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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Leishmania parasites cause a spectrum of diseases that afflict the populations of 86 countries in the world. The parasites can survive within the lysosomal compartments of the host's macrophages, unless those macrophages are appropriately activated. Despite the fact that protective immunity can be induced by vaccination with crude parasite preparations, little progress has been made toward a defined vaccine for humans. In this study the gene encoding the Leishmania surface proteinase gp63 was cloned and expressed as a cytoplasmic protein in a bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine strain. BALB/c and CBA/J mice were inoculated with a single dose of recombinant BCG and challenged with infective Leishmania major or Leishmania mexicana promastigotes. Significant protection was observed in both mouse strains against L. mexicana and in CBA/J against L. major, whereas only a delay in L. major growth was seen in BALB/c mice. Recombinant BCG also engendered a strong protective response against challenge with amastigotes of L. mexicana, demonstrating that the induced immune response recognized the intracellular form of the parasite. The results support the view that recombinant BCG expressing gp63 may prove a useful vaccine for inducing protective cell-mediated immune responses to Leishmania species causing American cutaneous leishmaniasis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:geneSymbol
aph, hsp60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11473-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-BCG Vaccine, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Leishmania major, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Leishmania mexicana, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Metalloendopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Mycobacterium bovis, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Protozoan Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8265576-Vaccines, Synthetic
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Effective immunization against cutaneous leishmaniasis with recombinant bacille Calmette-Guérin expressing the Leishmania surface proteinase gp63.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't