Publication Date:
1991-02-08
Description:
Saimiri monkeys immunized with a recombinant protein containing 20 copies of the nine amino acid repeat of the Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite (CS) protein developed high concentrations of antibodies to the repeat sequence and to sporozoites, but were not protected against challenge. After intravenous injection of an immunoglobulin G3 monoclonal antibody (NVS3) against irradiated P. vivax sporozoites, four of six monkeys were protected against sporozoite-induced malaria, and the remaining two animals took significantly longer to become parasitemic. Epitope mapping demonstrated that NVS3 recognizes only four (AGDR) of the nine amino acids within the repeat region of the P. vivax CS protein. The monkeys immunized with (DRAADGQPAG)20 did not produce antibodies to the protective epitope AGDR. Thus, determination of the fine specificity of protective immune responses may be critical to the construction of successful subunit vaccines.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Charoenvit, Y -- Collins, W E -- Jones, T R -- Millet, P -- Yuan, L -- Campbell, G H -- Beaudoin, R L -- Broderson, J R -- Hoffman, S L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Feb 8;251(4994):668-71.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Infectious Diseases Department, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20889.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1704150" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
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Antibodies, Protozoan/*immunology
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Antigens, Protozoan/*immunology
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Epitopes
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Immunization, Passive
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Malaria/immunology/*prevention & control
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Peptide Fragments/immunology
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Plasmodium vivax/*immunology
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*Protozoan Proteins
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Saimiri
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Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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