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Gunasekera KT, Premaratne RG, Handunnetti SM, Weerasena J, Premawansa S, Fernando DS. msp1, msp2, and glurp genotyping to differentiate Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence from reinfections during prevention of reestablishment phase, Sri Lanka, 2014-2019. Malar J 2024; 23:35. [PMID: 38281044 PMCID: PMC10821543 DOI: 10.1186/s12936-024-04858-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Sri Lanka after eliminating malaria in 2012, is in the prevention of re-establishment (POR) phase. Being a tropical country with high malariogenic potential, maintaining vigilance is important. All malaria cases are investigated epidemiologically and followed up by integrated drug efficacy surveillance (iDES). Occasionally, that alone is not adequate to differentiate Plasmodium falciparum reinfections from recrudescences. This study evaluated the World Health Organization and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) recommended genotyping protocol for the merozoite surface proteins (msp1, msp2) and the glutamate-rich protein (glurp) to discriminate P. falciparum recrudescence from reinfection in POR phase. METHODS All P. falciparum patients detected from April 2014 to December 2019 were included in this study. Patients were treated and followed up by iDES up to 28 days and were advised to get tested if they develop fever at any time over the following year. Basic socio-demographic information including history of travel was obtained. Details of the malariogenic potential and reactive entomological and parasitological surveillance carried out by the Anti Malaria Campaign to exclude the possibility of local transmission were also collected. The msp1, msp2, and glurp genotyping was performed for initial and any recurrent infections. Classification of recurrent infections as recrudescence or reinfection was done based on epidemiological findings and was compared with the genotyping outcome. RESULTS Among 106 P. falciparum patients, six had recurrent infections. All the initial infections were imported, with a history of travel to malaria endemic countries. In all instances, the reactive entomological and parasitological surveillance had no evidence for local transmission. Five recurrences occurred within 28 days of follow-up and were classified as recrudescence. They have not travelled to malaria endemic countries between the initial and recurrent infections. The other had a recurrent infection after 105 days. It was assumed a reinfection, as he had travelled to the same malaria endemic country in between the two malaria attacks. Genotyping confirmed the recrudescence and the reinfection. CONCLUSIONS The msp1, msp2 and glurp genotyping method accurately differentiated reinfections from recrudescence. Since reinfection without a history of travel to a malaria endemic country would mean local transmission, combining genotyping outcome with epidemiological findings will assist classifying malaria cases without any ambiguity.
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- Kumudunayana T Gunasekera
- Anti Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, 555/5 Public Health Complex, Elvitigala Mawatha, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka.
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Zoology and Environmental Science, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Rostami Rad S, Daneshpour S, Mofid MR, Andalib A, Eskandariyan A, Yousofi Darani H. Effect of hydatid cyst antigens on inhibition of melanoma cancer growth in mouse model. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2018; 64:1-5. [PMID: 30301493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cancer is the main cause of death in the developed countries. There are some scientific evidences indicating that parasitic infections induce antitumor activity against certain types of cancers. Hydatid cyst is the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus, which causes hydatidosis in human and livestock. We have already shown that vaccination of mice with hydatid cyst crude antigens and subsequently challenge them with cancer cells, causes inhibition of melanoma cancer growth. In this study, therapeutic effects of hydatid cyst antigens on C57/black mice that had already been challenged with melanoma tumor were investigated. In this experimental study, 6 groups of C57 black mice were subcutaneously inoculated with melanoma cancer cells (line B16F10) in PBS inside their chest site. After 2 weeks case groups were injected with hydatid cyst fluid, a fraction of cyst fluid, live protoscolices or BCG. control groups were injected with alum alone and other control group was left intact without any intervention. The size of each tumor was measured in all mice. Blood samples were also taken to estimate Interleukin-2 (IL-2), Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and Interleukin-4 (IL-4) levels. Treatment of mice bearing melanoma cancer with hydatid cyst antigens resulted in inhibition of tumor growth and the difference between mean size of tumor in case and control groups was statistically significant. Also, according to our results mean level of measured cytokines between case and control groups was statistically different. Hydatid cyst antigens have anti-melanoma activities and this effect may be related to immune response to parasite antigens.
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- Shahla Rostami Rad
- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Bioinformatics Research Center, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Martins VT, Chávez-Fumagalli MA, Lage DP, Duarte MC, Garde E, Costa LE, da Silva VG, Oliveira JS, de Magalhães-Soares DF, Teixeira SMR, Fernandes AP, Soto M, Tavares CAP, Coelho EAF. Antigenicity, Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Three Proteins Expressed in the Promastigote and Amastigote Stages of Leishmania infantum against Visceral Leishmaniasis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0137683. [PMID: 26367128 PMCID: PMC4569552 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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In the present study, two Leishmania infantum hypothetical proteins present in the amastigote stage, LiHyp1 and LiHyp6, were combined with a promastigote protein, IgE-dependent histamine-releasing factor (HRF); to compose a polyproteins vaccine to be evaluated against L. infantum infection. Also, the antigenicity of the three proteins was analyzed, and their use for the serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) was evaluated. The LiHyp1, LiHyp6, and HRF DNA coding sequences were cloned in prokaryotic expression vectors and the recombinant proteins were purified. When employed in ELISA assays, all proteins were recognized by sera from visceral leishmaniasis (VL) dogs, and presented no cross-reactivity with either sera from dogs vaccinated with a Brazilian commercial vaccine, or sera of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected or Ehrlichia canis-infected animals. In addition, the antigens were not recognized by antibodies from non-infected animals living in endemic or non-endemic areas for leishmaniasis. The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the three proteins administered in the presence of saponin, individually or in combination (composing a polyproteins vaccine), were evaluated in a VL murine model: BALB/c mice infected with L. infantum. Spleen cells from mice inoculated with the individual proteins or with the polyproteins vaccine plus saponin showed a protein-specific production of IFN-γ, IL-12, and GM-CSF after an in vitro stimulation, which was maintained after infection. These animals presented significant reductions in the parasite burden in different evaluated organs, when compared to mice inoculated with saline or saponin. The decrease in parasite burden was associated with an IL-12-dependent production of IFN-γ against parasite total extracts (produced mainly by CD4+ T cells), correlated to the induction of parasite proteins-driven NO production. Mice inoculated with the recombinant protein-based vaccines showed also high levels of parasite-specific IgG2a antibodies. The polyproteins vaccine administration induced a more pronounced Th1 response before and after challenge infection than individual vaccines, which was correlated to a higher control of parasite dissemination to internal organs.
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- Vivian Tamietti Martins
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Patologia Clínica, COLTEC, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Patologia Clínica, COLTEC, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Patologia Clínica, COLTEC, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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García Bustos MF, Barrio AB, Parodi Ramoneda CM, Ramos F, Mora MC, Convit J, Basombrío MA. Immunological correlates of cure in the first American cutaneous leishmaniasis patient treated by immunotherapy in Argentina. A case report. Invest Clin 2011; 52:365-375. [PMID: 22523846] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A patient with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis infection was treated with an antigen containing heat-killed L. (L.) amazonensis promastigotes plus BCG. Expression of T-cell differentiation, memory and senescence receptors markers were analyzed on T cell subpopulations, in order to establish the correlation between the percentages of expression of these receptors and his clinical status, at different stages of his follow up. The following case reports on the achievement of a successful clinical outcome with complete resolution after receiving immunotherapy. A thorough clinical and immunological follow up supporting the healing process of this patient's lesion is presented in detail.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Antigens, Protozoan/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Argentina/epidemiology
- BCG Vaccine/administration & dosage
- BCG Vaccine/therapeutic use
- Fisheries
- Humans
- Immunity, Cellular
- Immunologic Memory
- Immunotherapy, Active
- Injections, Intradermal
- Leg Ulcer/etiology
- Leg Ulcer/parasitology
- Leishmania mexicana/growth & development
- Leishmania mexicana/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/epidemiology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/parasitology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/therapy
- Male
- Occupational Diseases/immunology
- Occupational Diseases/parasitology
- Occupational Diseases/therapy
- Protozoan Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Protozoan Vaccines/immunology
- Protozoan Vaccines/therapeutic use
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Vaccines, Inactivated
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- María Fernanda García Bustos
- Instituto de Patología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina.
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O'Daly JA, Gleason JP, Peña G, Colorado I. Purified proteins from Leishmania amastigotes-induced delayed type hypersensitivity reactions and remission of collagen-induced arthritis in animal models. Arch Dermatol Res 2010; 302:567-81. [PMID: 20063004 DOI: 10.1007/s00403-009-1026-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 12/10/2009] [Accepted: 12/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A treatment preparation composed of purified Leishmania (L) antigenic fractions (AS210) induced linear delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) reactions over a 1-40 microg dose range, in guinea pigs. When a DBA-1 mouse collagen induced arthritis (CIA) model was used to compare AS210 treatment against: a polyvalent vaccine (AS110-1), a monovalent vaccine (AS110-2) and placebo, the AS210 treated mice had the least amount of forepaw inflammation and the lowest mean arthritis scores (MAS). When MAS for day(s) 1-40 were analyzed using one way ANOVA, statistically significant (P < 0.05) differences were seen for the following study groups: PBS versus Dexamethasone and PBS versus AS210. Subsequently, the ANOVA analysis results were corroborated by the Mann-Whitney test: analysis of the first group (P < 0.001) and analysis of the second group (P < 0.001). Comparison between dexamethasone and AS210 at different time intervals by Mann-Whitney test were as follows: day 0-day 5 both treatments had equal values (P = 1.00), from day-7 to 20 AS210 treatment had lower MAS values than dexamethasone (P = 0.037), and from day-21 to 30, AS210 MAS were similar to dexamethasone values (P = 0.319). No statistical difference was observed between AS110-1, AS110-2, and placebo groups.
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Pereira LIA, Dorta ML, Pereira AJCS, Bastos RP, Oliveira MAP, Pinto SA, Galdino H, Mayrink W, Barcelos W, Toledo VPCP, Lima GMCA, Ribeiro-Dias F. Increase of NK cells and proinflammatory monocytes are associated with the clinical improvement of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis after immunochemotherapy with BCG/Leishmania antigens. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2009; 81:378-383. [PMID: 19706899] [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: 05/28/2023] Open
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Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) is characterized by disseminated lesions and the absence of a specific cellular immune response. Here, the immunochemotherapy outcome of a patient with DCL from Amazonian Brazil infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is presented. After several unsuccessful chemotherapy treatment regimens and many relapses, a monthly immunotherapy scheme of L. amazonensis PH8 plus L. (Viannia) braziliensis M2903 monovalent vaccines associated with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) was established, one round of which also included an M2903 vaccine associated with intermittent antimonial treatment. Temporary healing of all lesions was achieved, although Leishmania skin tests were negative and interferon gamma was not detected in mononuclear cell cultures stimulated with Leishmania antigens. The frequencies of CD16 (+)CD56(+) NK cells (approximately 2x) and CD14 (+)CD16(+) proinflammatory monocytes (approximately 8x) increased in peripheral blood, and CD56 (+) lymphocytes were found infiltrating the lesions. An association between the increase of the frequency of innate immune system cells and the healing of lesions is shown, suggesting that this protocol of immunotherapy reduced the parasite load and activated NK cells and monocytes.
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- Ledice I A Pereira
- Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Federal University of Goiás, Goiás Hospital de Doenças Tropicais Anuar Auad, Goiás, Brazil.
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Sagara I, Dicko A, Ellis RD, Fay MP, Diawara SI, Assadou MH, Sissoko MS, Kone M, Diallo AI, Saye R, Guindo MA, Kante O, Niambele MB, Miura K, Mullen GED, Pierce M, Martin LB, Dolo A, Diallo DA, Doumbo OK, Miller LH, Saul A. A randomized controlled phase 2 trial of the blood stage AMA1-C1/Alhydrogel malaria vaccine in children in Mali. Vaccine 2009; 27:3090-8. [PMID: 19428923 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [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] [Received: 11/24/2008] [Revised: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A double blind, randomized, controlled Phase 2 clinical trial was conducted to assess the safety, immunogenicity, and biologic impact of the vaccine candidate Apical Membrane Antigen 1-Combination 1 (AMA1-C1), adjuvanted with Alhydrogel. Participants were healthy children 2-3 years old living in or near the village of Bancoumana, Mali. A total of 300 children received either the study vaccine or the comparator. No impact of vaccination was seen on the primary endpoint, the frequency of parasitemia measured as episodes >3000/microL/day at risk. There was a negative impact of vaccination on the hemoglobin level during clinical malaria, and mean incidence of hemoglobin <8.5 g/dL, in the direction of lower hemoglobin in the children who received AMA1-C1, although these differences were not significant after correction for multiple tests. These differences were not seen in the second year of transmission.
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- Issaka Sagara
- Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine Pharmacy and Dentistry BP 1805 Bamako, University of Bamako, Mali, Malaysia.
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Dicko A, Sagara I, Ellis RD, Miura K, Guindo O, Kamate B, Sogoba M, Niambelé MB, Sissoko M, Baby M, Dolo A, Mullen GED, Fay MP, Pierce M, Diallo DA, Saul A, Miller LH, Doumbo OK. Phase 1 study of a combination AMA1 blood stage malaria vaccine in Malian children. PLoS One 2008; 3:e1563. [PMID: 18270560 PMCID: PMC2216433 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2007] [Accepted: 12/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Apical Membrane Antigen-1 (AMA1) is one of the leading blood stage malaria vaccine candidates. AMA1-C1/Alhydrogel consists of an equal mixture of recombinant AMA1 from FVO and 3D7 clones of P. falciparum, adsorbed onto Alhydrogel. A Phase 1 study in semi-immune adults in Mali showed that the vaccine was safe and immunogenic, with higher antibody responses in those who received the 80 microg dose. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and immunogenicity of this vaccine in young children in a malaria endemic area. DESIGN This was a Phase 1 dose escalating study in 36 healthy children aged 2-3 years started in March 2006 in Donéguébougou, Mali. Eighteen children in the first cohort were randomized 2 ratio 1 to receive either 20 microg AMA1-C1/Alhydrogel or Haemophilus influenzae type b Hiberix vaccine. Two weeks later 18 children in the second cohort were randomized 2 ratio 1 to receive either 80 microg AMA1-C1/Alhydrogel or Haemophilus influenzae type b Hiberix vaccine. Vaccinations were administered on Days 0 and 28 and participants were examined on Days 1, 2, 3, 7, and 14 after vaccination and then about every two months. Results to Day 154 are reported in this manuscript. RESULTS Of 36 volunteers enrolled, 33 received both vaccinations. There were 9 adverse events related to the vaccination in subjects who received AMA1-C1 vaccine and 7 in those who received Hiberix. All were mild to moderate. No vaccine-related serious or grade 3 adverse events were observed. There was no increase in adverse events with increasing dose of vaccine or number of immunizations. In subjects who received the test vaccine, antibodies to AMA1 increased on Day 14 and peaked at Day 42, with changes from baseline significantly different from subjects who received control vaccine. CONCLUSION AMA-C1 vaccine is well tolerated and immunogenic in children in this endemic area although the antibody response was short lived. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov NCT00341250.
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- Alassane Dicko
- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Biostatistics Research Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
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- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- *E-mail: (LHM); (OKD)
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- Malaria Research and Training Center, Department of Epidemiology of Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- *E-mail: (LHM); (OKD)
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Długońska H, Gatkowska J, Kur J, Gasior A. [The vaccines against toxoplasmosis--current status of the studies]. Wiad Parazytol 2007; 53:195-201. [PMID: 18075151] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The article presents current studies on the development of effective vaccines against toxoplasmosis new approaches and strategies to construct prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines using recombinant microorganisms expressing protective T. gondii antigens, parasite DNA or RNA and recombinant antigens.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- DNA, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Female
- Humans
- Mice
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic/prevention & control
- RNA, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Sheep, Domestic
- Toxoplasma/growth & development
- Toxoplasma/isolation & purification
- Toxoplasma/pathogenicity
- Toxoplasmosis/immunology
- Toxoplasmosis/prevention & control
- Toxoplasmosis, Congenital/immunology
- Toxoplasmosis, Congenital/prevention & control
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
- Vaccines, DNA/therapeutic use
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
- Vaccines, Subunit/therapeutic use
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/therapeutic use
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- Henryka Długońska
- Zakład Immunoparazytologii, Katedra Immunologii i Biologii Infekcyjnej, Uniwersytet Lódzki, ul. Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź.
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Badaro R, Lobo I, Munos A, Netto EM, Modabber F, Campos-Neto A, Coler RN, Reed SG. Immunotherapy for drug-refractory mucosal leishmaniasis. J Infect Dis 2006; 194:1151-9. [PMID: 16991091 DOI: 10.1086/507708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pentavalent antimony (Sb(v)) is the mainstay therapy for mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), but it is toxic, and relapses are common. Immunotherapy using a mixture of killed parasites, with or without bacille Calmette-Guerin, is an alternative but is used sporadically because of inconsistent results. METHODS We developed a defined immunotherapeutic antigen preparation for use in an observational, open-label trial to treat 6 patients with ML with a history of Sb(v) therapy failure. All patients were treated with the antigens thiol-specific antioxidant, Leishmania major stress inducible protein 1, Leishmania elongation initiation factor, and Leishmania heat shock protein 83, plus granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Patients underwent clinical and pathological evaluations before the initiation of immunotherapy and at 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, and 60 months after. RESULTS One month after the third injection, 1 patient showed complete clinical remission (CC) and remained disease free for the duration of the study. At the 9-month follow-up examination, 5 patients showed CC, and all patients were asymptomatic at a subsequent 5-year follow-up examination. CONCLUSIONS These data support the concept that vaccine therapy with a defined antigen combination, used with standard chemotherapy, is a safe and effective approach to treat drug-refractory ML.
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Malkin EM, Durbin AP, Diemert DJ, Sattabongkot J, Wu Y, Miura K, Long CA, Lambert L, Miles AP, Wang J, Stowers A, Miller LH, Saul A. Phase 1 vaccine trial of Pvs25H: a transmission blocking vaccine for Plasmodium vivax malaria. Vaccine 2005; 23:3131-8. [PMID: 15837212 PMCID: PMC10994215 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 12/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Plasmodium vivax is responsible for the majority of malaria cases outside of Africa, and results in substantial morbidity. Transmission blocking vaccines are a potentially powerful component of a multi-faceted public health approach to controlling or eliminating malaria. We report the first phase 1 clinical trial of a P. vivax transmission blocking vaccine in humans. The Pvs25H vaccine is a recombinant protein derived from the Pvs25 surface antigen of P. vivax ookinetes. The protein was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, purified, and adsorbed onto Alhydrogel. Ten volunteers in each of three dose groups (5, 20, or 80 microg) were vaccinated by intramuscular injection in an open-label study at 0, 28 and 180 days. No vaccine-related serious adverse events were observed. The majority of adverse events causally related to vaccination were mild or moderate in severity. Injection site tenderness was the most commonly observed adverse event. Anti-Pvs25H antibody levels measured by ELISA peaked after the third vaccination. Vaccine-induced antibody is functionally active as evidenced by significant transmission blocking activity in the membrane feeding assay. Correlation between antibody concentration and degree of inhibition was observed. Pvs25H generates transmission blocking immunity in humans against P. vivax demonstrating the potential of this antigen as a component of a transmission blocking vaccine.
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- Elissa M Malkin
- Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 5640 Fishers Lane, Twinbrook 1, Room 1123, Rockville, MD 20852, USA.
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Fukumoto S, Tamaki Y, Shirafuji H, Harakawa S, Suzuki H, Xuan X. Immunization with recombinant surface antigen P50 of Babesia gibsoni expressed in insect cells induced parasite growth inhibition in dogs. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2005; 12:557-9. [PMID: 15817768 PMCID: PMC1074387 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.12.4.557-559.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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] [Received: 10/29/2004] [Revised: 12/20/2004] [Accepted: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This is a report of a vaccine trial directed against Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs with the use of the recombinant antigen P50. Dogs immunized with P50 showed partial protection manifested as a significantly low level of parasitemia. The results indicated that P50 is a primary vaccine candidate molecule against canine B. gibsoni infection.
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- Shinya Fukumoto
- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan
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Ghosh M, Pal C, Ray M, Maitra S, Mandal L, Bandyopadhyay S. Dendritic cell-based immunotherapy combined with antimony-based chemotherapy cures established murine visceral leishmaniasis. J Immunol 2003; 170:5625-9. [PMID: 12759442 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.11.5625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) have been proposed to play a critical role as adjuvants in vaccination and immunotherapy. In this study we evaluated the combined effect of soluble Leishmania donovani Ag (SLDA)-pulsed syngeneic bone marrow-derived DC-based immunotherapy and antimony-based chemotherapy for the treatment of established murine visceral leishmaniasis. Three weekly injections of SLDA-pulsed DCs into L. donovani-infected mice reduced liver and splenic parasite burden significantly, but could not clear parasite load from these organs completely. Strikingly, the conventional antileishmanial chemotherapy (sodium antimony gluconate) along with injections of SLDA-pulsed DCs resulted in complete clearance of parasites from both these organs. Repetitive in vitro stimulation of splenocytes from uninfected or L. donovani-infected mice with SLDA-pulsed DCs led to the emergence of CD4(+) T cells with characteristics of Th1 cells. Our data indicate that DC-based immunotherapy enhances the in vivo antileishmanial potential of antimony or vice versa.
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- Monidipa Ghosh
- Division of Immunology, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India
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Berberich C, Ramírez-Pineda JR, Hambrecht C, Alber G, Skeiky YAW, Moll H. Dendritic cell (DC)-based protection against an intracellular pathogen is dependent upon DC-derived IL-12 and can be induced by molecularly defined antigens. J Immunol 2003; 170:3171-9. [PMID: 12626575 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.6.3171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Upon loading with microbial Ag and adoptive transfer, dendritic cells (DC) are able to induce immunity to infections. This offers encouragement for the development of DC-based vaccination strategies. However, the mechanisms underlying the adjuvant effect of DC are not fully understood, and there is a need to identify Ag with which to arm DC. In the present study, we analyzed the role of DC-derived IL-12 in the induction of resistance to Leishmania major, and we evaluated the protective efficacy of DC loaded with individual Leishmania Ag. Using Ag-pulsed Langerhans cells (LC) from IL-12-deficient or wild-type mice for immunization of susceptible animals, we showed that the inability to release IL-12 completely abrogated the capacity of LC to mediate protection against leishmaniasis. This suggests that the availability of donor LC-derived IL-12 is a requirement for the development of protective immunity. In addition, we tested the protective effect of LC loaded with Leishmania homolog of receptor for activated C kinase, gp63, promastigote surface Ag, kinetoplastid membrane protein-11, or Leishmania homolog of eukaryotic ribosomal elongation and initiation factor 4a. The results show that mice vaccinated with LC that had been pulsed with selected molecularly defined parasite proteins are capable of controlling infection with L. major. Moreover, the protective potential of DC pulsed with a given Leishmania Ag correlated with the level of their IL-12 expression. Analysis of the cytokine profile of mice after DC-based vaccination revealed that protection was associated with a shift toward a Th1-type response. Together, these findings emphasize the critical role of IL-12 produced by the sensitizing DC and suggest that the development of a DC-based subunit vaccine is feasible.
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- Christof Berberich
- Institute for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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The present studies were designed to examine the requirements of dose, route of inoculation and constituent antigens for the maintenance of complete and long lasting protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major conferred by a cocktail DNA vaccine encoding the Leishmania antigens LACK, LmST11 and TSA. Vaccination of C57Bl/6 mice with LACK DNA alone resulted in partial protection, whereas the combination of LmST11 and TSA provided stronger, though still incomplete protection compared to the combination of all three Ag DNAs. When intradermal (i.d), intramuscular (i.m.), and subcutaneous (s.c.) vaccination routes were compared, i.d. immunization reduced by five-fold the dose necessary to maintain complete protection. In vivo depletion of CD4+ or CD8+ T cells provided direct evidence that both populations are necessary to mediate complete protection. These results establish intradermal vaccination using DNA encoding multiple Leishmania antigens as a way to optimize priming of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells necessary for potent and durable protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- DNA, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Drug Administration Routes
- Immunity, Cellular/immunology
- Immunologic Memory/immunology
- Leishmania major/immunology
- Leishmania major/isolation & purification
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/pathology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/prevention & control
- Lymphocyte Depletion
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Vaccination/methods
- Vaccines, Attenuated/therapeutic use
- Vaccines, DNA/therapeutic use
- Vaccines, Inactivated/therapeutic use
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- Susana Méndez
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Room 126, Building 4, Center Dr MSC 0425, Bethesda, MD 20892-0425, USA
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Badaro R, Lobo I, Nakatani M, Muiños A, Netto EM, Coler RN, Reed SG. Successful use of a defined antigen/GM-CSF adjuvant vaccine to treat mucosal Leishmaniasis refractory to antimony: A case report. Braz J Infect Dis 2001; 5:223-32. [PMID: 11712967 DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702001000400008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 11/22/2022] Open
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Immunotherapy has been proposed as a method to treat mucosal leishmaniasis for many years, but the approach has been hampered by poor definition and variability of antigens used, and results have been inconclusive. We report here a case of antimonial-refractory mucosal leishmaniasis in a 45 year old male who was treated with three single injections (one per month) with a cocktail of four Leishmania recombinant antigens selected after documented hypo-responsiveness of the patient to these antigens, plus 50 microg of GM-CSF as vaccine adjuvant. Three months after treatment, all lesions had resolved completely and the patient remains without relapse after two years. Side effects of the treatment included only moderate erythema and induration at the injection site after the second and third injections. We conclude that carefully selected microbial antigens and cytokine adjuvant can be successful as immunotherapy for patients with antimonial-refractory mucosal leishmaniasis.
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- R Badaro
- Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
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Méndez S, Gurunathan S, Kamhawi S, Belkaid Y, Moga MA, Skeiky YA, Campos-Neto A, Reed S, Seder RA, Sacks D. The potency and durability of DNA- and protein-based vaccines against Leishmania major evaluated using low-dose, intradermal challenge. J Immunol 2001; 166:5122-8. [PMID: 11290794 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.8.5122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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DNA- and protein- based vaccines against cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major were evaluated using a challenge model that more closely reproduces the pathology and immunity associated with sand fly-transmitted infection. C57BL/6 mice were vaccinated s.c. with a mixture of plasmid DNAs encoding the Leishmania Ags LACK, LmSTI1, and TSA (AgDNA), or with autoclaved L. major promastigotes (ALM) plus rIL-12, and the mice were challenged by inoculation of 100 metacyclic promastigotes in the ear dermis. When challenged at 2 wk postvaccination, mice receiving AgDNA or ALM/rIL-12 were completely protected against the development of dermal lesions, and both groups had a 100-fold reduction in peak dermal parasite loads compared with controls. When challenged at 12 wk, mice vaccinated with ALM/rIL-12 maintained partial protection against dermal lesions and their parasite loads were no longer significantly reduced, whereas the mice vaccinated with AgDNA remained completely protected and had a 1000-fold reduction in dermal parasite loads. Mice vaccinated with AgDNA also harbored few, if any, parasites in the skin during the chronic phase, and their ability to transmit L. major to vector sand flies was completely abrogated. The durable protection in mice vaccinated with AgDNA was associated with the recruitment of both CD8(+) and CD4(+) T cells to the site of intradermal challenge and with IFN-gamma production by CD8(+) T cells in lymph nodes draining the challenge site. These data suggest that under conditions of natural challenge, DNA vaccination has the capacity to confer complete protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis and to prevent the establishment of infection reservoirs.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, Protozoan/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Protozoan/genetics
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Antigens, Surface/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Surface/genetics
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/therapeutic use
- DNA, Protozoan/administration & dosage
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- DNA, Protozoan/immunology
- DNA, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed/immunology
- Immunity, Innate
- Immunization Schedule
- Immunization, Secondary
- Immunologic Memory
- Injections, Intradermal
- Insect Vectors/parasitology
- Interleukin-12/administration & dosage
- Interleukin-12/genetics
- Interleukin-12/immunology
- Interleukin-12/therapeutic use
- Leishmania major/genetics
- Leishmania major/growth & development
- Leishmania major/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/immunology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/pathology
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/prevention & control
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/transmission
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Protozoan Proteins/administration & dosage
- Protozoan Proteins/genetics
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/therapeutic use
- Protozoan Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Protozoan Vaccines/genetics
- Protozoan Vaccines/immunology
- Protozoan Vaccines/therapeutic use
- Psychodidae/parasitology
- Vaccines, DNA/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
- Vaccines, DNA/therapeutic use
- Vaccines, Synthetic/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/therapeutic use
- Variant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosoma
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- S Méndez
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases and Laboratory of Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Cellular immune mechanisms resulting in interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production are essential for protection against cutaneous leishmaniasis. Antigens of the intracellular amastigote form of the parasite, found in mammalian hosts, are likely to be good candidates for the induction of T cell response and protection from development of leishmaniasis. We purified a stage-specific antigen from amastigote soluble antigen (A-SLA) of Leishmania major by immunoaffinity chromatography. The purified protein was characterized as a cysteine proteinase with enzymatic activity which is inhibited by E-64, and it was named the amastigote cysteine proteinase (ACP). BALB/c mice were immunized by two intraperitoneal injections, at a month interval, of 5 microg of ACP or A-SLA in Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA). Animals were challenged 4 weeks later with 106 L. major promastigotes and examined 4 months after the last injection. The immunized animals developed significantly smaller or no lesions compared with controls. Spleen cells from immunized mice showed a significant proliferative response and produced a high level of IFN-gamma in response to ACP, suggesting the induction of Th1 cells after immunization. These results make 24-kD ACP a possible component for an eventual cocktail vaccine against L. major infection.
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- S Rafati
- Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
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Garcia CA, Oliveira EC, Sakurada JK, Santos LM. Protective immunity induced by a Trypanosoma cruzi soluble extract antigen in experimental Chagas' disease. Role of interferon gamma. Immunol Invest 2000; 29:1-12. [PMID: 10709842 DOI: 10.3109/08820130009105140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 11/13/2022]
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CBA/J mice can be protected against lethal infection with Trypanosoma cruzi by treatment using T. cruzi soluble extract antigen (TCSE). In vivo administration of TCSE (400 microg/mouse) into naive mice increased the cellular proliferative response to Con A and elevated the levels of IFN-gamma. The production of IFN-gamma was extremely important in controlling the replication of the parasite since the protective activity of TCSE was completely abrogated by in vivo treatment with an anti IFN-gamma neutralizing antibody. These results suggest that depending on the level, cytokine production results in the control of replication of the parasite in experimental Chagas' disease.
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- C A Garcia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Campinas--UNICAMP, SP, Brazil
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McKeever DJ, Taracha EL, Morrison WI, Musoke AJ, Morzaria SP. Protective immune mechanisms against Theileria parva: evolution of vaccine development strategies. Parasitol Today 1999; 15:263-7. [PMID: 10377527 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-4758(99)01465-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Theileria parva is an intracellular sporozoan parasite that infects and transforms bovine lymphocytes, causing a severe lymphoproliferative disease known as East Coast fever in eastern, central and southern Africa. In this article, Declan McKeever and colleagues summarize the current understanding of immune mechanisms provoked by the parasite with regard to their role in both pathogenesis and protection. In particular, the influence of genomic polymorphism in parasite and host on the development of immunity is discussed, along with the evolution of current vaccine development strategies as a result of immunological research on the disease.
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- D J McKeever
- International Livestock Research Institute, PO Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Petersen E, Nielsen HV, Christiansen L, Spenter J. Immunization with E. coli produced recombinant T. gondii SAG1 with alum as adjuvant protect mice against lethal infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Vaccine 1998; 16:1283-9. [PMID: 9682392 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(98)00039-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [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: 02/08/2023]
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Polyclonal rabbit antibodies against recombinant Toxoplasma gondii SAG1 antigen expressed in E.coli recognize T. gondii and the antibodies significantly reduced T.gondii adherence and/or invasion into the host cell as did a monoclonal antibody against a conformational epitope of the SAG1 antigen. Groups of outbread NMRI mice were immunized with recombinant T. gondii SAG1 antigen in alum. The antibody response to immunizations was dominated by a Th2 response with production of T.gondii specific IgG1 antibodies. Challenge with tachyzoites from the virulent RH-strain produced a Th1 response dominated by the production of specific IgG2a antibodies and moderately boosted the IgG1 response, and challenge with bradyzoites from the avirulent SSI119-strain showed the same pattern. Immunization with rSAG1 resulted in a significant increased survival after challenge with tachyzoites of the RH-strain. Immunization with E.coli expressed recombinant SAG1 in alum induce partial protective immunity against lethal infection with T. gondii in mice.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/therapeutic use
- Alum Compounds/therapeutic use
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Protozoan/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Antigens, Surface/immunology
- Antigens, Surface/therapeutic use
- Bacterial Adhesion/immunology
- Escherichia coli
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Immunization
- Immunoglobulin G/biosynthesis
- Mice
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/therapeutic use
- Protozoan Vaccines/immunology
- Rabbits
- Toxoplasma/immunology
- Toxoplasmosis, Animal/prevention & control
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
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- E Petersen
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Lundén A, Parmley SF, Bengtsson KL, Araujo FG. Use of a recombinant antigen, SAG2, expressed as a glutathione-S-transferase fusion protein to immunize mice against Toxoplasma gondii. Parasitol Res 1996; 83:6-9. [PMID: 9000225 DOI: 10.1007/s004360050198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 02/03/2023]
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The capacity of Toxoplasma gondii surface protein SAG2 to induce protective immunity against the parasite in mice was studied using recombinant SAG2 expressed as a glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein incorporated into immune stimulating complexes (iscoms). Immunization with the iscoms resulted in the production of antibodies recognizing SAG2 as well as GST. After oral challenge infection with T. gondii oocysts or tissue cysts, no protective effect was observed. On the contrary, mice immunized with fusion SAG2 or with GST iscoms died earlier than non-immunized control mice.
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- A Lundén
- Department of Parasitology, National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Heppner DG, Gordon DM, Gross M, Wellde B, Leitner W, Krzych U, Schneider I, Wirtz RA, Richards RL, Trofa A, Hall T, Sadoff JC, Boerger P, Alving CR, Sylvester DR, Porter TG, Ballou WR. Safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of Plasmodium falciparum repeatless circumsporozoite protein vaccine encapsulated in liposomes. J Infect Dis 1996; 174:361-6. [PMID: 8699067 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.2.361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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] Open
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Seventeen malaria-naive volunteers received a recombinant Plasmodium falciparum vaccine (RLF) containing the carboxy- and the amino-terminal of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) antigen without the central tetrapeptide repeats. The vaccine was formulated in liposomes with either a low or high dose of 3-deacylated monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) and administered with alum by intramuscular injection. Both formulations were well tolerated and immunogenic. MPL increased sporozoite antibody titers measured by ELISA, Western blot, and immunofluorescence assay. One high-dose MPL vaccine formulation recipient developed a CSP-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte response. After homologous sporozoite challenge, immunized volunteers developed patent malaria. There was no correlation between prepatent period and antibody titers to the amino- or carboxy-terminal. The absence of delay in patency argues against inclusion of the amino-terminal in future vaccines. A significant cytotoxic T lymphocyte response may have been suppressed by the inclusion of alum as an adjuvant.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigens, Protozoan/adverse effects
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Antigens, Protozoan/therapeutic use
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Carriers
- Female
- Humans
- Liposomes
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Malaria Vaccines/adverse effects
- Malaria Vaccines/immunology
- Malaria Vaccines/therapeutic use
- Malaria, Falciparum/prevention & control
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Protozoan Proteins/adverse effects
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/therapeutic use
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Safety
- Vaccines, Synthetic/adverse effects
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/therapeutic use
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- D G Heppner
- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC, USA
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Matsuoka H, Kobayashi J, Barker GC, Miura K, Chinzei Y, Miyajima S, Ishii A, Sinden RE. Induction of anti-malarial transmission blocking immunity with a recombinant ookinete surface antigen of Plasmodium berghei produced in silkworm larvae using the baculovirus expression vector system. Vaccine 1996; 14:120-6. [PMID: 8852407 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(95)00162-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We have studied Pbs21, a major ookinete surface protein of Plasmodium berghei, for the development of a model transmission blocking immunogen. In the mouse, recombinant Pbs21 expressed in the Escherichia coli expression system (EcrPbs21) is not as effective in inducing transmission blocking antibodies as native Pbs21 (nPbs21), possibly because of differences in post-translational processing between EcrPbs21 and nPbs21. In an attempt to improve the efficacy of the recombinant molecule, we describe here the use of a baculovirus expression vector system in the silkworm Bombyx mori. Following an injection of recombinant baculovirus containing Pbs21 cDNA, B. mori larvae produced recombinant Pbs21 (BmrPbs21) with a molecular weight indistinguishable from nPbs21. Fifty micrograms of BmrPbs21 could be purified from the hemolymph of each infected larva using affinity chromatography. Immunization of Balb/c mice with BmrPbs21 induced high anti-BmrPbs21 and anti--ookinete antibodies but low anti-EcrPbs21 antibody. In contrast, EcrPbs21 induced high anti--EcrPbs21 antibody but low anti-BmrPbs21 and anti-ookinete antibodies. This suggests that most B-cell epitopes on nPbs21 are conformational and that many of the linear epitopes in EcrPbs21 are not normally exposed in nPbs21. Oocyst formation in Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes, which fed on mice immunized with purified BmrPbs21 and infected with P. berghei, was blocked by 85.5-97.1%. These results suggest that the baculovirus-silkworm system produces useful quantities of recombinant Pbs21 which in limited studies is structurally and immunogenically indistinguishable from the native molecule.
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- H Matsuoka
- Department of Medical Zoology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan
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BALB/c mice are normally resistant to infection with Eimeria vermiformis than C57BL/6 (B6) mice, but these phenotypes were reversed by prior vaccination with crude antigens prepared from developmental stages of the parasite: B6 mice were protected, and BALB/c mice were made more susceptible. Infections with a heterologous species, E. pragensis, were unaffected when this was given either alone or together with E. vermiformis. In both strains of mice, vaccination induced serum antibody responses to E. vermiformis and the levels were boosted by superimposed infection, the highest values being found in BALB/c mice. Cellular responses in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN), as indicated by cellularity and proliferation, either unstimulated or restimulated in vitro with E. vermiformis antigen, were decreased in both strains, but markedly more in BALB/c than B6. The capacity of MLN cells to transfer immunity to naive recipients was lowered by vaccination of BALB/c donors but unimpaired in vaccinated B6 mice. Responses to the mitogen, concanavalin A, and to unrelated antigens (human erythrocytes and fowl gamma globulin) were unaffected. Thus, parenteral vaccination, which increased the susceptibility of BALB/c mice to infection with E. vermiformis, had a depressing effect on some specific immune responses in the MLN. It was surprising to find some reduction in the cellular responses of the MLN of B6 mice also, although they were protected by vaccination.
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- M E Rose
- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Near Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Chang SP, Case SE, Gosnell WL, Hashimoto A, Kramer KJ, Tam LQ, Hashiro CQ, Nikaido CM, Gibson HL, Lee-Ng CT, Barr PJ, Yokota BT, Hut GS. A recombinant baculovirus 42-kilodalton C-terminal fragment of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 protects Aotus monkeys against malaria. Infect Immun 1996; 64:253-61. [PMID: 8557348 PMCID: PMC173753 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.1.253-261.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 01/31/2023] Open
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The immunogenicity and protective efficacy of baculovirus recombinant polypeptide based on the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) has been evaluated in Aotus lemurinus griseimembra monkeys. The MSP-1-based polypeptide, BVp42, corresponds to the 42-kDa C-terminal processing fragment of the precursor molecule. Immunization of Aotus monkeys with BVp42 in complete Freund's adjuvant resulted in high antibody titers against the immunogen as well as parasite MSP-1. Fine specificity studies indicated that major epitopes recognized by these antibodies localize to conserved determinants of the 19-kDa C-terminal fragment derived from cleavage of the 42-kDa processing fragment. Effective priming of MSP-1-specific T cells was also demonstrated in lymphocyte proliferation assays. All three Aotus monkeys immunized with BVp42 in complete Freund's adjuvant showed evidence of protection of protection against blood-stage challenge with P. falciparum. Two animals were completely protected, with only one parasite being detected in thick blood films on a single days after injection. The third animal had a modified course of infection, controlling its parasite infection to levels below detection by thick blood smears for an extended period in comparison with adjuvant control animals. All vaccinated, protected Aotus monkeys produced antibodies which inhibited in vitro parasite growth, indicating that this assay may be a useful correlate of protective immunity and that immunity induced by BVp42 immunization is mediated, at least in part, by a direct effect of antibodies against the MSP-1 C-terminal region. The high level of protection obtained in these studies supports further development of BVp42 as a candidate malaria vaccine.
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- S P Chang
- Department of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816, USA
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Mkunza F, Olaho WM, Powell CN. Partial protection against natural trypanosomiasis after vaccination with a flagellar pocket antigen from Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Vaccine 1995; 13:151-4. [PMID: 7625108 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(95)93128-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Cattle that were inoculated with an antigen derived from the flagellar pocket of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and then infected with Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax were compared with unvaccinated cattle when both groups of cattle were placed in regions of Kenya endemic for tsetse flies known to harbour T. congolense and T. vivax. In one trial, 90 cattle were employed, 40 untreated controls, 30 cattle given prior treatment with samorin, and 20 inoculated with a flagellar pocket (Fp) antigen derived from T. brucei rhodesiense, with bovine serum albumin as the carrier and alum as the adjuvant. The animals were monitored for parasitaemia, by buffy coat analysis, during one rainy season. The untreated controls had 58% infection, the samorin-treated cattle had 43% infection, and the immunized cattle had 26% infection. Simultaneously, a second trial was conducted using 250 cattle, 100 untreated controls and 150 inoculated with the above antigen, carrier and adjuvant. At the end of the same rainy season, the untreated controls had 22% infection while the immunized animals had 9% infection. In a third experiment, on the same ranch as the latter experiment, ovalbumin was employed as the carrier. After 15 months, or over three rainy seasons, 13% of the untreated controls became infected while of the 177 immunized animals 0.9% became infected. These results are the first report of heterologous immunoprotection against trypanosomiasis in cattle.
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- F Mkunza
- Experimental Immunity Project, Nairobi, Kenya
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Neogy AB, Vouldoukis I, da Costa JM, Monjour L. Exploitation of parasite-derived antigen in therapeutic success against canine visceral leishmaniosis. Veterinary Group of Lupino. Vet Parasitol 1994; 54:367-73. [PMID: 7839561 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(94)90003-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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: 01/27/2023]
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In an attempt to obtain therapeutic success against canine visceral leishmaniosis, the potential of LiF2 antigen (Leishmania infantum-derived Fraction 2, 94-67 kDa), given alone or in combination with the chemotherapeutic agent N-methylglucamine antimonate, was compared with conventional chemotherapy with that drug. Absence of any parasite in direct microscopic examination of bone-marrow aspirates in treated dogs was considered a parasitological cure, i.e. therapeutic success. Results showed that the disappearance of clinical symptoms did not always indicate parasitological healing in dogs. The parasitological healing rates with chemotherapy and immunotherapy alone were 37.5% and 25% respectively, in contrast to the 100% cure rate observed with chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy. The development of a protective response in dogs, as measured by the in vitro leishmanicidal activity of monocyte-derived macrophages in the presence of autologous lymphocytes, was found to correlate well with the success of therapy. The overall findings of this study give an important insight into the immunotherapeutic strategy by which therapeutic success can be achieved in canine visceral leishmaniosis.
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- A B Neogy
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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Monjour L, Neogy AB, Vouldoukis I, Silva OA, Boisnic S, Brito ME, Lesot A, Vignot N, Martins JS, Jardim ML. Exploitation of parasite derived antigen in therapeutic success of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1994; 89:479-83. [PMID: 7476236 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761994000300034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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: 01/25/2023] Open
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In a complete study in 25 patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania braziliensis complex, immunotherapeutic efficacy of parasite derived antigen (94-67 KD) has been compared to antimonial therapy. Additionally, to delineate the mechanism of therapeutic success, microscopical features of immune response in active lesions and healed or non-healed lesions following therapy were analyzed. The results showed that cure rates in immunotherapy and chemotherapy were equal (> 83%). The immunohistochemical changes in two therapeutic groups were also largely similar. The analysis of humoral and cellular immune response suggest that appropriate stimulation of T helper cells in the lesion site, in association with one or more cytokines, play a key role in the healing process.
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- L Monjour
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France
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Miyahara K, Yokoo N, Sakurai H, Igarashi I, Sakata Y, Yoshida Y, Saito A, Hirose T, Suzuki N. Antitumor activity of Toxoplasma lysate antigen against methylcholanthrene-induced tumor-bearing rats. J Vet Med Sci 1992; 54:221-8. [PMID: 1606251 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.54.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 12/27/2022] Open
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Growth of the tumor autoinduced by 20-methylcholanthrene (MC) in rats was inhibited after administration of Toxoplasma lysate antigen (TLA). The antitumor activity of TLA was most obvious in the early stage of tumoral growth. When TLA was administered to rats before the appearance of tumour, tumor formation was delayed slightly. Histopathological studies revealed dense growths of spindle tumor cells in untreated control rat, while enlarged central necrosis with the infiltration of lymphocytes and neutrophils was apparent in TLA-treated rats. According to the immunohistological examination of tumor tissue with anti-Thy-1 antibody, the rats treated with TLA showed large Thy-1 positive granular cells, whereas the untreated rats indicated only a few small Thy-1 positive cells. These observations indicate that TLA is a useful modifier of biological responses to MC-induced tumors.
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- K Miyahara
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Radiology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido, Japan
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Miyahara K, Honda U, Tose S, Sakurai H, Igarashi I, Saito A, Hirose T, Suzuki N. Therapeutic effects of Toxoplasma lysate antigen on 20-methylcholanthrene-induced BALB/c mouse tumors. J Vet Med Sci 1992; 54:7-12. [PMID: 1558892 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.54.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 12/27/2022] Open
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Therapeutic effects of Toxoplasma lysate antigen (TLA) were studied in mice bearing the tumor in the second passage of 20-methylcholanthrene (MC)-induced tumor cells. Intramuscular administration of TLA 7 days after the tumor-cell inoculation caused apparent inhibition of the tumor growth on day 14. The second treatment facilitated the therapeutic effects. Intravenous transfer of spleen cells prepared from TLA-sensitized mice into tumor-bearing mice also represented the growth inhibitory effects. Prominent effects were seen when the transferred cells were prepared 5 days after sensitization of donor animals. The inhibitory effects were absent in the groups transferred only the adherent cells or the non-adherent cells prepared from sensitized mice. The strongest inhibitory effect was observed in the group to which both adherent and non-adherent spleen cells were transferred simultaneously from sensitized mice. In in vitro experiments, spleen cells obtained from sensitized mice showed cytolytic effect on P-815 or YAC-1 cells after the secondary stimulation in vitro with TLA. Large non-adherent cells containing densely packed granules were induced when cultured with the adherent cells obtained from sensitized mice. These results revealed that TLA can inhibit the growth of the chemically-induced transplantable tumors by activation of adherent and non-adherent spleen cells.
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- K Miyahara
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Radiology, Obihiro University, Hokkaido, Japan
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Vreden SG, Verhave JP, Oettinger T, Sauerwein RW, Meuwissen JH. Phase I clinical trial of a recombinant malaria vaccine consisting of the circumsporozoite repeat region of Plasmodium falciparum coupled to hepatitis B surface antigen. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1991; 45:533-8. [PMID: 1835311 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1991.45.533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 12/29/2022] Open
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R16HBsAg is an experimental recombinant malaria vaccine consisting of 16 repeats of a four amino acid sequence (Asn-Ala-Asn-Pro or NANP) of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium falciparum expressed as a fusion protein with the recombinant hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) produced by yeast cells. Twenty male volunteers were experimentally vaccinated with the product, as well as with two doses of the commercial recombinant HBsAg vaccine Engerix B (Smith Kline Beecham Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium) at intervals during a period of 18 months. No serious side effects were observed. Circulating antibodies to recombinant CS antigen (R32tet32) developed in all volunteers and persisted in most cases over ten months. Anti-HBs antibody production was poor initially, but a single dose of the commercial hepatitis B vaccine was sufficient to elevate these titers to high levels in all but two volunteers.
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- S G Vreden
- Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Brown AE, Webster HK, Lyon JA, Thomas AW, Permpanich B, Gross M. Characterization of naturally acquired antibody responses to a recombinant fragment from the N-terminus of Plasmodium falciparum glycoprotein 195. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1991; 45:567-73. [PMID: 1951865 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1991.45.567] [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: 12/29/2022] Open
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Antibody responses to the glycoprotein precursor of the major merozoite surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum (gp195) were investigated in acutely infected Thai adults. Specific IgG antibody was assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a recombinant fragment derived from the N-terminal region of gp195 as the capture antigen. Two control groups were found to be without significant cross-reacting antibody. Among occupationally exposed soldiers, 84 of 85 men developed positive antibody responses during acute falciparum malaria. Mean antibody levels began to increase at the time of diagnosis, peaking, often at high titers, within two weeks, and then decreased with an initial serum half-life of less than one month. The high frequency of gp195 antibody responses underscores a potential role in serodiagnosis, whereas the dynamic nature of the response suggests that a rigorous schedule of prospective serum sampling will be required to accurately assess the relationship between these antibodies and protection.
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- A E Brown
- Department of Immunology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand
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Chougnet C, Lepers JP, Astagneau P, Rason MD, Savel J, Deloron P. Lymphoproliferative responses to synthetic peptides from merozoite ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen and circumsporozoite protein: a longitudinal study during a falciparum malaria episode. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1991; 45:560-6. [PMID: 1951864 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1991.45.560] [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: 12/29/2022] Open
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Proliferative responses of peripheral blood lymphocytes to synthetic peptides representing major epitopes of two malaria antigens (the merozoite ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen and the sporozoite circumsporozoite protein) were investigated in Madagascar during a clinical Plasmodium falciparum episode. Thirty-seven patients greater than 10 years of age were enrolled at the beginning of the malaria transmission season and followed for four weeks. At enrollment, when the subjects presented with an acute infection, lymphocytes recovered from approximately 30% of them proliferated after peptide stimulation. These proliferative responses decreased sharply one and two weeks after treatment, with less than 10% responding to each peptide. Four weeks after treatment, the responses were only partially restored. The amplitude of these variations was not related to the initial parasitemia. At the individual level, proliferative response to each peptide varied greatly during the followup period, and this variation was unrelated to the presence of parasites in the blood.
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- C Chougnet
- INSERM Unite 13/Institut de Medecine et d'Epidemiologie Africaines, Hopital Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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Abdo Rodríguez A, Espino Antón P, Zaldívar Estévez JC. [Immunotherapy using Giardia lamblia extract in recurrent chronic sensitized urticaria]. Rev Alerg 1991; 38:113-6. [PMID: 1798904] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A study of 100 patients with chronic urticaria by Giardia lamblia parasitic infection were reviewed. The urticaria had been resistant to antihistamine, corticosteroid and antiparasitic therapy. An urticaria evaluation included CBC, immunoglobulins M, G, A and E determinations, and stool examination, bile drainage and duodenal smear for ova and parasites. A prick test with Giardia's allergen 1, 10 and 100 UNP dilutions were realized. We found a 93% improvement in clinical symptoms using allergy immunotherapy with Giardia's antigen preparation associated to treatment.
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Kaye PM, Curry AJ, Blackwell JM. Differential production of Th1- and Th2-derived cytokines does not determine the genetically controlled or vaccine-induced rate of cure in murine visceral leishmaniasis. J Immunol 1991; 146:2763-70. [PMID: 1901883] [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] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Recent studies with models of cutaneous leishmaniasis have provoked much interest in the role of CD4+ T cell subsets in determining the outcome of infectious disease. In Leishmania major infections, cure vs progressive disease correlates with the expansion of Th1-like or Th2-like CD4+ populations, respectively. We have investigated whether similar responses are associated with the differential patterns of infection seen in models of visceral leishmaniasis, caused by L. donovani. Splenic lymphocytes from infected Lsh congenic C57BL/10 (Lshs;H-2b) and B10.L-Lshr (Lshr;H-2b) mice and MHC congenic non-curing B10.D2/n (Lshs;H-2d) mice were examined for the production of cytokines representative of these CD4+ populations (IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, and IFN-gamma). In all three strains examined, there was no evidence for the production of Th2-restricted cytokines. In addition, levels of serum IgE were depressed during the early phase of infection, indicative of in vivo IFN-gamma production. In the non-curing B10.D2/n strain, late phase of infection was associated with the decreased ability to produce cytokines in response to Ag and not with the production of IL-4 or IL-5 in response to Ag or mitogen. Serum IgE levels were also not raised above levels seen in uninfected controls. C57BL/10 mice were vaccinated with SDS-PAGE fractionated amastigote Ag bound to nitrocellulose and cytokine levels determined at various times after infection. The protocol used for vaccination was able to induce significant modulation of the course of infection in this strain and it was clear that IFN-gamma production in vitro provided an excellent correlate of rate of cure. Occasional individuals produced low levels of IL-5 in culture in response to parasite Ag, but this did not correlate with disease progression. Together, these data suggest that over-expansion of Th2-type cells and production of their specific cytokines (IL-4 and IL-5) is not a contributing factor to the variable long term course of L. donovani infection in these strains of mice.
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- P M Kaye
- Dept. of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
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Pink JR, Caspers P, Etlinger H, Guttinger M, Matile H, Reber R, Schönfeld HJ, Sinigaglia F, Stüber D, Stürchler D. Cloned antigens from Plasmodium falciparum as malaria vaccine candidates. Behring Inst Mitt 1991:142-6. [PMID: 2049031] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The problems of genetic polymorphism and poor immunogenicity of malaria vaccine candidates are discussed, with emphasis on the Circumsporozoite (CS) and p190 proteins of Plasmodium falciparum. It may be possible to use conserved regions of these proteins to raise protective immune responses against non-polymorphic determinants. Better adjuvants or delivery systems will be a critical factor in development of an effective vaccine.
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- J R Pink
- Central Research Unit, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basle, Switzerland
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Knapp B, Hundt E, Enders B, Küpper HA. A recombinant hybrid protein as antigen for an anti-blood stage malaria vaccine. Behring Inst Mitt 1991:147-56. [PMID: 2049032] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Based on investigations on several blood stage antigens from Plasmodium falciparum we have expressed a hybrid protein in E. coli containing 262 amino acids of the serine-stretch protein SERP and 189 amino acids of the histidine alanine rich protein HRPII. Antibodies raised against the hybrid protein by immunization of rabbits and Aotus monkeys react with both corresponding schizont polypeptides. Two Aotus monkeys immunized with the SERP/HRPII hybrid protein showed only low parasitemias after challenge infection with P. falciparum, compared to the control group. The result suggests that hybrid proteins of this type may be the basis for the development of a malaria vaccine.
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- B Knapp
- Research Laboratories of Behringwerke AG, Marburg, Germany
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Playfair JH, De Souza JB. Recombinant gamma interferon is a potent adjuvant for a malaria vaccine in mice. Clin Exp Immunol 1987; 67:5-10. [PMID: 3113784 PMCID: PMC1542557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mice were protected against lethal Plasmodium yoelii malaria by vaccination with a Triton X-100 lysate of whole parasitized erythrocytes. For full effectiveness this vaccine required an adjuvant, and we have found that recombinant gamma-interferon has strong adjuvanticity in this model when given either intraperitoneally or subcutaneously. Specific immune responses that were enhanced included antibody, T cell help, and delayed hypersensitivity.
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Sato M, Hori Z, Hirose T, Suzuki N. Immune effect of toxoplasma lysate antigen (TLA) on cattle against Theileria sergenti infection. Nihon Juigaku Zasshi 1985; 47:921-9. [PMID: 4094277 DOI: 10.1292/jvms1939.47.921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Handman E, Mitchell GF. Immunization with Leishmania receptor for macrophages protects mice against cutaneous leishmaniasis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:5910-4. [PMID: 3862105 PMCID: PMC390663 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.17.5910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The Leishmania major receptor for macrophages is a lipid-containing glycoconjugate that is recognized by the monoclonal antibody WIC-79.3. When L. major promastigotes were incubated with Fab fragments of WIC-79.3 prior to injection into genetically susceptible mice, their infectivity was decreased. Fab fragments from an irrelevant control antibody of the same class had no effect. The L. major glycolipid was purified from detergent-solubilized promastigotes by affinity chromatography on immobilized WIC-79.3 and used to vaccinate mice that are genetically resistant or susceptible to disease. Genetically resistant mice could be protected totally from cutaneous disease with as little as 5 micrograms of glycolipid. A high but not absolute level of resistance was also induced in the susceptible mice, in which the disease is otherwise fatal. No protection was obtained with the carbohydrate fragment of the glycolipid alone or by injection of the glycolipid in the absence of adjuvant. Genetically susceptible mice, immunized and protected from disease as a result of multiple injections of live avirulent cloned promastigotes of L. major, produced antibodies to the glycolipid of L. major. No antibodies were detected in serum from chronically diseased mice. The data suggest that this functionally important antigen of L. major is a candidate vaccine against cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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Ambroise-Thomas P. [Perspectives in vaccination against malaria]. Bull Acad Natl Med 1985; 169:541-7. [PMID: 3902162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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