title: A recombinant malaria protein that can induce Th1 and CD8+ T cell responses without antibody formation.
abstract: Inbred strains of mice were immunized with p190-3, a 38-kDa recombinant protein derived from p190, a major merozoite surface Ag of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Ag-specific proliferative T cell responses were obtained in H-2b, H-2d, and H-2k mouse strains. Surprisingly, mice of the H-2b haplotype (e.g., C57BL/6) did not give a measurable antibody response to the recombinant protein administered in Freund's adjuvant, but CD8+/CD4- as well as CD4+/CD8- T cells specific for p190-3 could be obtained after in vivo priming and in vitro selection with Ag. Distinct epitopes of p190-3 recognized by the CD8+ and CD4+ T cells from C57BL/6 mice were identified. The CD8+ T cells could kill H-2b APC in the presence of the appropriate epitope-containing peptide. The p190-3-specific CD4+ cells isolated from C57BL/6 mice were of the Th1 type. In contrast, Th2 cells, but no CD8+ T cells were present in a p190-3-specific line from BALB/c mice, which give good antibody responses to p190-3.
authors.affiliation: Department Biology, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basle, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Süss
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Pink
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry*; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D000939:Epitopes; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma