Chinese Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases 1997;0(06):-

CONSTRUCTION OF HYBRID NUCLEIC ACID VACCINES BASED ON PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN1BLOCK17REGION

Jun MIAO ; Caifang XUE ; Qigui YU ; Enqiang QIN

Keywords

N ucleic acid vaccine,m erozoite surface protein1,eukaryotic expression plasmid,T cell epitope,PCR

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

AIM:To construct hybrid nucleic acid vaccines which contain Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP1 ) block 1 7gene and gene fragment coding for several T cell epitopes. METHODS:MSP1 block 1 7gene of FUP strain was connected with a polyvalent gene fragment which contains several T cell epitopes from MSA1 ,MSA2 ,RESA,IL- 1 and Tetanus toxin,the connected gene fragment (hybrid gene,HG) was cloned into eukaryotic expression plasmid p CDNA3.1 (- ) ,VR1 0 1 2 for intracellular expression,VR1 0 1 2 /TPA for secretion,the recombinants were identified by PCR and restriction enzyme digestion. RE- SUL TS &CONCLUSION:The hybrid nucieic acid vaccines:VR1 0 1 2 /HG,VR1 0 1 2 /TPA/ HG and p CDNA3.1 /HG were successfully constructed.