title: A T cell clone directed at the circumsporozoite protein which protects mice against both Plasmodium yoelii and Plasmodium berghei.
abstract: Clone B is a cytotoxic T cell clone induced by immunization with Plasmodium yoelii sporozoites which recognizes an epitope on both the P. yoelii and Plasmodium berghei circumsporozoite proteins. It is CD8, uses the V beta 8.1 TCR, and is Kd restricted. When adoptively transferred, it protects mice against infection by both species of malaria sporozoites, and this protection is dependent on IFN-gamma. Clone B cells are more broadly reactive and protective than previously described murine T cell clones against malaria. Clone B may be an important model for immune protection against the spectrum of variant parasites in nature.
authors.affiliation: Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20889.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Berzofsky
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Houghten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sedegah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hollindale
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells; D003429:Cross Reactions; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D010962:Plasmodium berghei / Q000276:immunology*; D010967:Plasmodium yoelii / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D010455:Peptides; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan