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ABSTRACT: Background
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive childhood B-cell lymphoma linked to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated antibody reactivity to several human receptor-binding domains of the Pf erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) that play a key role in malaria pathogenesis and are targets of acquired immunity to malaria.Methods
Serum/plasma IgG antibody reactivity was measured to 22 Pf antigens, including 18 to PfEMP1 CIDR domains between cases and controls from two populations (149 eBL cases and 150 controls from Ghana and 194 eBL cases and 600 controls from Uganda). Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for case-control associations were estimated by logistic regression.Findings
There was stronger reactivity to the severe malaria associated CIDR?1 domains than other CIDR domains both in cases and controls. eBL cases reacted to fewer antigens than controls (Ghana: p?=?0·001; Uganda: p?=?0·03), with statistically significant lower ORs associated with reactivity to 13+ antigens in Ghana (aOR 0·39, 95% CI 0·24-0·63; pheterogeneity?=?0·00011) and Uganda (aOR 0·60, 95% CI 0.41-0·88; pheterogeneity?=?0·008). eBL was inversely associated with reactivity, coded as quartiles, to group A variant CIDR?1 (ptrend?=?0·035) in Ghana and group B CD36-binding variants CIDR?2·2 (ptrend?=?0·006) and CIDR?2·4 (ptrend?=?0·033) in Uganda, and positively associated with reactivity to SERA5 in Ghana (ptrend?=?0·017) and Uganda (ptrend?=?0·007) and group A CIDR?1·5 variant in Uganda only (ptrend?=?0·034).Interpretation
eBL cases reacted to fewer antigens than controls using samples from two populations, Ghana and Uganda. Attenuated humoral immunity to Pf EMP1 may contribute to susceptibility to low-grade malaria and eBL risk.Funding
Intramural Research Program, National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
SUBMITTER: Derkach A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6355394 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Derkach Andriy A Otim Isaac I Pfeiffer Ruth M RM Onabajo Olusegun O OO Legason Ismail D ID Nabalende Hadijah H Ogwang Martin D MD Kerchan Patrick P Talisuna Ambrose O AO Ayers Leona W LW Reynolds Steven J SJ Nkrumah Francis F Neequaye Janet J Bhatia Kishor K Theander Thor G TG Prokunina-Olsson Ludmila L Turner Louise L Goedert James J JJ Lavstsen Thomas T Mbulaiteye Sam M SM
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<h4>Background</h4>Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is an aggressive childhood B-cell lymphoma linked to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. We investigated antibody reactivity to several human receptor-binding domains of the Pf erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) that play a key role in malaria pathogenesis and are targets of acquired immunity to malaria.<h4>Methods</h4>Serum/plasma IgG antibody reactivity was measured to 22 Pf antigens, including 18 to PfEMP1 CIDR domai ...[more]