Transcription Profiling of Malaria-Naïve and Semi-Immune Colombian Volunteers in a Plasmodium vivax Sporozoite Challenge [RNA-Seq]
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PROVIDER: GSE67184 | GEO | 2015/07/14
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA279199
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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Project description:BackgroundSignificant progress has been recently achieved in the development of Plasmodium vivax challenge infections in humans, which are essential for vaccine and drug testing. With the goal of accelerating clinical development of malaria vaccines, the outcome of infections experimentally induced in naïve and semi-immune volunteers by infected mosquito bites was compared.MethodsSeven malaria-naïve and nine semi-immune Colombian adults (n = 16) were subjected to the bites of 2-4 P. vivax sporozoite-infected Anopheles mosquitoes. Parasitemia levels, malaria clinical manifestations, and immune responses were assessed and compared.ResultsAll volunteers developed infections as confirmed by microscopy and RT-qPCR. No significant difference in the pre-patent period (mean 12.5 and 12.8 days for malaria-naïve and malaria-exposed, respectively) was observed but naïve volunteers developed classical malaria signs and symptoms, while semi-immune volunteers displayed minor or no symptoms at the day of diagnosis. A malaria-naïve volunteer developed a transient low submicroscopic parasitemia that cured spontaneously. Infection induced an increase in specific antibody levels in both groups.ConclusionSporozoite infectious challenge was safe and reproducible in semi-immune and naïve volunteers. This model will provide information for simultaneous comparison of the protective efficacy of P. vivax vaccines in naïve and semi-immune volunteers under controlled conditions and would accelerate P. vivax vaccine development.Trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov NCT01585077.
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The MaHPIC generates many data types (<i>e.g.</i>, clinical, hematological, parasitological, metabolomics, functional genomics, lipidomics, proteomics, immune response, telemetry) and mathematical models, to iteratively test and develop hypotheses related to the complex host-parasite dynamics in the course of malaria in non-human primates (NHPs), and metabolomics data via collaborations with investigators conducting clinical studies in malaria endemic countries, with the overarching goal of better understanding human disease, pathogenesis, and immunity. Curation and maintenance of all data and metadata are the responsibility of the MaHPIC.<br/><br/><b>MaHPIC Experiment Description:</b><br/>Sixteen healthy volunteers, 7 malaria naïve and 9 semi-immune, aged 18-45 years, were enrolled in this study during October 2012 to November 2013. Malaria-naive volunteers were recruited in Cali, Colombia, a non-endemic city; those with previous malaria experience were recruited in Buenaventura, a malaria-endemic area on the Colombian Pacific Coast. The study was approved by Institutional Review Boards (IRB) of the Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center–MVDC (CECIV, Cali) and Centro Médico Imbanaco (Cali). All protocols and documentation were reviewed and samples shipments approved by the Emory IRB. Male and female patients were eligible for inclusion, which included two steps: 1) age between 15-60 years, hemoglobin levels > 9g/dL, presence of current <i>Plasmodium vivax</i> infection, absence of other <i>Plasmodium</i> species determined by thick blood smear and PCR, blood parasite count of 0.1% or more, absence of other acute or chronic diseases, being able to sign an informed consent form; 2) healthy 18 to 45 years old man or non-pregnant women, capacity to sign an informed consent in a free and voluntary way, acceptable understanding of the clinical trial through the approval of a questionnaire regarding the information given in the consent process, obligatory use of adequate contraceptive method from beginning of recruitment and screening time up to three months after last immunization, do not have chronic or acute diseases, accept not traveling to malaria endemic areas during the clinical trial, have telephone at home or mobile phone that permit permanent contact for follow up, being willing to participated during both steps of the clinical trial. 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