 to 74,236 to 247,338 to 349,460 to 471 and 542 to 553 amino acid sites of flagellin FliC might be B cell antigen epitopes.338 to 349 and 460 to 471 peptides were synthesized by chemical synthesis,and then subcutaneously immunized BALB/c mice three times.Antibody response was evaluated by ELISA.The result showed that 338 to 349 and 460 to 471 peptides could induce BALB/c mice to produce high titer antibody.

Key words: Escherichia coli O157:H7; flagellin; B cell antigen epitopes; immunity

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