Partial protective responses induced by a recombinant cysteine proteinase from Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in a murine model of cutaneous leishmaniasis
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2010-02-01
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Ferreira, Josie Haydée Lima 
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A 500 bp fragment encoding an isoform of cysteine proteinase from Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis was subcloned and expressed in the pHis vector, resulting in a recombinant protein of 24 kDa, rLacys24. in Western blots of L (L) amazonensis extracts, antibodies directed to rLacys24 recognized a cysteine proteinase isoform of 30 kDa. Analysis by fluorescence-activated cell sorter showed a significantly higher expression of CD8(+) lymphocytes in animals immunized with rLacys24 plus CFA, whereas a low expression of CD4(+) lymphocytes was observed in these animals. the cytotoxicity of lymphocytes isolated from mice immunized with rLacys24 plus CFA on L. (L.) amazonensis-infected macrophages was significantly higher than that observed in the presence of lymphocytes from control animals. Immunization of BALB/c mice with rLacys24 plus CFA resulted in a low but significant decrease of foot lesions after challenge with L (L) amazonensis compared to those exhibited by control mice. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Experimental Parasitology. San Diego: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, v. 124, n. 2, p. 153-158, 2010.