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Evaluation of the usefulness of anti- glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase antibodies as a treatment for invasive candidiasis in a murine model.

We have evaluated the effect of antibodies against the Candida albicans glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase ( GAPDH) as a potential immunotherapeutic treatment for acute invasive candidiasis in a murine model of infection. Three different approaches were assayed: (i) active immunization of mice using recombinant His-tagged GAPDH, (ii) treatment of fungal yeast cells with anti- GAPDH antibodies prior to infection, and (iii) passive transfer of polyclonal anti- GAPDH antibodies. Results showed that all three approaches, although tending to show a slight beneficial effect in some instances, fail to have a relevant and statistically significant effect on the infection course, determined by survival curves and fungal burden in kidneys. This suggests that the cell wall-associated GAPDH of C. albicans, despite its potential role in virulence, does not appear to be a suitable target protein for the development of immunotherapeutic strategies against candidiasis, although further studies may be required to confirm this observation.[1]

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  1. Evaluation of the usefulness of anti-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase antibodies as a treatment for invasive candidiasis in a murine model. Gil, M.L., Dagan, S., Eren, R., Gozalbo, D. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek (2006) [Pubmed]
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