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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
Antigenic diversity was observed in the circumsporozoite (CS) proteins of five of the six Plasmodium cynomolgi isolates (NIH, Mulligan, London, Gombak, Ceylon, RO) that we examined. Monoclonal antibodies were produced against salivary gland sporozoites of three of the isolates. Interaction of these monoclonal antibodies with the sporozoites was isolate specific, the exception being the anti-NIH monoclonals which also reacted with Mulligan strain sporozoites. Inhibition of binding between the different monoclonal antibodies indicated that for each of the NIH, London, and Gombak strains, the homologous monoclonals were recognizing the same or a topographically close immunodominant epitope on the respective CS protein. Also the binding of a polyvalent anti-NIH rhesus serum to the homologous antigen could only be inhibited by anti-NIH monoclonal antibody. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blot analysis of sporozoite extracts demonstrated clear differences in the apparent molecular weights of the CS proteins of four of the six isolates. This is the first study which provides evidence of antigenic diversity in the CS proteins of different isolates of a primate plasmodial species.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0166-6851
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Antigenic diversity of the circumsporozoite proteins in the Plasmodium cynomolgi complex.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't