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Maher SP, Bakowski MA, Vantaux A, Flannery EL, Andolina C, Gupta M, Antonova-Koch Y, Argomaniz M, Cabrera-Mora M, Campo B, Chao AT, Chatterjee AK, Cheng WT, Chuenchob E, Cooper CA, Cottier K, Galinski MR, Harupa-Chung A, Ji H, Joseph SB, Lenz T, Lonardi S, Matheson J, Mikolajczak SA, Moeller T, Orban A, Padín-Irizarry V, Pan K, Péneau J, Prudhomme J, Roesch C, Ruberto AA, Sabnis SS, Saney CL, Sattabongkot J, Sereshki S, Suriyakan S, Ubalee R, Wang Y, Wasisakun P, Yin J, Popovici J, McNamara CW, Joyner CJ, Nosten F, Witkowski B, Le Roch KG, Kyle DE. A Drug Repurposing Approach Reveals Targetable Epigenetic Pathways in Plasmodium vivax Hypnozoites. bioRxiv 2024:2023.01.31.526483. [PMID: 36778461 PMCID: PMC9915689 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.31.526483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Radical cure of Plasmodium vivax malaria must include elimination of quiescent 'hypnozoite' forms in the liver; however, the only FDA-approved treatments are contraindicated in many vulnerable populations. To identify new drugs and drug targets for hypnozoites, we screened the Repurposing, Focused Rescue, and Accelerated Medchem (ReFRAME) library and a collection of epigenetic inhibitors against P. vivax liver stages. From both libraries, we identified inhibitors targeting epigenetics pathways as selectively active against P. vivax and P. cynomolgi hypnozoites. These include DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors as well as several inhibitors targeting histone post-translational modifications. Immunofluorescence staining of Plasmodium liver forms showed strong nuclear 5-methylcystosine signal, indicating liver stage parasite DNA is methylated. Using bisulfite sequencing, we mapped genomic DNA methylation in sporozoites, revealing DNA methylation signals in most coding genes. We also demonstrated that methylation level in proximal promoter regions as well as in the first exon of the genes may affect, at least partially, gene expression in P. vivax. The importance of selective inhibitors targeting epigenetic features on hypnozoites was validated using MMV019721, an acetyl-CoA synthetase inhibitor that affects histone acetylation and was previously reported as active against P. falciparum blood stages. In summary, our data indicate that several epigenetic mechanisms are likely modulating hypnozoite formation or persistence and provide an avenue for the discovery and development of improved radical cure antimalarials.
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Affiliation(s)
- S. P. Maher
- Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Disease, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur of Cambodia; Phnom Penh, 120 210, Cambodia
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit; Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- International Center for Malaria Research, Education and Development, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University; Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV); Geneva, 1215, Switzerland
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA
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- Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Disease, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- International Center for Malaria Research, Education and Development, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University; Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University; Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago; Dunedin, 9016, New Zealand
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- Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research; Emeryville, CA, 94608, USA
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- Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur of Cambodia; Phnom Penh, 120 210, Cambodia
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- Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Disease, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- School of Sciences, Clayton State University; Morrow, GA, 30260, USA
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur of Cambodia; Phnom Penh, 120 210, Cambodia
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur of Cambodia; Phnom Penh, 120 210, Cambodia
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- Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Disease, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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- Mahidol Vivax Research Unit, Mahidol University; Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit; Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand
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- Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS); Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521
- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit; Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand
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- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur of Cambodia; Phnom Penh, 120 210, Cambodia
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- Calibr, a division of The Scripps Research Institute; La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Center for Vaccines and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
- International Center for Malaria Research, Education and Development, Emory Vaccine Center, Emory National Primate Research Center, Emory University; Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit; Mae Sot, Tak, 63110, Thailand
- Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford; Oxford, OX3 7LG, UK
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- Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Institute Pasteur of Cambodia; Phnom Penh, 120 210, Cambodia
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Systems Biology, University of California; Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Center for Tropical & Emerging Global Disease, University of Georgia; Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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Chatpiyaphat K, Sumruayphol S, Dujardin J, Samung Y, Phayakkaphon A, Cui L, Ruangsittichai J, Sungvornyothin S, Sattabongkot J, Sriwichai P. Geometric morphometrics to distinguish the cryptic species Anopheles minimus and An. harrisoni in malaria hot spot villages, western Thailand. Med Vet Entomol 2021; 35:293-301. [PMID: 33205850 PMCID: PMC8451769 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Anopheles minimus Theobald 1901 and An. harrisoni Harbach & Manguin 2007 belong to the same species complex. They are morphologically similar and can exist in sympatry but have blood host preferences. The most accurate method for their identification is based on molecular techniques. Here, we measure the level of interspecific discrimination by geometric morphometry. Sixty-seven An. minimus and 22 An. harrisoni specimens were selected based on their morphological integrity and confirmed by identification polymerase chain reaction of internal transcribed spacer 2. These samples were used as reference data allowing for a morphometric identification based on geometric shape. Despite size overlap between the two species, there was a significant shape divergence allowing for differentiation of An. minimus and An. harrisoni with 90% accuracy. An intraspecific study of An. minimus showed a summer period associated to the reducing of wing size, which did not influence the shape-based differentiation of An. harrisoni. Wing venation geometry can be used to distinguish between these cryptic species mainly based on shaped divergence. This study suggests that geometric morphometrics represent a convenient low-cost method to complement morphological identification, especially concerning damaged specimens, i.e., insects having accidentally lost the anatomical features allowing a reliable morphological identification.
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- K. Chatpiyaphat
- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Unité Mixte de Recherche 177‐Interactions Hôte‐Vecteur‐Parasite‐Enironnement dans les Maladies Tropicales Négligées dues aux Trypanosomatidés, Centre International de Recherches Agronomiques pour le Développement (CIRAD)Institut de Recherches pour le Développement (IRD), Campus international de BaillarguetMontpellierFrance
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- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of MedicineUniversity of South FloridaTampaFloridaU.S.A.
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- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Vivax Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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- Department of Medical Entomology, Faculty of Tropical MedicineMahidol UniversityBangkokThailand
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Radchatawedchakoon W, Niyomtham N, Thongbamrer C, Posa C, Sakee U, Roobsoong W, Sattabongkot J, Opanasopit P, Yingyongnarongkul B. Synthesis and Transfection Efficiencies of Divalent Ammonium Headgroup Cationic Lipids with Different Hydrophobic Tails. Russ J Bioorg Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1068162020030140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mongkol W, Nguitragool W, Sattabongkot J, Kubera A. Blood-induced differential gene expression in Anopheles dirus evaluated using RNA sequencing. Med Vet Entomol 2018; 32:399-406. [PMID: 29885058 DOI: 10.1111/mve.12310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Malaria parasites are transmitted through blood feeding by female Anopheline mosquitoes. Unveiling the blood-feeding process will improve understanding of vector biology. Anopheles dirus (Diptera: Culicidae) is one of the primary malaria vectors in the Greater Mekong Subregion, the epicentre of malaria drug resistance. In this study, differential gene expression between sugar- and blood-fed An. dirus was investigated by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). A total of 589 transcripts were found to be upregulated and 703 transcripts downregulated as a result of blood feeding. Transcriptional differences were found in genes involved in blood digestion, peritrophic matrix formation, oogenesis and vitellogenesis. The expression levels of several genes were validated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The present results provide better understanding of An. dirus biology in relation to its blood feeding.
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- W Mongkol
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Mahidol Vivax Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Tropical Natural Resources, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Chansamut N, Buates S, Takhampunya R, Udomsangpetch R, Bantuchai S, Sattabongkot J. Correlation of Pfg377 ortholog gene expression of Plasmodium vivax and mosquito infection. Trop Med Int Health 2012; 17:414-22. [PMID: 22296040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02940.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the expression of Pfg377 ortholog gene in Plasmodium vivax, and examine its correlation with mosquito infection. METHODS Seventy clinical blood samples positive for P. vivax by microscopy, were used for the mosquito infectivity assay. Infectivity to female Anopheles dirus was determined from oocyst counts. The transcripts of Pfg377 ortholog gene of P. vivax from blood samples infective and non-infective to mosquitoes were examined using quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULTS Of 70 P. vivax positive blood samples, 50 (71.4%) samples were mosquito-infective and 20 (28.6%) were not. In infective samples, the expression level of Pfg377 ortholog gene was significantly higher than in the non-infective group (P<0.05). In infective samples, the expression level of Pfg377 ortholog gene at ≥100 copies/ml of blood cut-off point correlated with ≥10 oocysts/mosquito cut-off point of average oocyst numbers and with ≥50% cut-off point of per cent infected mosquitoes (Pearson's chi-square correlation, P=0.014 and P=0.026, respectively). CONCLUSION The cut-off point of the expression level of Pfg377 ortholog gene could be used to predict the infectiousness of P. vivax gametocytes leading to mosquito infection and parasite transmission in the field.
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- N Chansamut
- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Chuangchaiya S, Jangpatarapongsa K, Chootong P, Sirichaisinthop J, Sattabongkot J, Pattanapanyasat K, Chotivanich K, Troye-Blomberg M, Cui L, Udomsangpetch R. Immune response to Plasmodium vivax has a potential to reduce malaria severity. Clin Exp Immunol 2009; 160:233-9. [PMID: 20030672 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2009.04075.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Plasmodium falciparum infection causes transient immunosuppression during the parasitaemic stage. However, the immune response during simultaneous infections with both P. vivax and P. falciparum has been investigated rarely. In particular, it is not clear whether the host's immune response to malaria will be different when infected with a single or mixed malaria species. Phenotypes of T cells from mixed P. vivax-P. falciparum (PV-PF) infection were characterized by flow cytometry, and anti-malarial antibodies in the plasma were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We found the percentage of CD3+delta2+-T cell receptor (TCR) T cells in the acute-mixed PV-PF infection and single P. vivax infection three times higher than in the single P. falciparum infection. This implied that P. vivax might lead to the host immune response to the production of effector T killer cells. During the parasitaemic stage, the mixed PV-PF infection had the highest number of plasma antibodies against both P. vivax and P. falciparum. Interestingly, plasma from the group of single P. vivax or P. falciparum malaria infections had both anti-P. vivax and anti-P. falciparum antibodies. In addition, antigenic cross-reactivity of P. vivax or P. falciparum resulting in antibodies against both malaria species was shown in the supernatant of lymphocyte cultures cross-stimulated with either antigen of P. vivax or P. falciparum. The role of delta2 +/- TCR T cells and the antibodies against both species during acute mixed malaria infection could have an impact on the immunity to malaria infection.
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- S Chuangchaiya
- Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Saul A, Hensmann M, Sattabongkot J, Collins WE, Barnwell JW, Langermans JAM, Wu Y, Long CA, Dubovsky F, Thomas AW. Immunogenicity in rhesus of the Plasmodium vivax mosquito stage antigen Pvs25H with Alhydrogel and Montanide ISA 720. Parasite Immunol 2007; 29:525-33. [PMID: 17883455 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00971.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pvs25 is an ookinete surface protein from Plasmodium vivax that is the target of transmission-blocking antibodies. Two immunogenicity trials in rhesus monkeys with a recombinant form of the protein, Pvs25H, were undertaken. Monkeys were vaccinated with Pvs25H adsorbed to Alhydrogel or emulsified in Montanide ISA 720 at 0, 4 and 27 weeks (study 1) or in Montanide ISA 720 at 0 and 18 weeks (study 2) with 1.5 or 15 microg Pvs25H in 0.1 or 0.5 mL of emulsion (four combinations). Immunogenicity was assessed by ELISA and by membrane-feeding experiments using P. vivax-infected blood from human volunteers (studies 1 and 2) or from chimpanzees (study 1). Both vaccine trials generated antibodies that blocked transmission of P. vivax to mosquitoes. Antibody titres and transmission blocking were higher with Montanide ISA 720 than with Alhydrogel in the first trial and with the 15 microg Pvs25H/0.5 mL ISA 720 combination in the second trial.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Aluminum Hydroxide/immunology
- Animals
- Anopheles/parasitology
- Antibodies, Protozoan/blood
- Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Female
- Humans
- Macaca mulatta
- Malaria Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Malaria Vaccines/immunology
- Malaria, Vivax/immunology
- Malaria, Vivax/parasitology
- Malaria, Vivax/transmission
- Male
- Mannitol/analogs & derivatives
- Mannitol/immunology
- Oleic Acids/immunology
- Plasmodium vivax/growth & development
- Plasmodium vivax/immunology
- Random Allocation
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- A Saul
- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
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Mascorro CN, Zhao K, Khuntirat B, Sattabongkot J, Yan G, Escalante AA, Cui L. Molecular evolution and intragenic recombination of the merozoite surface protein MSP-3alpha from the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax in Thailand. Parasitology 2005; 131:25-35. [PMID: 16038393 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005007547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The merozoite surface antigens of malaria parasites are prime anti-morbidity/mortality vaccine candidates. However, their highly polymorphic nature requires extensive surveys of parasite populations to validate vaccine designs. Previous studies have found 3 molecular types (A, B and C) of the Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 3a (PvMSP-3alpha) among parasite field populations. Here we analysed complete PvMSP-3alpha sequences from 17 clinical P. vivax isolates from Thailand and found that the nucleotide diversity was as high as that from samples widely separated by time and space. The polymorphic sites were not randomly distributed but concentrated in the N-terminal Ala-rich domain (block 2A), which is partially deleted in type B and C sequences. The size variations among type A sequences were due to small indels occurring in block 2A, whereas type B and C sequences were uniform in length with each type having a different large deletion. Analysis of synonymous and non-synonymous substitutions suggested that different selection forces were operating on different regions of the molecule. The numerous recombination sites detected within the Ala-rich domain suggested that intragenic recombination was at least partially responsible for the observed genetic diversity of the PvMSP-3alpha gene. Phylogenetic analysis failed to link any alleles to a specific geographical origin, even when different domains of PvMSP-3alpha were used for analysis. The highly polymorphic nature and lack of geographical clustering of isolates suggest that more systematic investigations of the PvMSP-3alpha gene are needed to explore its evolution and vaccine potential.
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- C N Mascorro
- Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, 501 ASI Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Coleman RE, Polsa N, Eikarat N, Kollars TM, Sattabongkot J. Prevention of sporogony of Plasmodium vivax in Anopheles dirus mosquitoes by transmission-blocking antimalarials. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2001; 65:214-8. [PMID: 11561707 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.65.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The sporontocidal activity of four dihydroacridine-diones (WR-233602, WR-243251, WR-250547, and WR-250548) and three fluoroquinolones (WR-279135, WR-279298, and WR-279288) was determined against naturally circulating isolates of Plasmodium vivax. Laboratory-reared Anopheles dirus mosquitoes were infected with P. vivax by feeding them on gametocytemic volunteers reporting to local malaria clinics in Kanchanaburi and Tak provinces, Thailand. Four days after the infectious feed, mosquitoes were re-fed on uninfected mice treated 90 minutes previously with a given drug at a dose of 100 mg base drug/kg mouse body weight. Sporontocidal activity was determined by assessing both oocyst and sporozoite development. None of the fluoroquinolones exhibited sporontocidal activity against P. vivax, whereas all 4 dihydroacridine-diones affected sporogonic development to some degree. WR-233602 affected oocyst development, but had no impact on sporozoite production, WR-250548 affected oocyst development and had a limited effect on sporozoite production, and WR-243251 and WR-250547 had a marked impact on all phases of sporogony. These data demonstrate that experimental dihydroacridine-diones are capable of interrupting the sporogonic development of P. vivax. These compounds may be useful in preventing malaria transmission.
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- R E Coleman
- Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Suwanabun N, Sattabongkot J, Tsuboi T, Torii M, Maneechai N, Rachapaew N, Yim-amnuaychok N, Punkitchar V, Coleman RE. Development of a method for the in vitro production of Plasmodium vivax ookinetes. J Parasitol 2001; 87:928-30. [PMID: 11534665 DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[0928:doamft]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We developed a method for the in vitro production of mature Plasmodium vivax ookinetes. Gametocytemic blood was collected from 98 P. vivax-infected patients reporting to malaria clinics in Maesod and Maekasa Districts, Tak Province, Thailand. Briefly, gametogenesis was induced using xanthurenic acid and parasites were separated by density gradient centrifugation and then cultured in RPMI-1640, pH 7.8-8.2. At the same time that blood was collected, 200 Anopheles dirus mosquitoes were allowed to feed on each patient. Mosquito midguts were removed 2-36 hr postfeeding, and gut contents were smeared onto glass slides, as were cultured samples from varying time points. Slides were stained with Giemsa, and the in vitro and mosquito development of ookinetes compared. Mature ookinetes were produced in 48.0% (47/98) of in vitro cultures, with a total yield ranging from 10 to 248,500 (mean = 15,523, median = 600) ookinetes produced per 5 ml blood. The temporal development and the morphology of the P. vivax ookinetes produced in vitro was similar to that observed in the A. dirus mosquitoes. The method that we describe is simple, can be used at remote sites without sophisticated equipment, and yields high numbers of clean ookinetes. This method of producing mature P. vivax ookinetes will be a useful tool for studies on ookinetes in P. vivax endemic regions.
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- N Suwanabun
- Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Ryan JR, Dav K, Emmerich E, Garcia L, Yi L, Coleman RE, Sattabongkot J, Dunton RF, Chan AS, Wirtz RA. Dipsticks for rapid detection of plasmodium in vectoring anopheles mosquitoes. Med Vet Entomol 2001; 15:225-230. [PMID: 11434560 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2001.00296.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Malaria remains the most serious vector-borne disease, affecting some 300-500 million people annually, transmitted by many species of Anopheles mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Monoclonal antibodies developed against specific circumsporozoite (CS) proteins of the main malaria parasites Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax have been used previously for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), widely employed for detection of malaria sporozoites in vector Anopheles for local risk assessment, epidemiological studies and targeting vector control. However, ELISA procedures are relatively slow and impractical for field use. To circumvent this, we developed rapid wicking assays that identify the presence or absence of specific peptide epitopes of CS protein of the most important P. falciparum and two strains (variants 210 and 247) of the more widespread P. vivax. The resulting assay is a rapid, one-step procedure using a 'dipstick' wicking test strip. In laboratory assessment, dipsticks identified 1 ng/ mL of any of these three CS protein antigens, with sensitivity nearly equal to the CS standard ELISA. We have developed and are evaluating a combined panel assay that will be both qualitative and quantitative. This quick and easy dipstick test (VecTest Malaria) offers practical advantages for field workers needing to make rapid surveys of malaria vectors.
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- J R Ryan
- Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-7500, USA.
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Coleman RE, Barth JF, Turell MJ, Gordon SW, Sattabongkot J, Copeland R, Wirtz RA. Development and evaluation of a dipstick assay for detection of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax sporozoites in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol 2000; 37:581-587. [PMID: 10916300 DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We developed a nitrocellulose-based, dipstick circumsporozoite (CS)-enzyme immunoassay [ELISA] for the simultaneous detection of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax-210 CS protein. The assay had a detection threshold of < 250 P. falciparum or 400 P. vivax sporozoites per sample, gave results concordant with dissection of salivary glands and CS-ELISA, but was slightly less sensitive than the CS-ELISA in microtiter plates. The assay consistently detected one infected mosquito in a pool of 10 or 20 mosquitoes, and was 100% specific in discriminating between species of Plasmodium when mosquito suspensions were spiked with sporozoites. The assay could be completed in 1 h, required no specialized equipment, and therefore was useful for field applications.
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- R E Coleman
- Department of Vector Assessment, USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5011, USA
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Corwin A, Soderquist R, Suwanabun N, Sattabongkot J, Martin L, Kelly D, Beecham J. Scrub typhus and military operations in Indochina. Clin Infect Dis 1999; 29:940-1. [PMID: 10589920 DOI: 10.1086/520468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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- A Corwin
- U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Number 2, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Tanskul P, Linthicum KJ, Watcharapichat P, Phulsuksombati D, Mungviriya S, Ratanatham S, Suwanabun N, Sattabongkot J, Watt G. A new ecology for scrub typhus associated with a focus of antibiotic resistance in rice farmers in Thailand. J Med Entomol 1998; 35:551-555. [PMID: 9701943 DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Following the documentation of chloramphenicol-resistant and doxycycline-resistant strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi (Hyashi) in northern Thailand, we conducted ecological and epidemiological studies near the houses of patients hospitalized with antibiotic-resistant infections. New associations between chiggers, rodents, and O. tsutsugamushi in active rice agriculture areas, an ecological habitat not described previously, are reported. Rattus rattus (L.) was the most common species (representing 85.8% of the 1,433 rodents processed), followed by Rattus losea (Swinhoe) (9.4%), Bandicota indica (Bechstein) (3.6%), and Rattus argentiventer (Robinson and Kloss) (1.3%). O. tsutsugamushi was isolated from 30% of the R. rattus and R. losea, 29% of the B. indica, and 33% of the R. argentiventer collected. Mean minimum infection rates were 0.03 in Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis Tanskul & Linthicum, a new species of chigger, and 0.002 in Leptotrombidium imphalum (Vercammen-Grandjean & Langston), a chigger species not previously associated with scrub typhus transmission. Efficient vertical and horizontal transmission of O. tsutsugamushi by L. chiangraiensis and L. imphalum was demonstrated. During a 19-mo period from October 1993 to April 1995, the overall prevalence of human IgM and IgG antibody to O. tsutsugamushi was 25.5 and 47.3%, respectively. L. chiangraiensis and L. imphalum are incriminated as vectors of O. tsutsugamushi in a rice field habitat associated with a focus of antibiotic resistance.
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- P Tanskul
- Department of Entomology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Phya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand
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Li J, Gutell RR, Damberger SH, Wirtz RA, Kissinger JC, Rogers MJ, Sattabongkot J, McCutchan TF. Regulation and trafficking of three distinct 18 S ribosomal RNAs during development of the malaria parasite. J Mol Biol 1997; 269:203-13. [PMID: 9191065 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax has been shown to regulate the transcription of two distinct 18 RNAs during development. Here we show a third and distinctive type of ribosome that is present shortly after zygote formation, a transcriptional pattern of ribosome types that relates closely to the developmental state of the parasite and a phenomenon that separates ribosomal types at a critical phase of maturation. The A-type ribosome is predominantly found in infected erythrocytes of the vertebrate and the mosquito blood meal. Transcripts from the A gene are replaced by transcripts from another locus, the O gene, shortly after fertilization and increase in number as the parasite develops on the mosquito midgut. Transcripts from another locus, the S gene, begins as the oocyst form of the parasite matures. RNA transcripts from the S gene are preferentially included in sporozoites that bud off from the oocyst and migrate to the salivary gland while the O gene transcripts are left within the oocyst. Although all three genes are typically eukaryotic in structure, the O gene transcript, described here, varies from the other two in core regions of the rRNA that are involved in mRNA decoding and translational termination. We now can correlate developmental progression of the parasite with changes in regions of rRNA sequence that are broadly conserved, where sequence alterations have been related to function in other systems and whose effects can be studied outside of Plasmodium. This should allow assessment of the role of translational control in parasite development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anopheles/parasitology
- Base Sequence
- Erythrocytes/parasitology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Protozoan
- Humans
- Malaria, Vivax/parasitology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phylogeny
- Plasmodium vivax/classification
- Plasmodium vivax/genetics
- Plasmodium vivax/growth & development
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Protozoan/biosynthesis
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/biosynthesis
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/classification
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S/genetics
- Ribosomes/classification
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Zygote
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- J Li
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA
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Rongnoparut P, Supsamran N, Sattabongkot J, Suwanabun N, Rosenberg R. Phenotype and genotype diversity in the circumsporozoite proteins of Plasmodium vivax in Thailand. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1995; 74:201-10. [PMID: 8719161 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(95)02504-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Two phenotypes of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax occur in Thailand, each of which has a characteristic nonamer repeat: GDRA(A/D)GQPA for VK210-type and ANGAG-NQPG for VK247-type. We have sequenced the repetitive domains and flanking regions from 17 specimens collected from a small area, some of which had given ambiguous results in allele-specific hybridization or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). Base substitutions occurred in non-random, limited patterns that suggest the dissemination of mutations by both unequal crossing-over and gene conversion; most substitutions were silent and phenotypic variation was relatively minor. Sequence variation and number of repeat units were much more variable in VK210-type clones than in those of VK247-type. Each VK210-type isolate with a poor ELISA response contained at least one clone with one of five residue substitutions not found in normally responsive isolates. The absence of obvious hybrid sequences between the two alleles suggests that most successful recombination may have been between sister chromatids, and the limited phenotypic variation suggests that CS antibody does not exert selective pressure on evolution.
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- P Rongnoparut
- Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, AFRIMS, Bangkok, Thailand
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Li J, Wirtz RA, McConkey GA, Sattabongkot J, Waters AP, Rogers MJ, McCutchan TF. Plasmodium: genus-conserved primers for species identification and quantitation. Exp Parasitol 1995; 81:182-90. [PMID: 7556560 DOI: 10.1006/expr.1995.1107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Stable RNAs have regions of primary sequence that are nearly identical in every member of the Plasmodium genus and not found in the host or in other common pathogens. Several "genus-conserved" sequences, which flank hypervariable regions, were identified within the small subunit ribosomal RNA of Plasmodium species. Primers based on these conserved sequences permit amplification of species- or possibly even strain-specific sequences from samples of unknown composition. As an example of this approach, sequences from the four human malaria species were successfully recovered from Giemsa-stained blood smears, including two different sequences for Plasmodium ovale (of 91.5% similarity). This type of information is useful for epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis of any malaria species. We show that amplification of rRNA-derived sequences behaves in a competitive fashion during the cycles of polymerase amplification and therefore target sequences from Plasmodium species are amplified in proportion to their abundance in the sample. There are several implications of this finding. (1) The proportion of different products resulting from amplification from samples with mixed infections is closely related to the proportion of infecting species. (2) Direct quantitation of parasite nucleic acids within a sample can be derived when known amounts of competitor RNA are added to the RT/PCR reaction. (3) Amplification of rRNA sequences, using genus-specific primers, allows one to monitor the development of the parasite in the mosquito.
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- J Li
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799, USA
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Li J, Wirtz RA, McConkey GA, Sattabongkot J, McCutchan TF. Transition of Plasmodium vivax ribosome types corresponds to sporozoite differentiation in the mosquito. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1994; 65:283-9. [PMID: 7969269 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(94)90079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Two distinct small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSUrRNA) genes were amplified from the genomic DNA of Plasmodium vivax. Comparison of the two coding sequences reveals an overall divergence of 14.5% and most differences are clustered into the regions known to diverge rapidly in all eukaryotic SSUrRNAs. Oligonucleotides complementary to unique sequences of each gene have been used to distinguish the transcripts expressed either at schizogony in human blood (A gene) or at sporogony in the mosquito (C gene). These oligonucleotides were also used to monitor turnover of ribosomes during parasite development in mosquitoes. Transcripts of the A gene were predominant in the infected human blood and engorged mosquitoes but disappeared within 24 h after feeding. Expression of the C gene in mosquitoes was not detected until day 6 after the blood meal. A period of rapid accumulation of the C type rRNA from day 6 to day 8 corresponds to differentiation of individual sporozoites within the oocyst. Possible functional implications relating to the timing of this transition are discussed.
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- J Li
- Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
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Shanks GD, Edstein MD, Chedester AL, Smith CD, Corcoran KD, Ngampochjana M, Hansukjariya P, Sattabongkot J, Webster HK. Proguanil plus sulfamethoxazole is not causally prophylactic in the Macaca mulatta--Plasmodium cynomolgi model. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50:641-5. [PMID: 8203715 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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New drugs for causal prophylaxis of malaria are needed. A proguanil/sulfamethoxazole combination was investigated using a rhesus monkey model (Macaca mulatta infected with Plasmodium cynomolgi) to determine whether causal prophylaxis could be achieved. When a five-day regimen of proguanil (40 mg/kg/day) combined with sulfamethoxazole (100 mg/kg/day) was used, infection of all animals (6 of 6) was observed, with an extended prepatent period (median 40 days). Two control animals became infected on days 9 and 23 following sporozoite inoculation. Plasma concentrations indicated that proguanil and sulfamethoxazole were adequately absorbed and metabolized to cycloguanil and N4-acetylsulfamethoxazole, respectively. Analysis of liver biopsy specimens demonstrated that the drugs were present two days following sporozoite inoculation but were not detectable one week later. Proguanil plus sulfamethoxazole does not eliminate exoerythrocytic-stage parasites in the rhesus monkey--P. cynomolgi model.
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- G D Shanks
- Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) highly specific for the characteristic repeat units of the circumsporozoite proteins of the VK 247 and VK 210 polymorphs of Plasmodium vivax were used to test sporozoites produced by feeding mosquitoes on 1,711 human volunteers presenting at four locations in Thailand over five years. There was no evidence for the existence of any polymorph other than the two already described. Based on the ELISAs, the overall prevalence of the VK 247 type was 29.5%, including those found mixed with VK 210. Relative proportions of VK 210 and VK 247 differed between collection sites. At all places, the ratio of VK 210 to VK 247 was significantly higher at the end of the nontransmission season than it was later during the annual monsoon, suggesting that there may be intrinsic biological differences between the polymorphs that affect their survival.
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- N Suwanabun
- Department of Entomology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Bangkok, Thailand
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Sattabongkot J, Suwanabun N, Rongnoparut P, Wirtz RA, Kain KC, Rosenberg R. Comparative test of DNA probes for detection of Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein polymorphs VK 247 and VK 210. J Infect Dis 1994; 169:464-6. [PMID: 8106786 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/169.2.464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Oligonucleotide probes specific to the characteristic repeat sequences of two alleles of the circumsporozoite protein gene of Plasmodium vivax (VK 210 and VK 247) were selected, synthesized, and tested on matched blood and sporozoite DNA amplified by polymerase chain reaction from 182 cases naturally acquired in Thailand. Probe results were compared to those of circumsporozoite phenotype-specific ELISAs used to evaluate sporozoites from the same cases. There was a 96% agreement between probe results for blood and for sporozoites. Although there was also a nearly complete agreement between probe and ELISA results for cases producing only VK 210 or VK 247 sporozoites, the probes detected 45% more mixed infections than did the ELISAs when used to test specimens from western and southern Thailand; there was no discrepancy when mixed cases from Cambodia were tested. Examination of Southern blots from ambiguous mixed cases demonstrated the presence of both genes, suggesting suppression of VK 247 in some mixed cases to numbers below those detectable by the ELISA.
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- J Sattabongkot
- Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Bangkok, Thailand
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Edstein MD, Corcoran KD, Shanks GD, Ngampochjana M, Hansukjariya P, Sattabongkot J, Webster HK, Rieckmann KH. Evaluation of WR250417 (a proguanil analog) for causal prophylactic activity in the Plasmodium cynomolgi-Macaca mulatta model. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50:181-6. [PMID: 8116810 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1994.50.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The Plasmodium cynomolgi-Macaca mulatta model has been used to test the antimalarial activity of new drugs for both radical cure and casual prophylaxis. The proguanil analog WR250417 (also known as PS-15) was evaluated for causal prophylactic activity in rhesus monkeys infected with P. cynomolgi bastianelli. Four monkeys were orally dosed with 40 mg/kg/day of WR250417 over three days (-1, 0, and +1). Sporozoite-induced infection of P. cynomolgi was initiated on day 0 with 1 x 10(6) sporozoites to each monkey. Compound WR250417 extended the prepatent period from an average of 8.5 days for controls (n = 2) to a mean of 18.3 days (range 18-19 days, n = 4) for drug-treated monkeys. Analysis of plasma drug concentrations by high-performance liquid chromatography showed that the monkeys converted the WR250417 to its putative principal active metabolite WR99210 (a dihydrotriazine). These findings demonstrate that WR250417 and its principal metabolite do not prevent primary infection by P. cynomolgi.
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- M D Edstein
- U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Corcoran KD, Hansukjariya P, Sattabongkot J, Ngampochjana M, Edstein MD, Smith CD, Shanks GD, Milhous WK. Causal prophylactic and radical curative activity of WR182393 (a guanylhydrazone) against Plasmodium cynomolgi in Macaca mulatta. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1993; 49:473-7. [PMID: 8214277 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1993.49.473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Primaquine is the only currently available drug effective against persistent tissue stages of relapsing malaria in humans. Causal prophylactic and radical curative properties of WR182393 (a guanylhydrazone) were investigated as part of an effort to evaluate alternatives to primaquine in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)/Plasmodium cynomolgi test model. The drug was suspended in dimethylsulfoxide for intramuscular (im) injection. A pilot study indicated causal prophylactic activity in a regimen of 40 mg base/kg/day im for three days beginning the day before intravenous challenge with 1 x 10(6) P. cynomolgi sporozoites. Regimens of 31, 10, 3.1, and 0 mg base/kg/day im for three days were then tested in groups of two monkeys given a similar challenge. The two animals given 31 mg base/kg/day remained parasite-free. Average time to parasitemia for the lower dosage groups was 38, 18, and 8 days respectively. Groups of two monkeys with sporozoite-induced P. cynomolgi infections were also treated for seven days with 31, 10, 3.1, and 0 mg base/kg/day im in combination with 10 mg base/kg/day of chloroquine orally. Both monkeys given 31 mg base/kg/day did not relapse. The average time to relapse following treatment was 48, 29, and 8 days, respectively, for the lower dosage groups. Compound WR182393 is the first non-8-aminoquinoline class of drug to exhibit both causal prophylactic and radical curative properties against a relapsing primate, vivax-like malaria.
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- K D Corcoran
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Currier J, Sattabongkot J, Good MF. 'Natural' T cells responsive to malaria: evidence implicating immunological cross-reactivity in the maintenance of TCR alpha beta+ malaria-specific responses from non-exposed donors. Int Immunol 1992; 4:985-94. [PMID: 1390441 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/4.9.985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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It is now generally accepted that peripheral blood of humans not exposed previously to malaria contains T cells which proliferate vigorously in response to malaria parasites and antigens. Although it has been claimed that these cells express a memory phenotype, their origin is uncertain. We have examined the phenotype and immunological responses of such cells. We confirm that these cells do express the 'memory phenotype', CD45Ro, in that depletion of such cells, but not of CD45Ra (virgin) cells, abrogates the immune response to malaria parasites. In an effort to define the genesis of these responses, numerous malaria-specific T cell clones have been generated from non-exposed individuals. These were tested for reactivity to a large panel of common bacterial, viral, and fungal pathogenic and non-pathogenic organisms. Most clones proliferated vigorously in response to one or more such organisms, while many clones demonstrated smaller but significant degrees of proliferation in response to many different organisms. Our data offers insights into the maintenance of immunological memory. All clones examined were CD3+, CD4+, CD8-, TCR alpha beta+, and TCR delta-. The ratio of TCR alpha beta+ to TCR delta+ cells among peripheral blood lymphocytes increased during polyclonal culture in the presence of parasite. The high frequency of such cells in peripheral blood (1/800-1/9000), and their response to a wide range of geographically different Plasmodium falciparum isolates and clones by both proliferation and lymphokine secretion (predominantly IFN-gamma) with a high degree of sensitivity (less than 1 parasite/microliters blood in some cases) suggests that these cells must be quickly activated following malaria infection. Their contribution to the outcome of the disease (protection/immunopathology) may be significant.
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- J Currier
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, Brisbane, Australia
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Rosenberg R, Rungsiwongse J, Kangsadalampai S, Sattabongkot J, Suwanabun N, Chaiyaroj SC, Mongkolsuk S. Random mating of natural Plasmodium populations demonstrated from individual oocysts. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1992; 53:129-33. [PMID: 1501632 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90015-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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DNA amplified from individual Plasmodium vivax oocysts, produced by feeding mosquitoes directly on naturally infected humans in Thailand, was used to study cross-mating of 2 polymorphs of the circumsporozoite (CS) gene, VK 210 and VK 247. Alleles were detected in matched blood parasites, sporozoites, and individual oocysts with oligoprobes specific to characteristic repeat units. Oocysts developing from 3 cases in which mixed alleles were present in the blood parasites had genotype frequencies, including hybrids, consistent with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. There was apparently no barrier to hybridization of the 2 alleles nor a bias, as has been found in some laboratory experiments, favoring hybrid formation. These are the first measurements of cross-mating frequencies directly from natural Plasmodium infections and the first observations of genetic hybridization in P. vivax.
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- R Rosenberg
- Entomology Department, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Graves PM, Doubrovsky A, Sattabongkot J, Battistutta D. Human antibody responses to epitopes on the Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte antigen PFS 48/45 and their relationship to infectivity of gametocyte carriers. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1992; 46:711-9. [PMID: 1377881 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1992.46.711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Antibodies in human sera recognizing epitopes I, IIa, III, and IV on the Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte antigen Pfs 48/45 have been investigated by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. More than one-third of the residents of three villages in Madang, Papua New Guinea responded to epitopes I, IIa and III, with little variation by village or with time. There was a bimodal distribution of positive sera by age, with the highest proportion of responders in the 5-9- and greater than 20-year-old age groups. The data suggest a lower prevalence of antibodies against epitopes IIa and III in P. falciparum gametocyte carriers than in non-carriers. Enhancement of binding of monoclonal antibodies to epitopes IIa and III was also observed more frequently with sera from gametocyte carriers. Sera from gametocyte carriers in Papua New Guinea and Thailand, whose infectivity to mosquitoes had been tested, were used to examine the relationship between recognition of particular epitopes and infectivity. There was a significant association between lack of infectivity of P. falciparum gametocyte carriers and recognition of epitope IIa on Pfs 48/45 by antibodies in their sera.
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- P M Graves
- Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Bancroft Centre, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
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Collins WE, Sattabongkot J, Wirtz RA, Skinner JC, Broderson JR, Millet PG, Morris CL, Richardson BB, Sullivan J, Filipski VK. Development of a polymorphic strain of Plasmodium vivax in monkeys. J Parasitol 1992; 78:485-91. [PMID: 1597793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A strain of Plasmodium vivax from Thailand with a polymorphic repeat unit of the circumsporozoite protein was established in Saimiri sciureus boliviensis and 3 species of Aotus monkeys. All 11 attempts to transmit infection via sporozoite inoculation, 4 times to splenectomized S. sciureus boliviensis, 2 times to splenectomized Aotus nancymai, and 5 times to intact Saimiri monkeys, were successful. Anopheles freeborni, Anopheles stephensi, Anopheles dirus, and Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes were infected by feeding on parasitemic blood from a chimpanzee and an Aotus azarae boliviensis monkey. Our results indicate that this strain may be useful in antisporozoite vaccine trials.
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- W E Collins
- Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
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Up to 200 laboratory reared Anopheles dirus mosquitoes were fed on each of 496 symptomatic Thai men who had patent, naturally acquired Plasmodium vivax gametocytaemia. Mean gametocyte densities were 455/mm3 (range: 0-3281), geometric mean oocyst number was 9 (0-142), mean frequency of infection was 43% (0-100%), and mean sporozoite number in salivary glands was 9525 (0-285,000). There was little relation between gametocyte density and either oocyst number or frequency of mosquito infection. There were, however, statistically strong positive correlations between oocyst numbers and frequency of infection, and between number of oocysts and number of salivary gland sporozoites. The data suggest that each oocyst contributed about 850 sporozoites to a gland infection.
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- J Sattabongkot
- Department of Entomology, US Army Medical Component, Bangkok, Thailand
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Kitthawee S, Edman JD, Sattabongkot J. Evaluation of survival potential and malaria susceptibility among different size classes of laboratory-reared Anopheles dirus. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1990; 43:328-32. [PMID: 2240360 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1990.43.328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Four size classes of Anopheles dirus were reared from different larval densities. Higher densities produced smaller adults with lower survivorship. Larger females took larger bloodmeals by artificial feeding with cultured Plasmodium falciparum and developed significantly more oocysts.
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The distribution in Thailand of antibody to a recently discovered variant of circumsporozoite proteins of Plasmodium vivax was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The ELISA capture antigens were a synthetic peptide of the principal variant sequence ANGAGNQPG and a candidate P vivax vaccine that contained the predominant repeat sequence GDRAA/DGQPA. Serological evidence of recent inoculation with the variant was found throughout Thailand and in migrants from Cambodia, Malaysia, and Burma. IgG antibody to the two P vivax circumsporozoite proteins was detected in 217 of 804 test sera (27%). Within the regions studied the proportion of positive sera specific for the variant epitope ranged from 28% to 66%. A vaccine against the predominant repeat domain may rapidly select for the variant, which already appears to be widespread within Thailand.
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- R A Wirtz
- Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100
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Pantuwatana S, Sattabongkot J. Comparison of development of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus in mosquito larvae. J Invertebr Pathol 1990; 55:189-201. [PMID: 1969455 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2011(90)90054-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Immunofluorescent staining was used with thin sections of paraffin-embedded specimens to detect the development of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus in the gut of mosquito larvae. The third- and fourth-instar larvae of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles maculatus, and Culex quinquefasciatus were fed either vegetative cells or spores of the bacteria. Spore germination, multiplication, and sporulation were studied in the larvae of each species. The spores of B. thuringiensis var. israelensis and B. sphaericus strain 2297 could germinate and cells could sporulate in the larval body. The vegetative cells of B. sphaericus strain 810428 were also able to produce spores in the mosquito larval gut, but the germination of spores could not be detected in the larvae. Multiplication of all bacterial species was observed after the larvae died. Growth of the bacteria in distilled water containing crude extracts of larvae made from each species was compared with that in synthetic medium (nutrient broth). They could produce spores and toxins in all the media used and the toxins had larvicidal activity against the target mosquitos Ae. aegypti, An. maculatus, and C. quinquefasciatus.
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- S Pantuwatana
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Rosenberg R, Wirtz RA, Lanar DE, Sattabongkot J, Hall T, Waters AP, Prasittisuk C. Circumsporozoite protein heterogeneity in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax. Science 1989; 245:973-6. [PMID: 2672336 DOI: 10.1126/science.2672336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Phenotypic heterogeneity in the repetitive portion of a human malaria circumsporozoite (CS) protein, a major target of candidate vaccines, has been found. Over 14% of clinical cases of uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria at two sites in western Thailand produced sporozoites immunologically distinct from previously characterized examples of the species. Monoclonal antibodies to the CS protein of other P. vivax isolates and to other species of human and simian malarias did not bind to these nonreactive sporozoites, nor did antibodies from monkeys immunized with a candidate vaccine made from the repeat portion of a New World CS protein. The section of the CS protein gene between the conserved regions I and II of a nonreactive isolate contained a nonapeptide repeat, Ala-Asn-Gly-Ala-Gly-Asn-Gln-Pro-Gly, identical at only three amino acid positions with published nonapeptide sequences. This heterogeneity implies that a P. vivax vaccine based on the CS protein repeat of one isolate will not be universally protective.
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- R Rosenberg
- Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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Brown AE, Webster HK, Pavanand K, Permpanich B, Sookto P, Sattabongkot J, Gingrich JB. Comparison of antibody responses to the circumsporozoite protein repeat region and to intact sporozoites during acute falciparum malaria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1989; 83:154-7. [PMID: 2692219 DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(89)90623-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Most acute falciparum malaria patients mount an antibody response to the circumsporozoite (CS) protein which contains a dominant B-cell epitope. In order to investigate whether antibodies against other epitopes on the sporozoite surface may be important during a particular phase of infection or convalescence, we longitudinally studied the antibody responses of 13 Thai patients with acute falciparum malaria. Antibody comparisons were made using intact Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites in an indirect fluorescent antibody test and the recombinant peptide, R32tet32, as capture antigen in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Antibody response curves derived using the 2 methods were similar, and adsorption with R32tet32 greatly (greater than 95%) diminished anti-sporozoite activity in sera. Thus, peptide constructs containing the CS repeat region epitope, (NANP)n, can be used with confidence to assay anti-sporozoite antibodies, independent of both the time of infection and prior malaria history.
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- A E Brown
- Departments of Immunology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand
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