PD-1 blockade promotes immune memory following Plasmodium berghei ANKA reinfection.

Yanyan Pan, Xiaodan Sun, Danni Li, Yan Zhao, Feng Jin, Yaming Cao

International immunopharmacology 2020 Mar

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The establishment of malaria immune memory is slow, incomplete, and short-lived. The mechanisms underpinning the generation and maintenance of anti-malarial immune memory remain unclear. This study evaluated the possible role of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) in the establishment of malaria immune memory. Following infection by Plasmodium berghei ANKA (Pb ANKA) we compared natural immunity, acquired immunity, and immune memory between WT and mice lacking PD-1 via monoclonal antibody treatment. We found that parasitemia levels were significantly lower in the PD-1 knockdown group. After PD-1 elimination, dendritic cells, Th1, and T-follicular helper cells increased significantly. In addition, memory T, long-lived plasma cells, and serum antibody production also increased significantly. Therefore, PD-1 elimination induced stronger natural and acquired immune responses and enhanced immune memory against the parasite. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Yanyan Pan, Xiaodan Sun, Danni Li, Yan Zhao, Feng Jin, Yaming Cao. PD-1 blockade promotes immune memory following Plasmodium berghei ANKA reinfection. International immunopharmacology. 2020 Mar;80:106186