Abstract

LESMES, Liliana Patricia et al. Functional activity of antibodies induced by peptido-mimetics derived from the Plasmodium MSP-2 antigen, as potential immuno-therapeutic agents in rodent malaria induced by P. berghei and P. yoelii strains. Rev. colomb. cienc. quim. farm. [online]. 2011, vol.40, n.1, pp.67-91. ISSN 0034-7418.

Bearing in mind the high degree of genetical conservation of critical binding residues from the primary structure of the peptide 4044 ( ²¹ KNESKYSNT- FINNAYNMSIR ⁴⁰ ), which was previously identified as being crucial for the MSP-2 antigen to lead Plasmodium falciparum to bind red blood cells with high specific capacity, and so causing malaria, two peptido-mimetics so-named reduced amide pseudopeptides, in which a nature-made amide bond was replaced with a ψ[CH 2 -NH] methylene amide isoster bond, one between the Phe-Ile aminoacid pair and the second between Ile-Asn, were designed and synthesized in a site-directed manner as monomer and polymer forms, and were coded as ψ-128 for the monomer (ψ-129 polymer) and ψ-130 for the monomer (ψ-131 for polymer) respectively. These peptido-mimetics were used to produce monoclonal antibodies which displayed in both cases IgM isotype. By controlled in vitro immunization experiments their parent reactive hybridomas were induced to a Ig isotype-switching to IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 sub-classes. These immunoglobulins were tested for their in vivo functional activity against malaria, showing a high efficacy property for controlling the malaria infection when passively transferred into BALB/c mice. The neutralizing effect of these site-directed designed antibodies on the Plasmodium biological development, make them a potential tool for the control of malaria

Keywords : peptido-mimetic; antibody; passive immunization; vaccine candidate.

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