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Immunization with Wuchereria bancrofti Glutathione-S-transferase Elicits a Mixed Th1/Th2 Type of Protective Immune Response Against Filarial Infection in Mastomys

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Lymphatic filariasis is a mosquito borne parasitic infection and can severely affect the normal working ability of an individual. Currently there is no vaccine available to prevent this infection and the development of a potential vaccine could effectively support the on-going mass drug administration program by World Health Organization (WHO). Filarial parasites have complex mechanisms to modulate the host immune responses against them. The glutathione-S-transferases (GST) are the important enzymes effectively involved to counteract the oxidative free radicals produced by the host. In the present study, we have shown that the mastomys which are fully permissible rodents for Brugia malayi when immunized with Wuchereria bancrofti recombinant GST (rWbGST) could induce 65.5 % in situ cytotoxicity against B. malayi infective (L3) larvae. There was a balanced Th1/Th2 immune response in the vaccinated animals, characterized by higher levels of WbGST-specific IgG1 and IgG2a antibodies and pronounced IFN-γ, IL-10 and IL-4 cytokines production by the spleen cells.

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Acknowledgments

The financial support by Department of Biotechnology (DBT) through research project (Project Id. BT/PR/4988/INF/22/155/2012) and FIST grant from Department of Science and Technology (Project Id. SR/FST/LSI-470/2010) both from Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India is gratefully acknowledged.

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This research work was supported by the research funding received from the Department of Biotechnology (Project Id. BT/PR/4988/INF/22/155/2012) and FIST grant from Department of Science and Technology (Project Id. SR/FST/LSI-470/2010) both from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

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    Dhananjay Andure & Ramchandra Padalkar

  2. Department of Biochemistry and JB Tropical Disease Research Centre, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Maharashtra, 442 102, India

    Kiran Pote, Vishal Khatri, Nitin Amdare & Maryada Venkata Rami Reddy

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Andure, D., Pote, K., Khatri, V. et al. Immunization with Wuchereria bancrofti Glutathione-S-transferase Elicits a Mixed Th1/Th2 Type of Protective Immune Response Against Filarial Infection in Mastomys. Ind J Clin Biochem 31, 423–430 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-016-0556-y

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