[Induction of the anti-meningitis immunity with synthetic peptides. III. Immunoactive synthetic fragments of NspA protein from Neisseria meningitidis].

Autor: Koroev DO; Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Miklukho-Maklaya 16/10, GSP Moscow, 117997 Russia. koroev@ibch.ru, Oboznaia MB, Zhmak MN, Volkova TD, Titova MA, Kotel'nikova OV, Lakhtina OE, Vol'pina OM, Nesmeianov VA, Alliluev AP, Ivanov VT
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Bioorganicheskaia khimiia [Bioorg Khim] 2002 Jul-Aug; Vol. 28 (4), pp. 291-7.
DOI: 10.1023/a:1019559521699
Abstrakt: Four potentially immunoactive peptide fragments of the NspA protein from the outer membrane of the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis were synthesized in order to create a synthetic vaccine against the meningococcal infection by the serogroup B bacterium. Mice of various lines were immunized with the free peptides nonconjugated with a protein carrier. All the synthetic peptides were shown to induce the production of the antipeptide antibodies in mice. A peptide capable of inducing a decrease in the number of bacteria in blood and the protection of infected animals from death was found in the experiments on the protection of the animals infected with two strains of the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. The English version of the paper: Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2002, vol. 28, no. 4; see also http://www.maik.ru.
Databáze: MEDLINE