Immunization with synthetic peptides of a Plasmodium falciparum surface antigen induces antimerozoite antibodies.
AUTOR(ES)
Cheung, A
RESUMO
Polypeptides expressed on the surface of merozoites, the invasive stage of the asexual blood cycle, are good candidates for the development of malaria vaccines. Five synthetic peptides with predetermined specificity deduced from a genomic DNA clone coding for the NH2-terminal portion of the main merozoite surface polypeptide of Plasmodium falciparum were evaluated for their capability to raise antibodies that react with the P. falciparum merozoites. Antibodies induced by two of the peptides (3 and 5) reacted with the membrane surfaces of seven of seven isolates of P. falciparum from different geographic areas. Antibodies against peptide 4, which contains a repeated amino acid sequence (Gly-Gly-Ser and Val-Ala-Ser), reacted with six of seven isolates. Structural analysis of the deduced polypeptides suggests that peptide 3 is exposed at the surface of merozoites. When it was used to immunize monkeys, three of the four animals were partially protected from a challenge infection that induced a fulminant infection in control animals.
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