Naik Ramachandra S, Krishnegowda Gowdahalli, Ockenhouse Christian F, Gowda D Channe
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Dr., Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
Infect Immun. 2006 Feb;74(2):1412-5. doi: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.1412-1415.2006.
Immunization with a synthetic glycan corresponding to Plasmodium falciparum glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) has been proposed as a vaccination strategy against malaria. We investigated the structural requirements for binding of naturally elicited anti-GPI antibodies to parasite GPIs. The data show that anti-GPI antibody binding requires intact GPI structures and that the antibodies are directed predominantly against GPIs with a conserved glycan structure with three mannoses and marginally against the terminal fourth mannose. The results provide valuable insight for exploiting GPIs for the development of malaria vaccines.
用与恶性疟原虫糖基磷脂酰肌醇(GPI)相对应的合成聚糖进行免疫已被提议作为一种抗疟疾疫苗接种策略。我们研究了天然产生的抗GPI抗体与寄生虫GPI结合的结构要求。数据表明,抗GPI抗体结合需要完整的GPI结构,并且这些抗体主要针对具有三个甘露糖的保守聚糖结构的GPI,对末端的第四个甘露糖的结合较弱。这些结果为利用GPI开发疟疾疫苗提供了有价值的见解。