Abstract
By using a series of overlapping synthetic peptides that cover more than 75% of the amino acid sequence of the major surface glycoprotein (gp63) from Leishmania major, 11 T-cell epitopes in CBA and BALB/c mice have been identified. Six of the peptides were recognized by T cells of CBA mice recovered from L. major infection, while one was recognized by the T cells from BALB/c mice recovered from the infection following sublethal doses of gamma-irradiation. Lymph node cells from mice immunized with the peptides also responded to a number of the same peptides (seven in CBA and one in BALB/c). Peptide p10-28 induced proliferative T-cell responses in both CBA and BALB/c mice. Five of the peptides (p10-28, p22-40, p289-309, p459-471 and p467-482) induced vigorous T-cell response in CBA mice but were not recognized by T cells from recovered mice. Four other peptides (p321-336, p364-476, p372-385 and p378-396) were recognized by T cells from recovered CBA mice but could not induce a T-cell response in normal CBA mice. Three peptides (p146-171, p289-309 and p395-414) were both able to induce a T-cell response and were recognized by T cells from recovered mice. However, only two peptides (p146-171 and p467-482) were able to activate T cells, which also recognized epitopes expressed by antigen-presenting cells infected with promastigotes. T cells induced by p146-171 and p467-171 or a mixture of these two peptides were mainly CD4+ and produced interleukin (IL-2) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) but not IL-4 upon antigen stimulation in vitro. These two peptides also induced a classical delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response in CBA mice. Furthermore, CBA mice immunized with a mixture of the two peptides in Coryne parvum or entrapped in liposomes induced significant resistance against L. major infection. The implications of these results in terms of a synthetic vaccine against leishmaniasis and the mechanism of the induction of Th1 and Th2 cells are discussed.
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