Antibody induction in mice by liposome-displayed recombinant enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) colonization antigens

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BACKGROUND: Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains cause infectious diarrhea and colonize host intestine epithelia via surface-expressed colonization factors. Colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I), a prevalent ETEC colonization factor, is a vaccine target since antibodies directed to this fimbria can block ETEC adherence and prevent diarrhea.

METHODS: Two recombinant antigens derived from CFA/I were investigated with a vaccine adjuvant system that displays soluble antigens on the surface of immunogenic liposomes. The first antigen, CfaEB, is a chimeric fusion protein comprising the minor (CfaE) and major (CfaB) subunits of CFA/I. The second, CfaEad, is the adhesin domain of CfaE.

RESULTS: Owing to their His-tag, recombinant CfaEB and CfaEad, spontaneously bound upon admixture with nanoliposomes containing cobalt-porphyrin phospholipid (CoPoP), as well as a synthetic monophosphoryl lipid A (PHAD) adjuvant. Intramuscular immunization of mice with sub-microgram doses CfaEB or CfaEad admixed with CoPoP/PHAD liposomes elicited serum IgG and intestinal IgA antibodies. The smaller CfaEad antigen benefitted more from liposome display. Serum and intestine antibodies from mice immunized with liposome-displayed CfaEB or CfaEad recognized native CFA/I fimbria as evidenced by immunofluorescence and hemagglutination inhibition assays using the CFA/I-expressing H10407 ETEC strain.

CONCLUSION: These data show that colonization factor-derived recombinant ETEC antigens exhibit immunogenicity when delivered in immunogenic particle-based formulations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

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Biomedical journal - 46(2023), 6 vom: 22. Dez., Seite 100588

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Shiqi [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Karl O A [VerfasserIn]
Mabrouk, Moustafa T [VerfasserIn]
Jahagirdar, Dushyant [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wei-Chiao [VerfasserIn]
Guerra, Julio A [VerfasserIn]
He, Xuedan [VerfasserIn]
Ortega, Joaquin [VerfasserIn]
Poole, Steven T [VerfasserIn]
Hall, Eric R [VerfasserIn]
Gomez-Duarte, Oscar G [VerfasserIn]
Maciel, Milton [VerfasserIn]
Lovell, Jonathan F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adhesins, Bacterial
Adjuvant
Antigens, Bacterial
Colonizing factor
Diarrhea
ETEC
Journal Article
Liposomes
Vaccine

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bj.2023.03.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354306227