title: Protection against Plasmodium falciparum challenge induced in Aotus monkeys by liver-stage antigen-3-derived long synthetic peptides.
abstract: The vaccine potential of Plasmodium falciparum liver stage antigen-3 (LSA3) was investigated in Aotus monkeys using two long synthetic peptides corresponding respectively to an N-terminal non-repeat peptide (NRP) and repeat 2 (R2) region of the LSA3, adjuvanted by ASO2. Both 100-222 (NRP) and 501-596 repeat peptides induced effector B- and T-cell responses in terms of antigen-driven antibodies and/or specific IFN-gamma secretion. Animals challenged with P. falciparum sporozoites were protected following immunization with either the NRP region alone or the NRP combined with the R2 repeat region, as compared with controls receiving the adjuvant alone. These results indicate that the NRP may be sufficient to induce full, sterile protection and confirm the vaccine potential of LSA3 previously demonstrated in chimpanzees and in Aotus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, University of Valle, Cali, Colombia.
authors.forename: Blanca-Liliana
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Perlaza
authors.forename: Anais Zully
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: Constanza
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zapata
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castellanos
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sauzet
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arévalo-Herrera
authors.forename: Giampietro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corradin
authors.forename: Sócrates
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Druilhe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D016645:Aotidae / Q000276:immunology; D007114:Immunization; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D017780:Malaria Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D017780:Malaria Vaccines; D010455:Peptides; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C067302:liver stage-specific antigen, Plasmodium; D007371:Interferon-gamma