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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 77, 期 6, 页码 2356-2366出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00054-09
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R21AI061396, R01AI061396, R56AI061396] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI061396, R21 AI061396, R56 AI061396, AI061396] Funding Source: Medline
Although chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, there is no approved vaccine for human use against P. aeruginosa. The goal of this study was to establish whether a multivalent vaccine containing P. aeruginosa type A and B flagellins as well as the outer membrane proteins OprF and OprI would promote enhanced clearance of P. aeruginosa. Intramuscular immunization with flagellins and OprI (separate) or OprI-flagellin fusion proteins generated significant antiflagellin immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses. However, only the fusions of OprI with type A and type B flagellins generated OprI-specific IgG. Immunization with a combination of OprF epitope 8 (OprF(311-341)), OprI, and flagellins elicited high-affinity IgG antibodies specific to flagellins, OprI, and OprF that individually promoted extensive deposition of C3 on P. aeruginosa. Although these antibodies exhibited potent antibodydependent complement-mediated killing of nonmucoid bacteria, they were significantly less effective with mucoid isolates. Mice immunized with the OprF(311-341)-OprI -flagellin fusion had a significantly lower bacterial burden three days postchallenge and cleared the infection significantly faster than control mice. In addition, mice immunized with the OprF(311-341)-OprI -flagellin fusion had significantly less inflammation and lung damage throughout the infection than OprF-OprI-immunized mice. Based on our results, OprF(311-341)-OprI flagellin fusion proteins have substantial potential as components of a vaccine against nonmucoid P. aeruginosa, which appears to be the phenotype of the bacterium that initially colonizes CF patients.
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