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ELIFE
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.63838
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- Wellcome Trust [107668/Z/15/Z]
- Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship [107668/Z/15/Z]
- Wellcome Trust University of Edinburgh Institutional Strategic Support Fund
- Wellcome Trust [107668/Z/15/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
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Research shows that a single malaria episode can induce host adaptations that minimize inflammation, prevent tissue damage, and avert severe disease. This acquired immunity to malaria prioritizes host fitness over pathogen clearance, operating independently of pathogen load.
Immunity to malaria is often considered slow to develop but this only applies to defense mechanisms that function to eliminate parasites (resistance). In contrast, immunity to severe disease can be acquired quickly and without the need for improved pathogen control (tolerance). Using Plasmodium chabaudi, we show that a single malaria episode is sufficient to induce host adaptations that can minimise inflammation, prevent tissue damage and avert endothelium activation, a hallmark of severe disease. Importantly, monocytes are functionally reprogrammed to prevent their differentiation into inflammatory macrophages and instead promote mechanisms of stress tolerance to protect their niche. This alternative fate is not underpinned by epigenetic reprogramming of bone marrow progenitors but appears to be imprinted within the remodelled spleen. Crucially, all of these adaptations operate independently of pathogen load and limit the damage caused by malaria parasites in subsequent infections. Acquired immunity to malaria therefore prioritises host fitness over pathogen clearance.
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