Design and Biological Assembly of Polyester Beads Displaying Pneumococcal Antigens as Particulate Vaccine
| Autor: | Yohana Serrano, Mildrey Fariñas-Medina, Caridad Zayas-Vignier, Felix Cardoso, Yury Valdés-Balbín, Anna-Maria Radecker, Bernd H. A. Rehm, Mabel Hernández-Cedeño, Dagmar García-Rivera, Majela Gonzalez-Miro, Darielys Santana-Mederos, Vicente Verez-Bencomo, Laura M. Rodríguez-Noda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Pneumolysin biology Chemistry Immunogenicity 030106 microbiology Biomedical Engineering Toxoid medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Microbiology Biomaterials 03 medical and health sciences Pneumococcal infections 030104 developmental biology Immune system Antigen Streptococcus pneumoniae medicine biology.protein Antibody |
| Zdroj: | ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 4:3413-3424 |
| ISSN: | 2373-9878 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00579 |
| Popis: | Streptococcus pneumoniae can cause life-threatening infections mostly in infants, children, and elderly people. Capsular polysaccharide conjugate vaccines provide serotype-dependent protection against S. pneumoniae infections but fail to protect against new emerging serotypes. To overcome these limitations, pneumolysin (Ply), a serotype-independent and conserved protein was selected. As such subunit vaccines lack immunogenicity, we engineered Ply to be attached to self-assembled polyester beads in order to boost immunogenicity. To display Ply at the surface of these polyester beads, it was translationally fused to the N-terminus of the polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) synthase (PhaC), which mediates PHB bead assembly inside recombinant Escherichia coli. We also chemically conjugated the capsular polysaccharide (CPS) 19F to isolated PHB beads to further assess their antigen carrier properties. CPS conjugated to soluble tetanus toxoid served as control. Balb/c mice immunized with Ply-PhaC beads and 19F-PhaC beads induced specific and higher IgG levels than the respective soluble counterparts. The induced IgG antibodies recognized Ply in whole cell lysates of six different serotypes of S. pneumoniae. Additionally, restimulated splenocytes from animals immunized with Ply-PhaC beads produced a balanced INF-γ/IL-17A profile unlike animals immunized with soluble Ply. The 19F-PhaC beads induced production of antibodies showing high opsonophagocytic titers against the homologous strain, serotype 19F, while CPS 19F only mixed with PhaC beads did not elicit any detectable immune response. This study provided insight into the design of PHB beads as a carrier of proteinaceous antigens and CPS in order to induce immune responses for the prevention of pneumococcal infections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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