Characterization of a 96-kilodalton thermostable polypeptide antigen of Plasmodium falciparum related to protective immunity in the squirrel monkey.

AUTOR(ES)

Jouin, H

RESUMO

Protective immunity against Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) is, in part, antibody mediated. We have previously shown that polypeptides of 41, 76, and 96 kilodaltons (kDa) are specifically immunoprecipitated with monkey sera which are protective in passive transfer experiments. We report here that three different 96-kDa polypeptides, of pI 5.15, 5.25, and 5.35, can be visualized when parasite extracts are analyzed in bidimensional gels. Only one of them (of pI 5.25) was stable after being heated at 100 degrees C for 5 min. The 96-kDa thermostable polypeptide of pI 5.25 was immunoprecipitated by protective monkey sera and by sera from adult humans living in hyperendemic areas and thus seems to be correlated with humoral protective immunity. This antigen was found in culture supernatants at the time of schizont rupture. It was synthesized during the schizont stage and is apparently not a glycoprotein.

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