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  • Title: Active immunization of mice with Schistosoma mansoni worm membrane antigens enhances efficacy of praziquantel.
    Author: Fallon PG, Doenhoff MJ.
    Journal: Parasite Immunol; 1995 May; 17(5):261-8. PubMed ID: 7675513.
    Abstract:
    The efficacy of praziquantel treatment was significantly enhanced (P < 0.01) in CBA/Ca mice that had been immunized prior to Schistosoma mansoni infection with a crude extract of worm membrane antigens. In Western immunoblots sera from the worm antigen-immunized animals had a polyspecific antibody response, with a 25-27 kDa antigen being reacted against with particular intensity. A molecule of similar size was also recognized by rabbit antisera raised against an antigen with esterase activity that has been previously identified as a sensitive target for drug-antibody synergy. The increase in efficacy of subcurative doses of praziquantel in immunized animals is attributed to drug-induced tegumental damage causing antigens to become exposed on the worm surface. Thus, specific antigens, including the 25-27 kDa antigen, become accessible to circulating schistosomicidal antibodies. The role of antibodies that can synergize with praziquantel to kill schistosome worms is discussed.
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