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Virus-expressed, recombinant single-chain antibody blocks sporozoite infection of salivary glands in Plasmodium gallinaceum-infected Aedes aegypti.
M de Lara Capurro
M de Lara Capurro
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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J Coleman
J Coleman
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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B T Beerntsen
B T Beerntsen
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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K M Myles
K M Myles
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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K E Olson
K E Olson
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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E Rocha
E Rocha
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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A U Krettli
A U Krettli
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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A A James
A A James
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine 92697-3900, USA.
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Transgenic mosquitoes resistant to malaria parasites are being developed to test the hypothesis that they may be used to control disease transmission. We have developed an effector portion of an antiparasite gene that can be used to test malaria resistance in transgenic mosquitoes. Mouse monoclonal antibodies that recognize the circumsporozoite protein of Plasmodium gallinaceum can block sporozoite invasion of Aedes aegypti salivary glands. An anti-circumsporozoite monoclonal antibody, N2H6D5, whose corresponding heavy- and light-chain gene variable regions were engineered as a single-chain antibody construct, binds to P. gallinaceum sporozoites and prevents infection of Ae. aegypti salivary glands when expressed from a Sindbis virus. Mean intensities of sporozoite infections of salivary glands in mosquitoes expressing N2scFv were reduced as much as 99.9% when compared to controls.
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