Recombinant GRA4 or ROP2 Protein Combined with Alum or thegra4Gene Provides Partial Protection in Chronic Murine Models of Toxoplasmosis

Autor: Adolfo R. de Roodt, Alicia Supanitsky, Valentina Martin, Eduardo A. Guarnera, Silvana Litwin, Tamara Tanos, Pablo Christian Echeverria, Sergio O. Angel
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, 2004, 11(4), 704-710.
Sistema de Gestión del Conocimiento ANLIS MALBRÁN
Administración Nacional de Laboratorios e Institutos de Salud "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán"
instacron:ANLIS
ISSN: 1556-679X
1556-6811
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.11.4.704-710.2004
Popis: The efficacy of vaccination with Toxoplasma gondii recombinant GRA4 (rGRA4) and ROP2 (rRPO2) proteins and a mix of both combined with alum were evaluated in C57BL/6 and C3H mice. In C57BL/6 mice, rGRA4 and rGRA4-rROP2 immunizations generated similar levels of immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) and IgG2a isotypes against GRA4, whereas immunizations with rROP2 and the mix induced a predominant IgG1 production against ROP2. All groups of C3H vaccinated mice exhibited higher levels of IgG1 than IgG2a. rGRA4-stimulated splenocytes from vaccinated mice produced primarily gamma interferon while those stimulated with rROP2 produced interleukin-4. Challenge of rGRA4- or rGRA4-rROP2-vaccinated mice from both strains with ME49 cysts resulted in fewer brain cysts than the controls, whereas vaccination with rROP2 alone only conferred protection to C3H mice. Immunization with a plasmid carrying the entire open reading frame of GRA4 showed a protective level similar to that of rGRA4 combined with alum. These results suggest that GRA4 can be a good candidate for a multiantigen anti-T. gondii vaccine based on the use of alum as an adjuvant. Fil: Martin, Valentina. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Parasitología; Argentina. Fil: Supanitsky, Alicia. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Parasitología; Argentina. Fil: Echeverria, Pablo C. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Parasitología; Argentina. Fil: Litwin, Silvana. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Producción de Biológicos; Argentina. Fil: Tanos, Tamara. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Parasitología; Argentina. Fil: de Roodt, Adolfo R. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Producción de Biológicos; Argentina. Fil: Guarnera, Eduardo. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Parasitología; Argentina. Fil: Angel, Sergio O. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Departamento de Parasitología; Argentina.
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