Journal
VACCINE
Volume 26, Issue 48, Pages 6043-6052Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.09.024
Keywords
Bacillus subtilis; Listeriolysin; Intracellular survival; Antigen delivery; Th1 response
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- EU [NMII-2004-013523, LSH-2005-036871, BBSRC (111/S19599)]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [S19599] Funding Source: researchfish
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Endospores of the Gram-positive bacterium, Bacillus subtilis, have been Used Successfully for delivery of antigens where the immunogen is expressed on the spore Surface. In this work the spore has been engineered to deliver antigens to the cytoplasm of macrophages by expressing listeriolysin O (LLO) or a derivative, LLOL461T, that is stable at neutral pH, from the B. subtilis vegetative cell. Following phagocytosis spores were shown to germinate in the phagosome enabling secretion of I.LO/LLOL461T and entry of the bacterium into the cytosol. We have shown that in the cytosol B. subtilis proliferates before eventually being destroyed. Immunisation of mice with Spores that co-expressed LLO with Protective Antigen (PA) of Bacillus anthracis generated an increase in IgG2a against PA, toxin-neutralising activity Coupled with specific IFN-gamma and IL-12 (and reduced IL-4) responses of splenocytes, both indicative of an enhanced Tb1 response. Enhanced Th1 responses via LLO co-expression of antigen by B. subtilis spores may be a useful strategy to improve vaccine performance. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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