Antibody response to Plasmodium vivax antigens in Fy-negative individuals from the Colombian Pacific coast

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005 Nov;73(5 Suppl):44-9. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.44.

Abstract

The Duffy antigen (Fy) is necessary for Plasmodium vivax invasion of human erythrocytes. Some populations have a highly prevalent Fy-negative phenotype; such persons are naturally protected from P. vivax blood infection but are expected to completely support the P. vivax pre-erythrocytic cycle, representing a valuable model for studying the immune response during these parasitic stages. We typed 214 individuals, mostly Afro-Colombians, from a P. vivax-endemic area for Fy expression and determined the antibody response to P. vivax pre-erythrocytic (sporozoites and CS) and blood-stage antigens (blood forms, P. vivax merozoite surface protein 1, and P. vivax Duffy binding protein [PvDBP]). Antibody titers to P. vivax circumsporozoite protein, P11, and N-terminal peptides and the number of responders were similar in Fy-negative and Fy-positive individuals. The number of responders to sporozoites, blood forms, and PvDBP were different between these groups. Thus, Fy-negative individuals from malaria-endemic areas can be used to study the immune response to the P. vivax liver phase without interference of the erythrocytic cycle.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
  • Antigens, Protozoan / immunology*
  • Child
  • Colombia / epidemiology
  • Duffy Blood-Group System / metabolism*
  • Erythrocytes / parasitology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Vivax / epidemiology*
  • Malaria, Vivax / immunology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmodium vivax / growth & development
  • Plasmodium vivax / immunology*
  • Prevalence
  • Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism*
  • Rural Population
  • Sporozoites / immunology

Substances

  • ACKR1 protein, human
  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Antigens, Protozoan
  • Duffy Blood-Group System
  • Receptors, Cell Surface