Proteome-wide analysis of a malaria vaccine study reveals personalized humoral immune profiles in Tanzanian adults
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
- Antigen Discovery Inc, United States
- Sanaria Inc, United States
- Ifakara Health Institute, United Republic of Tanzania
- University of Basel, Switzerland
Abstract
Tanzanian adult male volunteers were immunized by direct venous inoculation with radiation-attenuated, aseptic, purified, cryopreserved Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) sporozoites (PfSPZ Vaccine) and protective efficacy assessed by homologous controlled human malaria infection (CHMI). Serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses were analyzed longitudinally using a Pf protein microarray covering 91% of the proteome, providing first insights into naturally acquired and PfSPZ Vaccine-induced whole parasite antibody profiles in malaria pre-exposed Africans. Immunoreactivity was identified against 2,239 functionally diverse Pf proteins, showing a wide breadth of humoral response. Antibody-based immune 'fingerprints' in these individuals indicated a strong person-specific immune response at baseline, with little changes in the overall humoral immunoreactivity pattern measured after immunization. The moderate increase in immunogenicity following immunization and the extensive and variable breadth of humoral immune response observed in the volunteers at baseline suggest that pre-exposure reduces vaccine-induced antigen reactivity in unanticipated ways.
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (PP00P3_170702)
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© 2020, Camponovo et al.
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Proteome-wide analysis of a malaria vaccine study reveals personalized humoral immune profiles in Tanzanian adults
eLife 9:e53080.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53080
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