Effects of transmission-blocking monoclonal antibodies on different isolates of Plasmodium falciparum.
AUTOR(ES)
Graves, P M
RESUMO
The strain diversity in Plasmodium falciparum has been studied with respect to gamete surface antigens which are the targets of transmission-blocking antibodies. Of 12 isolates tested, 11 were positive by immunofluorescence with the three monoclonal antibodies studied. The exception was a Liberian isolate, two clones of which were found to react with only one of the three monoclonal antibodies. Antibodies IIC5-B10 and IA3-B8, which previously have been shown to act synergistically to block infectivity of 7G8, a Brazilian clone of P. falciparum, acted in an exactly similar way with another Brazilian isolate, It.D12, and an isolate from Thailand. In the presence of complement either IA3-B8 or a third antibody, IID2-A10, strongly suppressed infectivity of It.D12 as well as 7G8, but neither isolate was strongly suppressed by IIC5-B10. IA3-B8 and IID2-A10 did not react by immunofluorescence or immunoprecipitation with gametes of L.E5; IIC5-B10 reacted positively with L.E5 gametes in these tests. In the absence of complement, the combination of IA3-B8 and IIC5-B10 did not suppress infectivity of L.E5 to mosquitoes. In contrast to its effect on gametocytes of other isolates, IIC5-B10 in the presence of complement strongly suppressed infectivity of L.E5 to mosquitoes. These results imply that IA3-B8 and IIC5-B10 react with two structurally distinct epitopes on the surface of gametes of P. falciparum and that the properties of both epitopes on gametes of L.E5 differ from those on gametes of the other isolates tested.
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