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EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY
Volume 121, Issue 1, Pages 29-37Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.09.019
Keywords
Leishmania donovani; Adjuvant; Immunoprophylaxis
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- Department of Biotechnology (Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) [BTIPR5232/Med/14/612/ 2004]
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The acquisition of immunity following subclinical or resolved infection with the intracellular parasite Leishmania donovani suggests that vaccination could prevent visceral leishmaniasis. The characteristics and in vitro Stimulating capability of the recombinant proteins expressed by previously identified clones on the basis of their capacity to stimulate an indigenously established Leishmania-specific cell line leading to high level of IFN-alpha suggested these to be potential candidates for irnmunoprophylaxis against leishmaniasis. In this study, we investigated the protective efficacy of purified recombinant proteins from two of the identified cDNA clones along with the adjuvant MPL, in a hamster model of experimental leishmaniasis. We demonstrate here that the immunization of animals with one of the recombinant proteins (rF14) having 97% similarity to C1 clone of L. chagasi ribosomal protein gene PO (rLiP0) along with MPL provided partial protection against the virulent challenge of L donovani. The absence of antigen-specific lymphoproliferative responses in these immunized animals may be responsible for the lack of complete and long-lasting protection. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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