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Title: Redirection of the Immune Response to the Functional Catalytic Domain of the Cystein Proteinase Cruzipain Improves Protective Immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi Infection
Authors: Cazorla, Silvia I. 
Frank, Fernanda M. 
Becker, Pablo D. 
Arnaiz, María Rosa 
Mirkin, Gerardo A. 
Corral, Ricardo S. 
Guzman, Carlos A. 
Malchiodi, Emilio L. 
Keywords: Trypanosoma cruzi;Enfermedad de Chagas;Endopeptidasas;Péptido Hidrolasas
Issue Date: 1-Jul-2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Journal: The Journal of infectious diseases 
Abstract: 
Despite the strong immune responses elicited after natural infection with Trypanosoma cruzi or vaccination against it, parasite survival suggests that these responses are insufficient or inherently inadequate. T. cruzi contains a major cystein proteinase, cruzipain, which has a catalytic N-terminal domain and a C-terminal extension. Immunizations that employed recombinant cruzipain or its N- and C-terminal domains allowed evaluation of the ability of cruzipain to circumvent responses against the catalytic domain. This phenomenon is not a property of the parasite but of cruzipain itself, because recombinant cruzipain triggers a response similar to that of cruzipain during natural or experimental infection. Cruzipain is not the only antigen with a highly immunogenic region of unknown function that somehow protects an essential domain for parasite survival. However, our studies show that this can be reverted by using the N- terminal domain as a tailored immunogen able to redirect host responses to provide enhanced protection.
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Fil: Cazorla, Silvia I. Cátedra de Inmunología and Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), CONICET-UBA, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires; Argentina.

Fil: Frank, Fernanda M. Cátedra de Inmunología and Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), CONICET-UBA, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires; Argentina.

Fil: Becker, Pablo D. Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, InhoffenstraΒe 7, D-38124 Braunschweig; Alemania.

Fil: Arnaiz, María Rosa. ANLIS Dr.C.G.Malbrán. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología; Argentina.

Fil: Mirkin, Gerardo A. Departamento de Microbiología, Parasitología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires; Argentina.

Fil: Corral, Ricardo S. Servicio de Parasitología-Chagas, Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires; Argentina.

Fil: Guzman, Carlos A. Department of Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, InhoffenstraΒe 7, D-38124 Braunschweig; Alemania.

Fil: Malchiodi, Emilio L. Cátedra de Inmunología and Instituto de Estudios de la Inmunidad Humoral (IDEHU), CONICET-UBA, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires; Argentina.
URI: http://sgc.anlis.gob.ar/handle/123456789/533
ISSN: 1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/652872.
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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