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The Journal of Immunology, 1998, 161: 4211-4219.
Copyright © 1998 by The American Association of Immunologists

Comparison of Humoral Immune Responses Elicited by DNA and Protein Vaccines Based on Merozoite Surface Protein-1 from Plasmodium yoelii, a Rodent Malaria Parasite1

Yang Kang, Paul A. Calvo2, Thomas M. Daly and Carole A. Long3

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA 19129

Immunization with DNA vaccines encoding relevant Ags can induce not only cell-mediated immune response but also humoral immune responses against pathogenic microorganisms in several animal models. Our previous results demonstrated that, when the C terminus (PyC2) of Plasmodium yoelii merozoite surface protein-1 (MSP-1), a leading vaccine candidate against erythrocytic stages of malaria, was expressed as a fusion protein (GST-PyC2) with glutathione S-transferase (GST), it elicited Ab-mediated protective immune responses in BALB/c mice. In our present study, we wished to examine the humoral responses to a DNA vaccine (V3) encoding GST-PyC2. The GST-PyC2 expressed in V3-transfected Cos 7 cells was recognized by a protective monoclonal Ab to PyC2 (mAb302), although the secreted product had undergone N-linked glycosylation. When BALB/c mice were immunized with V3 plasmid, anti-PyC2 Abs were successfully induced. These Abs immunoprecipitated native PyMSP-1 protein and competed with mAb302 for binding to its epitope at a level similar to those elicited by GST-PyC2 protein immunization. However, these Abs had significantly lower titers and avidities, and different isotype profiles and protective capacities against a lethal erythrocytic stage challenge, than those resulting from immunization with GST-PyC2 protein. Most surprising was the finding that, in contrast to protein immunization, there was no significant increase in the avidity of either GST-specific or PyC2-specific IgG Abs during the course of DNA immunization. This suggests that there may be little or no affinity maturation of specific Abs during DNA immunization in this system.




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