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This study describes which antigens of Fasciola hepatica are present in the feces of patients with chronic fascioliasis and in the feces of rats infected experimentally with F. hepatica metacercariae. Using a Western blot assay technique with hyperimmune serum obtained from excretory-secretory antigens of adult F. hepatica, we found in the patients' feces antigens of possible diagnostic interest, with molecular weights of 14, 19, 20, 23, 25, 32, 46, 51, and 62 kilodaltons (kDa). In addition, we showed that the peptides of 14, 20, 23, and 51 kDa are also recognized by the majority of the sera from chronic patients. We used affinity chromatography to purify the antigens present in the feces of rats that had been infected for 6 to 12 weeks, using ES78 monoclonal antibody bound to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. Through that approach, we identified six polypeptides, of 11, 14, 26, 32, 47, and 51 kDa; three more polypeptides, of 17, 24, and 66 kDa, could only be identified in the feces of rats that had been infected for 10 to 12 weeks. Our results suggest that these polypeptides could be antigens common to both parasitic stages. This is particularly true for the polypeptides of 14, 24, 26, and 51 kDa, because they reacted with the immune sera, the human sera, and the ES78 monoclonal antibody. These polypeptides could be important markers for acute and chronic fascioliasis.

Coproantígenos de Fasciola hepatica de posible utilidad en el diagnóstico de la fascioliasis