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Gerritzen MJH, Martens DE, Wijffels RH, van der Pol L, Stork M. Bioengineering bacterial outer membrane vesicles as vaccine platform. Biotechnol Adv 2017; 35:565-574. [PMID: 28522212 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are naturally non-replicating, highly immunogenic spherical nanoparticles derived from Gram-negative bacteria. OMVs from pathogenic bacteria have been successfully used as vaccines against bacterial meningitis and sepsis among others and the composition of the vesicles can easily be engineered. OMVs can be used as a vaccine platform by engineering heterologous antigens to the vesicles. The major advantages of adding heterologous proteins to the OMV are that the antigens retain their native conformation, the ability of targeting specific immune responses, and a single production process suffices for many vaccines. Several promising vaccine platform concepts have been engineered based on decorating OMVs with heterologous antigens. This review discusses these vaccine concepts and reviews design considerations as the antigen location, the adjuvant function, physiochemical properties, and the immune response.
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- Matthias J H Gerritzen
- Institute for Translational Vaccinology (Intravacc), Process Development Bacterial Vaccines, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Wageningen University, Bioprocess Engineering, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Bioprocess Engineering, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Bioprocess Engineering, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands; Nord University, Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, P.O. Box 1409, 8049 Bodø, Norway
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- Institute for Translational Vaccinology (Intravacc), Molecular Biology and Immunology, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Translational Vaccinology (Intravacc), Process Development Bacterial Vaccines, P.O. Box 450, 3720 AL Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Sheikhi R, Amin M, Hamidinia M, Assarehzadegan MA, Rostami S, Mojtahedi Z. Comparative Proteomics Analysis of Two Strains of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B and Neisseria lactamica. Jundishapur J Microbiol 2015; 8:e25228. [PMID: 26855742 PMCID: PMC4735836 DOI: 10.5812/jjm.25228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2014] [Revised: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background: Antigenic similarities between Neisseria lactamica as a commensal species and N. meningitidis serogroup B (NmB) as an important cause of meningitis infection have been considered for the development of an effective vaccine based on their common proteins to prevent life-threatening bacterial meningitis. Objectives: The main aims of this study were to determine whole proteome profiles of N. lactamica strains and to compare them with whole proteome profile of a reference strain of NmB for identification of some of common proteins between the two species. Materials and Methods: We compared the whole proteomic profiles of N. lactamica strains and a reference strain of NmB. Lysates from bacterial strains were resolved by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), followed by Coomassie Brilliant blue staining. Some of the protein spots were excised from the gel and subjected to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF MS) analysis. Results: The analysis of Coomassie-stained gels using ImageMaster 2D Platinum software identified approximately 800 reproducible protein spots in the range of pI 4.5 - 9.5 and Mr of 8 - 100 kDa for each 2-DE gel of the studied bacterial strains. By comparing proteome maps of 2-DE gels, more than 200 common protein spots were recognized between the two species. Forty-eight common protein spots between the studied bacterial strains were identified by MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS. The results indicated that among the protein spots identified by MOLDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry, the groups of proteins included cell surface, energy metabolism, amino acid transport and metabolism, coenzyme metabolism, defense, multifunctional cellular processes, DNA, RNA and protein synthesis, ribosomal structure, regulatory functions, replication, transcription, translation, unknown and hypothetical proteins with unknown function. We found that N. lactamica strains have a proteome profile somewhat similar to each other and slightly different with NmB. Conclusions: These results show the usefulness of proteome analysis in successful identification of the common proteins between N. lactamica strains and NmB. This proteomics analysis is the starting point in the path of knowledge development about whole proteome profiles of N. lactamica strains.
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- Raheleh Sheikhi
- Department of Microbiology, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IR Iran
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- Health Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
- Department of Microbiology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
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- Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
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- Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran
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- Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran
- Corresponding author: Zahra Mojtahedi, Shiraz Institute for Cancer Research, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P. O. Box: 7134845794, Shiraz, IR Iran. Tel/Fax: +98-7112303687, E-mail:
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Cleary PR, Calvert N, Gee S, Graham C, Gray S, Kaczmarski E, Morphet J, Murphy L, Verlander N, Wood T, Borrow R. Variations in Neisseria meningitidis carriage by socioeconomic status: a cross-sectional study. J Public Health (Oxf) 2015; 38:61-70. [PMID: 25742719 DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Deprivation is associated with an increased risk of invasive Neisseria meningitidis disease, but little is known about the relationship between deprivation and asymptomatic carriage of N. meningitidis. This analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between meningococcal carriage and deprivation. METHODS As part of a rapid meningococcal carriage prevalence study conducted in West Cumbria to investigate an apparent cluster of invasive meningococcal disease, data were collected on lifestyle and social factors, including area-level indicators of socioeconomic status, to identify factors associated with meningococcal carriage. RESULTS In a multivariable log binomial regression model adjusted for age, lower socioeconomic status was significantly associated with higher prevalence of meningococcal carriage. A 1-unit increase in Index of Multiple Deprivation (2010) score was associated with a 1.7% increase in meningococcal carriage prevalence (95% confidence interval 0.3-3.0%). Age was the only significant predictor of carriage of Neisseria lactamica. CONCLUSIONS Living in a deprived area is associated with increased carriage of Group B meningococcus. Deprivation is an important factor to consider in the evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the introduction of new meningococcal B vaccines and the development and implementation of immunization policies. Further work is required to understand whether deprivation has an effect on meningococcal carriage through other factors such as smoking.
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- P R Cleary
- PHE Field Epidemiology Service, Liverpool L1 1JF, UK
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- NHS Cumbria, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 8HX, UK
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- Cumbria and Lancashire Public Health England Centre, Chorley PR7 1NY, UK
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- North Cumbria University Hospitals Whitehaven, Cumbria CA28 8JG, UK
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- PHE Meningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England (PHE), Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- PHE Meningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England (PHE), Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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- NHS Cumbria, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 8HX, UK
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- NHS Cumbria, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 8HX, UK
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- Public Health England Centre for Infection Disease Surveillance and Control, London NW9 5EQ, UK
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- Cumbria and Lancashire Public Health England Centre, Chorley PR7 1NY, UK
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- PHE Meningococcal Reference Unit, Public Health England (PHE), Manchester M13 9WL, UK
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Sheikhi R, Amin M, Rostami S, Shoja S, Ebrahimi N. Oropharyngeal Colonization With Neisseria lactamica, Other Nonpathogenic Neisseria Species and Moraxella catarrhalis Among Young Healthy Children in Ahvaz, Iran. Jundishapur J Microbiol 2015; 8:e14813. [PMID: 25964847 PMCID: PMC4418171 DOI: 10.5812/jjm.14813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Neisseria lactamica as one of the main commensal in oropharynx during the childhood is related to the induction of a natural immunity against meningococcal meningitis. Also Moraxella catarrhalis in oropharynx of children is a predisposing factor for otitis media infection. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate the frequency of the N. lactamica, other nonpathogenic Neisseria spp. and M. catarrhalis in the oropharynx of young healthy children in Ahvaz, Iran by the two phenotypic tests and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 192 oropharyngeal swab samples of the young healthy children were studied during four months. Swabs were plated onto enriched selective media and non-selective media. Gram-negative and oxidase-positive diplococci were identified by several conventional biochemical tests. The PCR and sequencing were used to confirm the accuracy of laboratory diagnosis to identify N. lactamica and M. catarrhalis. RESULTS Among 192 young healthy children with the mean age of 5.93 ± 2.5903 years, authors identified: N. lactamica (21.9%) in the age group of one to nine years; N. mucosa (6.3%); N. sicca (7.8%); N. cinerea (1.6%); N. subflava (biovar subflava) (4.2%); N. subflava (biovar perflava) (28.1%); N. subflava (biovar flava) (7.3%) and M. catarrhalis (42.7%). CONCLUSIONS The young healthy children screening by colonization of N. lactamica and other nonpathogenic Neisseria spp. in oropharynx was the first report in Ahvaz, Iran. The study results demonstrated the high frequency of colonization of M. catarrhalis in the studied young healthy children other than Neisseria spp.
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- Raheleh Sheikhi
- Health Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
- Department of Microbiology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
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- Health Research Institute, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
- Department of Microbiology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
- Corresponding author: Mansoor Amin, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran. Tel: +98-6113367543, Fax: +98-6113332036, E-mail:
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- Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, IR Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran
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Gorringe AR. CanNeisseria lactamicaantigens provide an effective vaccine to prevent meningococcal disease? Expert Rev Vaccines 2014; 4:373-9. [PMID: 16026250 DOI: 10.1586/14760584.4.3.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Neisseria lactamica is a commensal organism that is closely related to Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of meningococcal disease. N. lactamica has many antigens in common with N. meningitidis, but it lacks a polysaccharide capsule and the serosubtyping antigen PorA. Carriage studies have demonstrated that N. lactamica is carried in the nasopharynx of young children at a time when meningococcal carriage is rare. However, natural immunity to meningococcal disease develops during this period and carriage of commensal Neisseria is implicated in the development of this immunity. Recent studies have characterized the antigens which may be responsible for inducing a crossreactive antibody response and have demonstrated that N. lactamica-based vaccines can protect in experimental models of meningococcal disease. The potential for these vaccines to be effective in preventing meningococcal disease is discussed.
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- Andrew R Gorringe
- Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JG, UK.
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Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis and membrane vesicles derived from host and bacteria. J Microbiol Methods 2012; 91:222-30. [PMID: 22960504 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2012.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2012] [Revised: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/24/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The study of intracellular bacteria and nanometer-size membrane vesicles within infected host cells poses an important challenge as it is difficult to identify each distinct population in the context of the complex populations generated from active host-pathogen interactions. Here, suspension cultures of L929 cells infected with the prevalent obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis strain F/Cal-IC-13 are utilized for the large scale preparation and isolation of natural membrane vesicles and bacterial forms. Cell lysis with nitrogen cavitation in combination with differential centrifugation, OptiPrep™ density gradient separation, and immunoenrichment using anti-chlamydial lipopolysaccharide antibodies and MagnaBind beads allows for the isolation of both productive and persistent bacterial forms, as well as membrane vesicles derived from the host and pathogen. We have evaluated these populations by electron microscopy and Western blot analysis for identification of biomarkers. In addition, purified persistent forms of C. trachomatis induced by ampicillin display adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) transport activity, suggesting that ampicillin-induced persistent C. trachomatis organisms, at least in part, rely upon host ATP as an energy source. Importantly, several chlamydial cytotoxic and/or secreted proteins are demonstrated to be associated with these vesicles, supporting the idea that membrane vesicles are generated by Chlamydia as a means of carrying and delivering virulence factors necessary for pathogenesis. The ability to produce large-scale infections and generate distinct bacteria and host-derived populations for biochemical analysis, while reducing the burdens of time and cost have implications in all areas of chlamydiology. These protocols can be applied to other strains of C. trachomatis or other intracellular bacteria.
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Bernardini G, Braconi D, Lusini P, Santucci A. Post-genomics of Neisseria meningitidis: an update. Expert Rev Proteomics 2011; 8:803-11. [PMID: 22087663 DOI: 10.1586/epr.11.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Neisseria meningitidis infection still remains a major life-threatening bacterial disease worldwide. The availability of bacterial genomic sequences generated a paradigm shift in microbiological and vaccines sciences, and post-genomics (comparative genomics, functional genomics, proteomics and a combination/evolution of these techniques) played important roles in elucidating bacterial biological complexity and pathogenic traits, at the same time accelerating the development of therapeutic drugs and vaccines. This article summarizes the most recent technological and scientific advances in meningococcal biology and pathogenesis aimed at the development and characterization of vaccines against the pathogenic meningococci.
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- Giulia Bernardini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, via Fiorentina 1, Università degli Studi di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy
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de Anaya MAM, Davicino R, Casali Y, Correa S, Micalizzi B. Cross-reaction between proteins of Larrea divaricata Cav. (jarilla) and proteins of Gram-negative bacteria. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol 2009; 31:654-60. [PMID: 19874237 DOI: 10.3109/08923970902971101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Larrea divaricata is an abundant plant of northwest of Argentina used to treat different pathologies. We aimed to characterize the immunogenicity of proteins from a partially purified crude aqueous extract (JPCE) of jarilla. We evaluated the cross reaction between JPCE and whole cell-bacterial proteins (W-CBP) of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, and Klebsiella pneumoniae using a mouse anti-JPCE serum. Protein profiles of JPCE and W-CBP were analyzed. For JPCE, 18 bands were observed in a 20-176 kDa range. Levels of IgG against JPCE and W-CBP were determined. Bacterial proteins showed a strong reaction with the anti-JPCE serum. Plant proteins could be used as immune stimulants.
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- María Aída Mattar de Anaya
- Microbiology Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Pharmacy, National University of San Luis, San Luis, Argentina
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Bernardini G, Braconi D, Lusini P, Santucci A. Postgenomics of Neisseria meningitidis: an update. Expert Rev Proteomics 2009; 6:135-43. [PMID: 19385941 DOI: 10.1586/epr.09.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Neisseria meningitidis infection represents a major life-threatening bacterial disease worldwide. Genomics has revolutionized every aspect of the field of microbiology. As a consequence of genome sequencing, the postgenomic era commenced 15 years ago. Comparative genomics, functional genomics and proteomics, as well as a combination of these techniques, will play important roles in providing vital information regarding bacterial biological complexity and pathogenic traits, and accelerate the development of therapeutic drugs and vaccines for combating infections. This review summarizes the current knowledge regarding different approaches aimed to shed light on meningococcal biology and pathogenesis, and to accelerate the development and characterization of vaccines against pathogenic meningococci.
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- Giulia Bernardini
- Dipartimento di Biologia Molecolare, Via Fiorentina 1, Università degli Studi di Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.
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De Gaspari EN. The Use of Monoclonal Antibodies toNeisseria lactamicain an Antigen Selection toNeisseria meningitidisB Vaccine. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2008; 27:387-93. [PMID: 18803504 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2008.0022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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MAb 9B3, Against Native Outer Membrane Vesicles of Neisseria lactamica. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2008. [DOI: 10.1089/hyb.2008.0052.mab] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Amadou Hamidou A, Djibo S, Elhaj Mahamane A, Moussa A, Findlow H, Sidikou F, Cisse R, Garba A, Borrow R, Chanteau S, Boisier P. Prospective survey on carriage of Neisseria meningitidis and protective immunity to meningococci in schoolchildren in Niamey (Niger): focus on serogroup W135. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:2098-104. [PMID: 16777457 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2005] [Revised: 03/23/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We investigated the carriage of serogroup W135 meningococci and its relationship with protective immunity in Niamey. Between February and May 2003, three oropharyngeal swabs and two serum samples were each taken from 287 school children. Serogroup W135 isolates were obtained from 8.9% of children. Specific IgG > or = 2 microg/ml using ELISA or serum bactericidal assay (SBA) titre > or = 8 were supposed to represent the protective immunity to a serogroup. The proportion of children with serogroup W135-specific IgG > or = 2 microg/ml increased significantly during follow-up (13.9% to 19.1%), but not the proportion of those with SBA titre > or = 8 (10.1% to 11.6%). At the end of the follow-up, we observed a significant association between carriage of serogroup W135 strains and presumed protective immunity to this serogroup, using either ELISA or SBA. Among 240 children having an initial SBA titre < 8, 20 carried serogroup W135 strains at least once. In May, 25% of carriers had an SBA titre > or = 8, vs. 2.3% of non-carriers. For ELISA, 230 children had specific IgG < 2 microg/ml in February, with 22 having at least one swab positive for serogroup W135 meningococci later. In May, 45.5% of them had specific IgG > or = 2 microg/ml vs. 5.3% among non-carriers.
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- Amina Amadou Hamidou
- Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur, BP 10887, Niamey, Niger
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Sánchez S, Abel A, Arenas J, Criado MT, Ferreirós CM. Cross-linking analysis of antigenic outer membrane protein complexes of Neisseria meningitidis. Res Microbiol 2006; 157:136-42. [PMID: 16135405 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2005] [Revised: 06/23/2005] [Accepted: 06/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Polysaccharide-based approaches have not enabled the development of effective vaccines against meningococci of serogroup B, and the most promising current research is focused on the use of outer membrane vesicles. Due to the toxicity of the outer membrane oligosaccharides, new vaccines based on purified proteins are being sought, but despite the application of advanced techniques, they remain elusive, perhaps due to the fact that standard techniques for analysis of antigens overlook conformational epitopes located in membrane complexes. Membrane complex antigens have been analyzed in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and a study published on Neisseria meningitidis has reported the in vitro formation of 800-kD complexes by deposition of a purified protein (MSP63) onto synthetic lipid layers; however, no studies to date have attempted to identify membrane complexes present in vivo in N. meningitidis. In the present study, cross-linking with formaldehyde was used to identify outer membrane protein associations in various N. meningitidis and Neisseria lactamica strains. In N. meningitides, complexes of about 450 kD (also present in N. lactamica), 165 and 95 kD were detected and shown to be made up of the proteins MSP63, PorA/PorB/RmpM/FetA, and PorA/PorB/RmpM, respectively. In western blots, the 450-kD complex was identified by mouse antibodies raised against outer membrane vesicles, but not by antibodies raised against the purified complex, demonstrating the importance of conformational epitopes, and thus suggesting that the analysis of antigens in their native conformation may be useful or even essential for the design of effective vaccines against meningococci.
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- Sandra Sánchez
- Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Farmacia, Campus Sur, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Sardiñas G, Reddin K, Pajon R, Gorringe A. Outer membrane vesicles of Neisseria lactamica as a potential mucosal adjuvant. Vaccine 2006; 24:206-14. [PMID: 16115701 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The muscosal delivery of vaccines has many advantages including ease of administration and the induction of a mucosal immune response at the natural site of infection for many pathogens. Mice were immunised with outer membrane vesicles (OMV) prepared from Neisseria lactamica or Neisseria meningitidis by subcutaneous (SC) or intranasal (IN) routes, or live cells of N. lactamica given IN or by SC injection. A systemic IgG and mucosal IgA response was demonstrated and N. lactamica OMV induced antibodies cross-reactive with N. meningitidis; however, a cross-reactive response following IN administration was only evident after three doses of vaccine. OMV from both organisms were also an effective intranasal adjuvant for a co-administered model antigen, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), inducing systemic IgG against HBsAg and IgA in lung and vaginal washes. IN administration of N. meningitidis OMV elicited serum antibodies that were bactericidal for meningococci and provided passive protection in an infant rat model of meningococcal bacteraemia. The antibody response to N. lactamica OMV given IN was only weakly bactericidal but still afforded passive protection. Thus, OMV from N. lactamica given IN elicit immune responses cross-reactive with N. meningitidis and act as an effective mucosal adjuvant.
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- Gretel Sardiñas
- Center For Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Ave. 31e/158 y 190, Cubanacán, P.O. Box 6162, 10600 Habana, Cuba
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During periods of endemic disease, about 10 % of the general population harbour Neisseria meningitidis in the nasopharynx. Since N. meningitidis is a strict human pathogen and most patients have not been in contact with other cases, asymptomatic carriers are presumably the major source of the pathogenic strains. Most carrier isolates are shown to lack capsule production. The capsule deficient state of meningococcal strains in the nasopharynx may aid evasion of the human immune defence and hence be selected to survive nasopharyngeal colonization. Carriage itself can be an immunizing process resulting in systemic protective antibody responses. Frequent nasopharyngeal colonization with related bacteria like Neisseria lactamica improves natural immunity to meningococci by the formation of cross-reacting antibodies. While most meningococcal strains recovered from patients belong to a limited number of clonal groups worldwide, strains isolated from carriers comprise numerous genotypes, with only a small proportion of the strains representing invasive clones. During the carriage state, co-colonization with other pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria may lead to genetic exchange, which may result in the emergence of new meningococcal clones. The high diversity of meningococcal carrier strains, compared with hypervirulent strains, supports the idea that transmissibility, not invasion, is essential in the life cycle of N. meningitidis.
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- Siamak P Yazdankhah
- Department of Airborne Infections, Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway 2Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Airborne Infections, Division of Infectious Disease Control, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway 2Department of Oral Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Slonim A, Steiner M, Yagupsky P. Immune response to invasive Kingella kingae infections, age-related incidence of disease, and levels of antibody to outer-membrane proteins. Clin Infect Dis 2003; 37:521-7. [PMID: 12905136 DOI: 10.1086/376913] [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] [Received: 01/27/2003] [Accepted: 04/18/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
The immune response to Kingella kingae was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, using outer-membrane proteins as coating antigen, in 19 children with invasive infection. The age-related incidence of K. kingae disease in southern Israel during 1988-2002 was calculated and correlated with serum antibody levels in healthy children. Significant increases in immunoglobulin G (IgG) levels were found in children convalescing after invasive infections. The incidence was 1.3, 40.3, 23.9, 5.7, and 1.9 cases/100,000 children among those aged 0-5, 6-11, 12-23, 24-35, and 36-47 months, respectively. A low attack rate and undetectable serum IgA and high IgG levels were found during the first 6 months of life, which indicates that protection was conferred by maternally derived immunity. The high attack rate found among 6-24-month-old children coincides with the age at which antibody levels were lowest. Low incidence of disease and increasing antibody levels were found among older children, which probably represents cumulative experience with K. kingae antigens via colonization or infection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ariela Slonim
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratories, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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