ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2019 | Volume
: 9 | Issue : 7 | Page : 271--277
Pam3CSK4 enhances adaptive immune responses to recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin expressing Plasmodium falciparum C-terminus merozoite surface protein-1
Mohamed H Abdikarim1, Muhammad A Abbas2, Munirah N Zakaria1, Robaiza Zakaria3, Rapeah Suppian1
1 Biomedicine Programme, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
2 Biomedicine Programme, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia; Department of Human Physiology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
3 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
Rapeah Suppian
Biomedicine Programme, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
Malaysia
Objective: To determine the effects of toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) agonist, Pam3CSK4, on cellular and humoral immune response against recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (rBCG) expressing the C-terminus of merozoite surface protein-1 of Plasmodium falciparum.
Methods: Six groups of mice (n=6 per group) received intraperitoneal phosphate buffered saline T80 (PBS-T80), BCG or rBCG in the presence or absence of Pam3CSK4. Enzyme- linked immunosorbent assay was carried out to measure serum total IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, and IgG2b production. Spleens were also harvested and splenocytes were co-cultured with rBCG antigen for in vitro determination of IL-4 and IFN- γ via enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Results: The production of total IgG and the isotype IgG1, IgG2a and IgG2b was significantly higher in rBCG-immunised mice than in the BCG and PBS-T80-immunised mice, and Pam3CSK4 further enhanced their productions. A similar pattern was also observed in IFN- γ production. Moreover, there was no significant difference in IL-4 production in all groups either in the presence or absence of Pam3CSK4.
Conclusions: We present evidence of the adjuvant effects of TLR-2 agonist in enhancing the production of total IgG, IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b, as well as IFN- γ in response to rBCG. However, the presence or absence of Pam3CSK4 had no effect on IL-4 production.
How to cite this article:
Abdikarim MH, Abbas MA, Zakaria MN, Zakaria R, Suppian R. Pam3CSK4 enhances adaptive immune responses to recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin expressing Plasmodium falciparum C-terminus merozoite surface protein-1.Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 2019;9:271-277
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Abdikarim MH, Abbas MA, Zakaria MN, Zakaria R, Suppian R. Pam3CSK4 enhances adaptive immune responses to recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin expressing Plasmodium falciparum C-terminus merozoite surface protein-1. Asian Pac J Trop Biomed [serial online] 2019 [cited 2022 May 24 ];9:271-277
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