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. 1994 Jul;62(7):2979–2983. doi: 10.1128/iai.62.7.2979-2983.1994

Complete protection against Plasmodium yoelii by adoptive transfer of a CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell clone recognizing sporozoite surface protein 2.

S Khusmith 1, M Sedegah 1, S L Hoffman 1
PMCID: PMC302907  PMID: 8005684

Abstract

BALB/c mice immunized with irradiated Plasmodium yoelii sporozoites produce antibodies and cytotoxic T lymphocytes against the circumsporozoite protein and against a 140-kDa protein, sporozoite surface protein 2 (PySSP2). Approximately 50% of mice immunized with P815 cells transfected with the gene encoding PySSP2 are protected against malaria, and this protection is reversed by in vivo depletion of CD8+ T cells. To determine if CD8+ T cells against PySSP2 are adequate to protect against malaria in the absence of other malaria-specific immune responses, we produced three CD8+ T-cell clones by stimulating spleen cells from mice immunized with irradiated P. yoelii sporozoites with a mitomycin-treated P815 cell clone transfected with the PySSP2 gene. Adoptive transfer of clone TSLB7 protected 100% of mice against P. yoelii. The second clone protected 58% of mice, and the third clone provided no protection. Clone TSLB7 protected even when administered 3 h after sporozoite inoculation at a time when sporozoites had entered hepatocytes, suggesting that it is recognizing and eliminating infected hepatocytes. These studies demonstrate that cytotoxic T lymphocytes against PySSP2 can protect against P. yoelii sporozoite challenge in the absence of other parasite-specific immune responses.

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