Understanding Human-Derived Antibodies Generated by Polymorphic Malaria Vaccine Against Merozoite Surface Protein 2.
Understanding Human-Derived Antibodies Generated by Polymorphic Malaria Vaccine Against Merozoite Surface Protein 2.
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了解多态性疟疾疫苗针对裂殖子表面蛋白产生的人源抗体 2。
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10.1093/infdis/jiy171
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2018
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Angrisano F
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Angrisano F
There is a continuing need for an effective malaria vaccine to enhance control and elimination efforts. This has been highlighted in the 2017 World Health Organization annual report, indicating that in multiple areas recent advances in reducing disease burden are stalling and reversing [1]. One continuing challenge in the development of effective antimalarial vaccine is the phenomenon of exceptional rates of genetic polymorphism and subsequent antigenic diversity in leading vaccine candidates [2]. Key target antigens of human immunity to malaria and leading vaccine candidate antigens (eg, AMA1, MSP1), have evolved significant polymorphisms in order to evade immunity. This has presented a persistent challenge in malaria vaccine development as it significantly impacts on how practically efficacious a logically designed, laboratory-derived vaccine is [3]. Antigenic polymorphisms in protein domains of high immunogenicity have evolved to be a crucial immune evasion mechanism of the parasite. Several trials of putative blood-stage vaccines have demonstrated evidence of strain-specific efficacy, which ultimately contributes towards rendering a vaccine effective or ineffective [4–6]. Naturally acquired immunity to malaria is typically slow to develop and requires repeated exposure to malaria over time; this slow acquisition is attributed, in part, to the requirement for the development of a sufficiently broad repertoire of antibodies against diverse strains [7, 8]. Current vaccine strategies to overcome antigenic diversity and vaccine escape include the incorporation of multiple alleles, developing antigens with modified sequences to enhance effective immunogenicity, or targeting conserved or less-diverse regions and epitopes [3]. Knowledge regarding the specificity and cross-reactivity of naturally acquired or vaccine-induced human immune responses to vaccine candidates is still limited. The conditions and approaches that favor the development of cross-reactive responses that may limit immune escape through antigenic diversity are largely unknown.In this issue of the Journal of Infectious Disease, Feng, Boyle et al use the well-characterized merozoite surface protein, MSP2, as a model to better understand the specificity and function of human-derived antibodies generated by vaccines compared with naturally acquired responses, determine whether an MSP2 combination vaccine successfully generated functional antibodies to multiple Plasmodium falciparum strains, and evaluate the overall specificity of vaccine-induced antibodies. Using