Expression of chimeric antigen of HCV with multiple immunodominant epitopes in E .coli and its application for serological tests / 中华传染病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective ToexpresschimericantigenofHCVwithmultipleimmunodominantepitopes inE .coliforimprovingthequalityofreagentsforHCVscreening .Methods Thegenefragmentencoding HCVchimericantigenwasobtainedbymolecularcloningmethodandclonedintopQE 30 plasmidforex pressioninE .coliM 15 .TheexpressedchimericantigenwaspurifiedbyNi NTAandcoatedonELISA platestoanalyzeitssensitivityandspecificity .Results Thechimericantigenof 5 30 0 0washighlyex pressed .ELISAassayofserumsamples (including 18HCVpositiveand 17negativesera)indicatedthatthe HCVchimericantigenhadhighsensitivityandspecificity .Conclusions ChimericantigenofHCVwith typicalimmunodominantepitopescanbeusedtodevelopgoodreagentsforHCVimmunoassay .