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FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 241-248Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.05.008
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soluble antigen; CpG oligodeoxyrmcleotides; L. donovani; vaccine
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In this report, we investigated the effect of ODN containing immunostimulatory CG motifs as adjuvant with soluble antigen (SA) from Leishmania donovani. BALB/c mice were vaccinated with the soluble antigen with or without CpG-ODN as adjuvant and then challenged with L. donovani metacyclic promastigotes. CpG-ODN alone resulted in partial protection against challenge with L. donovani. Immunization of mice with SA and CpG-ODN showed enhanced reduction in parasite load (similar to60%) when compared to SA (similar to40%) immunized mice. Immunization with SA by itself resulted in a mixed Th1/Th2 response whereas co-administration of SA with CpG-ODN resulted in a strong Th1 promoting isotype as they together promoted production of immunoglobulin G2a. Leishmania-specific Th1 cytokine response was induced by co-administering CpG-ODN and SA as they together promoted production of IFN-gamma and IL-12. In the present study, we demonstrate that immunostimulatory phosphorothioate-modified ODN are promising immune enhancers for vaccination against visceral leishmaniaisis. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies.
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