Muh, Fauzi and Lee, Seong Kyun and Hoque, Mohammad Rafiul and Han, Jin Hee and Park, Ji Hoon and Firdaus, Egy Rahman and Moon, Robert W. and Lau, Yee Ling and Han, Eun Taek (2018) In vitro invasion inhibition assay using antibodies against Plasmodium knowlesi Duffy binding protein alpha and apical membrane antigen protein 1 in human erythrocyte-adapted P. knowlesi A1-H.1 strain. Malaria Journal, 17 (1). p. 272. ISSN 1475-2875, DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2420-4.
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Background: The rapid process of malaria erythrocyte invasion involves ligand-receptor interactions. Inducing antibodies against specific ligands or receptors that abrogate the invasion process is a key challenge for blood stage vaccine development. However, few candidates were reported and remain to be validated for the discovery of new vaccine candidates in Plasmodium knowlesi. Methods: In order to investigate the efficacy of pre-clinical vaccine candidates in P. knowlesi-infected human cases, this study describes an in vitro invasion inhibition assay, using a P. knowlesi strain adapted to in vitro growth in human erythrocytes, PkA1-H.1. Recombinant proteins of P. knowlesi Duffy binding protein alpha (PkDBPα) and apical membrane antigen 1 (PkAMA1) were produced in Escherichia coli system and rabbit antibodies were generated from immune animals. Results: PkDBPα and PkAMA1 recombinant proteins were expressed as insoluble and produced as a functional refolded form for this study. Antibodies against PkDBPα and PkAMA1 specifically recognized recombinant proteins and native parasite proteins in schizont-stage parasites on the merozoite organelles. Single and combination of anti-PkDBPα and anti-PkAMA1 antibodies elicited strong growth inhibitory effects on the parasite in concentration-dependent manner. Meanwhile, IgG prevalence of PkDBPα and PkAMA1 were observed in 13.0 and 46.7% in human clinical patients, respectively. Conclusion: These data provide support for the validation of in vitro growth inhibition assay using antibodies of DBPα and AMA1 in human-adapted P. knowlesi parasite PkA1-H.1 strain.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (NRF‑2017R1A2A2A05069562), Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Founda‑ tion of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (2015R1A4A1038666), Indonesia Government Fund for Education (LPDP/20140812021475) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Inhibition; Invasion; PkAMA1; PkDBPα; Plasmodium knowlesi; Zoonotic malaria |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 09 May 2019 08:28 |
| Last Modified: | 09 May 2019 08:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/21210 |
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