Tailoring a combination preerythrocytic malaria vaccine
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Author(s)
Bauza, K
Atcheson, E
Malinauskas, T
Blagborough, AM
Reyes-Sandoval, A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The leading malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S, based on the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (CSP), will likely be the first publicly adopted malaria vaccine. However, this and other subunit vaccines, such as virus-vectored thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP), provide only intermediate to low levels of protection. In this study, the Plasmodium berghei homologues of antigens CSP and TRAP are combined. TRAP is delivered using adenovirus- and vaccinia virus-based vectors in a prime-boost regime. Initially, CSP is also delivered using these viral vectors; however, a reduction of anti-CSP antibodies is seen when combined with virus-vectored TRAP, and the combination is no more protective than either subunit vaccine alone. Using an adenovirus-CSP prime, protein-CSP boost regime, however, increases anti-CSP antibody titers by an order of magnitude, which is maintained when combined with virus-vectored TRAP. This combination regime using protein CSP provided 100% protection in C57BL/6 mice compared to no protection using virus-vectored TRAP alone and 40% protection using adenovirus-CSP prime and protein-CSP boost alone. This suggests that a combination of CSP and TRAP subunit vaccines could enhance protection against malaria.
Date Issued
2015-12-14
Date Acceptance
2015-11-27
Citation
Infection and Immunity, 2015, 84 (3), pp.622-634
ISSN
1098-5522
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Start Page
622
End Page
634
Journal / Book Title
Infection and Immunity
Volume
84
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Bauza et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Identifier
PII: IAI.01063-15
Subjects
Microbiology
06 Biological Sciences
11 Medical And Health Sciences
07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences
Publication Status
Published