scispace - formally typeset
Open AccessJournal ArticleDOI

Plasmodium vivax invasion of human erythrocytes inhibited by antibodies directed against the Duffy binding protein

Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
These results show, for what is believed to be the first time, that both rabbit and human antibodies directed against PvDBPII reduce invasion efficiency of wild P. vivax isolated from infected patients, and suggest that a Pv DBP-based vaccine may reduce human blood-stage P.vivax infection.
Abstract
Background Plasmodium vivax invasion requires interaction between the human Duffy antigen on the surface of erythrocytes and the P. vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBP) expressed by the parasite. Given that Duffy-negative individuals are resistant and that Duffy-negative heterozygotes show reduced susceptibility to blood-stage infection, we hypothesized that antibodies directed against region two of P. vivax Duffy binding protein (PvDBPII) would inhibit P. vivax invasion of human erythrocytes.

read more

Content maybe subject to copyright    Report

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Merozoite surface proteins in red blood cell invasion, immunity and vaccines against malaria

TL;DR: The current knowledge on this topic is reviewed, highlighting recent advances and research priorities, and several merozoite surface proteins show strong potential as malaria vaccines.
Journal ArticleDOI

The future for blood-stage vaccines against malaria.

TL;DR: This review considers the evidence supporting the development of blood‐stage vaccines, the advantages and challenges of this approach, potential targets, human vaccine studies and future directions, and considers the challenges and priorities of overcoming antigenic diversity.
Journal ArticleDOI

Naturally acquired Duffy-binding protein-specific binding inhibitory antibodies confer protection from blood-stage Plasmodium vivax infection

TL;DR: A prospective cohort treatment/reinfection study of children residing in a P. vivax-endemic region of Papua New Guinea in which children were cleared of blood-stage infection and then examined biweekly for reinfection for 25 weeks finds that stable, high-level BIAbs displayed strain-transcending inhibition by reducing reinfectation with similar efficiency of PNG P.vivax strains characterized by six diverse PvDBPII haplotypes.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

The resistance factor to Plasmodium vivax in blacks. The Duffy-blood-group genotype, FyFy.

TL;DR: It is concluded that Duffy determinants (Fya or Fyb or both) on the erythrocyte surface are required for invasion of ery Throcytes by vivax merozoites.
Journal ArticleDOI

The neglected burden of Plasmodium vivax malaria

TL;DR: Feature of the transmission biology of P. vivax give this species greater resilience than the less robust Plasmodiumfalciparum in the face of conditions adverse to the transmission of the parasites, therefore, as control measures become more effective, the residual malaria burden is likely increasingly to become that of Pivax.
Journal ArticleDOI

Tyrosine Sulfation of the Amino Terminus of CCR5 Facilitates HIV-1 Entry

TL;DR: The chemokine receptor CCR5, a principal HIV-1 coreceptor, is posttranslationally modified by O-linked glycosylation and by sulfation of its N-terminal tyrosines, a modification common to primate immunodeficiency virus coreceptors.
Related Papers (5)