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Infection and Immunity. Clin Immunol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818006-8.00007-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Goswami RP, Ganguli B, Chatterjee M. Endemic infections, vaccinations, and variability of SARS-COV2 worldwide epidemiology: A cross-sectional study. J Med Virol 2021; 93:3105-3112. [PMID: 33580710 PMCID: PMC8014122 DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The present article aims to analyze epidemiologic aspects of the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) over different countries across the globe. While analyzing the overall spread of the disease, clusters of countries could be identified where the population-adjusted number of cases and mortality rates (MRs) were significantly different from the others. To draw a comparison over the countries at the same stage of infection, the nature and spread of the infection was evaluated at the 90th day of the pandemic for each country. It was observed that the countries with prevalent malarial transmission tended to have lesser population-adjusted COVID-19 caseloads. It was further observed that high population coverage of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination was negatively associated with population-adjusted caseloads and MRs due to COVID-19. The present cross-sectional study is an attempt to bring in several social, economic, and structural confounders into understanding of the nature and spread of this novel pandemic globally.
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- Rudra Prosad Goswami
- Department of Rheumatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Aliah University, Kolkata, India
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Good MF, Stanisic DI. Whole parasite vaccines for the asexual blood stages ofPlasmodium. Immunol Rev 2019; 293:270-282. [DOI: 10.1111/imr.12819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Michael F. Good
- Institute for Glycomics Griffith University Gold Coast Qld. Australia
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Naturally acquired immunity to the blood-stage of the malaria parasite develops slowly in areas of high endemicity, but is not sterilizing. It manifests as a reduction in parasite density and clinical symptoms. Immunity as a result of blood-stage vaccination has not yet been achieved in humans, although there are many animal models where vaccination has been successful. The development of a blood-stage vaccine has been complicated by a number of factors including limited knowledge of human-parasite interactions and which antigens and immune responses are critical for protection. Opinion is divided as to whether this vaccine should aim to accelerate the acquisition of responses acquired following natural exposure, or whether it should induce a different response. Animal and experimental human models suggest that cell-mediated immune responses can control parasite growth, but these responses can also contribute to significant immunopathology if unregulated. They are largely ignored in most blood-stage malaria vaccine development strategies. Here, we discuss key observations relating to cell-mediated immune responses in the context of experimental human systems and field studies involving naturally exposed individuals and how this may inform the development of a blood-stage malaria vaccine.
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Cheng Q, Zhang Q, Xu X, Yin L, Sun L, Lin X, Dong C, Pan W. MAPK phosphotase 5 deficiency contributes to protection against blood-stage Plasmodium yoelii 17XL infection in mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 192:3686-96. [PMID: 24634491 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1301863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cell-mediated immunity plays a crucial role in the development of host resistance to asexual blood-stage malaria infection. However, little is known of the regulatory factors involved in this process. In this study, we investigated the impact of MAPK phosphotase 5 (MKP5) on protective immunity against a lethal Plasmodium yoelii 17XL blood-stage infection using MKP5 knockout C57BL/6 mice. Compared with wild-type control mice, MKP5 knockout mice developed significantly lower parasite burdens with prolonged survival times. We found that this phenomenon correlated with a rapid and strong IFN-γ-dependent cellular immune response during the acute phase of infection. Inactivation of IFN-γ by the administration of a neutralizing Ab significantly reduced the protective effects in MKP5 knockout mice. By analyzing IFN-γ production in innate and adaptive lymphocyte subsets, we observed that MKP5 deficiency specifically enhanced the IFN-γ response mediated by CD4+ T cells, which was attributable to the increased stimulatory capacity of splenic CD11c+ dendritic cells. Furthermore, following vaccination with whole blood-stage soluble plasmodial Ag, MKP5 knockout mice acquired strongly enhanced Ag-specific immune responses and a higher level of protection against subsequent P. yoelii 17XL challenge. Finally, we found the enhanced response mediated by MKP5 deficiency resulted in a lethal consequence in mice when infected with nonlethal P. yoelii 17XNL. Thus, our data indicate that MKP5 is a potential regulator of immune resistance against Plasmodium infection in mice, and that an understanding of the role of MKP5 in manipulating anti-malaria immunity may provide valuable information on the development of better control strategies for human malaria.
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- Qianqian Cheng
- Institute of Infectious Disease and Vaccine Development, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200092, China
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Stanisic DI, Barry AE, Good MF. Escaping the immune system: How the malaria parasite makes vaccine development a challenge. Trends Parasitol 2013; 29:612-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2013] [Revised: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Modulation of the immune and inflammatory responses by Plasmodium falciparum schizont extracts: role of myeloid dendritic cells in effector and regulatory functions of CD4+ lymphocytes. Infect Immun 2013; 81:1842-51. [PMID: 23509139 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01226-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The optimal immune response to malaria infection comprises rapid induction of inflammatory responses promptly counteracted by regulatory mechanisms to prevent immunopathology. To evaluate the role of dendritic cells (DC) in the balance of parasite-induced inflammatory/anti-inflammatory mechanisms, we studied the activity of monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDC), previously exposed to soluble extracts of Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells (PfSE), in the differentiation of CD4 cells isolated from donors never exposed to malaria infection. We show that MDDC exposed to PfSE are extremely efficient to induce a contemporary differentiation of TH1 effector cells and T regulatory (Treg) cells in CD4 T cells even when exposed to low concentrations of parasitic extracts. Treg cells induced by MDDC infected with PfSE (MDDC-PfSE) produce transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) and interleukin 10 (IL-10) and are endowed with strong suppressive properties. They also show phenotypical and functional peculiarities, such as the contemporary expression of markers of Treg and TH1 differentiation and higher sensitivity to TLR4 ligands both inducing an increasing production of suppressive cytokines. On the whole, our data indicate that MDDC exposed to PfSE orchestrate a well-balanced immune response with timely differentiation of TH1 and Treg cells in CD4 cells from nonimmune donors and suggest that, during the infection, the role of MDCC could be particularly relevant in low-parasitemia conditions.
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Jha AN, Singh VK, Singh R, Pati SS, Patra PK, Singh L, Thangaraj K. A rare non-synonymous c.102C>G SNP in the IFNB1 gene might be a risk factor for cerebral malaria in Indian populations. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2013; 14:369-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Revised: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/26/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Jha AN, Singh VK, Kumari N, Singh A, Antony J, van Tong H, Singh S, Pati SS, Patra PK, Singh R, Toan NL, Song LH, Assaf A, Messias–Reason IJT, Velavan TP, Singh L, Thangaraj K. IL-4 haplotype -590T, -34T and intron-3 VNTR R2 is associated with reduced malaria risk among ancestral indian tribal populations. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48136. [PMID: 23110190 PMCID: PMC3480467 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Interleukin 4 (IL-4) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine, which regulates balance between TH1 and TH2 immune response, immunoglobulin class switching and humoral immunity. Polymorphisms in this gene have been reported to affect the risk of infectious and autoimmune diseases. Methods We have analyzed three regulatory IL-4 polymorphisms; -590C>T, -34C>T and 70 bp intron-3 VNTR, in 4216 individuals; including: (1) 430 ethnically matched case-control groups (173 severe malaria, 101 mild malaria and 156 asymptomatic); (2) 3452 individuals from 76 linguistically and geographically distinct endogamous populations of India, and (3) 334 individuals with different ancestry from outside India (84 Brazilian, 104 Syrian, and 146 Vietnamese). Results The -590T, -34T and intron-3 VNTR R2 alleles were found to be associated with reduced malaria risk (P<0.001 for -590C>T and -34C>T, and P = 0.003 for VNTR). These three alleles were in strong LD (r2>0.75) and the TTR2 (-590T, -34T and intron-3 VNTR R2) haplotype appeared to be a susceptibility factor for malaria (P = 0.009, OR = 0.552, 95% CI = 0.356 –0.854). Allele and genotype frequencies differ significantly between caste, nomadic, tribe and ancestral tribal populations (ATP). The distribution of protective haplotype TTR2 was found to be significant (χ23 = 182.95, p-value <0.001), which is highest in ATP (40.5%); intermediate in tribes (33%); and lowest in caste (17.8%) and nomadic (21.6%). Conclusions Our study suggests that the IL-4 polymorphisms regulate host susceptibility to malaria and disease progression. TTR2 haplotype, which gives protection against malaria, is high among ATPs. Since they inhabited in isolation and mainly practice hunter-gatherer lifestyles and exposed to various parasites, IL-4 TTR2 haplotype might be under positive selection.
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- Aditya Nath Jha
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR, Hyderabad, India
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Vietnam Military Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria
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- Laboratório de Imunopatologia Molecular-Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CSIR, Hyderabad, India
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Wipasa J, Okell L, Sakkhachornphop S, Suphavilai C, Chawansuntati K, Liewsaree W, Hafalla JCR, Riley EM. Short-lived IFN-γ effector responses, but long-lived IL-10 memory responses, to malaria in an area of low malaria endemicity. PLoS Pathog 2011; 7:e1001281. [PMID: 21347351 PMCID: PMC3037361 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Immunity to malaria is widely believed to wane in the absence of reinfection, but direct evidence for the presence or absence of durable immunological memory to malaria is limited. Here, we analysed malaria-specific CD4+ T cell responses of individuals living in an area of low malaria transmission in northern Thailand, who had had a documented clinical attack of P. falciparum and/or P. vivax in the past 6 years. CD4+ T cell effector memory (CD45RO+) IFN-γ (24 hours ex vivo restimulation) and cultured IL-10 (6 day secretion into culture supernatant) responses to malaria schizont antigens were detected only in malaria-exposed subjects and were more prominent in subjects with long-lived antibodies or memory B cells specific to malaria antigens. The number of IFN-γ-producing effector memory T cells declined significantly over the 12 months of the study, and with time since last documented malaria infection, with an estimated half life of the response of 3.3 (95% CI 1.9-10.3) years. In sharp contrast, IL-10 responses were sustained for many years after last known malaria infection with no significant decline over at least 6 years. The observations have clear implications for understanding the immunoepidemiology of naturally acquired malaria infections and for malaria vaccine development.
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- Jiraprapa Wipasa
- Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Research Institute for Health Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Vector Borne Disease Section, Office of Disease Prevention and Control, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Immunology and Infection, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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The concept of a malaria vaccine has sparked great interest for decades; however, the challenge is proving to be a difficult one. Immune dysregulation by Plasmodium and the ability of the parasite to mutate critical epitopes in surface antigens have proved to be strong defense weapons. This has led to reconsideration of polyvalent and whole parasite strategies and ways to enhance cellular immunity to malaria that may be more likely to target conserved antigens and an expanded repertoire of antigens. These and other concepts will be discussed in this review.
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Lundie RJ. Antigen presentation in immunity to murine malaria. Curr Opin Immunol 2010; 23:119-23. [PMID: 20951016 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2010.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Accepted: 09/20/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Understanding the initiation of cellular immune responses during blood-stage malaria infection is essential for the development of an effective vaccine that improves upon the naturally acquired immune response and induces rapid and long-lasting protection against disease. Recent studies have identified the dendritic cell (DC) subtypes responsible for priming Plasmodium-specific T cells that mediate protection and/or pathology during blood-stage infection. Significant progress has also been made towards understanding DC recognition of Plasmodium parasites through engagement of TLR signalling pathways, as well as the potential for non-TLR ligands to mediate Plasmodium-induced suppression of DC antigen presentation.
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- Rachel J Lundie
- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JT, United Kingdom.
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Horowitz A, Newman KC, Evans JH, Korbel DS, Davis DM, Riley EM. Cross-Talk between T Cells and NK Cells Generates Rapid Effector Responses toPlasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2010; 184:6043-52. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Naturally acquired humoral and cellular immune responses to Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 9 in Northwestern Amazon individuals. Vaccine 2009; 26:6645-54. [PMID: 18832003 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 09/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Antibody and T-cell reactivities to Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 9 (PvMSP9) were evaluated in a cross-sectional study of individuals naturally exposed to malaria infections living in Ribeirinha, a native riverine community and in Colina, a transmigrant community, Rondonia, Brazil. The antibody responses to PvMSP9-RIRIIand PvMSP9-Nt domains in Ribeirinha were higher compared with Colina and correlated with age and time of malaria exposure. IgG2 was most prevalent for PvMSP9-RII in both communities, and IgG1 was the predominant isotype for PvMSP9-Nt and PvMSP9-RIRII in Ribeirinha. IFN-gamma and IL-4 predominated in Ribeirinha, while IFN-gamma predominated in Colina. Variation in exposure to P. vivax likely accounts for the differences observed in cytokine and antibody levels between the two populations studied.
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Mewono L, Agnandji ST, Matondo Maya DW, Mouima AMN, Iroungou BA, Issifou S, Kremsner PG. Malaria antigen-mediated enhancement of interleukin-21 responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in African adults. Exp Parasitol 2009; 122:37-40. [PMID: 19545527 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Accepted: 01/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We recently showed that IL-21 is associated with high level of anti-EBA-175 IgG1 and IgG3. Here we have investigated the ability of two malarial antigens, Glutamate-rich protein and merozoite surface protein 3 to induce IL-21 production from PBMCs from malaria-exposed and non-exposed donors. We found that malaria-exposed donors produced significantly more IL-21 compared to non-exposed donors. These data suggest that IL-21 could be involved in the acquisition of immunity to malaria.
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- Ludovic Mewono
- Medical Research Unit, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, P.O. Box 118, Lambaréné, Gabon.
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Cordery DV, Urban BC. Immune Recognition of Plasmodium-Infected Erythrocytes. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009; 653:175-84. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0901-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Tangteerawatana P, Pichyangkul S, Hayano M, Kalambaheti T, Looareesuwan S, Troye-Blomberg M, Khusmith S. Relative levels of IL4 and IFN-gamma in complicated malaria: association with IL4 polymorphism and peripheral parasitemia. Acta Trop 2007; 101:258-65. [PMID: 17379175 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Functional IL4-590 C/T polymorphisms and the relative amounts of IL4 and IFN-gamma were investigated in relation to severity of malaria in 110 and 169 Thai patients with complicated and uncomplicated malaria, respectively. The plasma IL4 and IFN-gamma levels were determined by ELISA and the IL4-590 C/T polymorphisms were genotyped. The IFN-gamma levels were significantly elevated in patients with complicated malaria in the initial stage of the disease before treatment compared to the levels found with uncomplicated malaria (231pg/ml versus 150pg/ml, p=0.0029), while the IL4 levels were significantly elevated 7 days after treatment (167pg/ml versus 81pg/ml, p=0.0003). Our study did not reveal any association between the IL4-590 C/T transition and the severity of malaria. However, a significant difference in the IL4 to IFN-gamma ratio between patients with complicated and uncomplicated malaria was observed only in patients with IL4-590 T allele homozygosity (geometric mean: 0.321 versus 0.613, p=0.0087 for TT allele). A significant inverse correlation between IL4 to IFN-gamma ratio and peripheral parasitemia was observed only in complicated malaria patients carrying TT genotype (r=-0.283, p=0.046). These results suggest that the IL4-590 C/T polymorphism may play a role in the balance between IL4 and IFN-gamma, as well as in the control of parasitemia, which in turn may alter the severity of malaria.
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- Piyatida Tangteerawatana
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Rajvithi Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Miller LH, Good MF, Kaslow DC. The need for assays predictive of protection in development of malaria bloodstage vaccines. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 13:46-7. [PMID: 15275121 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-4758(96)20063-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- L H Miller
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Good MF, Xu H, Wykes M, Engwerda CR. DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION OF CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSES TO THE BLOOD STAGES OF MALARIA: Implications for Vaccine Research. Annu Rev Immunol 2005; 23:69-99. [PMID: 15771566 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.23.021704.115638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The immune response to the malaria parasite is complex and poorly understood. Although antibodies and T cells can control parasite growth in model systems, natural immunity to malaria in regions of high endemicity takes several years to develop. Variation and polymorphism of antibody target antigens are known to impede immune responses, but these factors alone cannot account for the slow acquisition of immunity. In human and animal model systems, cell-mediated responses can control parasite growth effectively, but such responses are regulated by parasite load via direct effects on dendritic cells and possibly on T and B cells as well. Furthermore, high parasite load is associated with pathology, and cell-mediated responses may also harm the host. Inflammatory cytokines have been implicated in the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria, anemia, weight loss, and respiratory distress in malaria. Immunity without pathology requires rapid parasite clearance, effective regulation of the inflammatory anti-parasite effects of cellular responses, and the eventual development of a repertoire of antibodies effective against multiple strains. Data suggest that this may be hastened by exposure to malaria antigens in low dose, leading to augmented cellular immunity and rapid parasite clearance.
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- Michael F Good
- The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, 4029, Australia.
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Artavanis-Tsakonas K, Tongren JE, Riley EM. The war between the malaria parasite and the immune system: immunity, immunoregulation and immunopathology. Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 133:145-52. [PMID: 12869017 PMCID: PMC1808775 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02174.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Throughout history malaria has proved to be a significant threat to human health. Between 300 and 500 million clinical cases occur each year worldwide, approximately 2 million of which are fatal, primarily in children. The vast majority of malaria-related deaths are due to infection with Plasmodium falciparum; P. vivax causes severe febrile illness but is rarely fatal. Following repeated exposure to infection, people living in malaria endemic areas gradually acquire mechanisms to limit the inflammatory response to the parasite that causes the acute febrile symptoms (clinical immunity) as well as mechanisms to kill parasites or inhibit parasite replication (antiparasite immunity). Children, who have yet to develop protective immune mechanisms are thus at greater risk of clinical malaria, severe disease and death than adults. However, two epidemiological observations indicate that this is, perhaps, an oversimplified model. Firstly, cerebral malaria - a common manifestation of severe malaria - typically occurs in children who have already acquired a significant degree of antimalarial immunity, as evidenced by lower mean parasite densities and resistance to severe anaemia. One potential explanation is that cerebral malaria is, in part, an immune-mediated disease in which immunological priming occurs during first infection, eventually leading to immunopathology on re-infection. Secondly, among travelers from nonendemic areas, severe malaria is more common - and death rates are higher - in adults than in children. If severe malaria is an immune-mediated disease, what might be priming the immune system of adults from nonendemic areas to cause immunopathology during their first malaria infection, and how do adults from endemic areas avoid severe immunopathology? In this review we consider the role of innate and adaptive immune responses in terms of (i) protection from clinical malaria (ii) their potential role in immunopathology and (iii) the subsequent development of clinical immunity. We conclude by proposing a model of antimalarial immunity which integrates both the immunological and epidemiological data collected to date.
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- K Artavanis-Tsakonas
- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Ramharter M, Willheim M, Winkler H, Wahl K, Lagler H, Graninger W, Winkler S. Cytokine profile of Plasmodium falciparum-specific T cells in non-immune malaria patients. Parasite Immunol 2003; 25:211-9. [PMID: 12940964 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2003.00628.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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CD3+ T cells are important sources of both pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines during Plasmodium falciparum malaria. We studied the frequency of interleukin-2 (IL-2), gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and IL-10 expressing CD3+ cells in 10 non-immune malaria patients with uncomplicated malaria and in one patient with cerebral malaria after P. falciparum-specific and non-specific mitogenic stimulation. Analysis by fluorescence-activated cell sorting was performed after drug-induced clearance of parasites to allow previously sequestered T cells to be detected in peripheral blood. CD3+ cells of patients responded to P. falciparum infected erythrocytes with significant increases in the percentage of IL-2, IFN-gamma, and TNF-alpha, but also IL-10, positive cells. CD3+ cells from malaria-naïve donors were also responsive to specific stimulation albeit to a much lesser extent. Mitogenic stimulation of PBMC revealed no significant differences between cells of patients and controls. CD3+ cells of the patient with cerebral malaria were hyporesponsive both to the infecting parasite isolate as well as to our laboratory-adapted P. falciparum isolate, whereas two patients with uncomplicated disease were more responsive to their infecting parasites than to the laboratory-adapted isolate. The results indicate that the increased responsiveness of in vivo primed compared to malaria-naïve CD3+ cells is Plasmodium-specific and biased towards production of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha.
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- Michael Ramharter
- Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Vienna, Austria
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The development of a malaria vaccine seems to be a definite possibility despite the fact that even individuals with a life time of endemic exposure do not develop sterile immunity. An effective malaria vaccine would be invaluable in preventing malaria-associated deaths in endemic areas, especially amongst children less than 5 years of age and pregnant women. This review discusses our current understanding of immunity against the asexual blood stage of malaria - the stage that is responsible for the symptoms of the disease - and approaches to the design of an asexual blood stage vaccine.
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- Jiraprapa Wipasa
- The Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
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Pombo DJ, Lawrence G, Hirunpetcharat C, Rzepczyk C, Bryden M, Cloonan N, Anderson K, Mahakunkijcharoen Y, Martin LB, Wilson D, Elliott S, Elliott S, Eisen DP, Weinberg JB, Saul A, Good MF. Immunity to malaria after administration of ultra-low doses of red cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum. Lancet 2002; 360:610-7. [PMID: 12241933 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)09784-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The ability of T cells, acting independently of antibodies, to control malaria parasite growth in people has not been defined. If such was shown to be effective, an additional vaccine strategy could be pursued. Our aim was to ascertain whether or not development of cell-mediated immunity to Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection could be induced in human beings by exposure to malaria parasites in very low density. METHODS We enrolled five volunteers from the staff at our research institute who had never had malaria. We used a cryopreserved inoculum of red cells infected with P falciparum strain 3D7 to give them repeated subclinical infections of malaria that we then cured early with drugs, to induce cell-mediated immune responses. We tested for development of immunity by measurement of parasite concentrations in the blood of volunteers by PCR of the multicopy gene STEVOR and by following up the volunteers clinically, and by measuring antibody and cellular immune responses to the parasite. FINDINGS After challenge and a extended period without drug cure, volunteers were protected against malaria as indicated by absence of parasites or parasite DNA in the blood, and absence of clinical symptoms. Immunity was characterised by absence of detectable antibodies that bind the parasite or infected red cells, but by the presence of a proliferative T-cell response, involving CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, a cytokine response, consisting of interferon gamma but not interleukin 4 or interleukin 10, induction of high concentrations of nitric oxide synthase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and a drop in the number of peripheral natural killer T cells. INTERPRETATION People can be protected against the erythrocytic stage of malaria by a strong cell-mediated immune response, in the absence of detectable parasite-specific antibodies, suggesting an additional strategy for development of a malaria vaccine
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- David J Pombo
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health and Nutrition, and Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
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Malaria, a disease responsible for immense human suffering, is caused by infection with Plasmodium spp. parasites, which have a very complex life cycle - antigenically unique stages infect different tissues of the body. This review details recent developments in our understanding of immunity both to pre-erythrocytic stage antigens and to erythrocytic stage antigens. The former is largely mediated via CD8(+) T cells and involves IFN-gamma, nitric oxide, IL-12 and natural killer cells; the latter varies (in different hosts and with different parasites) but is largely mediated by antibody, helper T cells, nitric oxide and gammadelta T cells. The recent progress towards clinical trials of vaccine candidates against both the pre-erythrocytic stage and erythrocytic stage is also summarized, in particular the use of heterologous prime/boost strategies for the former and the use of MSP1 as a candidate vaccine for the latter.
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- M F Good
- The Cooperative Research Centre for Vaccine Technology, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital 4029, Queensland, Australia.
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Hirunpetcharat C, Finkelman F, Clark IA, Good MF. Malaria parasite-specific Th1-like T cells simultaneously reduce parasitemia and promote disease. Parasite Immunol 1999; 21:319-29. [PMID: 10354354 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00234.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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CD4+ T cells have been implicated in immunity to the blood stages of malaria and cytokines associated with both monocyte and T cell activation have been implicated in disease. To determine whether specific T cells capable of inhibiting parasite growth can also mediate pathology we have transfused populations of Plasmodium berghei-specific T cells into normal and immunodeficient naive mice. We observed that they could inhibit parasite growth but were unable to save the animals which exhibited significantly greater anaemia and weight loss than control infected animals receiving either no T cells or T cells specific for ovalbumin. T cell-dependent tomour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha was a critical component in both parasite killing and disease promotion. Experiments with blocking antibodies demonstrated that all T-cell mediated antiparasitic immunity and all T-cell mediated weight loss was TNF-dependent. Blocking TNF-alpha in mice that received parasite-specific T cells prolonged the survival of the mice. Nitric oxide demonstrated no antiparasite effect, but was involved in the regulation of T-cell mediated weight loss. The data thus show that while parasite-specific CD4+ T cells can significantly limit parasite growth, such an effect need not be beneficial to the host, and that TNF-alpha and nitric oxide are critical effector molecules operating downstream of parasite-specific T cells in both immunity and disease.
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- C Hirunpetcharat
- The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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Brown WC, Estes DM, Chantler SE, Kegerreis KA, Suarez CE. DNA and a CpG oligonucleotide derived from Babesia bovis are mitogenic for bovine B cells. Infect Immun 1998; 66:5423-32. [PMID: 9784553 PMCID: PMC108679 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5423-5432.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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DNAs from bacteria and variety of nonvertebrate organisms, including nematodes, mollusks, yeasts, and insects, cause polyclonal activation of murine B lymphocytes. Similar studies have not been reported for bovine B cells, and to date no studies have reported mitogenic properties of protozoal DNA for any species. However, we and others have observed that protozoal parasite antigens can induce the proliferation of lymphocytes from nonexposed donors. Extending these studies, we now show that the mitogenic property of protozoal antigen preparations is in part attributable to parasite DNA and that Babesia bovis DNA is directly mitogenic for bovine B cells. DNase treatment of B. bovis extracts abrogated B. bovis-induced proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from nonexposed cattle. Like DNAs from other organisms that were mitogenic for murine B cells, B. bovis DNA is largely nonmethylated and induced a dose-dependent proliferation of bovine B cells, which was reduced upon methylation. Furthermore, B. bovis and E. coli DNAs enhanced immunoglobulin secretion by cultured B cells, inducing moderate increases in immunoglobulin G1 and stronger increases in immunoglobulin G2. Because certain nonmethylated CpG motifs present in bacterial DNA are known to stimulate proliferation of murine and human B cells, an 11-kb fragment of B. bovis DNA was analyzed for CG dinucleotide content and for the presence of known immunostimulatory sequences (ISS) centered on a CG motif. The frequency of CG dinucleotides was approximately one-half of the expected frequency, and several CpG hexameric sequences with known activity for murine B cells were identified. An oligodeoxynucleotide containing one of these ISS (AACGTT), which is present within the rhoptry-associated protein-1 (rap-1) open reading frame, was shown to stimulate B-cell proliferation. These ISS may be involved in host immune modulation during protozoal infection and may be useful as vaccine adjuvants.
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- W C Brown
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164, USA.
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Stich RW, Shoda LK, Dreewes M, Adler B, Jungi TW, Brown WC. Stimulation of nitric oxide production in macrophages by Babesia bovis. Infect Immun 1998; 66:4130-6. [PMID: 9712758 PMCID: PMC108496 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4130-4136.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/1998] [Accepted: 06/04/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-activated macrophages are believed to play a key role in resistance to Babesia bovis through parasite suppression by macrophage secretory products. However, relatively little is known about interactions between this intraerythrocytic parasite and the macrophages of its bovine host. In this study, we examined the in vitro effect of intact and fractionated B. bovis merozoites on bovine macrophage nitric oxide (NO) production. In the presence of IFN-gamma, B. bovis merozoites stimulated NO production, as indicated by the presence of increased L-arginine-dependent nitrite (NO2-) levels in culture supernatants of macrophages isolated from several cattle. The merozoite crude membrane (CM) fraction stimulated greater production of NO, in a dose-dependent manner, than did the merozoite homogenate or the soluble, cytosolic high-speed supernatant fraction. Stimulation of NO production by CM was enhanced by as little as 1 U of IFN-gamma per ml of culture medium. Upregulation of inducible NO synthase mRNA in bovine macrophages by either B. bovis-parasitized erythrocytes and IFN-gamma or CM was also observed. B. bovis-specific T-helper lymphocyte culture supernatants, all of which contained IFN-gamma, were also found to induce L-arginine-dependent NO2- production. Supernatants that induced the highest levels of NO also contained biologically active TNF. These results show that B. bovis merozoites and antigen-stimulated B. bovis-immune T cells can induce the production of NO, a molecule implicated in both protection and pathologic changes associated with hemoprotozoan parasite infections.
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- R W Stich
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-7040, USA
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Ramasamy R. Molecular basis for evasion of host immunity and pathogenesis in malaria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1406:10-27. [PMID: 9545516 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(97)00078-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The article relates the ability of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to avoid a protective immune response, and to induce pathological changes, to the properties of specific parasite molecules. Cytoadherence and rosetting are important features of cerebral malaria and involve proteins located on the surface of the infected red blood cell. Proinflammatory cytokines, particularly tumour necrosis factor (TNF), play a role in protective immunity and in inducing pathology. Glycophosphatidyl inositol membrane anchors of parasite proteins possess insulin like activity and induce TNF synthesis. People subject to repeated infections in malaria endemic areas rarely develop complete or sterile immunity to malaria. They frequently carry small numbers of parasites in the blood, with little symptoms of the disease, illustrating a phenomenon termed semi-immunity. The basis for semi-immunity is incompletely understood. Malaria parasites are susceptible to several immunological effector mechanisms. The presence of extensive repetitive regions is a feature of many P. falciparum proteins. Available evidence suggests that the structural characteristics of the repeats and their location on the surface of parasite proteins promote immunogenicity. The repeats may help the parasite evade host immunity by (i) exhibiting sequence polymorphism, (ii) preventing the normal affinity and isotype maturation of an immune response, (iii) functioning possibly as B cell superantigens, (iv) generating predominantly thymus independent antibody responses, and (v) acting as a sink for binding protective antibodies. Sequence diversity in non-repetitive regions and antigenic variation in parasite molecules located on the surface of infected red blood cells also play a role in immune evasion. Some sequence homologies between parasite and human proteins may be due to molecular mimicry. Homologies in other instances can cause autoimmune responses. The immune evasion mechanisms of the parasite need to be considered in developing vaccines. Protective immunity and pathology may be delicately balanced in malaria.
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- R Ramasamy
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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Hirunpetcharat C, Good MF. Deletion of Plasmodium berghei-specific CD4+ T cells adoptively transferred into recipient mice after challenge with homologous parasite. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:1715-20. [PMID: 9465082 PMCID: PMC19161 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.4.1715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The immune response to malaria parasites includes T cell responses that reduce parasites by effector T cell responses and by providing help for antibody responses. Some parasites are more sensitive to antibody and others are more sensitive to cell-mediated immunity. We demonstrate that cultured CD4(+) T cells that produce interferon gamma and interleukin 2, but not interleukin 4, in response to stimulation with the rodent parasite Plasmodium berghei can reduce but not eliminate parasites in vivo after adoptive transfer. Although cells can persist in vivo for up to 9 months in uninfected mice, infection results in elimination of up to 99% of specific T cells in different tissues, as judged by tracking T cells labeled with the fluorescent dye 5-(and -6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester. T cells specific for ovalbumin are unaffected. In vivo activation and division of transferred T cells per se are not responsible for deletion because T cells positive for 5-(and -6)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester divide up to six times within 7 days in uninfected mice and are not deleted. Understanding the factors responsible for parasite-mediated specific deletion of T cells would enhance our knowledge of parasite immunity.
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- C Hirunpetcharat
- Malaria and Arbovirus Unit, The Queensland Institute of Medical Research, P.O. Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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Wyatt CR, Davis WC, Knowles DP, Goff WL, Palmer GH, McGuire TC. Effect on intraerythrocytic Anaplasma marginale of soluble factors from infected calf blood mononuclear cells. Infect Immun 1996; 64:4846-9. [PMID: 8890250 PMCID: PMC174456 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4846-4849.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Blood mononuclear cells (lymphocytes and monocytes) were isolated from infected calves during in vivo control of acute anaplasmosis and cultured with Anaplasma marginale organisms. Supernatants from the cultures reduced the proportion of erythrocytes containing viable A. marginale in vitro, indicating that an antibody-independent mechanism of rickettsemia control might occur during acute anaplasmosis.
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- C R Wyatt
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-7040, USA
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Sinden RE, Butcher GA, Billker O, Fleck SL. Regulation of infectivity of Plasmodium to the mosquito vector. ADVANCES IN PARASITOLOGY 1996; 38:53-117. [PMID: 8701799 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-308x(08)60033-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- R E Sinden
- Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London, UK
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It has never been explained why it takes so long for humans to develop immunity to malaria, although factors such as antigenic variation, antigenic polymorphism, and poor immunological responses to critical antigens are thought to be important. Models of malaria, particularly in rodents, have not been helpful. The course of malaria infection differs considerably between humans and rodents. Mice rapidly develop immunity whereas for most humans it takes several years of exposure for this to occur. Mice typically exhibit high parasitaemias whereas humans typically do not. A significant difference in the immune response of humans and mice to malaria parasites might, in part, explain these differences. Most humans have a preexisting population of activated malaria parasite-specific T cells (cross-reactive T cells) which we have referred to as 'natural' T cells, but such cells have not been observed in mice. These cells, many of which secrete interferon-gamma, might control parasitaemia early in the infection, but a by-product of their further activation by malaria parasites might be disease symptoms. Development of immunity has been thought of as an active process--acquisition of specific antibody and effector T cell responses. However, it might in part reflect induction of tolerance of this preexisting population of disease-inducing T cells as a result of chronic parasitaemia. The initial presence of these Th1-like cells may also impede the development of a Th2-like response necessary for the production of protective antibodies. Persistent cross-reactive stimulation may significantly impede this process.
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- M F Good
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
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