title: T cell epitopes of the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium vivax. Recognition by lymphocytes of a sporozoite-immunized chimpanzee.
abstract: The humoral and cellular antisporozoite immune responses of a laboratory-born chimpanzee were measured following multiple exposures to the bites of Plasmodium vivax-infected mosquitoes. T cell lines and clones derived from the chimpanzee's PBL were used to identify T cell epitopes of the P. vivax circumsporozoite (CS) protein. Two independently obtained cell lines, established by culturing the PBL with either a recombinant P. vivax circumsporozoite (rPvCS) protein or a pool of synthetic peptides spanning the rPvCS sequence, recognized a 20-mer peptide from a nonpolymorphic region of the carboxyl terminus of the CS protein. This peptide overlaps a sequence homologous to region II of the Plasmodium falciparum CS protein. A third T cell line recognized an epitope within the central repeat domain, which has recently been found to be a polymorphic region of the P. vivax CS protein. The CD4+ clones derived from this third T cell line secreted IFN-gamma and IL-2 when stimulated with either the P. vivax repeat peptide (DRAAGQPAG)2 or the rPvCS protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10010.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nardin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clavijo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mons
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ponnudurai
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Nussenzweig
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002999:Clone Cells; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D007114:Immunization; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000939:Epitopes; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan