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Infect. Immun., 08 1997, 3024-3031, Vol 65, No. 8
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology

Characterization of human T- and B-cell epitopes in the C terminus of Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1: evidence for poor T- cell recognition of polypeptides with numerous disulfide bonds

A Egan, M Waterfall, M Pinder, A Holder and E Riley
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

We have investigated the relationship between cellular and humoral immune responses to defined epitopes of the C terminus of merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, in immune blood donors. Sera from almost all donors contained antibodies to the 33-kDa processing product of the MAD20 allele of MSP-1 (MSP-1(33)), but these antibodies did not cross-react with the equivalent sequence of the Wellcome allele. In contrast, T- cell responses to MSP-1(33) are directed towards epitopes that are conserved between the two allelic families. Only 50% of adult blood donors possessed antibodies which recognized the 19-kDa processing product of MSP-1 (MSP-1(19)). These antibodies predominantly recognized conserved epitopes involving both of the constituent epidermal growth factor-like domains of MSP-1(19). T-cell responses were found in only 26% (for recombinant proteins) or 44% (for synthetic peptides) of donors and were directed mainly at dimorphic sequences of the protein. There was no obvious association, at an individual level, between the presence of antibodies and the detection of T-cell proliferative or gamma interferon responses, suggesting that the T cells identified in this manner are not providing significant levels of help to B cells. T- cell responses to reduced recombinant proteins and linear peptides were more prevalent than responses to disulfide-bonded proteins, suggesting that the complex disulfide-bonded structure of native MSP-1(19) may inhibit antigen processing or presentation.

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