Linear and multiple antigen peptides containing defined T and B epitopes of the Plasmodium yoelii circumsporozoite protein: antibody-mediated protection and boosting by sporozoite infection

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serval:BIB_64B017D69763
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Title
Linear and multiple antigen peptides containing defined T and B epitopes of the Plasmodium yoelii circumsporozoite protein: antibody-mediated protection and boosting by sporozoite infection
Journal
International Immunology
Author(s)
Marussig  M., Renia  L., Motard  A., Miltgen  F., Petour  P., Chauhan  V., Corradin  G., Mazier  D.
ISSN
0953-8178 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/1997
Volume
9
Number
12
Pages
1817-24
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: Dec
Abstract
We previously reported the identification of a T cell epitope in the N-terminal part of the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of Plasmodium yoelii yoelii (Pyy). CD4+ T cell clones derived from mice immunized with a 21-mer peptide (amino acids 59-79, referred to as Py1) containing this epitope confer complete protection after passive transfer in mice. These clones proliferate in vitro in the presence of a 13-mer peptide (amino acids 59-71, referred to as Py1T). This shorter peptide was found to behave as a Th epitope in vivo, allowing overcoming of the genetic restriction for production of anti-repeat antibodies in BALB/c mice, when cross-linked to three (QGPGAP) repeats of the Pyy CSP. In this study, we report protection in BALB/c mice, against a challenge with Pyy sporozoites after immunization with linear and multiple antigen peptides containing Py1T as T epitope and three repeats QGPGAP (Py3) as B epitope. Multiple antigen peptide (MAP4-Py1T-Py3)-induced immunity was shown to be more effective than immunity induced by the linear form of the conjugate (Py1T-Py3), protecting against challenges with higher numbers of sporozoites. In both cases, levels of anti-repeat antibodies were strongly correlated with anti-parasite antibodies and protection. When tested in vitro, sera from mice immunized with the protective constructs strongly inhibited Pyy liver stages, while lymph node T cells displayed no cytotoxicity. In vivo, depletion of CD4+ or CD8+ T cells did not affect protection. Furthermore, MAP4-Py1T-Py3-immunized mice were not protected against a challenge with P. yoelii nigeriensis sporozoites, a parasite which has the same Py1T sequence but differs from Pyy in its repeated sequence. These results demonstrate that anti-repeat antibodies raised by immunization with the linear or the MAP form are exclusively responsible for the protection. Furthermore, this antibody response is boosted by a sporozoite challenge, allowing protection against a second challenge.
Keywords
Animals Antibodies, Protozoan/*biosynthesis/immunology Antigens, Protozoan/*immunology Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/*immunology Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/*immunology Female Malaria/immunology/prevention & control Malaria Vaccines/*immunology/therapeutic use Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice, Inbred C3H Plasmodium yoelii/*immunology Protozoan Proteins/*immunology T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
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