PMID: 6165764Jul 1, 1981Paper

Monoclonal antibodies against a specific surface determinant on malarial (Plasmodium knowlesi) merozoites block erythrocyte invasion

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
N EpsteinR L Hess

Abstract

Twelve hybridoma cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium knowlesi merozoites have been produced. Antibodies from 3 of the 12 lines agglutinated merozoites. The 2 monoclonal antibodies (13C11 and 16F8) that markedly agglutinated merozoites blocked merozoite invasion of erythrocytes. Of these 2 lines, the one that induced the most agglutination also blocked invasion most effectively. The third monoclonal antibody (53B3) caused minimal agglutination of merozoites and did not block invasion, nor did the other 9 nonagglutinating antibodies. The 2 blocking monoclonal antibodies bound to antigens around the entire surface of merozoites, as demonstrated by immunoelectron microscopy, and precipitated a single biosynthetically labeled protein of apparent m.w. of 250,000. None of the nonagglutinating lines precipitated this protein. Monoclonal antibodies 13C11 and 16F8 reacted with a common antigenic determinant on a Malaysian and a Philippine strain of P. knowlesi in that they blocked invasion and precipitated a 250,000 m.w. protein from both. Sera from immune monkeys also precipitated this 250,000 m.w. protein.

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