TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasmodium yoelii
T2 - Peptide immunization induces protective CD4+ T cells against a previously unrecognized cryptic epitope of the circumsporozoite protein
AU - Takita-Sonoda, Yoshiko
AU - Tsuji, Moriya
AU - Kamboj, Kamal
AU - Nussenzweig, Ruth S.
AU - Clavijo, Pedro
AU - Zavala, Fidel
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Ms. Rita Altszuler and Mr. Chui Ng for their excellent technical assistance. This work was supported by Grant AI-27458 from the National Institutes of Health and Grant DPE-0453-A-00-5012-00 from the Agency for International Development.
PY - 1996/11
Y1 - 1996/11
N2 - In this study we characterized the CD4+ T cell response directed against two distinct epitopes located in the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium yoelii. The immunization of mice with P. yoelii sporozoites induced CD4+ T cells which were mostly directed against one of these peptides, Py-1, previously reported to contain a CD4+ epitope. The CD4+ T cells directed against this immunodominant epitope were mostly of the Th-1 type. Another newly identified peptide, AS44, induced a specific CD4+ T cell response, which was mainly detectable after immunization with the corresponding peptide. Several CD4+ T cell clones, recognizing this epitope, were generated and their lymphokine expression was characterized, as well as their surface markers and their anti-parasite activity in vivo. It was noteworthy that some of these CD4+ T cell clones, which recognize this cryptic epitope and were of different Th subtypes, were shown to have a strong inhibitory effect on the development of liver stages of malaria parasites.
AB - In this study we characterized the CD4+ T cell response directed against two distinct epitopes located in the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium yoelii. The immunization of mice with P. yoelii sporozoites induced CD4+ T cells which were mostly directed against one of these peptides, Py-1, previously reported to contain a CD4+ epitope. The CD4+ T cells directed against this immunodominant epitope were mostly of the Th-1 type. Another newly identified peptide, AS44, induced a specific CD4+ T cell response, which was mainly detectable after immunization with the corresponding peptide. Several CD4+ T cell clones, recognizing this epitope, were generated and their lymphokine expression was characterized, as well as their surface markers and their anti-parasite activity in vivo. It was noteworthy that some of these CD4+ T cell clones, which recognize this cryptic epitope and were of different Th subtypes, were shown to have a strong inhibitory effect on the development of liver stages of malaria parasites.
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U2 - 10.1006/expr.1996.0108
DO - 10.1006/expr.1996.0108
M3 - Article
C2 - 8932772
AN - SCOPUS:0030297819
SN - 0014-4894
VL - 84
SP - 223
EP - 230
JO - Experimental Parasitology
JF - Experimental Parasitology
IS - 2
ER -