Potent AMA1-specific human monoclonal antibody against Plasmodium vivax Pre-erythrocytic and Blood Stages.

ABSTRACT: New therapeutics are necessary for preventing Plasmodium vivax malaria due to easy transmissibility and dormancy in the liver that increases the clinical burden due to recurrent relapse. In this manuscript we characterize 12 Pv Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (PvAMA1) specific human monoclonal antibodies from Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of a Pv-exposed individual. PvAMA1 is essential for sporozoite and merozoite invasion, making it a unique therapeutic target. We show that humAb 826827 blocks the invasion of human reticulocytes using Pv clinical isolates and inhibits sporozoite invasion of human hepatocytes in vitro (IC₅₀ of 0.3 - 3.7 µg/mL). Inoculation of human liver transgenic (FRG-humHep) female mice with humAb 826827 significantly reduces liver infection in vivo. The cryst

SUBMITTER: Winnicki AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618605 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature