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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Although whole-parasite vaccine strategies for malaria infection have regained attention, their immunological mechanisms of action remain unclear. We find that immunization of mice with a crude blood stage extract of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum elicits parasite antigen-specific immune responses via Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 and that the malarial heme-detoxification byproduct, hemozoin (HZ), but not malarial DNA, produces a potent adjuvant effect. Malarial and synthetic (s)HZ bound TLR9 directly to induce conformational changes in the receptor. The adjuvant effect of sHZ depended on its method of synthesis and particle size. Although natural HZ acts as a TLR9 ligand, the adjuvant effects of synthetic HZ are independent of TLR9 or the NLRP3-inflammasome but are dependent on MyD88. The adjuvant function of sHZ was further validated in a canine antiallergen vaccine model. Thus, HZ can influence adaptive immune responses to malaria infection and may have therapeutic value in vaccine adjuvant development.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adjuvants, Immunologic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Protozoan, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CIAS1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hemeproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Malaria Vaccines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myd88 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ovalbumin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tlr9 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Toll-Like Receptor 9, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/hemozoin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1934-6069
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
50-61
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunogenicity of whole-parasite vaccines against Plasmodium falciparum involves malarial hemozoin and host TLR9.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Host Defense, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't