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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-12-20
pubmed:abstractText
Previous passive antibody transfer experiments have indicated that immunity to a 46-kilodalton membrane glycoprotein (M-2) of Leishmania amazonensis may protect against infection with this parasite. In the studies described in this paper, we investigated the ability of the purified M-2 molecule to elicit a protective immune response in conjunction with Freund incomplete and complete adjuvants, saponin, and Corynebacterium parvum. Both relatively susceptible (BALB/c and CBA) and resistant (C57BL/6) strains of mice were examined. C. parvum appeared to be the most effective adjuvant in the three mouse strains tested. The level of protection varied with the mouse strain, although all animals received identical preparations of antigen and adjuvant. Immunization of CBA mice with the M-2 glycoprotein and C. parvum resulted in complete protection against a challenge infection of 10(4) and 10(6) late log-phase promastigotes of L. amazonensis. In the BALB/c strain, complete protection was observed in some of the immunized animals (28 to 50%); in the rest of the mice the onset of infection was significantly delayed. Protective immunity for C57BL/6 mice was observed only at the low infecting dose (10(4) L. amazonensis organisms). The level of protection observed is reflected by increased antibody response (immunoglobulins G1 and G2) developed to the M-2 molecule. The relationship of pure T-cell (nonantibody) immunity to this protection remains to be elucidated.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3272-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Membrane glycoprotein M-2 protects against Leishmania amazonensis infection.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't