An Inactivated Antibiotic-Exposed Whole-Cell Vaccine Enhances Bactericidal Activities Against Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 29:6:22332. doi: 10.1038/srep22332.

Abstract

Vaccination may be an alternative treatment for infection with multidrug-resistance (MDR) Acinetobacter baumannii. The study reported here evaluated the bactericidal antibody responses following immunization of mice using an inactivated whole-cell vaccine derived from antibiotic-exposed MDR A. baumannii (I-M28-47-114). Mice inoculated with I-M28-47 (non-antibiotic-exposed control) and I-M28-47-114 showed a high IgG antibody response by day 5 post-inoculation. Sera from mice inoculated with I-M28-47-114 collected on day 30 resulted in 80.7 ± 12.0% complement-mediated bacteriolysis in vitro of the test MDR A. baumannii treated with imipenem, which was a higher level of bacteriolysis over sera from mice inoculated with I-M28-47. Macrophage-like U937 cells eliminated 49.3 ± 11.6% of the test MDR A. baumannii treated with imipenem when opsonized with sera from mice inoculated with I-M28-47-114, which was a higher level of elimination than observed for test MDR A. baumannii opsonized with sera from mice inoculated with I-M28-47. These results suggest that vaccination with I-M28-47-114 stimulated antibody responses capable of mounting high bactericidal killing of MDR A. baumannii. Therefore, the inactivated antibiotic-exposed whole-cell vaccine (I-M28-47-114) has potential for development as a candidate vaccine for broad clearance and protection against MDR A. baumannii infections.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Acinetobacter Infections / prevention & control*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
  • Acinetobacter baumannii / immunology*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / immunology
  • Bacterial Vaccines / immunology*
  • Cell Line
  • Complement System Proteins / immunology
  • Cross Reactions / immunology
  • Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / drug effects*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Immunization
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Macrophages / microbiology
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phagocytosis / immunology
  • Vaccines, Inactivated / immunology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Bacterial Vaccines
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Vaccines, Inactivated
  • Complement System Proteins