CAJ | 학술논문

Objective:To investigate the banding patterns of whole cell protein (WCP)and outer membrane protein (OMP)of Burkholderia pseudomallei (B.pseudomallei)in clinical isolates from patients with melioidosis. Methods:WCP and OMP of of B.pseudomallei in 50 clinical isolates,from 47 patients with melioidosis were prepared and separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE)using 10% gels and stained with Coomassie brilliant blue.The banding patterns were compared by using a laser densitometer and dendrogram. Results:There were 6 different banding patterns of WCP and 2 types of OMP.Type 1-5 WCP had 8 common protein bands at 19.0 -45.0 kDa with identical OMP pattern.The banding patterns of WCP in type 6 were distinct from the others and also its OMP profile.The majority of clinical isolates (37 /50,74%)were in type 1 WCP.Of the remaining isolates,8 were in type 2,2 in type 3,and one each was in type 4 to 6.There was no significant association between the WCP typing and the demographic or clinical features of the investigated patients.Conclusion:Despite the wide variation of clinical features of melioidosis,the results of this study show that B.pseudomallei had a few differences in the WCP and OMP profiles.Therefore typing of WCP and OMP,using SDS-PAGE analysis,could be an alternative method for phenotypic differentiation in clinical iso-lates of B.pseudomallei.