Journal
MICROBIAL CELL FACTORIES
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01839-9
Keywords
Aeromonas veronii; Lactic acid bacteria; CTB; Mucosal immune adjuvant
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U19A2038, 32072824, 31872505]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province (Changchun, China) [20200201120JC]
- Key Scientific and Technological Project of Jilin Provincial Science & Technology Department [20150204065NY]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFD0501001]
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This study demonstrates the potential of recombinant Lactobacillus casei strains as oral vaccines against Aeromonas veronii infection in Cyprinus carpio. The recombinant strains were able to induce immune responses and enhance immune activity in the fish, leading to increased survival rates against infection.
Aeromonas veronii (A. veronii) is a pathogenic that can infect human, animal and aquatic organisms, in which poses a huge threat to the health of many aquatic organisms such as Cyprinus carpio. In this study, Lactobacillus casei (L. casei) strain CC16 was used as antigen deliver carrier and fused with cholera toxin B subunit (CTB) as an adjuvant to construct the recombinant L. casei pPG-Aha1/Lc CC16(surface-displayed) and pPG-Aha1-CTB/Lc CC16(surface-displayed) expressing Aha1 protein of A. veronii, respectively. And the immune responses in Cyprinus carpio by oral route was explored. Our results demonstrated that the recombinant strains could stimulate high serum specific antibody immunoglobulin M (IgM) and induce a stronger acid phosphatase (ACP), alkaline phosphatase (AKP), C3, C4, lysozyme (LZM), Lectin and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in Cyprinus carpio compared with control groups. Meanwhile, the expression of Interleukin-10 (IL-10), Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), immunoglobulin Z1 (IgZ1) and immunoglobulin Z2 (IgZ2) in the tissues were significantly upregulated compared with Lc-pPG or PBS groups, indicating that humoral and cell immune response were triggered. Additionally, recombinant L. casei could survive and colonize in fish intestine. Significantly, recombinant L. casei provides immune protection against A. veronii infection, which Cyprinus carpio received pPG-Aha1-CTB/Lc CC16 (64.29%) and pPG-Aha1/Lc CC16 (53.57%) had higher survival rates compared with the controls. Thus, we demonstrated that recombinant pPG-Aha1/Lc CC16 and pPG-Aha1-CTB/Lc CC16 may be the promising strategy for the development of an oral vaccine against A. veronii.
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