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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-20
pubmed:abstractText
BALB/c mice immunized with irradiated Plasmodium yoelii sporozoites produce antibodies and cytotoxic T lymphocytes against the circumsporozoite protein and against a 140-kDa protein, sporozoite surface protein 2 (PySSP2). Approximately 50% of mice immunized with P815 cells transfected with the gene encoding PySSP2 are protected against malaria, and this protection is reversed by in vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells. To determine if CD8+ T cells against PySSP2 are adequate to protect against malaria in the absence of other malaria-specific immune responses, we produced three CD8+ T-cell clones by stimulating spleen cells from mice immunized with irradiated P. yoelii sporozoites with a mitomycin-treated P815 cell clone transfected with the PySSP2 gene. Adoptive transfer of clone TSLB7 protected 100% of mice against P. yoelii. The second clone protected 58% of mice, and the third clone provided no protection. Clone TSLB7 protected even when administered 3 h after sporozoite inoculation at a time when sporozoites had entered hepatocytes, suggesting that it is recognizing and eliminating infected hepatocytes. These studies demonstrate that cytotoxic T lymphocytes against PySSP2 can protect against P. yoelii sporozoite challenge in the absence of other parasite-specific immune responses.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0019-9567
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2979-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Complete protection against Plasmodium yoelii by adoptive transfer of a CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell clone recognizing sporozoite surface protein 2.
pubmed:affiliation
Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5607.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't