Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of recombinant Campylobacter jejuni flagellum-secreted proteins in mice

Infect Immun. 2008 Jul;76(7):3170-5. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00076-08. Epub 2008 Apr 21.

Abstract

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of three Campylobacter jejuni flagellum-secreted proteins, FlaC, FspA1, and FspA2, were compared by use of a mouse model. Mice were immunized intranasally with each protein with or without LTR192G as the adjuvant and challenged intranasally with C. jejuni 81-176 or CG8486. All three proteins were immunogenic, although FspA1 induced the highest levels of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and fecal IgA. Although immunogenic, FlaC provided only 18% protection against disease from C. jejuni 81-176. Immunization with FspA1 resulted in 57.8% protection without adjuvant or 63.8% protection with adjuvant against homologous challenge with 81-176. Alternatively, immunization with FspA2 provided 38.4% (without adjuvant) or 47.2% (with adjuvant) protection against disease from homologous challenge with CG8486. In contrast to FspA2, FspA1 provided some heterologous protection against C. jejuni CG8486 when delivered with (31.2%) or without (44.8%) LTR192G. These results suggest that FspA1 may be a good subunit vaccine candidate against C. jejuni disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / immunology*
  • Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Bacterial Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Bacterial Vaccines / genetics
  • Bacterial Vaccines / immunology*
  • Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Campylobacter Infections / prevention & control*
  • Campylobacter jejuni / genetics
  • Campylobacter jejuni / immunology
  • Campylobacter jejuni / metabolism
  • Campylobacter jejuni / pathogenicity*
  • Female
  • Flagella / metabolism*
  • Flagellin / genetics
  • Flagellin / immunology*
  • Flagellin / isolation & purification
  • Flagellin / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / immunology*
  • Recombinant Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Vaccination

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Flagellin