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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
卷 82, 期 2, 页码 500-508出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01078-13
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- Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH) [R01AI89894]
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease [P30DK052574]
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diarrhea in developing countries for which there is presently no effective vaccine. A central challenge in ETEC vaccinology has been the identification of conserved surface antigens to formulate a broadly protective vaccine. Here, we demonstrate that EatA, an immunogenic secreted serine protease of ETEC, contributes to virulence by degrading MUC2, the major protein present in the small intestinal mucous layer, and that removal of this barrier in vitro accelerates toxin access to the enterocyte surface. In addition, we demonstrate that vaccination with the recombinant secreted passenger domain of EatA (rEatA(p)) elicits high titers of antibody and is protective against intestinal infection with ETEC. These findings may have significant implications for development of both subunit and live-attenuated vaccines against ETEC and other enteric pathogens, including Shigella flexneri, that express similar proteins.
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