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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Antibody-mediated growth inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum: Relationship to age and protection from parasitemia in Kenyan children and adults |
Author: | Dent, A. Bergmann-Leitner, E. Wilson, D. Tisch, D. Kimmel, R. Vulule, J. Sumba, P. Beeson, J. Angov, E. Moormann, A. Kazura, J. |
Citation: | PLoS One, 2008; 3(10):e3557-1-e3557-10 |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
Editor: | Sutherland, C.J. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Arlene E. Dent, Elke S. Bergmann-Leitner, Danny W. Wilson, Daniel J. Tisch, Rhonda Kimmel, John Vulule, Peter Odada Sumba, James G. Beeson, Evelina Angov, Ann M. Moormann, James W. Kazura |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND Antibodies that impair Plasmodium falciparum merozoite invasion and intraerythrocytic development are one of several mechanisms that mediate naturally acquired immunity to malaria. Attempts to correlate anti-malaria antibodies with risk of infection and morbidity have yielded inconsistent results. Growth inhibition assays (GIA) offer a convenient method to quantify functional antibody activity against blood stage malaria. METHODS A treatment-time-to-infection study was conducted over 12-weeks in a malaria holoendemic area of Kenya. Plasma collected from healthy individuals (98 children and 99 adults) before artemether-lumefantrine treatment was tested by GIA in three separate laboratories. RESULTS Median GIA levels varied with P. falciparum line (D10, 8.8%; 3D7, 34.9%; FVO, 51.4% inhibition). The magnitude of growth inhibition decreased with age in all P. falciparum lines tested with the highest median levels among children <4 years compared to adults (e.g. 3D7, 45.4% vs. 30.0% respectively, p = 0.0003). Time-to-infection measured by weekly blood smears was significantly associated with level of GIA controlling for age. Upper quartile inhibition activity was associated with less risk of infection compared to individuals with lower levels (e.g. 3D7, hazard ratio = 1.535, 95% CI = 1.012–2.329; p = 0.0438). Various GIA methodologies had little effect on measured parasite growth inhibition. CONCLUSION Plasma antibody-mediated growth inhibition of blood stage P. falciparum decreases with age in residents of a malaria holoendemic area. Growth inhibition assay may be a useful surrogate of protection against infection when outcome is controlled for age. |
Keywords: | Cells, Cultured Animals Humans Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia Malaria, Falciparum Growth Inhibitors Antibodies, Protozoan Antigens, Protozoan Seroepidemiologic Studies Age Factors Life Cycle Stages Time Factors Adult Middle Aged Child Child, Preschool Kenya |
Rights: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0003557 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003557 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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