title: Induction of a cytotoxic T lymphocyte response by immunization with a malaria specific CTL peptide entrapped in biodegradable polymer microspheres.
abstract: We have previously reported that biodegradable polymer microspheres (MS) are capable of eliciting strong and long-lasting antibody and T cell proliferative responses for either natural protein antigens or synthetic peptides. In this study, we investigated the possibility of inducing antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses in vivo with a short synthetic peptide from the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium berghei (Pb) 252-260 by using different MS formulations. We show that injection of mice with a short CTL epitope microencapsulated in MS or adsorbed on empty MS enhanced a specific CTL response comparable to that obtained with the incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) formulation, indicating that MS are a potent antigen delivery system/immunostimulant for CTL response. These results might be of practical interest for MS preparation and development of subunit vaccines.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Men
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Audran
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gander
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corradin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D005260:Female; D007114:Immunization; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008863:Microspheres; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D017780:Malaria Vaccines; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan