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Sm29 is a protective surface protein from the tegument of lung-stage Schistosoma mansoni


ABSTRACT: Schistosomiasis continues to be a significant public health problem1. Although vaccine development against this disease has experienced more failures than successes, encouraging results have recently been obtained using membrane-spanning protein antigens from the tegument of S. mansoni. Our group recently identified Sm29, an antigen that is predominantly recognized by IgG1 and IgG3 antibodies of resistant patients2. In the present study, we show that Sm29 is located on the surface of adult worms and lung-stage schistosomula. Immunization of mice with recombinant (r) Sm29 engendered 51% reduction in adult worm burdens, 60% reduction in intestinal eggs and 55% reduction in liver granulomas. Protective immunity in mice was associated with high titers of specific IgG1 and IgG2a and elevated production of IFN-γ, TNF-α and IL-12. Further, cellular responses of infected schistosomiasis patients to rSm29 consisted of elevated IFN-γ and an absence of IL-5. Gene expression analysis of worms recovered from rSm29 vaccinated mice relative to control mice revealed a significant (q< 0.01) down-regulation of 498 genes, while no up-regulation was detected. Among down-regulated genes, many of them encode surface antigens and proteins associated with immune signals suggesting that under immune attack schistosomes reduce the expression of critical surface proteins. This study demonstrates that the membrane-bound Sm29 protein is a new molecule that has great potential as a vaccine candidate against schistosomiasis. Keywords: Schistosoma mansoni gene expression in vaccinated mice

ORGANISM(S): Schistosoma mansoni

PROVIDER: GSE10777 | GEO | 2008/12/18

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA107457

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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