Humoral and in vivo cellular immunity against the raw insect-derived recombinant Leishmania infantum antigens KMPII, TRYP, LACK, and papLe22 in dogs from an endemic area

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Dec;83(6):1287-94. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0784.

Abstract

Leishmania infantum causes visceral leishmaniasis, a severe zoonotic and systemic disease that is fatal if left untreated. Identification of the antigens involved in Leishmania-specific protective immune response is a research priority for the development of effective control measures. For this purpose, we evaluated, in 27 dogs from an enzootic zone, specific humoral and cellular immune response by delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) skin test both against total L. infantum antigen and the raw Trichoplusia ni insect-derived kinetoplastid membrane protein-11 (rKMPII), tryparedoxin peroxidase (rTRYP), Leishmania homologue of receptors for activated C kinase (rLACK), and 22-kDa potentially aggravating protein of Leishmania (rpapLe22) antigens from this parasite. rTRYP induced the highest number of positive DTH responses (55% of leishmanin skin test [LST]-positive dogs), showing that TRYP antigen is an important T cell immunogen, and it could be a promising vaccine candidate against this disease. When TRYP-DTH and KMPII-DTH tests were evaluated in parallel, 82% of LST-positive dogs were detected, suggesting that both antigens could be considered as components of a standardized DTH immunodiagnostic tool for dogs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Protozoan / immunology*
  • Antigens, Protozoan / metabolism
  • Dogs
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Hypersensitivity, Delayed
  • Immunity, Humoral
  • Leishmania infantum / metabolism*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / veterinary*
  • Male
  • Membrane Proteins / immunology*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Protozoan Proteins / immunology*
  • Protozoan Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Antigens, Protozoan
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Protozoan Proteins
  • leishmanin
  • LACK antigen, Leishmania