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8663412

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
30
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We recently reported the discovery of a 17-kDa Plasmodium yoelii protein expressed in infected hepatocytes and erythrocytes, P. yoelii hepatocyte erythrocyte protein 17 (PyHEP17), and have demonstrated that this protein is a target of protective antibodies and T cells. Here, we report the identification and characterization of the gene encoding this protein and reveal that it is composed of two exons. Immunization of mice with PyHEP17 plasmid DNA induces antibodies, cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and protective immunity directed against the infected hepatocyte. Based on extensive sequence homology, expression pattern, and antigenic cross-reactivity, the Plasmodium falciparum homolog of PyHEP17 is identified as the protein known as exported protein-1 (PfExp-1), also called antigen 5.1, circumsporozoite related antigen, or QF116. Identity between PyHEP17 and PfExp-1 is 37% at the amino acid level (60/161 residues), mapping primarily to two regions within the second exon of 73% (16/22 residues) and 71% (25/35 residues) identity. On this basis, PfExp-1 is proposed as an important component of pre-erythrocytic human malaria vaccines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
17861-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and characterization of the protective hepatocyte erythrocyte protein 17 kDa gene of Plasmodium yoelii, homolog of Plasmodium falciparum exported protein 1.
pubmed:affiliation
Malaria Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20889-5607, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't