Heterologous prime-boost BCG with DNA vaccine expressing fusion antigens Rv2299c and Ag85A improves protective efficacy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice

Copyright © 2022 Wu, Hu, Lowrie, Lu and Fan..

The development of heterologous prime-boost regimens utilizing Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as the priming vaccine is a promising approach to improve the efficacy of vaccination against tuberculosis (TB). In this study, we examined the ability of a DNA vaccine that expressed a fusion of antigens Rv2299c and Ag85A to boost BCG immunity and protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in Balb/c mice. The fusion DNA vaccine was moderately immunogenic and afforded some protection when used on its own. After a priming BCG vaccination, the DNA boost significantly amplified Th1-type cell-mediated immunity compared to that resulting from either BCG or DNA immunization. In the DNA-boosted mice, Ag-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cells that were mono-positive for IFN-γ alone were the most prominently expanded in infected lungs. The protective efficacy afforded by BCG against challenge infection was greatly improved by the DNA boost; bacterial loads were significantly reduced in both spleen and lung and histological damage in the lung was less. The use of a DNA vaccine containing the fusion antigens Rv2299c and Ag85A to boost BCG may be a good choice for the rational design of an efficient vaccination strategy against TB.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in microbiology - 13(2022) vom: 14., Seite 927031

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wu, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Zhidong [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Shui-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Xiao-Yong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacille Calmette–Guerin
DNA vaccine
Heterologous prime–boost
Journal Article
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Rv2299c

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Date Revised 22.10.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fmicb.2022.927031

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347818188