IDENTIFICATION OF REGIONS OF APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1 OF APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES SUITABLE FOR TARGETING BY VACCINES AND DRUGS BY DERIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE

The present invention relates to a crystal of the ectoplasmic domain of Apical Membrane Protein 1 (AMA1) from Plasmodium and a method of crystallisation of such a protein. The invention is also directed to the crystal structure of this AMA1 domain and to the three-dimensional structure of the domain...

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Hauptverfasser: VULLIEZ-LE-NORMAND, BRIGITTE, BENTLEY, GRAHAM, THOMAS, ALAN, IGONET, SEBASTIEN, RIOTTOT, MARIE-MADELEINE, COLLINS, CHRISTINE, R, FAURE-KUZMINSKA, GRAZYNA, KOCKEN, CLEMENS, H., M, PIZARRO, JUAN CARLOS, BLACKMAN, MICHAEL, J
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention relates to a crystal of the ectoplasmic domain of Apical Membrane Protein 1 (AMA1) from Plasmodium and a method of crystallisation of such a protein. The invention is also directed to the crystal structure of this AMA1 domain and to the three-dimensional structure of the domain itself, particularly o f AMA1 ectodomain from Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. The present invention also provides methods for identifying ligands of this AMA1 ectodomain using the said crystal structure, and to design pharmaceutical compounds capable of interacting or binding to that domain, particularly to certain amino-acid residues of domain I, II and III identified as contributing to a relevant epitope of that domain, or for identifying vaccine or drug candidates that could be used to inhibit erythocytes invasion by, and/or growth inhibition of, Plasmodial parasites and that can used in pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of malaria. The present invention also concerns peptidic fragments on that AMA1 ectodomain, their coding nucleic acid and their uses for the preparation of immunogens or vaccines for the treatment or the prevention of Plasmodial infection. The present invent ion also comprises antibodies directed against these relevant epitopes and their uses for Plasmodial infection diagnosis or as medicament for the treatment or the prevention of malaria. La présente invention concerne un cristal du domaine ectoplasmique de la protéine 1 de la membrane apicale (AMA1) de Plasmodium ainsi qu'une méthode de cristallisation de ladite protéine. L'invention concerne également la structure cristalline dudit domaine d'AMA1 ainsi que la structure tridimensionnelle du domaine lui-même, en particulier de l'ectodomaine d'AMA1 de Plasmodium vivax et de Plasmodium falciparum. La présente invention concerne en outre des méthodes permettant d'identifier des ligands dudit ectodomaine d'AMA1 à l'aide de ladite structure cristalline, pour concevoir des composés pharmaceutiques pouvant interagir avec ou se lier avec ledit domaine, en particulier avec certains résidus d'acides aminés de domaine I, II et III identifiés comme contribuant à un épitope approprié dudit domaine, ou d'identifier des candidats vaccinaux ou médicamenteux qui pourraient être utilisés pour inhiber une invasion d'érythocytes par des, et/ou une inhibition de croissance de, parasites plasmodiaux et qui peuvent être utilisés dans des compositions pharmaceutiques pour la