IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens in Kenyan children have a short half-life
Kinyanjui, SM; Conway, DJ; Lanar, DE; Marsh, K; (2007) IgG antibody responses to Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens in Kenyan children have a short half-life. Malaria Journal, 6. ISSN 1475-2875 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-82
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Abstract
Background: Data suggest that antibody responses to malaria parasites merozoite antigens are generally short-lived and this has implications for serological studies and malaria vaccine designs. However, precise data on the kinetics of these responses is lacking. Methods: IgG1 and IgG3 responses to five recombinant Plasmodium falciparum merozoite antigens (MSP-119, MSP-2 type A and B, AMA-1 ectodomain and EBA-175 region II) among Kenyan children were monitored using ELISA for 12 weeks after an acute episode of malaria and their half-lives estimated using an exponential decay model. Results: The responses peaked mainly at week 1 and then decayed rapidly to very low levels within 6 weeks. Estimation of the half-lives of 40 IgG1 responses yielded a mean half-life of 9.8 days (95% CI: 7.6-12.0) while for 16 IgG3 responses it was 6.1 days (95% CI: 3.7-8.4), periods that are shorter than those normally described for the catabolic half-life of these antibody subclasses. Conclusion: This study indicates antibodies against merozoite antigens have very short half-lives and this has to be taken into account when designing serological studies and vaccines based on the antigens.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Animals, Antibodies, Protozoan, immunology, Antibody Specificity, Antigens, Protozoan, immunology, Child, Cohort Studies, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Half-Life, Humans, Immunoglobulin G, immunology, Kenya, Longitudinal Studies, Malaria, Falciparum, immunology, Merozoites, immunology, Plasmodium falciparum, immunology |
| Faculty and Department: | Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Pathogen Molecular Biology |
| Research Centre: | Malaria Centre |
| PubMed ID: | 17598897 |
| Web of Science ID: | 248162200001 |
| URI: | http://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/8455 |
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