title: The impact of IgG antibodies to recombinant Plasmodium falciparum 732var CIDR-1alpha domain in mothers and their newborn babies.
abstract: Different domains of a novel full-length var gene (termed 732var) isolated from a placenta of a malaria-infected woman were expressed in Escherichia coli as recombinant proteins and analysed biochemically and immunologically. Two of these, the Duffy binding-like (DBL)-3gamma domain and the cysteine-rich interdomain region (CIDR)-1alpha were able to bind chondroitin sulfate A and CD36, respectively. The DBL-3gamma domain was investigated in a previous study and confirmed here to exhibit anti-disease characteristics related to pregnancy-associated malaria. Mothers with high anti-DBL-3gamma antibody levels were protected from placental infection. The novel finding in this study is that babies born to mothers carrying anti-CIDR-1alpha antibodies had a delayed time to the first infection.
authors.affiliation: Department for Molecular Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. ayman.khattab@bni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khattab
authors.forename: Yu-Shan
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chia
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Le Hesran
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deloron
authors.forename: Mo-Quen
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Klinkert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018955:CD36 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000378:metabolism; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010920:Placenta; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015597:Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D018955:CD36 Antigens; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; C066001:Duffy antigen binding protein, Plasmodium; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates