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Singh S, Soe S, Weisman S, Barnwell JW, Pérignon JL, Druilhe P. A conserved multi-gene family induces cross-reactive antibodies effective in defense against Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5410. [PMID: 19404387 PMCID: PMC2671155 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 12/30/2008] [Accepted: 03/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Two related merozoite surface proteins, MSP3 and MSP6, have previously been identified as targets of antibody-dependent cellular inhibition (ADCI), a protective mechanism against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Both MSP3 and MSP6 share a common characteristic small N-terminal signature amino-acid stretch (NLRNA/G), a feature similar to MSP3-like orthologs identified in other human and primate malaria parasites. METHODS/RESULTS This signature amino-acid sequence led to the identification of eight ORFs contiguously located on P. falciparum chromosome 10. Our subsequent investigations on their expression, localization, sequence conservation, epitope sharing, immunogenicity and the functional role of antibodies in defense are reported here. Six members of P. falciparum MSP3-multigene family share similar sequence organization within their C-terminal regions, are simultaneously expressed as merozoite surface proteins and are highly conserved among parasite isolates. Each of these proteins is a target of naturally occurring antibodies effective at parasite killing in ADCI assays. Moreover, both naturally occurring antibodies and those generated by immunization display cross-reactivity with other members of the family and exhibit varied binding avidities. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The unusual characteristics of the MSP3 multi-gene family lead us to hypothesize that the simultaneous expression of targets eliciting cross-reactive antibody responses capable of controlling parasite densities could represent an immune process selected through evolution to maintain homeostasis between P. falciparum and human hosts; a process that allows the continuous transmission of the parasite without killing the host. Our observations also have practical consequences for vaccine development by suggesting MSP3 vaccine efficacy might be improved when combined with the various C-terminus regions of the MSP3 family members to generate a wider range of antibodies acting and to increase vaccine immunogenicity in varied human genetic backgrounds.
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- Subhash Singh
- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (SS); (PD)
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- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (SS); (PD)
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The population of Myanmar comprises 8 major indigenous races (Bamar, Kayin, Kachin, Shan, Rakhine, Mon, Chin, and Kayah). The Bamar reside in the 7 central divisions of the country, and the others reside in the 7 peripheral states that border neighboring countries, including China, Laos, and Thailand in the east and India and Bangladesh in the west. Both malaria and HbE are endemic in Myanmar, although the actual prevalence of the latter in the different indigenous races is not yet known. Hemoglobin electrophoresis was performed in 4 malaria-endemic villages, each having a different predominating indigenous race. The overall prevalence of HbE was 11.4% (52/456 villagers), ranging from 2-6% in the Kayin-predominant villages to 13.1-24.4% in the Bamar-predominant villages. Although the overall HbE prevalence in the villages studied was not significantly different from that of the general Myanmar population, this study strongly documented the influence of racial differences on the prevalence of HbE in Myanmar. To prevent and control severe thalassemia syndromes in Myanmar, extensive prevalence studies of the country?s indigenous races are suggested.
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- Ne Win
- Pathology Research Division, Department of Medical Research, Lower Myanmar, Yangon
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Audran R, Cachat M, Lurati F, Soe S, Leroy O, Corradin G, Druilhe P, Spertini F. Phase I malaria vaccine trial with a long synthetic peptide derived from the merozoite surface protein 3 antigen. Infect Immun 2005; 73:8017-26. [PMID: 16299295 PMCID: PMC1307056 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.12.8017-8026.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2004] [Revised: 08/15/2004] [Accepted: 08/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The C-terminal conserved region of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 3 (MSP3) is the trigger antigen of a protective immune response mediated by cytophilic antibodies. In an open, randomized, two-adjuvant (Montanide ISA 720, aluminum hydroxide) phase I clinical trial we evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of increasing doses of a long synthetic peptide construct spanning the conserved region of MSP3 targeted by biologically active antibodies (MSP3-LSP). Thirty-five healthy volunteers were randomized to receive three subcutaneous injections on days 0, 30, and 120. Of the 100 injections given, 10 caused severe local reactions, 62 caused transient mild to moderate local reactions, and 28 caused no reaction. On the basis of preestablished exclusion criteria, use of the Montanide formulation led to withdrawal of five volunteers after the second injection. This led to a reduction in the subsequent vaccine doses in four of the groups. No vaccine-related serious adverse events occurred throughout the trial. After the third injection, volunteers displayed a marked specific anti-MSP3-LSP antibody response (23/30 individuals, compared with 29/34 individuals for plasma from an area where malaria is endemic), an anti-native MSP3 antibody response (19/30 individuals), a T-cell-antigen-specific proliferative response (26/30 individuals), and gamma interferon production (25/30 individuals). In conclusion, the MSP3-LSP vaccine was immunogenic with both adjuvants, although it was unacceptably reactogenic when it was combined with Montanide. The potential usefulness of the candidate vaccine is supported by the induction of a strong cytophilic response (i.e., the type of anti-MSP3 antibodies involved in antibody-dependent, monocyte-mediated protective mechanisms in areas where malaria is endemic).
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- Régine Audran
- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, BH-19, Rue du Bugnon, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Carvalho LJM, Alves FA, Bianco C, Oliveira SG, Zanini GM, Soe S, Druilhe P, Theisen M, Muniz JAPC, Daniel-Ribeiro CT. Immunization of Saimiri sciureus monkeys with a recombinant hybrid protein derived from the Plasmodium falciparum antigen glutamate-rich protein and merozoite surface protein 3 can induce partial protection with Freund and Montanide ISA720 adjuvants. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 2005; 12:242-8. [PMID: 15699417 PMCID: PMC549299 DOI: 10.1128/cdli.12.2.242-248.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The immunogenicity and efficacy of a hybrid recombinant protein derived from the N-terminal end of the glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) and the C-terminal portion of the merozoite surface protein 3 (MSP3) of Plasmodium falciparum was evaluated in Saimiri sciureus monkeys. The GLURP/MSP3 hybrid protein, expressed in Lactococcus lactis, was administered in association with alum, Montanide ISA720, or complete or incomplete Freund adjuvant (CFA/IFA) in groups of five animals each. The three formulations were shown to be immunogenic, but the one with alum was shown to be weak compared to the other two, particularly CFA/IFA, which provided very high antibody titers (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay titers of >3,000,000 and immunofluorescence antibody test titers of 6,400). After a challenge infection with P. falciparum FUP strain, all five monkeys from the GLURP/MSP3-alum group showed a rapid increase in parasitemia, reaching 10% and were treated early. The two monkeys with the highest antibody titers in group GLURP/MSP3-Montanide ISA720 had a delay in the course of parasitemia and were treated late due to a low hematocrit. In the GLURP/MSP3-CFA/IFA group, parasitemia remained below this threshold in four of the five animals and, after it reached a peak, parasitemia started to decrease and monkeys were treated late. When all animals were grouped according to the outcome, a statistically significant association between high antibody titers and partial protection was observed. The challenge infection boosted the antibody titers, and the importance of this event for vaccine efficacy in areas where this parasite is endemic is discussed. In conclusion, these data suggest that GLURP and MSP3 can induce protection against malaria infection if antibodies are induced at properly high titers.
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- Leonardo J M Carvalho
- Laboratory of Malaria Research, Department of Immunology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz, Pavilhão Leonidas Deane, Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ-Brazil 21045-900.
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Singh S, Soe S, Roussilhon C, Corradin G, Druilhe P. Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 6 displays multiple targets for naturally occurring antibodies that mediate monocyte-dependent parasite killing. Infect Immun 2005; 73:1235-8. [PMID: 15664972 PMCID: PMC547023 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.2.1235-1238.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plasmodium falciparum MSP6 is a merozoite surface antigen that shows organization and sequence homologies similar to those of MSP3. Within its C-terminus conserved region, it presents some epitopes that are cross-reactive with MSP3 and others that are not, both being targets of naturally occurring antibodies that block the P. falciparum erythrocytic cycle in cooperation with monocytes.
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- Subhash Singh
- Bio-medical Parasitology Unit, Institute Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France
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Singh S, Soe S, Mejia JP, Roussilhon C, Theisen M, Corradin G, Druilhe P. Identification of a conserved region of Plasmodium falciparum MSP3 targeted by biologically active antibodies to improve vaccine design. J Infect Dis 2004; 190:1010-8. [PMID: 15295710 DOI: 10.1086/423208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [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: 11/21/2003] [Accepted: 03/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Merozoite surface protein 3 (MSP3) is a target of antibody-dependent cellular inhibition (ADCI), a protective mechanism against Plasmodium falciparum malaria. From the C-terminal half of the molecule, 6 overlapping peptides were chosen to characterize human immune responses. Each peptide defined at least 1 non-cross-reactive B cell epitope. Distinct patterns of antibody responses, by level and IgG subclass distribution, were observed in inhabitants of a malaria-endemic area. Antibodies affinity purified toward each peptide differed in their functional capacity to mediate parasite killing in ADCI assays: 3 of 6 overlapping peptides had a major inhibitory effect on parasite growth. This result was confirmed by the passive transfer of anti-MSP3 antibodies in vivo in a P. falciparum mouse model. T helper cell epitopes were identified in each peptide. Antigenicity and functional assays identified a 70-amino acid conserved domain of MSP3 as a target of biologically active antibodies to be included in future vaccine constructs based on MSP3.
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- Subhash Singh
- Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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Theisen M, Soe S, Brunstedt K, Follmann F, Bredmose L, Israelsen H, Madsen SM, Druilhe P. A Plasmodium falciparum GLURP–MSP3 chimeric protein; expression in Lactococcus lactis, immunogenicity and induction of biologically active antibodies. Vaccine 2004; 22:1188-98. [PMID: 15003647 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [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: 02/14/2003] [Revised: 09/17/2003] [Accepted: 09/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. To evaluate the efficacy of a possible vaccine antigen against P. falciparum infection, a fusion protein, derived from P. falciparum Glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) genetically coupled to P. falciparum Merozoite surface protein 3 (MSP3) was produced in Lactococcus lactis as a secreted recombinant GLURP-MSP3 fusion protein. The hybrid protein was purified to homogeneity by ion exchange and hydrophobic-interaction chromatography and its composition was verified by MALDI MS, SDS/PAGE and Western blotting with antibodies against antigenic components of GLURP and MSP3. Mice immunized with the hybrid protein produced higher levels of both GLURP- and MSP3-specific antibodies than mice immunized with either GLURP, MSP3 or a mix of both. The protective potential of the hybrid protein was also demonstrated by in vitro parasite-growth inhibition of mouse anti-GLURP-MSP3 IgG antibodies in a monocyte-dependent manner. These results indicate that the GLURP-MSP3 hybrid could be a valuable strategy for future P. falciparum vaccine development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Protozoan/analysis
- Antibodies, Protozoan/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Protozoan/chemistry
- Antigens, Protozoan/genetics
- Antigens, Protozoan/immunology
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Fermentation
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Immunoglobulin G/analysis
- Immunoglobulin G/immunology
- Lactococcus lactis/genetics
- Lactococcus lactis/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Plasmids/genetics
- Plasmodium falciparum/immunology
- Protozoan Proteins/chemistry
- Protozoan Proteins/genetics
- Protozoan Proteins/immunology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- Vaccines, Synthetic/biosynthesis
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
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- Michael Theisen
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Soe S, Theisen M, Roussilhon C, Aye KS, Druilhe P. Association between protection against clinical malaria and antibodies to merozoite surface antigens in an area of hyperendemicity in Myanmar: complementarity between responses to merozoite surface protein 3 and the 220-kilodalton glutamate-rich protein. Infect Immun 2004; 72:247-52. [PMID: 14688102 PMCID: PMC343946 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.1.247-252.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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We performed a longitudinal clinical and parasitological follow-up study in OoDo, a village in southeast Asia in which malaria is hyperendemic, in order to assess the association between protection against malaria attacks and antibodies to three currently evaluated vaccine candidates, merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1), MSP3, and the 220-kDa glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) from Plasmodium falciparum. Our results showed that the levels of cytophilic immunoglobulin G3 (IgG3) antibodies against conserved regions of MSP3 and GLURP were significantly correlated with protection against clinical P. falciparum malaria. In contrast, the levels of noncytophilic IgG4 antibodies against GLURP increased with the number of malaria attacks. Furthermore, we observed a complementary effect of the MSP3- and GLURP-specific IgG3 antibodies in relation to malaria protection. In the individuals that did not respond to one of the antigens, a strong response to the other antigen was consistently detected and was associated with protection, suggesting that induction of antibodies against both MSP3 and GLURP could be important for the development of protective immunity. The complementarity of the responses to the two main targets of antibody-dependent cellular inhibition identified to date provides the first rational basis for combining these two antigens in a hybrid vaccine formulation.
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- Soe Soe
- BioMedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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Soe S, Singh S, Camus D, Horii T, Druilhe P. Plasmodium falciparum serine repeat protein, a new target of monocyte-dependent antibody-mediated parasite killing. Infect Immun 2002; 70:7182-4. [PMID: 12438408 PMCID: PMC133104 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.12.7182-7184.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Using monoclonal antibodies and human affinity-purified antibodies specific to the Plasmodium falciparum 126-kDa serine-rich protein, SERP, we found that these antibodies have no direct effect upon merozoite invasion at the concentrations tested but can cooperate with blood monocytes to strongly inhibit P. falciparum in vitro growth.
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- Soe Soe
- BioMedical Parasitology Unit, Pasteur Institute, 75015 Paris, France
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Theisen M, Dodoo D, Toure-Balde A, Soe S, Corradin G, Koram KK, Kurtzhals JA, Hviid L, Theander T, Akanmori B, Ndiaye M, Druilhe P. Selection of glutamate-rich protein long synthetic peptides for vaccine development: antigenicity and relationship with clinical protection and immunogenicity. Infect Immun 2001; 69:5223-9. [PMID: 11500389 PMCID: PMC98629 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.9.5223-5229.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Antibodies against three long synthetic peptides (LSPs) derived from the glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) of Plasmodium falciparum were analyzed in three cohorts from Liberia, Ghana, and Senegal. Two overlapping LSPs, LR67 and LR68, are derived from the relatively conserved N-terminal nonrepeat region (R0), and the third, LR70, is derived from the R2 repeat region. A high prevalence of antibody responses to each LSP was observed in all three areas of endemic infection. Levels of cytophilic immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against both GLURP regions were significantly correlated with protection from clinical P. falciparum malaria. Protected children from the Ghana cohort possessed predominantly IgG1 antibodies against the nonrepeat epitope and IgG3 antibodies against the repeat epitope. T-cell proliferation responses, studied in the cohort from Senegal, revealed that T-helper-cell epitopes were confined to the nonrepeat region. When used as immunogens, the LR67 and LR68 peptides elicited strong IgG responses in outbred mice and LR67 also induced antibodies in mice of different H-2 haplotypes, confirming the presence of T-helper-cell epitopes in these constructs. Mouse antipeptide antisera recognized parasite proteins as determined by immunofluorescence and immunoblotting. This indicates that synthetic peptides derived from relatively conserved epitopes of GLURP might serve as useful immunogens for vaccination against P. falciparum malaria.
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- M Theisen
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Badell E, Oeuvray C, Moreno A, Soe S, van Rooijen N, Bouzidi A, Druilhe P. Human malaria in immunocompromised mice: an in vivo model to study defense mechanisms against Plasmodium falciparum. J Exp Med 2000; 192:1653-60. [PMID: 11104807 PMCID: PMC2193098 DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.11.1653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2000] [Accepted: 10/06/2000] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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We have recently described that sustained Plasmodium falciparum growth could be obtained in immunodeficient mice. We now report the potential of this new mouse model by assaying the effect of the passive transfer of antibodies (Abs) which in humans have had a well-established effect.Our results show that the total African adult hyperimmune immunoglobulin Gs (HI-IgGs) strongly reduce P. falciparum parasitemia similarly to that reported in humans, but only when mice are concomitantly reconstituted with human monocytes (HuMNs). In contrast, neither HI-IgGs nor HuMNs alone had any direct effect upon parasitemia. We assessed the in vivo effect of epitope-specific human Abs affinity-purified on peptides derived either from the ring erythrocyte surface antigen (RESA) or the merozoite surface protein 3 (MSP3). The inoculation of low concentrations of anti-synthetic peptide from MSP3, but not of anti-RESA Abs, consistently suppressed P. falciparum in the presence of HuMNs. Parasitemia decrease was stronger and faster than that observed using HI-IgGs and as fast as that induced by chloroquine. Our observations demonstrate that this mouse model is of great value to evaluate the protective effect of different Abs with distinct specificity in the same animal, a step hardly accessible and therefore never performed before in humans.
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- Edgar Badell
- Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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- Department of Cell Biology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 BT, The Netherlands
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- Bio-Medical Parasitology Unit, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France
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Theisen M, Soe S, Jessing SG, Okkels LM, Danielsen S, Oeuvray C, Druilhe P, Jepsen S. Identification of a major B-cell epitope of the Plasmodium falciparum glutamate-rich protein (GLURP), targeted by human antibodies mediating parasite killing. Vaccine 2000; 19:204-12. [PMID: 10930674 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [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: 10/18/2022]
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The antigenicity of the glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) of Plasmodium falciparum was comprehensively evaluated in epitope-mapping studies utilizing a phage display library, synthetic peptides and anti-GLURP IgG preparations previously shown to promote strong antibody-dependent cellular inhibition (ADCI) effects. We identified six major B-cell epitopes within the nonrepetitive region R0, corresponding to amino acid residues 173 to 187 (P1), 193 to 207 (P3), 216 to 229 (P4), 264 to 288 (P11), 343 to 357 (P10), and 407 to 434 (S3). Of these, four (P1, P3, P4, and S3) were frequently recognized by high-titered IgG antibodies in plasma samples from immune Liberian adults (prevalence: 29.1-45.0%). The three epitopes P1, P3, and P4 contained a common motif (seven out of nine positions are identical) and may thus constitute a family of structurally related epitopes. This leaves two distinct epitopes, one (P3) representing this new epitope family and S3 as targets for biologically active antibodies. Human IgG antibodies from single plasma samples were affinity-purified against these peptides. P3-specific IgG preparations were consistently more effective in ADCI than S3-specific IgG. Among the different GLURP epitopes, we therefore suggest that the P3 epitope is potentially the most important epitope in GLURP for the development of clinical immunity to malaria in man.
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- M Theisen
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Theisen M, Soe S, Oeuvray C, Thomas AW, Vuust J, Danielsen S, Jepsen S, Druilhe P. The glutamate-rich protein (GLURP) of Plasmodium falciparum is a target for antibody-dependent monocyte-mediated inhibition of parasite growth in vitro. Infect Immun 1998; 66:11-7. [PMID: 9423833 PMCID: PMC107852 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.1.11-17.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [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: 02/05/2023] Open
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Monocyte-dependent as well as direct inhibitory effects of antimalarial antibodies point toward antigens accessible at the time of merozoite release as targets for biologically active antibodies capable of mediating protection against Plasmodium falciparum. The glutamate-rich protein (GLURP), being an antigen associated with mature schizont-infected erythrocytes, was therefore the object of the present investigation, in which we analyzed whether anti-GLURP antibodies can either interfere directly with merozoite invasion or act indirectly by promoting a monocyte-dependent growth inhibition, antibody-dependent cellular inhibition. GLURP-specific human immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies, from pooled IgG of healthy Liberian adults who were clinically immune to malaria, were purified by affinity chromatography on columns containing R0 (N-terminal nonrepetitive region of GLURP) or R2 (C-terminal repetitive region of GLURP) recombinant protein or synthetic peptides as ligands. Analysis of the pattern of reactivity of highly purified anti-GLURP antibodies led to the definition of at least four B-cell epitopes. One epitope was specific for R0, two were specific for R2, and the fourth displayed cross-reactivity between R0 and R2. None of the purified IgG antibodies had direct invasion-inhibitory effects, even at high concentrations. In contrast, when allowed to cooperate with monocytes, all anti-GLURP IgG preparations mediated a strong monocyte-dependent parasite growth inhibition in a dose-dependent manner.
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- M Theisen
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
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Soe S, Nakane PK, Myat PK, Iida F, Kyi KP, Swe T. Comparative study between molecular hybridization and electron microscopy for the detection of hepatitis E virus. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1993; 24:477-9. [PMID: 8160056] [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: 01/29/2023]
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The study describes a comparison between molecular hybridization using a non-radiolabeled, thymine-thymine (TT) dimerized synthetic oligonucleotide complementary DNA probe and electron microscopy for the detection of hepatitis E virus genome in bile. Spot hybridization with the TT dimerized probe was found to be more sensitive and specific compared to electron microscopy.
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- S Soe
- Department of Medical Research No. 5, Yangon, Myanmar
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Soe S, Win MM, Htwe TT, Lwin M, Thet SS, Kyaw WW. Renal histopathology following Russell's viper (Vipera russelli) bite. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1993; 24:193-7. [PMID: 8362296] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Renal lesions in ten patients following Russell's viper bite were studied. Renal biopsies were available in six and autopsies in four patients. Autopsied tissues from two cases of traumatic death served as controls. Both qualitative and quantitative changes in the glomeruli, tubules, interstitium and blood vessels were evaluated. Tubular necrosis was detected in five, tubular degeneration in nine, glomerular changes in nine and interstitial changes in four cases. Generally tissues from expired cases had more severe and extensive renal lesions than those that survived.
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- S Soe
- Renal Dialysis Unit, Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar
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Soe S, Win PP, Zaw AK, Hla NN, Lwin S, Myint S, Swe T, Mya Y. Some characteristics of hospitalized HIV seropositive patients in Myanmar. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1993; 24:18-22. [PMID: 8362294] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Twenty-two hospitalized HIV seropositive patients were studied prospectively between July 1991 and January 1992. The majority of the patients were intravenous drug users (IVDUs). Their age ranged from 20 to 38 years with a male preponderance of 12 to 1. Anemia, lymphopenia and thrombocytopenia were observed in 100%, 36% and 41%, respectively. The common pathogens like malaria parasites, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Entamoeba histolytica, Streptococcus and Salmonella were isolated/identified rather than opportunistic organisms.
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- S Soe
- Department of Medical Research, Yangon General Hospital, Myanmar
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Soe S, Tin S, Than S. Myeloid leukemoid reaction in malaria infection. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 1991; 22:677-8. [PMID: 1820659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- S Soe
- Department of Medical Research, Yangon, Myanmar
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Uchida T, Win KM, Suzuki K, Komatsu K, Iida F, Shikata T, Rikihisa T, Mizuno K, Soe S, Myint H. Serial transmission of a putative causative virus of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis to Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta. Jpn J Exp Med 1990; 60:13-21. [PMID: 2112652] [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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In order to establish an animal model and to identify a causative virus of enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis, Macaca fascicularis was inoculated with a fecal extract obtained from Myanmar patients with acute sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis. The primates developed acute hepatitis exhibited by a transient elevation of aminotransferases in the sera and occurrence of hepatic necroinflammation between 2 and 4 weeks postinoculation. Subsequent second passage of the fecal extract made from first-passage primates into another Macaca fascicularis and Macaca mulatta induced acute hepatitis. Likewise, third passage was also successfully performed. Immune electron microscopy of the stool extract incubated with the primate serum at the acute phase of hepatitis showed an aggregation of virus-like particles. These particles consisted of full and empty round particles without an envelope, measuring approximately 27 nm in diameter. A dispersion of similar particles was found ultrastructurally in the hyaloplasm of hepatocytes surrounding the focal necrosis. This putative causative virus appears to be a new hepatitis virus.
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- T Uchida
- Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Uchida T, Suzuki K, Komatsu K, Iida F, Shikata T, Rikihisa T, Mizuno K, Soe S, Win KM, Nakane K. Occurrence and character of a putative causative virus of enterically-transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis in bile. Jpn J Exp Med 1990; 60:23-9. [PMID: 2112653] [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 present investigation confirms the possibility that the etiological agent of enterically-transmitted non-A, non-B (ET-NANB) hepatitis (type E hepatitis), multiplied in hepatocytes, is excreted into the feces via bile. The fecal extract was inoculated into 7 cynomolgus monkeys. Bile juice was collected directly from the gallbladder by needle puncture after abdominal operation 3 to 6 times during the experimental course. All 7 monkeys developed elevated serum aminotransferases, which began gradually approximately 2 weeks postinoculation and reached a peak at 3 to 5 weeks. In parallel with this elevation, both in time and magnitude, necroinflammation was observed in the livers. The virus-like particles (VLPs) were found in the bile juice of all 7 monkeys and the serial occurrence of VLPs was typified as follows: the VLPs were negative on day 7, appeared on day 10 after inoculation, and were present until the 3rd week when the subjects were sacrificed. While the particles were individually dispersed on day 10, they started to exhibit spontaneous aggregation on and after week 2. Also, empty particles were very rare at first, but increased in ratio compared to full ones over time. Thus, the putative causative virus of ET-NANB hepatitis was demonstrated to be excreted through bile. The spontaneous aggregation of VLPs might be due to the specific antibody secreted into the bile juice and was closely correlated with hepatitis activity. The increase in empty particles might indicate an increase in disorganized assembly of the nucleic acid and protein during virus proliferation.
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- T Uchida
- Department of Pathology, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Soe S, Uchida T, Suzuki K, Komatsu K, Azumi J, Okuda Y, Iida F, Shikata T, Rikihisa T, Mizuno K. Enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis in cynomolgus monkeys: morphology and probable mechanism of hepatocellular necrosis. Liver 1989; 9:135-45. [PMID: 2501612 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1989.tb00390.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Two cynomolgus monkeys were inoculated with a stool extract originally derived from patients suffering from enterically transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis. Subsequently, the primates developed self-limiting acute hepatitis and their liver tissues were obtained sequentially by needle biopsy or at sacrifice. Histologically, the liver tissues exhibited necroinflammation which appeared in parallel, both in time and magnitude, with elevation in serum aminotransferases. Necroinflammation was characterized by focal dropout of hepatocytes with accumulation of lymphocytes and macrophages. These lymphocytes were positive for a cytotoxic/suppressor immunophenotype. The hepatocytes surrounding these focal necroses showed depletion of glycogen granules and decrease in glucose-6-phosphatase and succinic dehydrogenase activities. Ultrastructurally, damaged hepatocytes around the focal necroses revealed marked dilatation of both rough and smooth endoplasmic reticula, swelling and disruption of the mitochondria and leakage of nuclear materials into the cytoplasm. Frequently, direct contact between the damaged hepatocytes and lymphocytes was noted. Virus-like particles measuring about 27 nm in diameter were observed singly or in small groups within the cytoplasm of damaged hepatocytes. Primary hepatocyte culture of a cynomolgus monkey, inoculated with a transmissible stool extract did not show any cytopathic change, although similar virus-like particles were recognized ultrastructurally in the cultured hepatocytes. Morphological analysis of in vitro and in vivo transmission studies in cynomolgus monkeys strongly supported the hypothesis of immune-mediated hepatocytolysis rather than a direct cytopathic effect of this hepatitis virus.
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- S Soe
- Department of Medical Research, Rangoon, Burma
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Uchida T, Soe S, Suzuki K, Komatsu K, Shikata T, Iida F, Rikihisa T, Mizuno K. [Epidemic non-A, non-B viral hepatitis--animal model and causative virus]. Nihon Rinsho 1988; 46:2589-95. [PMID: 3149331] [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: 01/04/2023]
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