Stability of interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 responses to Plasmodium falciparum liver stage antigen 1 and thrombospondin-related adhesive protein immunodominant epitopes in a highland population from Western Kenya.
Long-term planning to prevent malaria epidemics requires in-depth understanding of immunity to Plasmodium falciparum in areas of unstable transmission. Cytokine responses to immunodominant epitope peptides from liver stage antigen 1 (LSA-1) and thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP) were evaluated over a nine-month interval in adults and children in Kenya from a malaria epidemic-prone highland area after several years of low transmission. The proportion and magnitude of interferon-gamma ELISPOT responses and the proportion of interleukin-10 responders to LSA-1 and TRAP peptides tended to be higher in adults than children. Frequencies of interferon-gamma responders to these peptides were similar at the two time points, but responses were not consistently generated by the same persons. These results suggest that T cell memory to pre-erythrocytic stage malaria antigens is maintained but may be unavailable for consistent detection in peripheral blood, and that these antigens induce both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine responses in this population.
Moormann
Ann M
AM
Center for Global Health and Diseases, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-7286, USA. moorms@case.edu
Sumba
Peter Odada
PO
Tisch
Daniel J
DJ
Embury
Paula
P
King
Charles H
CH
Kazura
James W
JW
John
Chandy C
CC
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D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; C067302:liver stage-specific antigen, Plasmodium; C069428:thrombospondin-related adhesive protein, protozoan; D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma
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