Antibody response against recombinant proteins based on Plasmodium vivax merozoite antigens in individuals from a rural community of the Brazilian Amazonia / Resposta de anticorpos contra proteínas recombinantes baseadas em antígenos de merozoítos de Plasmodium vivax em indivíduos de uma comunidade rural da Amazônia brasileira

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

20/05/2011

RESUMO

In recent years we studied various aspects of the naturally acquired immune response in individuals from different endemic areas of the Amazon region exposed to malaria. For this purpose we used recombinant proteins based on P. vivax blood stage antigens considered candidates for a vaccine against vivax malaria. In the present study, we focused on 396 individuals from a rural community in western Brazilian Amazon located at the state of Acre. We conducted a transversal and longitudinal study of the antibody response to a panel of recombinant proteins representing P. vivax merozoites surface antigens (MSP119, AMA-1, MSP3α and MSP3β). The sera of these individuals were tested by ELISA for the recognition of the four antigens mentioned above. The proportions of individuals at the baseline with IgG antibodies to MSP119, AMA-1, MSP3α and MSP3β were 59.8%, 50.0%, 23.5% and 26.5%, respectively. Among these individuals, 10.9% had patent malaria infections with either P. vivax or P. falciparum or both. Among individuals with patent P. vivax infection, the frequency of responders was high for MSP119 and AMA-1, (78.6% in both cases). Except in the case of MSP3β, the proportion of individuals with antibodies to each protein correlated with the time of malaria exposure. Also, the positivity was higher in areas of higher transmission levels. No relevant association was found between the Duffy genotypes and presence of antibodies to the different antigen. In longitudinal study, we observed an increased prevalence of responders during patent parasitemia, 81.9% 80.9% 31.9% and 48.9% to MSP119, AMA-1, MSP3α and MSP3β, respectively. In conclusion, our results confirm the high antigenicity of these proteins, which can be of great importance for future clinical trials in the region.

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antibody response human malaria malária humana plasmodium vivax plasmodium vivax proteínas recombinantes recombinant proteins resposta de anticorpos

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