title: Protection against malaria by vaccination with sporozoite surface protein 2 plus CS protein.
abstract: The circumsporozoite (CS) protein has been the target for development of malaria sporozoite vaccines for a decade. However, immunization with subunit vaccines based on the CS protein has never given the complete protection found after immunization with irradiated sporozoites. BALB/c mice immunized with irradiated Plasmodium yoelii sporozoites produced antibodies and cytotoxic T cells against a 140-kilodalton protein, sporozoite surface protein 2 (SSP2). Mice immunized with P815 cells that had been transfected with either SSP2 or CS genes were partially protected, and those immunized with a mixture of SSP2 and CS transfectants were completely protected against malaria. These studies emphasize the importance of vaccine delivery systems in achieving protection and define a multi-antigen sporozoite vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 20889.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khusmith
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Charoenvit
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sedegah
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Beaudoin
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010967:Plasmodium yoelii / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D014162:Transfection; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan