| Autor: |
M F, Good, I A, Quakyi, A, Saul, J A, Berzofsky, R, Carter, L H, Miller |
| Rok vydání: |
1987 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 138(1) |
| ISSN: |
0022-1767 |
| Popis: |
Malarial gametocytes, which are taken up by mosquitoes during a blood meal, develop in the gut of the mosquito into gametes. Gametes and gametocytes contain the target antigens of transmission-blocking immunity. Here, we show that the peripheral blood of nonexposed donors contains Plasmodium falciparum gamete-reactive T cells at frequencies ranging from 1/300 to 1/4000. Studies on long-term clones demonstrated that these cells often recognized antigens shared between gametes and asexual stage parasites or even between heterologous gametes, although it has been possible to derive a P. falciparum gamete-specific T clone. The T clones examined were T3+, T4+, T8-, and either HLA-DR- or HLA-DQ-restricted. They responded to gametes by both proliferation and the secretion of gamma-interferon. The gamete-specific clone and other asexual cross-reactive clones examined could be stimulated in vitro by a preparation of mature gametocytes within RBC, but not by RBC alone, suggesting that gametocytes are immunogenic or can become immunogenic for T cells in vivo. The significance of these observations to mosquito transmission of malaria and development and application of a gamete vaccine are discussed. |
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