Harnessing antifungal immunity in pursuit of a Staphylococcus aureus vaccine strategy.

Autor: Marissa J Paterson, J R Caldera, Christopher Nguyen, Purnima Sharma, Anthony M Castro, Stacey L Kolar, Chih-Ming Tsai, Jose J Limon, Courtney A Becker, Gislâine A Martins, George Y Liu, David M Underhill
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: PLoS Pathogens, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e1008733 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1553-7366
1553-7374
84299495
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008733
Popis: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide, and antibiotic resistant strains such as Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) are a major threat and burden to public health. MRSA not only infects immunocompromised patients but also healthy individuals and has rapidly spread from the healthcare setting to the outside community. However, all vaccines tested in clinical trials to date have failed. Immunocompromised individuals such as patients with HIV or decreased levels of CD4+ T cells are highly susceptible to S. aureus infections, and they are also at increased risk of developing fungal infections. We therefore wondered whether stimulation of antifungal immunity might promote the type of immune responses needed for effective host defense against S. aureus. Here we show that vaccination of mice with a fungal β-glucan particle (GP) loaded with S. aureus antigens provides protective immunity to S. aureus. We generated glucan particles loaded with the four S. aureus proteins ClfA, IsdA, MntC, and SdrE, creating the 4X-SA-GP vaccine. Vaccination of mice with three doses of 4X-SA-GP promoted protection in a systemic model of S. aureus infection with a significant reduction in the bacterial burden in the spleen and kidneys. 4X-SA-GP vaccination induced antigen-specific Th1 and Th17 CD4+ T cell and antibody responses and provided long-term protection. This work suggests that the GP vaccine system has potential as a novel approach to developing vaccines for S. aureus.
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