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CD4+ T-helper lymphocyte responses against Babesia bigemina rhoptry-associated protein I.

Abstract：

:A multigene family of 58- to 60-kDa proteins, which are designated rhoptry-associated protein 1 (RAP-1) and which come from the parasites Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis, is a target for vaccine development. The presence of multiple gene copies and conserved sequences and epitopes of RAP-1 implies that these proteins are functionally important for the survival of these parasites. Furthermore, it was previously shown that B. bigemina RAP-1 induced partial protection against challenge infection. However, the lack of correlation between protective immunity to B. bigemina infection and antibody titers against a merozoite surface-exposed, neutralization-sensitive epitope of B. bigemina RAP-1 indicated the potential importance of RAP-1-specific T helper (Th) cells in the observed protection. To begin to understand the mechanism of RAP-1-induced protective immunity, RAP-1-specific T-cell responses were characterized in cattle. Vigorous and sustained proliferative responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from native RAP-1-immunized cattle were observed. The anamnestic response in immunized cattle was specific for B. bigemina RAP-1 and predominantly comprised CD4+ T cells, which upon cloning expressed type 1 cytokine mRNA profiles and high levels of gamma interferon protein. The T cells responded to both native and recombinant forms of RAP-1, indicating the potential to use recombinant protein or epitopes derived therefrom as a vaccine that could evoke specific recall responses after exposure to natural infection. The differential responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and seven Th-cell clones derived from RAP-1-immunized cattle to different Central American strains of B. bigemina indicated the presence of at least one conserved and one variable Th-cell epitope. The lack of response to B. bovis RAP-1 indicated that a strictly conserved 14-amino-acid peptide shared by the two babesial species was not immunogenic for Th cells in these experiments. However, the Th-cell epitope conserved among strains of B. bigemina may be a useful component of a RAP-1 subunit vaccine.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Rodríguez SD,Palmer GH,McElwain TF,McGuire TC,Ruef BJ,Chitko-McKown MG,Brown WC

doi

10.1128/IAI.64.6.2079-2087.1996

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-06-01 00:00:00

pages

2079-87

issue

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

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CD4+ T-helper lymphocyte responses against Babesia bigemina rhoptry-associated protein I.