In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 103, No. 9 ( 2006-02-28), p. 3286-3291
Abstract:
East Coast fever, caused by the tick-borne intracellular apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva , is a highly fatal lymphoproliferative disease of cattle. The pathogenic schizont-induced lymphocyte transformation is a unique cancer-like condition that is reversible with parasite removal. Schizont-infected cell-directed CD8 + cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) constitute the dominant protective bovine immune response after a single exposure to infection. However, the schizont antigens targeted by T. parva -specific CTL are undefined. Here we show the identification of five candidate vaccine antigens that are the targets of MHC class I-restricted CD8 + CTL from immune cattle. CD8 + T cell responses to these antigens were boosted in T. parva -immune cattle resolving a challenge infection and, when used to immunize naïve cattle, induced CTL responses that significantly correlated with survival from a lethal parasite challenge. These data provide a basis for developing a CTL-targeted anti-East Coast fever subunit vaccine. In addition, orthologs of these antigens may be vaccine targets for other apicomplexan parasites.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0027-8424
,
1091-6490
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0511273103
Language:
English
Publisher:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication Date:
2006
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209104-5
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1461794-8
SSG:
11
SSG:
12
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