title: Interferon-gamma-independent CD8+ T cell-mediated protective anti-malaria immunity elicited by recombinant adenovirus.
abstract: Recombinant adenovirus, expressing the CS protein of Plasmodium yoelii, AdPyCS, was shown to induce a comparable degree of T cell-mediated protection against malaria as a single dose of irradiated P. yoelii sporozoites, causing inhibition of liver stage development. We now report that differently from sporozoite-induced immunity, interferon (IFN)-gamma does not mediate the protective immunity induced by AdPyCS, since a similar degree of protection was observed in AdPyCS immunized mice lacking IFN-gamma-/- and the IFN-gamma receptor (IFN-gammaR-/-) compared to that in wild-type mice. Depletion of CD8+ T cells from these immunized mice almost completely abolished the AdPyCS-induced immunity, indicating that the immunization with AdPyCS induces CD8+ T cell-mediated protective anti-malaria immunity, which is independent of IFN-gamma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Molecular Parasitology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10010, USA.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Claassen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Nussenzweig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000276:immunology*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010967:Plasmodium yoelii / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C041595:circumsporozoite protein, Protozoan; D007371:Interferon-gamma