Effect of Antibodies to Recombinant and Synthetic Peptides on P. falciparum Sporozoites in Vitro

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 231; no. 4734; pp. 156 - 159
• Main Authors: Mazier, D., Mellouk, S., Beaudoin, R. L., Texier, B., Druilhe, P., Hockmeyer, W., Trosper, J., Paul, C., Charoenvit, Y., Young, J., Miltgen, F., Chedid, L., Chigot, J. P., Galley, B., Brandicourt, O., Gentilini, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC The American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.01.1986; American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies; Antibodies - immunology; Antigens; Antigens, Protozoan - immunology; Biochemistry. Physiology. Immunology. Molecular biology; Biological and medical sciences; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hepatocytes; Human protozoal diseases; Humans; Immunoglobulins; In Vitro Techniques; Infectious diseases; Intracellular parasitism; Liver; Liver - cytology; Liver - parasitology; Malaria; Malariotherapy; Medical sciences; Mice; Monoclonal antibodies; Parasites; Parasitic diseases; Peptides - immunology; Plasmodium; Plasmodium (Protozoa); Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium falciparum - immunology; Protozoa; Protozoal diseases; Recombinant Proteins - immunology; Schizonts; Sporozoites; Trophozoites; Tropical medicine; Vaccines; Immunoprotection; Protozoa; Cell culture; Peptides; Antibody; Pathogenesis; Sporozoit; Vaccine; Adhesion; Antigen; Plasmodium falciparum; Synthetic product; Penetration; Hepatocyte; Intracellular phase; Genetic engineering; Models; Inhibition; Sporozoa
• ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.3510455

Antibodies were raised in mice immunized with several recombinant and synthetic peptides of the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium falciparum. The antibodies were evaluated for protective activity in a human hepatocyte culture system. They exerted their protective effect against the parasite at three points: sporozoite attachment to the hepatocyte surface, entry, and subsequent intracellular development. Inhibition of attachment and entry were found to be related to the antibody titer against the authentic circumsporozoite protein on the sporozoite surface, especially when peptides were administered with alum or complete Freund's adjuvant. Even when invasion was not totally inhibited, the presence of abnormal trophozoites and a frequent inhibition of schizont development in long-term cultures suggested continued activity of antibodies at the intracellular level after sporozoite penetration had been completed.