Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Responses toPlasmodium falciparumGlycosylphosphatidylinositols Are Short‐Lived and Predominantly of the IgG3Subclass
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Abstract
The induction of neutralizing immunity to Plasmodium falciparum toxins by vaccination has been proposed as a preventive strategy to limit the severity of malaria. For this approach to be successful, generation of a sustained immune response would be necessary. This study shows that immunoglobulin G (IgG)-subclass responses elicited by the proposed P. falciparum toxin glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) in Papua New Guinean subjects 5-60 years old predominantly involve IgG(3), with a lesser contribution from IgG(1) and an absence of IgG(2) and IgG(4). IgG(3) levels declined sharply within 6 weeks of pharmacological clearance of parasitemia in all subjects, whereas a significant decrease in IgG(1) levels was seen only in subjects < or =19 years old. Because the natural antibody response to P. falciparum GPIs is skewed toward the short-lived IgG(3) subclass, a vaccination strategy with GPI analogues would likely require augmentation by costimulatory molecules, to induce a more persistent anti-GPI response.
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