Kaushansky Alexis, Rezakhani Nastaran, Mann Henning, Kappe Stefan H I
Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2012 May;183(1):100-3. doi: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.01.006. Epub 2012 Feb 8.
The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum causes the most deadly parasitic disease worldwide, necessitating the development of interventions that block infection. Yet, preclinical assays to measure inhibition of infection date from the 1980s and are based on microscopy. Here, we describe the development of a simple flow cytometric assay that can be used to quantitatively assess P. falciparum sporozoite infection in vitro in low and medium throughput. We demonstrate the utility of this assay for assessing both drug inhibition of infection and measuring efficacy of antibodies in blocking parasite infection. This methodology will aid in assessing functional antibody responses to vaccination and novel drugs that prevent mosquito-to-man transmission of malaria.
人类疟原虫恶性疟原虫导致了全球最致命的寄生虫病,因此需要开发能够阻断感染的干预措施。然而,用于测量感染抑制的临床前检测方法可追溯到20世纪80年代,且基于显微镜检查。在此,我们描述了一种简单的流式细胞术检测方法的开发,该方法可用于在低通量和中通量条件下体外定量评估恶性疟原虫子孢子感染。我们证明了该检测方法在评估药物对感染的抑制作用以及测量抗体阻断寄生虫感染的效力方面的实用性。这种方法将有助于评估针对预防疟疾从蚊到人的传播的疫苗接种和新型药物的功能性抗体反应。