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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 68, 期 4, 页码 1964-1966出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.4.1964-1966.2000
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI36758] Funding Source: Medline
The 175-kDa Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding protein (EBA-175) binds to its receptor, sialic acids on glycophorin A. The binding region within EBA-175 is a cysteine-rich region identified as region II. Antibodies against region II block the binding of native EBA-175 to erythrocytes. We identified a P. falciparum strain, FVO, that could not invade erythrocytes devoid of sialic acids due to prior neuraminidase treatment, and in addition, se used a strain, 3D7, that could invade such sialic acid-depleted erythrocytes. We used these two strains to study the capacity of anti-region II antibodies to inhibit FVO and 3D7 parasite development in vitro. Analysis of growth-inhibitory effects of purified FVO anti-region II immunoglobulin G (IgG) with the FVO and 3D7 strains resulted in similar levels of growth inhibition. FVO and 3D7 strains were inhibited between 28 and 56% compared to control IgG. There appeared to be no intracellular grow,th retardation or killing of either isolate, suggesting that invasion was indeed inhibited. Incubation of recombinant region II with anti-region II Ige reversed the growth inhibition. These results suggest that antibodies against region II can also Interfere with merozoite invasion pathways that do not involve sialic acids. The fact that EBA-175 has such a universal and yet susceptible role in erythrocyte invasion clearly supports its inclusion in a multivalent malaria vaccine.
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