Cellular and humoral immune responses to recombinant antigens in sheep infected with Toxoplasma gondii

Parasite Immunol. 1995 Sep;17(9):465-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1995.tb00916.x.

Abstract

Immune responses to recombinant fragments of the Toxoplasma gondii antigens ROP2 and GRA2 were investigated in sheep naturally and experimentally infected with T. gondii oocysts. Specific serum antibodies to C-terminal fragments were detected by ELISA. Cell-mediated responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells were demonstrated by proliferation and interferon-gamma production following in vitro stimulation with the ROP2 fragment. This data indicates the presence of epitopes for sheep B cells in the recombinant GRA2 fragment and for both B and T cells in the ROP2 fragment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / biosynthesis*
  • Antigens, Protozoan / immunology*
  • Female
  • Interferon-gamma / biosynthesis
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Peptide Fragments / immunology
  • Protozoan Proteins / immunology
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology
  • Sheep
  • Sheep Diseases / immunology*
  • Toxoplasma / immunology*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Antigens, Protozoan
  • Gra2 protein, Toxoplasma gondii
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Protozoan Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Interferon-gamma