Characterization of fHbp, nhba (gna2132), nadA, porA, and sequence type in group B meningococcal case isolates collected in England and Wales during January 2008 and potential coverage of an investigational group B meningococcal vaccine

Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Jun;17(6):919-29. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00027-10. Epub 2010 Apr 7.

Abstract

Invasive disease caused by meningococcal capsular groups A, C, W-135, and Y is now preventable by means of glycoconjugate vaccines that target their respective polysaccharide capsules. The capsule of group B meningococci (MenB) is poorly immunogenic and may induce autoimmunity. Vaccines based on the major immunodominant surface porin, PorA, are effective against clonal epidemics but, thus far, have a limited scope of coverage against the wider MenB population at large. In an alternative approach, the first-generation, investigational, recombinant MenB (rMenB) plus outer membrane vesicle (OMV) (rMenB-OMV) vaccine contains a number of relatively conserved surface proteins, fHBP, NHBA (previously GNA2132), and NadA, alongside PorA P1.4-containing OMVs from the New Zealand MeNZB vaccine. MenB currently accounts for approximately 90% of cases of meningococcal disease in England and Wales. To assess potential rMenB-OMV vaccine coverage of pathogenic MenB isolates within this region, all English and Welsh MenB case isolates from January 2008 (n = 87) were genetically characterized with respect to fHBP, NHBA, NadA, and PorA. Alleles for fHbp, nhba, and porA were identified in all of the isolates, of which 22% were also found to harbor nadA alleles. On the basis of genotypic data and predicted immunological cross-reactivity, the potential level of rMenB-OMV vaccine coverage in England and Wales ranges from 66% to 100%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesins, Bacterial* / chemistry
  • Adhesins, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Adhesins, Bacterial* / immunology
  • Alleles
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antigens, Bacterial* / chemistry
  • Antigens, Bacterial* / genetics
  • Antigens, Bacterial* / immunology
  • Bacterial Proteins* / chemistry
  • Bacterial Proteins* / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins* / immunology
  • Cross Reactions / immunology
  • England / epidemiology
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Meningococcal Infections / epidemiology
  • Meningococcal Infections / immunology
  • Meningococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Meningococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Meningococcal Vaccines / administration & dosage
  • Meningococcal Vaccines / genetics
  • Meningococcal Vaccines / immunology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / classification
  • Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / genetics*
  • Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / immunology
  • Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Porins* / chemistry
  • Porins* / genetics
  • Porins* / immunology
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / administration & dosage
  • Vaccines, Synthetic / immunology
  • Wales / epidemiology

Substances

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Meningococcal Vaccines
  • NadA protein, Neisseria meningitidis
  • Porins
  • Vaccines, Synthetic
  • factor H-binding protein, Neisseria meningitidis
  • porin protein, Neisseria

Associated data

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