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The circumsporozoite protein is an immunodominant protective antigen in irradiated sporozoites

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  • Kota Arun Kumar

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Gen-ichiro Sano

    (School of Medicine, Keio University)

  • Silvia Boscardin

    (Rockefeller University)

  • Ruth S. Nussenzweig

    (New York University School of Medicine)

  • Michel C. Nussenzweig

    (Rockefeller University)

  • Fidel Zavala

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Victor Nussenzweig

    (New York University School of Medicine)

Abstract

Malaria infection starts when mosquitoes inject sporozoites into the skin. The parasites enter the blood stream and make their way to the liver where they develop into the exo-erythrocytic forms (EEFs). Immunization with irradiated sporozoites (IrSp) leads to robust protection against malaria infection in rodents1, monkeys2 and humans3 by eliciting antibodies to circumsporozoite protein (CS) that inhibit sporozoite infectivity, and T cells that destroy the EEFs4. To study the role of non-CS antigens in protection, we produced CS transgenic mice that were tolerant to CS T-cell epitopes. Here we show that in the absence of T-cell-dependent immune responses to CS, protection induced by immunization with two doses of IrSp was greatly reduced. Thus, although hundreds of other Plasmodium genes are expressed in sporozoites5 and EEFs6, CS is a dominant protective antigen. Nevertheless, sterile immunity could be obtained by immunization of CS transgenics with three doses of IrSp.

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  • Kota Arun Kumar & Gen-ichiro Sano & Silvia Boscardin & Ruth S. Nussenzweig & Michel C. Nussenzweig & Fidel Zavala & Victor Nussenzweig, 2006. "The circumsporozoite protein is an immunodominant protective antigen in irradiated sporozoites," Nature, Nature, vol. 444(7121), pages 937-940, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:444:y:2006:i:7121:d:10.1038_nature05361
    DOI: 10.1038/nature05361
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    1. Feng Zhu & Hong Zheng & Suilin Chen & Kun Zhang & Xin Qin & Jingru Zhang & Taiping liu & Yongling Fan & Liting Wang & Xiaoxu Li & Jian Zhang & Wenyue Xu, 2022. "Malaria oocysts require circumsporozoite protein to evade mosquito immunity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.

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