Abstract
In an individual experiencing the first attack of malaria, symptoms of disease can occur at very low parasitemia. T cells and cytokines have been implicated in the etiology of disease symptoms, and others and ourselves have shown that T cells from non-exposed individuals can be stimulated by malaria parasites. Here, we show that nine from 11 blood samples, naturally infected with malaria parasites, could stimulate proliferation of a malaria-specific T cell clone derived from a non-exposed donor. T cells were able to respond to infected blood at a parasitaemia as low as 0.000003% (comparable to the level at which individuals can first experience symptoms of malaria) and secrete cytokines implicated in pathology. Antigens capable of stimulating T cells are expressed throughout the blood stage, but are specifically released at the time of schizont rupture. While most TCR V beta genes are expressed during the T cell response of naive donors to malaria parasites, processing of parasite antigens is blocked by chloroquine and monensin, and activation of 36 of 41 malaria-specific clones tested was restricted by defined MHC class II allelic antigens, strongly suggesting that parasites do not act as mitogens nor as superantigens. The clo...Continue Reading
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