Enhanced safety and immunogenicity of a pneumococcal surface antigen A mutant whole-cell inactivated pneumococcal vaccine

© 2019 Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Inc..

Existing capsular polysaccharide-based vaccines against pneumococcal disease are highly effective against vaccine-included serotypes, but they are unable to combat serotype replacement. We have developed a novel pneumococcal vaccine that confers serotype-independent protection, and could therefore constitute a "universal" vaccine formulation. This preparation is comprised of whole un-encapsulated pneumococci inactivated with gamma irradiation (γ-PN), and we have previously reported induction of cross-reactive immunity after nonadjuvanted intranasal vaccination. To further enhance vaccine immunogenicity and safety, we modified the pneumococcal vaccine strain to induce a stressed state during growth. Specifically, the substrate binding component of the psaBCA operon for manganese import was mutated to create a pneumococcal surface antigen A (psaA) defective vaccine strain. psaA mutation severely attenuated the growth of the vaccine strain in vitro without negatively affecting pneumococcal morphology, thereby enhancing vaccine safety. In addition, antibodies raised against vaccine preparations based on the modified strain [γ-PN(ΔPsaA)] showed more diversified reactivity to wild-type pneumococcal challenge strains compared to those induced by the original formulation. The modified vaccine also induced comparable protective TH 17 responses in the lung, and conferred greater protection against lethal heterologous pneumococcal challenge. Overall, the current study demonstrates successful refinement of a serotype-independent pneumococcal vaccine candidate to enhance safety and immunogenicity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:97

Enthalten in:

Immunology and cell biology - 97(2019), 8 vom: 05. Sept., Seite 726-739

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

David, Shannon C [VerfasserIn]
Laan, Zoe [VerfasserIn]
Minhas, Vikrant [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Austen Y [VerfasserIn]
Davies, Justin [VerfasserIn]
Hirst, Timothy R [VerfasserIn]
McColl, Shaun R [VerfasserIn]
Alsharifi, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Paton, James C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adhesins, Bacterial
Antigens, Surface
Gamma-irradiation
Journal Article
Lipoproteins
Mucosal immunity
Pneumococcal Vaccines
Pneumococcal vaccine
PsaA protein, Streptococcus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serotype-independent
Vaccines, Inactivated

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Date Completed 05.05.2020

Date Revised 05.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imcb.12257

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM296695920