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Dhar N, Mohamed E, Kirstein F, Williams M, Dorasamy S, van Zyl P, Robertson MJ, Anderson T, Harden LM, Jardine K, Veeraraghavan B, Wilson S, Tippoo P, Madhi SA, Kwatra G. Immune responses against group B Streptococcus monovalent and pentavalent capsular polysaccharide tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccines in Balb/c mice. iScience 2023; 26:107380. [PMID: 37575182 PMCID: PMC10415928 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Immunization of pregnant women with Group B Streptococcus (GBS) capsular polysaccharide (CPS) conjugate vaccine (CV) could protect young infants against invasive GBS disease. We evaluated the immunogenicity of investigational five GBS monovalent (serotypes Ia, Ib, II, III, and V) CPS-tetanus toxoid (TT)-CV with adjuvant and GBS pentavalent CPS-TT-CV with adjuvant (GBS5-CV-adj) and without adjuvant (GBS5-CV-no-adj), in Balb/c mice. Aluminum phosphate was the adjuvant in the formulations, where included. The homotypic immunoglobulin G (IgG) geometric mean concentration (GMC) and opsonophagocytic activity (OPA) geometric mean titer (GMT) did not differ after the third dose of the GBS5-CV-adj vaccine compared with the monovalent counterparts for all five serotypes. The GBS5-CV-adj induced higher post-vaccination serotype-specific IgG GMCs and OPA GMTs compared to GBS5-CV-no_adj. The GBS5-CV with and without adjuvant should be considered for further development as a potential vaccine for pregnant women to protect their infants against invasive GBS disease.
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- Nisha Dhar
- South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Wits Research Animal Facility, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- South African Medical Research Council Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Department of Clinical Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- African Leadership in Vaccinology Expertise, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Delara M, Vadlamudi NK, Sadarangani M. Strategies to Prevent Early and Late-Onset Group B Streptococcal Infection via Interventions in Pregnancy. Pathogens 2023; 12:pathogens12020229. [PMID: 36839501 PMCID: PMC9959229 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12020229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Group B Streptococcus is a Gram-positive bacterium that typically colonizes 10-30% of pregnant women, causing chorioamnionitis, preterm birth, and stillbirth, as well as neonatal sepsis and meningitis with early-onset disease (EOD) or late-onset disease (LOD) due to ascending infection or transmission during delivery. While there are some differences between EOD and LOD in terms of route of transmission, risk factors, and serotypes, the only preventive approach currently is maternal intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis (IAP) which will not be able to fully address the burden of the disease since this has no impact on LOD. Probiotics and immunization in pregnancy may be more effective than IAP for both EOD and LOD. There is mixed evidence of probiotic effects on the prevention of GBS colonization, and the data from completed and ongoing clinical trials investigating different GBS vaccines are promising. Current vaccine candidates target bacterial proteins or the polysaccharide capsule and include trivalent, tetravalent, and hexavalent protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines. Some challenges in developing novel GBS vaccines include the lack of a correlate of protection, the potential for serotype switching, a need to understand interactions with other vaccines, and optimal timing of administration in pregnancy to maximize protection for both term and preterm infants.
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- Mahin Delara
- Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 0B3, Canada
- Correspondence: (M.D.); (M.S.)
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- Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 0B3, Canada
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- Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4H4, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 0B3, Canada
- Correspondence: (M.D.); (M.S.)
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Ghia C, Rambhad G. Disease burden due to Group B Streptococcus in the Indian population and the need for a vaccine - a narrative review. Ther Adv Infect Dis 2021; 8:20499361211045253. [PMID: 34540226 PMCID: PMC8445532 DOI: 10.1177/20499361211045253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Streptococcus agalactiae, a Gram-positive bacterium, causes invasive infection known as Group B streptococcal disease (GBS). It is a leading cause of neonatal death and complications prior to delivery. The burden of GBS is unknown in India despite the high incidence of preterm and stillbirths. In this study, we performed a narrative review of the available literature (published in the last 10 years) on the epidemiology of GBS, using PubMed and Google Scholar, to understand its impact in India and evaluate potential strategies to prevent the disease in the high-risk population, that is, neonates. The review showed that the incidence of early- and late-onset GBS in neonates (per 1000 live births) was in the ranges of 0.090-0.68 and 0.0-0.07 respectively. The overall case fatality rate reported in only one study was 0.63. In pregnant women, the prevalence of GBS colonization was 2-62% and its transmission to their newborns varied from 6.7% to 11.1%. The serotype distribution of GBS is unclear, but some studies reported the distribution of types Ia, Ib, II, III, V, VII among pregnant women in India. The associated risk factors for GBS colonization in pregnant women are unclear but a few studies suggest the role of age and multigravida, while the risk factors in neonates include preterm birth, prolonged rupture of membrane (⩾18 h), maternal fever, obstetric complications, and prolonged labor >18 h. Screening of GBS is not a routine practice in India and intrapartum antibiotics prophylaxis is limited to only in risk conditions to prevent neonatal disease transmission. A few studies also suggest that high birth rate, poor detection methods, and financial constraints limit routine GBS screening in a developing country such as India. Hence, maternal vaccination is the most promising strategy to prevent neonatal GBS and Pfizer's hexavalent GBS conjugate vaccine (GBS6) is being developed for GBS neonatal disease.
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- Canna Ghia
- Pfizer Ltd, The Capital, 1802, 18th Floor, Plot No. C-70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051, India
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- Pfizer Ltd, The Capital, 1802, 18th Floor, Plot No. C-70, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai, 400051, India
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Dzanibe S, Madhi SA. Systematic review of the clinical development of group B streptococcus serotype-specific capsular polysaccharide-based vaccines. Expert Rev Vaccines 2018; 17:635-651. [PMID: 29961350 DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2018.1496021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Vaccination against group B Streptococcus (GBS) during pregnancy could provide protection against disease in the mother, fetus, and newborn. Immunity through transplacental acquired antibodies in the newborns could persist through early infancy, reducing the risk of early-onset (<7 days age) and late-onset (7-89 days age) disease. We conducted a systematic review of clinical trials on GBS capsular polysaccharide (CPS) vaccine to assess its safety and immunogenicity in pregnant and nonpregnant adults. AREAS COVERED We searched literature databases PubMed (Medline), Scopus, and the Cochrane library and identified 25 unique records on GBS CPS vaccines with or without conjugant protein. EXPERT COMMENTARY GBS vaccines were well tolerated, with mild local reactogenicity being the main solicited adverse event and no difference in reporting of other serious adverse events compared to placebo recipients. CPS vaccines conjugated to immunogenic proteins induced ≥fourfold increase of serotype-specific antibodies with high longevity (1-2 years); and capable of promoting homotypic GBS opsonophagocytic killing. Feto-maternal transplacental antibody ratio of serotype-specific IgG ranged between 0.49 and 0.81. The clinical relevance of these immunogenicity studies, however, need to be weighed against a correlate of protection against invasive GBS disease in infants, which is yet to be established using a universally accepted standardized assay.
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- Sonwabile Dzanibe
- a Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.,b Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.,c Division of Immunology , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa
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- a Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.,b Medical Research Council: Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa
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Dzanibe S, Adrian PV, Kimaro Mlacha SZ, Madhi SA. Natural acquired group B Streptococcus capsular polysaccharide and surface protein antibodies in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children. Vaccine 2016; 34:5217-5224. [PMID: 27663669 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a major cause of invasive disease in young infants and also in older immunocompromised individuals, including HIV-infected persons. We compared naturally acquired antibody titres to GBS polysaccharide and surface protein antigens in HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected children aged 4-7 years. A multiplex Luminex immunoassay was used to measure IgG concentrations against GBS capsular polysaccharides (CPS) for serotypes Ia, Ib, III and V; and also extracellular localizing proteins which included cell-wall anchored proteins: Fibrinogen binding surface Antigen (FbsA), GBS Immunogenic Bacterial Adhesin (BibA), Surface immunogenic protein (Sip), gbs0393, gbs1356, gbs1539, gbs0392; and lipoproteins gbs0233, gbs2106 and Foldase PsrA. HIV-infected children (n=68) had significantly lower IgG GMT compared to HIV-uninfected (n=77) children against CPS of serotype Ib (p=0.012) and V (p=0.0045), and surface proteins Sip (p<0.001) and gbs2106 (p=0.0014). IgG GMT against GBS surface proteins: FbsA, gbs1539, gbs1356, gbs0392, gbs0393 and Foldase PsrA were significantly higher in HIV-infected children (p<0.004). Moreover, amongst HIV infected children, IgG GMT to GBS surface proteins were higher in those with CD4+ lymphocyte counts <500cell/μL compared to those who had CD4+ lymphocyte count ⩾500cell/μL with the exception of Sip. The increased susceptibility to invasive GBS disease in HIV-infected individuals could be due to the lower serotype specific capsular antibody and possibly due to lower antibody to some of the GBS proteins such as Sip and gbs2106.
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- Sonwabile Dzanibe
- Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; MRC, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; MRC, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; MRC, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation: Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; MRC, Respiratory and Meningeal Pathogens Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; National Institutes for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Leroux-Roels G, Maes C, Willekens J, De Boever F, de Rooij R, Martell L, Bedell L, Wittke F, Slobod K, Dull P. A randomized, observer-blind Phase Ib study to identify formulations and vaccine schedules of a trivalent Group B Streptococcus vaccine for use in non-pregnant and pregnant women. Vaccine 2016; 34:1786-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 02/12/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nuccitelli A, Rinaudo CD, Maione D. Group B Streptococcus vaccine: state of the art. THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN VACCINES 2015; 3:76-90. [PMID: 26288735 DOI: 10.1177/2051013615579869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is cause of neonatal invasive diseases as well as of severe infections in the elderly and immune-compromised patients. Despite significant advances in the prevention and treatment of neonatal disease, sepsis and meningitis caused by GBS still represent a significant public health care concern globally and additional prevention and therapeutic strategies against infection are highly desirable. The introduction of national recommended guidelines in several countries to screen pregnant women for GBS carriage and the use of antibiotics during delivery significantly reduced disease occurring within the first hours of life (early-onset disease), but it has had no effect on the late-onset diseases occurring after the first week and is not feasible in most countries. Availability of an effective vaccine against GBS would provide an effective means of controlling GBS disease. This review provides an overview of the burden of invasive disease caused by GBS in infants and adults, and highlights the strategies for the development of an effective vaccine against GBS infections.
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- Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Santillan DA, Rai KK, Santillan MK, Krishnamachari Y, Salem AK, Hunter SK. Efficacy of polymeric encapsulated C5a peptidase-based group B streptococcus vaccines in a murine model. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2011; 205:249.e1-8. [PMID: 21802065 PMCID: PMC3213321 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2011] [Revised: 04/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose was to examine in mice the efficacy of various polymeric-encapsulated C5a peptidase vaccine formulations in eliciting a long-term immune response and preventing group B streptococcus (GBS) infection. STUDY DESIGN C5a peptidase was encapsulated in semipermeable microspheres of poly(lactide-coglycolide) (PLGA). Female ICR mice were immunized with 0, 10, or 30 μg of encapsulated C5a peptidase within 2 different formulations of PLGA polymers. Booster doses were given at weeks 4 and 8. Antibody responses were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay at weeks 4, 8, 11, and 40. Vaginal challenges with GBS types 1a, III, and V were performed at week 12. RESULTS Thirty microgram doses of the 75:25 and 50:50 PLGA formulations generate the highest and most sustained C5a peptidase-specific immune responses. Mice that received encapsulated C5a peptidase were significantly protected from vaginal colonization compared with mice that received empty microspheres. CONCLUSION Encapsulated C5a peptidase elicited significant immune responses and protection against a GBS challenge. C5a peptidase microsphere encapsulation has potential as a GBS vaccine.
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- Donna A Santillan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
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Persson E, Berg S, Trollfors B, Larsson P, Ek E, Backhaus E, Claesson BEB, Jonsson L, Rådberg G, Ripa T, Johansson S. Serotypes and clinical manifestations of invasive group B streptococcal infections in western Sweden 1998-2001. Clin Microbiol Infect 2004; 10:791-6. [PMID: 15355409 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00931.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This study monitored the serotypes of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus; GBS) isolated from invasive infections in western Sweden and investigated possible relationships between serotype, age and clinical manifestations. Invasive GBS isolates were collected prospectively during 1998-2001 at six laboratories, covering two counties with a population of 1.8 million, and were serotyped by coagglutination. Clinical data were obtained from hospital notes. In total, 161 invasive strains (50 from neonates and infants aged < 3 months, and 111 from adults) were serotyped. The commonest serotypes from neonates and infants were serotypes III (60%), V (22%) and Ia (10%), and from adults were serotypes V (42%) and III (25%). Serotype V had doubled in frequency among both children and adults compared to a previous study from the same area in 1988-1997. Most (80%) of the adults had an underlying medical condition. No relationship was found between serotype and clinical manifestations. However, the study demonstrated the importance of active surveillance of GBS serotypes and the difficulties of formulating a multivalent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine against GBS.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Distribution
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Premature
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/epidemiology
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/microbiology
- Infant, Premature, Diseases/physiopathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Population Surveillance
- Serotyping
- Streptococcal Infections/epidemiology
- Streptococcal Infections/microbiology
- Streptococcal Infections/physiopathology
- Streptococcus agalactiae/classification
- Streptococcus agalactiae/isolation & purification
- Sweden/epidemiology
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- E Persson
- Department of Paediatrics, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, S-416 85 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Jakobsen H, Jonsdottir I. Mucosal vaccination against encapsulated respiratory bacteria--new potentials for conjugate vaccines? Scand J Immunol 2003; 58:119-28. [PMID: 12869132 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01292.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Polysaccharide (PS)-encapsulated bacteria such as Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), Neisseria meningitides (meningococcus) and group B streptococcus (GBS), cause a major proportion of disease in early childhood. Native PS vaccines are immunogenic and provide protection against disease in healthy adults but do not induce immunological memory. PSs are T-cell-independent antigens and do not elicit antibodies in infants and young children, but by conjugating PS to proteins they become T-cell dependent and immunogenic at an early age. Despite excellent efficacy of PS-protein conjugate vaccines against invasive disease, protection against mucosal infections such as pneumococcal otitis media has been less efficacious. Circulating PS-specific antibodies may protect against infections at mucosal sites, but mucosal immunoglobulin A antibodies may also contribute significantly to protection against mucosal infections. Mucosal immunization of experimental animals with conjugate vaccines against Hib, pneumococcus, meningococcus and GBS induces systemic and mucosal immune responses, which provide protection against carriage, otitis media and invasive disease in a variety of challenge models, providing new means for protection against encapsulated bacteria. In addition, mucosal immunization of neonatal mice with a pneumococcal conjugate and the nontoxic adjuvant LT-K63 has been superior to parenteral immunization in eliciting protective antibodies and PS-specific memory, and thus circumventing the limitations of antibody responses to PS that are responsible for enhanced susceptibility of neonates and infants to infections caused by encapsulated bacteria. Through T-cell dependent enhanced immunogenicity of PS-protein conjugate vaccines, mucosal immunization could be an attractive approach for early life immunization against encapsulated bacteria.
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- H Jakobsen
- Department of Immunology, Landspitali-University Hospital, Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
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Dahl MS, Tessin I, Trollfors B. Invasive group B streptococcal infections in Sweden: incidence, predisposing factors and prognosis. Int J Infect Dis 2003; 7:113-9. [PMID: 12839712 DOI: 10.1016/s1201-9712(03)90006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To study the incidence, clinical manifestations, concomitant conditions and case-fatality rate in patients with invasive group B Streptococcus (GBS) infections in the Göteborg area (mean population 582,666) of Sweden during 1981-95. DESIGN Patients were identified from the records of the Department of Clinical Bacteriology. Clinical data were obtained from hospital records. RESULTS GBS was isolated from blood, cerebrospinal fluid or other sterile body fluids from 211 patients with 215 infectious episodes; 108 in neonates, and 107 in non-neonates. The incidence was 2.4/100,000 per year, with the highest rates in neonates and in persons 65 years old or older. The incidence in neonates was 0.92/1,000 live births. The most common manifestation was septicemia with unknown focus. Of the neonates, 54% were full term and had no underlying conditions. Of the non-neonates, 15% had no underlying conditions. The most common underlying conditions were preterm delivery in neonates, and arteriosclerotic disease and diabetes mellitus in non-neonates. The case-fatality rates were 13% in neonates and 16% in non-neonates. CONCLUSIONS GBS is an important pathogen in neonates and in adults with concomitant conditions. The morbidity and mortality rates necessitate research to develop GBS vaccines both for women of fertile age and for patients with a wide variety of underlying diseases.
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- Mats S Dahl
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Ostra, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Hsieh YC, Liang SM, Tsai WL, Chen YH, Liu TY, Liang CM. Study of capsular polysaccharide from Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Infect Immun 2003; 71:3329-36. [PMID: 12761115 PMCID: PMC155742 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.6.3329-3336.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The leading cause of food poisoning in both Taiwan and Japan is Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection, whose mechanism of enteropathogenesis is still unclear. To evaluate whether surface components are responsible for the intestinal adhesion of V. parahaemolyticus, we have developed a novel method for isolating the capsular polysaccharide (CPS) from V. parahaemolyticus (serotype O4:K8). We found that culturing of V. parahaemolyticus in broth for 1 week or more changed the colony form of the bacteria on an agar plate from opaque to translucent. The translucent colonies of V. parahaemolyticus contained little CPS and exhibited a much lower level of adherence to epithelial cells (Int-407) than the opaque colonies of the bacteria. Incubation of V. parahaemolyticus in medium supplemented with bile increased the levels of CPS and adherence. Treatment of V. parahaemolyticus with anti-CPS but not anti-LPS serum decreased the level of bacterial adherence. In addition, purified CPS bound to epithelial cells in a dose-dependent manner. Intranasal administration of CPS to mice in the presence of adjuvants such as immunostimulatory sequence oligodeoxynucleotides or cholera toxin elicited CPS-specific mucosal and systemic immune responses. These results indicate that CPS plays an important role in the adherence of V. parahaemolyticus to its target cells and may be considered a potential target for the development of a vaccine against this pathogen.
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- Yu-Chi Hsieh
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 11529
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Guttormsen HK, Baker CJ, Nahm MH, Paoletti LC, Zughaier SM, Edwards MS, Kasper DL. Type III group B streptococcal polysaccharide induces antibodies that cross-react with Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14. Infect Immun 2002; 70:1724-38. [PMID: 11895934 PMCID: PMC127872 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.4.1724-1738.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2001] [Revised: 12/10/2001] [Accepted: 12/21/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Covalent linkage of a bacterial polysaccharide to a protein greatly enhances the carbohydrate's immunogenicity and its binding to solid surfaces in immunoassays. These findings have spurred the development of glycoconjugate vaccines to prevent serious bacterial infections as well as the use of glycoconjugates as coating antigens in bioassays. We evaluated sera from women immunized with unconjugated group B streptococcal (GBS) type III (GBS III) polysaccharide (IIIPS) or with IIIPS covalently linked to tetanus toxoid to assess specificity, sensitivity, and parallelism in dilution curves in two GBS III enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). One assay used IIIPS mixed with methylated human serum albumin (IIIPS + mHSA) as the coating antigen, and the other used IIIPS covalently linked to HSA (III-HSA). Each coating antigen was associated with a highly specific GBS III bioassay. The sensitivity was higher in the III-HSA ELISA, in which conjugated IIIPS is bound to the plates. Parallelism in titration curves was observed in the III-HSA but not in the IIIPS + mHSA ELISA. The excellent correlation between the concentrations of GBS IIIPS-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) and the opsonophagocytic activity of these antibodies indicated that the III-HSA assay can predict functionality of vaccine-induced IgG against GBS III disease. The structure of the repeating unit of the capsular polysaccharide of GBS III differs from that of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 14 (Pn14 PS) only by the presence on GBS III of a sialic acid residue at the end of the side chain. The majority of healthy adults responding to GBS III vaccines with a fourfold or greater increase in GBS III-specific IgG antibodies developed antibodies cross-reacting with Pn14 PS (i.e., desialylated GBS IIIPS). The proportion of GBS vaccine responders who developed IgG to the desialylated IIIPS did not depend on whether IIIPS was given in the unconjugated or conjugated form. When present, these vaccine-induced cross-reacting antibodies conferred in vitro antibody-mediated opsonophagocytosis and killing of both GBS III and Pn14, two pathogens that cause invasive disease in young infants.
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- Hilde-Kari Guttormsen
- Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Davies HD, Raj S, Adair C, Robinson J, McGeer A. Population-based active surveillance for neonatal group B streptococcal infections in Alberta, Canada: implications for vaccine formulation. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2001; 20:879-84. [PMID: 11734768 DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200109000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Knowledge of circulating serotypes of group B Streptococcus (GBS) is important for formulation of vaccines. There are no Canadian data on the serotype distribution of neonatal GBS isolates. METHODS Using a retrospective laboratory and health record survey between 1993 and 1994 (before introduction of Canadian prevention guidelines) and prospective active laboratory-based surveillance from 1995 to 1999 of all laboratories in Alberta, we identified 168 cases of invasive neonatal GBS infections including stillbirths among 262,398 total births; 118 of 123 (96%) isolates from 1995 to 1999 were serotyped, and the corresponding neonatal health records were reviewed. RESULTS The average annual incidence was 0.64 of 1000 total births/year. Of these 95 (57%) had early onset disease (EOD), 15 (9%) were still births and 58 (34%) had late onset disease (LOD). Eighty-one percent of EOD cases were caused by serotypes Ia, Ia/c, Ia/c/R, III, III/R and V, V/R, whereas 81% of LOD cases were caused by serotypes III and III/R. GBS serotypes containing the C protein along with serotypes III and V as a group constituted 91% (107 of 118) of all GBS cases in our population. The most common clinical presentation was bacteremia without focus (74%) followed by meningitis (14%) and pneumonia (12%). During 1995 to 1999, in addition to 13 stillbirths, there were 6 of 64 (9%) neonatal deaths among EOD cases and 1 of 46 (2%) neonatal death among LOD cases. CONCLUSIONS In this population-based study stillbirths account for a proportion of cases that are not routinely counted and represent a group for which intrapartum antibiotics would likely not be effective, but potentially preventable by vaccination. Inclusion of serotypes Ia, III and V in a conjugate vaccine or serotypes III and V conjugated with the C protein in a GBS vaccine could theoretically provide protection against the majority of GBS invasive disease in Alberta neonates.
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- H D Davies
- Departments of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Pediatrics, and Community Health, Child Health Research Unit, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Shen X, Lagergård T, Yang Y, Lindblad M, Fredriksson M, Holmgren J. Preparation and preclinical evaluation of experimental group B streptococcus type III polysaccharide-cholera toxin B subunit conjugate vaccine for intranasal immunization. Vaccine 2000; 19:850-61. [PMID: 11115709 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00226-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Streptococcus group B (GBS) is usually carried asymptomatically in the vaginal tract of women and can be transferred to the newborn during parturition. Serum antibodies to the capsular polysaccharide (CPS) can prevent invasive diseases, whereas immunity acting at the mucosal surface may be more important to inhibit the mucosal colonization of GBS and thus the risk of infection for the newborn. We prepared different GBS type III CPS-protein conjugate vaccines and evaluated their systemic and mucosal immunogenicity in mice. GBS type III CPS was conjugated to tetanus toxoid (TT) or recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (rCTB) either directly or to rCTB indirectly via TT. The conjugation was performed by different methods: (1) CPS was coupled to TT with 1-ethyl-3 (3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDAC), using adipic acid dihydrazide (ADH) as a spacer; (2) CPS was conjugated with rCTB using reductive amination; or, (3) N-succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio) propionate (SPDP) was used to bind rCTB to the TT of the CPS-TT conjugate. Mice were immunized with these conjugates or purified CPS by subcutaneous (s.c.) and intranasal (i. n.) routes. Antibodies to GBS III in serum, lungs and vagina were measured with ELISA. All of the CPS-protein conjugates were superior to unconjugated CPS in eliciting CPS-specific immune responses in serum and mucosal tissue extracts. The conjugates, when administrated s.c., induced only IgG responses in serum, lung and vagina, while i.n. vaccination also elicited IgA responses in the lungs and vagina. The CPS-TT conjugate administrated i.n. induced a strong serum IgG, but only a weak mucosal IgA response, while the CPS-rCTB conjugate elicited high IgG as well as IgA antibodies in the lungs after i.n. immunization. GBS III CPS-TT conjugated with rCTB produced a strong systemic and local anti-CPSIII response after i.n. administration. Co-administration of CT as adjuvant enhanced the anti-CPS systemic and mucosal immune responses further after i.n. administration with the CPS conjugates. These findings indicate that: (i) i.n. immunization with GBS CPS-protein conjugates was more effective than s.c immunization for stimulating serum as well as mucosal immune responses; (ii) rCTB as a carrier protein for GBS III CPS could markedly improve the mucosal immune response; and (iii) the experimental GBS type III CPS conjugates containing rCTB should be investigated as mucosal vaccine to prevent GBS infection in humans.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Intranasal
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
- Bacterial Capsules
- Bacterial Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Bacterial Vaccines/isolation & purification
- Cholera Toxin/administration & dosage
- Cholera Toxin/isolation & purification
- Cholera Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Cholera Vaccines/isolation & purification
- Female
- Humans
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Infant, Newborn
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial/administration & dosage
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Pregnancy
- Salmonella Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Salmonella Vaccines/isolation & purification
- Streptococcal Vaccines
- Streptococcus agalactiae/immunology
- Vaccines, Conjugate/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Conjugate/isolation & purification
- Vaccines, Synthetic/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, Synthetic/isolation & purification
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- X Shen
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Göteborg University, Guldhedsgatan 10, S-413 46, Göteborg, Sweden
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Bhushan R, Anthony BF, Frasch CE. Estimation of group B streptococcus type III polysaccharide-specific antibody concentrations in human sera is antigen dependent. Infect Immun 1998; 66:5848-53. [PMID: 9826364 PMCID: PMC108740 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.12.5848-5853.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The presence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against group B streptococcus (GBS) type III polysaccharide (PS) has been correlated with protection against GBS disease. The GBS type III PS is structurally similar to the pneumococcal type 14 PS, differing only in the presence of sialic acid residues. Four different preparations of GBS type III PS were evaluated for their specificity in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA): free PS, free PS mixed with methylated human serum albumin (mHSA), PS conjugated to biotin and PS conjugated to human serum albumin. Three groups of human sera were used to evaluate these PS preparations: sera from recipients of a GBS PS vaccine, sera from women receiving a GBS type III PS-tetanus toxoid conjugate vaccine, and sera from nonimmunized healthy women of childbearing age. Estimated antibody concentrations were different depending on the PS preparation used. Using any of the four preparations, we were able to measure </=0.05 micrograms of IgG antibody to the GBS type III PS per ml. The specificity of the assay was determined by competitive inhibition with homologous and heterologous PS. The pneumococcal type 14 PS did not inhibit binding of antibody to the native GBS type III PS in sera from adults receiving the GBS PS vaccine or in sera from nonimmunized adults (except serum G9). The pneumococcal type 14 PS inhibited 50% in sera from recipients of GBS type III conjugate vaccine and in serum G9 when GBS type III PS conjugated to biotin or to HSA was used as antigen in ELISA. These data show that free GBS type III PS or PS mixed with mHSA is a sensitive and specific antigen for ELISA and that conjugation can alter the antigenic specificity of a PS.
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- R Bhushan
- Division of Bacterial Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Basham LE, Pavliak V, Li X, Hawwari A, Kotloff KL, Edelman R, Fattom A. A simple, quantitative, reproducible avidin-biotin ELISA for the evaluation of group B streptococcus type-specific antibodies in humans. Vaccine 1996; 14:439-45. [PMID: 8735557 DOI: 10.1016/0264-410x(95)00146-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Type-specific antibodies to the capsular polysaccharides (CP) of group B Streptococcus (GBS) are protective. Historically, the radioactive antigen-binding assay (RABA) has been used to determine GBS antibody levels. This method measures total immunoglobulin and employs the use of radioactive materials. We have developed an avidin-biotin ELISA that is less hazardous and is able to measure GBS Ia, Ib, II or III CP specific IgG. To avoid inconsistent binding to the plate, the CPs from GBS Ia, Ib, II and III were derivatized using adipic acid dihydrazide (ADH) and subsequently biotinylated without altering their antigenic epitopes and bound to avidin coated plates. Plasma from three different human subjects immunized with a tetravalent CP vaccine were used to prepare IgG references for Ia, II and III, respectively, thus rendering the assay quantitative for those types. The assay is able to detect nanograms per milliliter of GBS Ia, Ib, II or III specific antibody. This method is reproducible, sensitive and correlates with RABA by 76%.
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- L E Basham
- Walter W. Karakawa Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development, Univax Biologics, Inc., Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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