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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 33(3), 1984, pp. 342-346
Copyright © 1984 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Ultrastructural Localization of Protective Antigens of Plasmodium yoelii Merozoites by the Use of Monoclonal Antibodies and Ultrathin Cryomicrotomy

Mikio Oka, Masamichi Aikawa, Robert R. Freeman, Anthony A. Holder AND Edward Fine
Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, and Department of Molecular Biology, The Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3BS, England

The production of two hybridoma cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies (MAb), both of which react specifically with erythrocytic merozoites of Plasmodium yoelii in the indirect immunofluorescence assay, has been reported earlier. MAb 25.77 was reactive with a localized region within each merozoite, while MAb 25.1 appeared to be specific for the plasma membrane of schizonts and merozoites. The parasite antigens recognized by antibodies 25.77 and 25.1 are proteins of 235,000 and 230,000 molecular weight, respectively, both of which induce protective immunity against P. yoelii in mice. In order to establish the precise localization of these protective antigens within erythrocyte merozoites, ultrathin cryomicrotomy was used in conjunction with the MAb and protein A-gold. This technique showed that gold particles were exclusively concentrated over the rhoptries when erythrocytic merozoites were incubated with MAb 25.77. On the other hand, gold particles were distributed uniformly over the merozoite surface when parasites were incubated with MAb 25.1. These results demonstrate, for the first time, that a protective antigen of the erythrocytic stage of P. yoelii is localized within the rhoptries as well as on the merozoite surface.

Accepted for publication December 2, 1983.




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