Recognition of Synthetic 104-Mer and 102-Mer Peptides Corresponding to N- and C-Terminal Nonrepeat Regions of the Plasmodium Falciparum Circumsporozoite Protein by Sera from Human Donors

Jose Alejandro Lopez Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Mario Alberto Roggero Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Ogobara Duombo Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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John Mario Gonzalez Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Ralf Tolle Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Oushmane Koita Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Myriam Arevalo-Herrera Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Socrates Herrera Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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Giampietro Corradin Institut de Biochimie, Universite de Lausanne, Instituto de Inmunologia, Universidad del Valle, Zentrum fur Molekulare Biologie, Ecole Nationale de Medecine et de Pharmacie, Departement d'Epidemiologie des Affections Parasitaires, Epalinges, Switzerland

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.424
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Volume 55: Issue 4
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424–429
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In the present work, we analyze the recognition of synthetic polypeptides encompassing the aminoterminal (amino acids 22–125) and the carboxy terminal (289–390) regions of the circumsporozoite (CS) protein of Plasmodium falciparum by sera from donors living in endemic areas of South America and Africa. Two populations were studied: one on the Colombian Pacific coast, with low endemicity for malaria; and a western African village exposed to a very intense transmission of P. falciparum. Antibodies directed to the two polypeptides were found at high titers in both populations. Furthermore, this response was observed in individuals lacking antibodies to the highly repetitive central sequence of the CS protein (NANP). The epitopes responsible for this recognition were mapped to the region 81–125 and 316–346 of the N- and C-termini, respectively. When the two populations were compared, both showed high titers of antibodies to the two flanking peptides. However, while 95% of the sera from African adults showed antibodies against the repeat region of the CS protein, only 37% of the Colombian adults studied had these antibodies. Furthermore, African donors of various ages exhibited different patterns of recognition of the two polypeptides. In African children less than five years of age, antibodies were found in comparable levels to Colombian adults; however, in older African donors, the response to NANP became dominant. These findings may reflect the skewing effect of the humoral response towards the central repetitive epitope under conditions of frequent exposure to malaria infections. The production of such polypeptides encompassing regions that contain multiple epitopes for antibodies, T helper, and cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes would be advantageous in the generation of new and more efficient malaria vaccines.

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Copyright © 1996 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996
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Oct 1996
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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