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Immune responses and protective immunity in Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton, 1822) as induced by outer membrane proteins of Edwardsiella tarda and aluminium hydroxide adjuvant complex

Journal

VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 1097-1109

Publisher

SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-022-09978-5

Keywords

Edwardsiella tarda; Outer membrane proteins; Aluminium hydroxide adjuvant; Pangasius pangasius; Immune response; Relative percentage survival

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  1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Government of India, New Delhi [F. 10(12)/2012-EPD]

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This study assessed the effects of the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Edwardsiella tarda on immune response and antibody production in pangas catfish. The results showed that OMPs in combination with AH adjuvant can enhance immune response and antibody production, and provide protection against E. tarda infection in catfish.
Edwardsiella tarda is considered one of the important bacterial fish pathogens. The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of E. tarda are structurally and functionally conserved, and immunogenic. This study assessed the effects of the OMPs of E. tarda CGH9 as a vaccine without aluminium hydroxide [AH] (T1) and with AH adjuvant (T2) on the respiratory burst (ROB) activity, lymphocyte proliferation of head kidney (HK) leukocytes, and serum antibody production in pangas catfish Pangasius pangasius. The ROB activity and lymphocyte proliferation of HK leukocytes increased in both vaccinated groups compared to the control. Nonetheless, the T2 group showed a gradual increase in ROB activity and lymphocyte proliferation of HK leukocytes up to 3-weeks post-vaccination (wpv). The serum antibody production in the T1 group decreased initially for up to 2-wpv and increased from 3-wpv; whereas, in the T2 group, the serum-specific antibody levels were significantly high from 1-wpv compared to control. Simultaneously, the protective efficacy in terms of relative percentage survival in the T2 group after injecting with a lethal dose of E. tarda CGH9 was high (89.00 +/- 15.56) compared to the T1 group (78.00 +/- 0.00). Furthermore, the catfish administered with a booster dose of E. tarda OMPs with or without AH adjuvant showed no additional increase in immune response or protective immunity. These results suggested that E. tarda OMPs and AH adjuvant complex has a higher potential to induce protective immunity, which may be a good choice as a vaccine to combat E. tarda infection in catfish.

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